A Hunting Album

Demonical

Demonical

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Whitecourt, Alberta
The following pics are all from big game mainly in the Swan Hills area of west-central Alberta.
I apologize for the crappy-ness of pics, I was always a much better hunter than photographer.

In no particular chronological order, but dates when known.



Manyberries Ab, Bill B with my Antelope 1994?




Antelope from Manyberries area, SE Alberta. 2007.




My brother Jeff, on a Swan Hills moose hunt. Oct 1990.



< Brad, Jeff, Sheldon and Bob, with Brad's bull.


Jeff, Sheldon and Brad. 1990?




Goose Tower, NW of Swan Hills Ab., Sep 30 1992.


< Brad by trailer



'The Fighter'. Oct 7 1994. Shot at 15' as two big bulls were fighting right in front of me...


Brad, Jeff with P17 Enfield, older brother Bob and my Dad. Oct 5 1989. Hauling out Bob's moose.


Hauling out another bull moose. Oct 3 1989.


Dave, Bruce and Brad 1987. Moose racks L-R shot by me, middle Brad's bull and Dave's on the right.





Mule deer buck I shot. 1995?


Dave and I with our moose, Oct 1 1988.


Dave with his big bull, Oct 9 1986.


Moose camp shower...


Tag Alders and snow suck... Sep 21 1992.


Wall tent barrel stove



Nov 22 1996.



Whitetail buck, Anselmo Hall district SE of Whitecourt Ab. Oct 18 1998.


Whitetail Nov 8 1990.



Nov 28 1980, Swan Hills Ab.


< Dave with my buck.
Nov 19 1986, Swan Hills Whitetail.


Swan Hills moose camp, 1988? Before we wised up and got Wall Tents. My Dad.


Oct 1 1988.


Coutts R,. Swan Hills Ab, Oct 8 1986.

<Bruce and I with my bull.




Oct 4 1987.



Dave with his 1987 bull, absolutely ANCIENT monster bodied bull, rack is all messed up, he was in steep decline.
We were still setting up camp when it walked out right at camp...





Oct. 5 1998.


Sep 21 1992, me and Brad unloading ATV's to head to set up moose camp.






< Sheldon







< Rifle is a ZKK-602 in .416RM
Oct 2006 moose, Wallace Mtn area, Swan Hills Ab.



The infamous 'Newfie rack'. Shot in Swan Hills area by a Newfie hunter that said, "Ya can't eat the horns boy!" And he threw this in the bush.
Thankfully retrieved by a much smarter man...



Brother Jeff, Sept 1985.


Sep 1985.


"It was a big bull! Horns way out over his nose!" Brother Bob telling us about this bullwinkle, prior to actual recovery.




The Blizzard buck...


Dad, Sep 29 1989, Browning A-Bolt .30-06.


Oct 4 1994.


Brad Oct 4 1992, breaking camp.


Oct 5 1991, Brad's bull in the trailer.


Brad with the 'Pointblank Hip-Shot' bull, Oct 3 1996.

I shot this bull at approx 8' off the muzzle as it ran by me, just spun the rifle on my hip and fired into the point of his shoulder.


Windy L., mulie Nov 4 1995.


A couple of deer heads.



Nov 26 1981, Cythinia Ab.



Sep 23 1980 first bull moose, with German Shorthaired Pointer, 'Basil'.


Oct 1987 near the Coutts R., Swan Hills Ab.


Oct 5 1997 bow kill. Whitecourt Ab.





Triple drop-tine buck Nov 23 2017.


The Big 4x4 Nov 2018.

The Big 4x4 Nov 2019






The Big 4x4 Nov 23 2020.






Nov 18 2019.


2009 Whitetail. Brian's buck.


2009 Whitetail.







Nov 21 2007


Oct 1991.


< Sheldon






2009 moose.


Big grizzly... all grizzlies are big, haha.


Some moose racks...


2005 Whitetail.




Black bear June 4 2004.


May 21 2005, 6-1/2' Cinnamon phase black bear.








May 29 2010 black bear.


My little wife Darlene, out looking for spring bear.



A couple of huge moose racks I found...


Oct 2003.










2012 moose.




The trail out of camp, Oct 2012 moose hunt.

Some wildlife pics...

Grizzly near Judy Creek, Swan Hills Alberta. 2012.















July scouting trip, bull moose. July 2009.



















Mule deer fawn, near Freeman River, Swan Hills Alberta. Circa 2010.






Mule deer buck, near Freeman River, Swan Hills Alberta. Circa 2009.







The following are all bull moose we called in, but did not shoot...









Bull moose near Shiningbank L., south of Whitecourt Alberta




Some whitetails... Nov 2021, I passed up this young buck.







A buck called 'Twist'... velvet pics are from 2013.















Giant bodied 4x4, one of the thickest deer I've ever seen.


160"+ Whitetail



Triple drop tine buck



Big 4x4. First pic 2018, exact same buck 1 year later in 2019.





Bear Tracks, all from Swan Hills of course...




























Cougar tracks...




Cougar near Shiningbank L., south of Whitecourt Alberta



Wolf kill



Wild boar near Shiningbank L., south of Whitecourt Alberta
 
Thanks for the beautiful pics. Reminds me of when i was young.
And we always got a few moose.
This was the best post that i have ever seen.
The steaks were really good, especially the tenderloins
i'm 75 now.
Getting too old to hunt moose.
Unless i get a young partner
old timer lou 75
 
Nice photographs and great memories. I guess moose is the favorite choice animal for hunting within your group. Thanks a lot for sharing, I enjoyed it!
 
hoytcanon said:
How did you get so many photos in a single post? I think CGN limits me to seven photos max per post.
Click to expand...


I dunno, just loaded pics... took a damn long time to sort through, not sure I got all the ones I wanted.

I know there's guys on here that could post up some impressive stacks of pics (Eg: Hoyt).

@ track: yes, moose was always favourite animal to hunt, but there's been a huge decline in the moose herd in the Swan Hills, due to which, I haven't hunted moose at all since 2013. And that was as a tag-along on my buddies tag. Haven't drawn a tag for myself since 2012.

But I'm getting the itch to have a go... might go for moose this year depending on how scouting goes this year. I'm hunting all new to me country, but not new country, if you know what I mean...
 
hoytcanon said:
How did you get so many photos in a single post? I think CGN limits me to seven photos max per post.
Click to expand...


I dunno, just loaded pics... took a damn long time to sort through, not sure I got all the ones I wanted.

I know there's guys on here that could post up some impressive stacks of pics (Eg: Hoyt).

@ track: yes, moose was always favourite animal to hunt, but there's been a huge decline in the moose herd in the Swan Hills, due to which, I haven't hunted moose at all since 2013. And that was as a tag-along on my buddies tag. Haven't drawn a tag for myself since 2012.

But I'm getting the itch to have a go... might go for moose this year depending on how scouting goes this year. I'm hunting all new to me country, but not new country, if you know what I mean...

@ FLHTCUI , yes you can see some pretty ####ty pic quality in those old cameras... those stupid 35mm point n shoot. And I've always been a hunter first. All these guys now, the post-kill pose with the animal in 100 different pics, I just hardly ever did it. Very seldom even took one field pic like that. Majority of the time it was just the rifle leaned against the rack. A shame I guess.

I never really bothered to learn the self-timer even. Ooops...
 
Moose numbers have been slow decline across North America for various reasons....wolf and bear predation, winter ticks, unregulated hunting and habitat loss. You have had some impressive success over the years and a lot of moose steaks! Hope your photo album doesn't represent "the good old days." Thanks for sharing, enjoyed looking at it.
 
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