This year's canoe hunt.
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This year's canoe hunt.
I know a little lake nestled high in the Albertan mountains, where if you paddle to the other side you can find a little creek that drains into it. Unlike most mountain creeks this one is fairly slow and deep, at least where it runs into the lake. A canoe can be paddled and poled a fair distance upriver, through a section of the famous Wilmore Wilderness and into the back side of Jasper Park. I finally got around to making that trip this year and hunting it for elk, its a 6 point zone and I got in late. I didn't manage to find a 6 point elk but the hunt itself was amazing enough I figured I'd post some pictures.
This is what the back door to Jasper looks like.
This is it, about 5 miles of valley sandwitched between two parks, from this ridge I could watch the moose and elk go up and down the valley.
This is right on the back side of Jasper, you can get a canoe within about a mile of here and then you have to hike up the river.
This is the closest I got to a 6 point elk.
A wide old moose, killed by wolves.
I never saw this guy, and he didn't bother my camp, but he was in the valley with me the whole time.
I glassed and hiked for about 4 days without much success and I probably wont go back and hunt this valley, but I will definatly be taking my family back there to do some camping next summer.
This is what the back door to Jasper looks like.
This is it, about 5 miles of valley sandwitched between two parks, from this ridge I could watch the moose and elk go up and down the valley.
This is right on the back side of Jasper, you can get a canoe within about a mile of here and then you have to hike up the river.
This is the closest I got to a 6 point elk.
A wide old moose, killed by wolves.
I never saw this guy, and he didn't bother my camp, but he was in the valley with me the whole time.
I glassed and hiked for about 4 days without much success and I probably wont go back and hunt this valley, but I will definatly be taking my family back there to do some camping next summer.
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Very cool pics Thanks for sharing.
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Awesome!!
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A-Mazing.
Enjoyed every bit of it.
Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed every bit of it.
Thanks for sharing.
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That's some beautiful country, thanks for sharing your pictures.
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BEAUTIFUL country!
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WOW Those are amazing pictures! thanks for sharing!!
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That looks like a dream hunt! Such beautiful country- better luck next time!
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Nice. A little slice of gods country right there.
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WOW!!!
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Looks like a great place for an intervention for your soul...
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Great looking country.
A lot bigger bear tracks than we have in WI. grizz vs black bear.
Is that a whitetail or mule deer track in the same picture with the bear and your boot?
A lot bigger bear tracks than we have in WI. grizz vs black bear.
Is that a whitetail or mule deer track in the same picture with the bear and your boot?
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