Biggunners
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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Nanuq(polar bear) ...
- Thread starter Otokiak
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Biggunners
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- MOSTLY LOSTED
LOL nice pic!!!
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
Hey Bud,...
Should've let me know sooner,..could of come up and gave ya hand.
Oooh Da Lord!
Should've let me know sooner,..could of come up and gave ya hand.
Oooh Da Lord!
I just got home about an hr ago ... I'm frozen as it was -50 the last two days ... I'm beat as the Hudsons Bay was super rough ... and well un-successful ... however I had a great trip and got some really neat pics I'll post later of the flow-edge, polar bear tracks, and a story to boot ... I'm going to bed! There's always next year hopefully! 
Thanks all for your goodluck wishes,
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
Thanks all for your goodluck wishes,Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
Nanuq
Sorry to hear you didn't connect, -50 really sucks, I know. Oh well that's hunting and 48 hrs ain't much time, but you're safe and sound and you'll sleep well tonight. I'm coming up to see you this summer. We'll stay in touch until then.
Douglas
Sorry to hear you didn't connect, -50 really sucks, I know. Oh well that's hunting and 48 hrs ain't much time, but you're safe and sound and you'll sleep well tonight. I'm coming up to see you this summer. We'll stay in touch until then.
Douglas
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I was looking at the flow edge here a few days ago, and there were 3 pressure ridges between the flat ice and it; would have been tough going for sure. Still, hunting in the cold and without making a kill is still better than laying on the couch!
Hope this helps to to get these guys to anticipate your pics, mostly 5 miles or so off shore . . .
Edited to add . . .
I went for a ride out there yesterday afternoon, shortly after posting these pics. I couldn't get within a half mile of the flow edge due to pressure ice. If one was hunting, it would be very challenging out there.
Hope this helps to to get these guys to anticipate your pics, mostly 5 miles or so off shore . . .
Edited to add . . .
I went for a ride out there yesterday afternoon, shortly after posting these pics. I couldn't get within a half mile of the flow edge due to pressure ice. If one was hunting, it would be very challenging out there.
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Well I'm in lovely Whale Cove, Nunavut for an airport inspection and the internet is beyond slow ... really that's an understatement and hopefully this post and pics goes thru. We headed out on the Hudson's Bay North East along the coast on our snowmobiles approx 7:30am when the sun is finally coming up and here's the pics as our weekend went on ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. I had 48 hrs to find a nanuq(polar bear) ... in reality with our sunlight I had approx 10-12 hrs of daylight in the two days(so really 24 hrs HAHA) ... ... also sorry but my digi-cam froze up so the pics are from my cell phone ... HAHA!
We used a Arctic Cat 800 with a qamutiq(wood sled) and a fan-cooled 550 skidoo ... here we are Saturday morning near the flow-edge approx 40 mile straight out from Rankin Inlet near Marble Island.
Some years the flow-edge reaches and goes past Marble Island ... it was several miles closer to Rankin and not to the island or past ... warmer winter me thinks ...
The flow-edge moves constantly ... some places it was nice and quiet, other places it crashed and boomed and made lots of noise ... you gotta know what you're doing out there ...
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This lil piece of ice broke off while we were scoping the water ... ... imagine HUGE ice-pans that break off ... needless to say we moved on ...
Here I am with ROCHELLE my Springfield M1A which never froze up ... even in -50 weather ...
This is my good friend Joeffrey(catworks on CGN) at certain area's all along the flow-edge heading north towards Chesterfield Inlet from Rankin Inlet.
We hit an area where mother - nature showed just how tough she is ... couple miles from the flow-edge and we had to go around it all ... imagine a minefield going off and blowing chunks of solid ice up in piles everywhere ... we stood on top of one hill approx 60 plus feet up to look around ... it was insane.
We went to a place called Ivunigjuq(hazy island) where Joes uncles built a cabin long ago and a look-out tower to scan the flow-edge for ivik(walrus) and nanuq(polar bears) ... the next two pics are of that and show the cabin door and window knocked in from bears ... we scanned for a few hours and watched ivik(walrus) thru our scopes on the ice-pans past the flow-edge.
