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Another Canoe hunt for Moose, pic heavy.

Unread postby Exophysical » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:46 pm

Here are some pictures from a hunt me and a partner did back in 2009. We canoed about 200 kms of very remote river (for Alberta). From the couple of people I found that had run the section I knew there were supposed to be some pretty serious rapids allong the way. Rather than properly scout rapids I often run them standing up so I can see the rocks and chutes better. The down side is that if we hit somthing I will probably go for a swim, I also tend to get some minor verbal abuse from my bowman.


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Along the way we found some great campsites

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And enjoyed some great scenery

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... and saw some neat critters, the Otters who dove everytime I tryed to get a picture had absolutely no fear of us and were even somewhat aggressive towards the canoe

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The water was really low so there were lots of these to dodge the whole way. We did quite a bit of wading and lining to get through some of the boulder gardens.

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We celebrated my 28th birthday on little island with black coffee and some of the worst pankakes I've ever eaten, in my post "solo for moose" I ended up back on this very island several years later under somewhat different conditions. I didnt bring a fryingpan cause I thought I'd just fry stuff in the pot. This generally resulted in a mangled wad of dough that we would mash frozen peanut butter and jam into with our forks. We only managed to flip one that even remotely resembled a pancake, impressed with Craigs prowess I even took a picture of it. Alas it did not survive the trip from the pot to his plate

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5 days into our 10 day trip we bumped into this guy. My partner, against my will, had again brough a hard case (takes up way to much space in a canoe) to keep his $400 savage safe while my gun which is worth 3x as much took one for the team in a soft shell. His rifle was safe and secure locked up in that hard case and under four bungee cords while I quickly grabbed my gun and shot a belated birthday present for myself. He only went about 4 yards but as usual it was in the wrong direction.

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Heres the money shot, I convinced Craig who was half deaf and none too co-operative at this point to trust his camera to a dollar store mini tripod perched on a rock in the water. Too bad we didnt notice that glob of bloody moose slober in the foreground.

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And heres my canoe loaded up with around 1000 lbs of moose and gear. Notice that stupid hardcase taking up nearly as much room as a pack and rendering that cheap savage useless! I cant say enough about the canoe though, its advertized payload is 1200 lbs which I had though was probably an exageration. After having loaded it pretty darn close to its max I can tell you they are not stretching the truth. The leg room got a bit cramped though. For this kind of a trip an 18 footer would have been nice.

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We did a marathon paddle into one heck of a wind and some torential rain on the last day. Because both me and my partner wear glasses we had a brush with callamity when we almost got wrapped on a submerged rock we couldnt see through our rain covered spectacles. We were trying to make it to the Noralta Camp in time for supper. We did such a good job that we actualy showed up a couple hours early and ended up driving to the next town before celebrating by wolfing down obscene amounts of roast beef at a buffet. None too soon either, snow started dumping down as we drove home.

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Re: Another Canoe hunt for Moose, pic heavy.

Unread postby Zap » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:11 pm

Nice!

Thanks for taking us along...... :mrgreen:
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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:19 pm

Great write up Exo! Beautiful country and great pictures! :clap:

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Unread postby Hodag Hunter » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:33 pm

Great hunt and story.

Yeah when your buddy wasn't looking I would have floated his rifle case down river. Lol

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Unread postby headgear » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:34 pm

:clap: Cool hunt exo!!! Really feeling the need to go on one of these extreme moose or elk hunts I keep reading about but just can't make it happen. YET!
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Unread postby hunter_mike » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:48 pm

Totally awesome

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Unread postby BuckTrack81 » Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:39 pm

Good stuff, enjoyed the story and pics...

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:12 pm

Sweet! :dance:
Nice story and memories. :clap:
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Unread postby JAB » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:10 am

That looks like a fun adventure!

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Unread postby Longbow » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:15 am

Looks like the type of hunt I dream about!

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Unread postby Spysar » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:24 am

Wow that's awesome.
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Unread postby venisonassassin » Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:12 am

Good stuff 8-) . Looks like a fun adventure
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Unread postby Milk Weed Seed » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:11 am

Awesome and congrats:-)

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Unread postby vanceg » Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:39 am

Awesome hunt!


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