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Me too. 3 three months in Churchill with a Marine Magnum slung over my back.
Polar Bears
- Thread starter Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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I worked at the Northern Studies Center (old one) in the early 90's.
MB Forestry (as it was called at the time) in the early 70's for me. - dan
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
You would have known me too.
I would at least like to see a decent photo of the thing. Either the site sucks or it must be unimpressive to look at.
This reminds me of a certain joke that can't be told anymore but believe me it really fits here. Let's just say the guy misunderstands that to be a real northerner he first has to make love with a polar bear and then do something else.
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HELL NO. I worked with Mitch. Great guy. At the time he had a white dog named Kita or Kidda and a crummy old van
He drove me into town on a few occasions, and one day his drive shaft decided to part ways with the van. I remember walking back to the NSC at 3am, piss loaded, and in fear for my life!I have many photos from those days, including old bearded Mitch
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Boomer, did you know a helicopter pilot at that time? Carried a heavy stainless six shooter for wilderness protection? His name escapes me.
The Mitch (I think) I knew lived at the old Polar Bear research site between town and the airport. Was doing his Masters thesis on caribou. I was there with MTS for about 5 months in late summer/fall/winter in 1990. Plus every summer tuning up the cable TV.
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Correct. Good memories. There's alot of published stories about him. What an outstanding life he had.
http://ebushpilot.com/miller.htm
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That is true. Though I don't recall he ever finished that thesis.
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It appears there's more than a few Churchill "alumni" on CGN. We should start a dedicated thread devoted soley to the Churchill experience. I am sure there's enough stories and hunting-rated advice to fill it.
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Yup, Steve and I are friends and remain in contact to this day. I think he flew for Midwest Helicopters when you were there but went on his own and founded of Hudson Bay Helicopter and set up a heli-base in town. HBH was bought by Great Slave. Actually, that gun was a nickel finished M-29 Smith which I ended up owning, he also had a long-barreled Dan Wesson .44 that might be the most accurate revolver I've ever seen. I bought that one from him too.
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Kurgan you a field biologist?
Seems we have all the “ists” posting on here pretty regularly.
Should found a consulting company
Did field research in Churchill, climatology.
I was in Salluit, Quebec a few years back for work. The Inuit air traffic controller at the airport was of course a hunter/fisherman and I had a few nice chats with him. I mentioned wanting to wander over the hill for a bit and he recommended against it without a gun - said you don't see a lot of polar bears, but if you do they've seen you too and you're just food to them. He told me about fishing somewhere on a creek/river with his wife and a polar bear came at them. He said he immediately felt foolish for just bringing a .22LR, but had to shoot the bear in self defence. He said he shot it once in the head/face and it turned, which he said was a big surprise and a huge relief. It was found floating dead in the Hudson Straight the next morning. I highly doubt a majority are killed that way, but if that's what's in your hands when you need it... you better pray you get lucky like he did.
If I was to be away from town in polar bear country, I'd consider a .30/06 with 220's to be a light gun option but would prefer a .375H&H if the time came to really need it.