We continued on and toured for miles in and away from the flow-edge looking for tracks ... FINALLY we found some(3 sets) ... not quite fresh, not quite old ... ... snow around the tracks was hard, yet the snow inside was still kinda soft ...
These next two pic were of single tracks ... probably males as they were nice size and solo tracks ... you wanna talk about making your heart pump and mind race ... needless to say I didn't feel the cold for miles as we tracked ... but they disappeared into ice fields we couldn't travel ... dang!
Found a set of cub tracks next to a momma's ... only took a pic of the wee ones as they were cute and perfect ...
We headed home Sunday late afternoon as the sun goes down quick and it was getting windy. We stopped ontop of Rabbit Island and scope the area ... you can see for miles. Here's two pics of a marker and gives you an idea of how high up you are from the Bay.(approx 200 feet above the bay)
On our way home as it's getting dark ... the ride home was wicked cold and it was pitch black by the time we reached town.
I was unfortunately not successful but had a blast going out even in the cold as it's not an opportunity that comes up often ... like I said I was #108 on the list and never thought I'd get picked ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. I had 48 hrs to find a nanuq(polar bear) ... in reality with our sunlight I had approx 10-12 hrs of daylight in the two days(so really 24 hrs HAHA) ...
... also sorry but my digi-cam froze up so the pics are from my cell phone ... HAHA!We used a Arctic Cat 800 with a qamutiq(wood sled) and a fan-cooled 550 skidoo ... here we are Saturday morning near the flow-edge approx 40 mile straight out from Rankin Inlet near Marble Island.
Some years the flow-edge reaches and goes past Marble Island ... it was several miles closer to Rankin and not to the island or past ... warmer winter me thinks ...
The flow-edge moves constantly ... some places it was nice and quiet, other places it crashed and boomed and made lots of noise ... you gotta know what you're doing out there ...
This lil piece of ice broke off while we were scoping the water ...
... imagine HUGE ice-pans that break off ... needless to say we moved on ...
Here I am with ROCHELLE my Springfield M1A which never froze up ... even in -50 weather ...
This is my good friend Joeffrey(catworks on CGN) at certain area's all along the flow-edge heading north towards Chesterfield Inlet from Rankin Inlet.
We hit an area where mother - nature showed just how tough she is ... couple miles from the flow-edge and we had to go around it all ... imagine a minefield going off and blowing chunks of solid ice up in piles everywhere ... we stood on top of one hill approx 60 plus feet up to look around ... it was insane.
We went to a place called Ivunigjuq(hazy island) where Joes uncles built a cabin long ago and a look-out tower to scan the flow-edge for ivik(walrus) and nanuq(polar bears) ... the next two pics are of that and show the cabin door and window knocked in from bears ... we scanned for a few hours and watched ivik(walrus) thru our scopes on the ice-pans past the flow-edge.
We continued on and toured for miles in and away from the flow-edge looking for tracks ... FINALLY we found some(3 sets) ... not quite fresh, not quite old ...
... snow around the tracks was hard, yet the snow inside was still kinda soft ... These next two pic were of single tracks ... probably males as they were nice size and solo tracks ... you wanna talk about making your heart pump and mind race ... needless to say I didn't feel the cold for miles as we tracked ... but they disappeared into ice fields we couldn't travel ... dang!
Found a set of cub tracks next to a momma's ... only took a pic of the wee ones as they were cute and perfect ...
We headed home Sunday late afternoon as the sun goes down quick and it was getting windy. We stopped ontop of Rabbit Island and scope the area ... you can see for miles. Here's two pics of a marker and gives you an idea of how high up you are from the Bay.(approx 200 feet above the bay)
On our way home as it's getting dark ... the ride home was wicked cold and it was pitch black by the time we reached town.
I was unfortunately not successful but had a blast going out even in the cold as it's not an opportunity that comes up often ... like I said I was #108 on the list and never thought I'd get picked ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
- Location
- Where the sun shines
Know what? I'd love to just take a trip around that kind of country. Gorgeous place.
Sure, taking a polar bear would be the icing, but I think I'd enjoy myself just as much without all the work of having to butcher one. Even i it did warm me up.
Maybe next time, eh?
Sure, taking a polar bear would be the icing, but I think I'd enjoy myself just as much without all the work of having to butcher one. Even i it did warm me up.
Maybe next time, eh?
