Found a log cutters shack way back in the bush. There was no lock on the door,so I entered. The amount of history written on the walls in chalk was just amazing. The shack was still complete with wood cookstove, bunks and storage bins. The most recent entries written on the walls were in the mid 1940s. Unfortunately some inconsiderate logger skidded a hitch of logs across it about 2 years ago and wrecked it.
What was your most exciting find while hunting?
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Years ago, my father and I came upon a scrawny, starving, female German Shephard, out in the middle of nowhere with a snout full of Porcupine quills!!! Took her into the vet in Fort St. John, BC and left her there. She was rehabilitated and put up for adoption at the local SPCA and last I heard, had found a loving home in the area.
My dad found a deflated helium balloon in region 3 near the Fraser River. It had a business card attatched so he contacted the person. Turns out it was his 50th birthday ballon from a few years previous. The guy even sent Dad a birthday picture with the same balloon in the background. The guys daughter had released it from Victoria.
Very interesting thread, indeed. I was hunting the Shuswap area back in the 60's and stumbled upon an old shack that had settled till the roof was only about 3½ feet above the floor. The roof was still in good shape. Being the snoopy guy I am, I crawled in with a small candle to take a look. Found a M67 Winchester 22, about 600 old Herters 30 cal 180 grain bullets, and a couple hundred 30-06 cases, also Herters, unfired. The stuff all cleaned up decent, and efforts to find the owner proved fruitless. Friend owns the 22. Components are long gone, of course. Regards, Eagleye.
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about a week and a half ago while rabbit hunting a saw a mature lynx. I'm not sure if it was male or female but it sure was beautiful. It stared at me for a few seconds panting but then scampered off it was quite shy.
- Location
- St. Joe's Island, Ont
That reminds me, all this talk of old logging camps, I remember we were miles into the middle of nowhere on a set of moose tracks once and we came across an old leanto from days past, there were all kinds of those old saw blades hanging in it, no handles but they were for the two man saws.
I think I'll head back up there this moose season and bring them into town for the wife to toll paint.
I think I'll head back up there this moose season and bring them into town for the wife to toll paint.
A few years back, a member of the gang that hunted on the next farm over from us discovered something strange. It was during the late December shotguns-only deer hunt and during his first morning drive he found a double-lunged shot spike buck.
The buck was already stiff, probably shot the day before. Based on the spike's tracks on the crusted snow, he figured out that the buck had expired on a bang-flop calculated slug shot. My friend pulled an elementary CSI and followed the extended path of the shot to a distance of about 50 yards, here's what he found.
Behind and leaning against a fallen log there was a frost covered high-end Beretta autoloader still loaded with two slugs, a single spent shell was lying nearby. There was also a folding stool, a six pack of beer (two already consumed...) as well as a backpack with extra shells and lunch.The shooter's tracks entered and left along the same pathway.
After my buddy summoned me to the scene, we both determined that the cops had to be called in, the situation was a little too fishy for us. The OPP arrived, took all the gear (and deer) and filed a report, he never heard back from them again.
Since my friend's gang was the only party allowed to hunt the property, we estimate that the guy was poaching the night before, heard my friends coming and high tailed it out of there leaving all his stuff behind.
The buck was already stiff, probably shot the day before. Based on the spike's tracks on the crusted snow, he figured out that the buck had expired on a bang-flop calculated slug shot. My friend pulled an elementary CSI and followed the extended path of the shot to a distance of about 50 yards, here's what he found.
Behind and leaning against a fallen log there was a frost covered high-end Beretta autoloader still loaded with two slugs, a single spent shell was lying nearby. There was also a folding stool, a six pack of beer (two already consumed...) as well as a backpack with extra shells and lunch.The shooter's tracks entered and left along the same pathway.
After my buddy summoned me to the scene, we both determined that the cops had to be called in, the situation was a little too fishy for us. The OPP arrived, took all the gear (and deer) and filed a report, he never heard back from them again.
Since my friend's gang was the only party allowed to hunt the property, we estimate that the guy was poaching the night before, heard my friends coming and high tailed it out of there leaving all his stuff behind.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
I keep finding dead animals. Generally right after I shoot....
A few years ago, we had two lads lost in the bush after dark. One guys says "I wish we had a damned flashlight" two steps later, he fell, and his hand came to rest on an operational flashlight! (One of those cheapy duracell jobbies, but it worked!)
I got them out. They didn't spend the night.
Both those guys have been in the camp longer than me, but niether has any interest in learning the bush. They could get lost in their own back yard if the grass gets too long.
A few years ago, we had two lads lost in the bush after dark. One guys says "I wish we had a damned flashlight" two steps later, he fell, and his hand came to rest on an operational flashlight! (One of those cheapy duracell jobbies, but it worked!)
