Umingmak(muskox) hunting ...

[Otokiak]

AWESOME day today as I just got a phone call from my galfriend telling me I got picked for a Umingmak(muskox) tag and I have 2 weeks to go catch one ... I'm currently in Vancouver for business til the weekend so I'll have 1 week to go hunt one when i return home ... HAHA I'm so happy ...

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. PICTURES to follow soon ...

 

[bluemike807]

Good luck! Are tags for those hard to come by? Whats the terrain like where you'll be hunting?

 

[Jay]

Congrats O! Now, what gun you gonna plug 'em with?

Cheers
Jay

 

[BigUglyMan]

I bet that he uses his M14.

 

[TheTooner]

I would play gunbearer just to be there and see it.

 

[cdngunner]

Ah! You are still alive.......

Good luck on your hunt.

 

[MiG25]

good luck! please post pics (successful or not).

 

[rhino519]

Good luck! Are tags for those hard to come by? Whats the terrain like where you'll be hunting?

here is a recent pic

nice brake, would love to just go and see the hunt, maybe help carry the bounty as well

 

[Pudelpointer]

here is a recent pic

Glad I wasn't swallowing my coffee when I saw that. Funny.

 

[saskcop]

Good luck on your hunt. I envy you!!

 

[Dominion Link]

Congratulations and good luck!!!

 

[Budweiser2]

Good luck on your hunt !

Straight Shooting

 

[Otokiak]

Thanks alot for the posts ... I'm having a great time in Vancouver ... but a wee bit of me wants to be home now so I can go bag me a umingmak ... I'm thinking my M1 Garand ... or maybe my ROCHELLE ... damn decisions HAHA! Cheers,

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

 

[crazy_davey]

Have fun you lucky bugger! I always get a bit jealous when you post these threads

Good luck!

 

[beefman]

BUMP.......no luck Otokiak?

 

[Otokiak]

Hey there, no ... no luck for me this time around unfortunately. Here's the scenario ...

Thursday morning travel thru/along the Dyan river, over Dyan Lake, over the land up to Peter Lake, up over the land to Gibson lake ... it was suppose to be sunny and only about -30 ... it was cloudy/foggy and about -50 ... the snow on the lakes was drifted and SOLID like concrete ... beat the snot out of us and our sleds. Found the cabin we know, unloaded our sleds. Friday morning toured north of Gibson lake towards Cross Lake zigzagging on the land looking for Umingmak(muskox) ... and well there was hardly any snow on the land so avoiding TONS of rock, cloud cover again and wicked cold ... man it was ugly to be honest! We found tracks that were 3/4s full of snow and hardpack so you knew they were old, no wolf tracks, no wolverine tracks ... man o'man! Back to cabin, try to warm up, eat and sleep. Friday midnite was my deadline so Saturday packed up ... headed back the same route we took coming up, however zigzagging more to find tuktu(caribou) ... shot 10 of them on our way home ... digi-cam frozen, cell phone camera frozen ... us BEYOND frozen so no pics ... Got frostbite on my face and hands ... remember why I hate hunting Dec, Jan and Feb months ... just toooooo damn cold. HAHA!

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. it's Monday ... of course the G'Damn sun is out and it's only about -25 ... SOB!!!

 

[old hound]

maybe next year. What do they taste like.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Sucks, but any time spent hunting is better than time spent doing most anything else.
Good luck on another tag.

 

[KDX]

What do they taste like?

 

[saskcop]

What do they taste like?

I was wondering the very same thing.