I got them out. They didn't spend the night.
Both those guys have been in the camp longer than me, but niether has any interest in learning the bush. They could get lost in their own back yard if the grass gets too long.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
yorgi said:
You guys should have put in a claim for the gear.
I'd love to find some old working guns.
Not hunting yet, but while chanterelle mushroom picking over the past few years I have come across several old logging shacks, one old Chinese Camp with old pots, and dishes.
Also I found several abandoned dogs which I cleaned/fattened up up and found good homes for (I hate pet dumpers).
But if you find a dog take a bit of time to look for an injured or dead owner in the area and if you have one mark the area with a GPS...stranger things have happened over the years.
Funny to be walking in the middle of nowhere and come across some strange bits of logging machinery, cables saws, spikes etc. I'm thinking someday I'll have to get a metal detector.
Great topic guys.
Not hunting yet, but while chanterelle mushroom picking over the past few years I have come across several old logging shacks, one old Chinese Camp with old pots, and dishes.
Also I found several abandoned dogs which I cleaned/fattened up up and found good homes for (I hate pet dumpers).
But if you find a dog take a bit of time to look for an injured or dead owner in the area and if you have one mark the area with a GPS...stranger things have happened over the years.
Funny to be walking in the middle of nowhere and come across some strange bits of logging machinery, cables saws, spikes etc. I'm thinking someday I'll have to get a metal detector.
Great topic guys.
Like some people here, I found the remains of a human a few years back.
Obviously the police were called and it turns out it was a local guy who had some mental problems. We found an old bucycle tire next to the body, and several people mentioned they remembered him going door to door (by bicycle) asking for empty cans to turn in for 5 cents about a year earlier. I suppose his bike got a flat and he got lost trying to get back to town.
Obviously the police were called and it turns out it was a local guy who had some mental problems. We found an old bucycle tire next to the body, and several people mentioned they remembered him going door to door (by bicycle) asking for empty cans to turn in for 5 cents about a year earlier. I suppose his bike got a flat and he got lost trying to get back to town.
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- That one place with a cowboy complex
dave_t73 said:
Speaking of rusted out beetles, there is one embedded in the side of the coulees around here. I really have no clue as to how it got there.
While deer hunting in the eighties on Cape Breton Island, I spent awhile walking pretty deeply in an old trail with good deer sign late in the day. Looked like a really good spot to try the next day, so I was in there at sunup. After it got nice and bright, I got looking around and down over the 30-40ft. rock cliff on the rocks and reefs there was an enormous propeller and long brass or bronze shaft laying pointing toward the shore. I wandered the area many days after that and found huge sections of an old ship, deck sections and equipment. It was quite interesting and made a great break in the hunting. Shot a nice spike buck right there while I was watching the old ship parts and wondering what happened and when. I asked around a lot and only one very old guy remembered anything about it and just that is was storm wrecked near the time he moved to the area with his parents about 1910. I never found out much more about it, maps show a few wrecks there but nothing for certain. He told me in the early part of the last century though local houses were full of furniture and supplies off an old ship grounded over there. The blades were each about 7ft. high, the shaft I guess would have been 2 1/2 ft" thick and 20 guessing feet long. I'm sure it's still there and I might try to find it again when I am down there this year.
Wandering around the Yukon especially the rivers the past 12 years, I have found many old GoldRush era cabins, mines and goods. They are common here and not even really appreciated. Many WW2 vehicles still "parked" on the Canol rd. project and such. Sternwheelers, and mining equipement to be found all over too.
Also, I have a friend that grew up in Ontario and claims to have found an old sword stuck into a big old tree. He figures from what he can find out it was there since the war of 1812. I would love to see it but as far as I know it's still home on the farm or with the family.
Rob
Wandering around the Yukon especially the rivers the past 12 years, I have found many old GoldRush era cabins, mines and goods. They are common here and not even really appreciated. Many WW2 vehicles still "parked" on the Canol rd. project and such. Sternwheelers, and mining equipement to be found all over too.
Also, I have a friend that grew up in Ontario and claims to have found an old sword stuck into a big old tree. He figures from what he can find out it was there since the war of 1812. I would love to see it but as far as I know it's still home on the farm or with the family.
Rob
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My dad, when he was a young boy, was fishing along the river with his friend.
He found something rolled up in a newspaper floating down the river. When he opened it up he found a dead baby. He said it must have happened fairly recently as the body was still pink.
They took it to the police station and never heard anything after that.
What disturbed him the most was, could it have been saved if he had found it minutes earlier.
He found something rolled up in a newspaper floating down the river. When he opened it up he found a dead baby. He said it must have happened fairly recently as the body was still pink.
They took it to the police station and never heard anything after that.
What disturbed him the most was, could it have been saved if he had found it minutes earlier.
