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Happy BDAY!! 44's not bad!

Im never gonna get that time back, am I???

Wow... cool pic.

You said it brudder!!

Got Avery to take Monday off so we could head up and see what effect we could have on the bush chicken population, and maybe bump inot a calf moose or deer at the same time. We got up to camp before dark on Friday, and went in with an inch of snow on the ground. Saturday was cloudy, but Sunday was likely the best day we've had all fall, we managed 9 birds over the course of the weekend and put a lot of mileage on the bike. heres some pic's. Hoping to head up one last time next weekend with the wifey!!

Thats a good long time....

Chin up!!! Get 'em!

Nice catch.... and the fish are good too!!

Good luck Brian... go get 'em!!

Thanks!!! Nice pics.. thats a NICE buck!!

Where was that when I was in high school...... lol.. chick magnet .. lol... thats awesome!!

Nicee....

Ill be dropping in on our way to camp next time!

wow.... id run too....

Nice size pickerel!! Great report!

Thanks guys, and yes weird is right.. I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. Like I said its likely the last one Ill shoot, although the locals out there would like to see them all gone. Interestingly enough I talked to a very good friend of mine last night that hunt moose here in Sturgeon, been hunting and trapping the same bush here for 30 years, never saw a live wolf in the bush, and this year their party saw five, three of which ran right at him while he was dogging. Must have though he was a moose or something, ran to thirty yards of him till they figured out he wasn't edible.. lol

Great pic's... I wann to see them in the daylite!!

To be honest, I just took it for the hide.. its the only thing Ive ever shot that I didnt eat. Ive never heard anyone eating wolf meat, although when I skun it out the meat was nice and pink. I struggled with whether to eat it or not, and in the end decided the hide was enough... that being said, I do think that's the only one ill ever shoot.

Yup your right... its the only part of me I haven't hurt yet... lol.. in any event all guns are unloaded before we get anywhere near camp. LOL.. in the gun safety course they teach you... (yes its true) to LOOK down the barrel of the gun to see that it is unloaded... thats what i was doing...

This is my 12th annual hunt to Mine Center. Always a good time and usually a great hunt. This year was a bit different. I like to call it the year of the wolf. A lot of our usual spots had no deer sign at all this year, some spots i was particularity looking forward to hunting.. none.. nada... nope. The one spot we usually hunt had lots of sign though so we concentrated on that one and spent the afternoon looking for new locations. The trip out was uneventful except for a little slush on the Sultan Road A pic of Den and Uncle Joe - 84 years old and his 50 or 60th consecutive trip out!! The scenery on the trip out out is always great!! We always stop here for gas... amazing murals on the wall. For the most part the hunting was slow, the weather was bad for hunting, and after going 12 years and only seeing one wolf, we saw three this year. One was hanging around my morning watch so much, I got a tag for it and the next day I got it. I skinned it out and am tanning it now!! Hopefully a bad winter can bring the population down, as I'm pretty sure the large number of them has a dramatic effect on the deer population. The amount of howling that goes on around our watch's pre-dawn is quite unnerving. We did manage to get some fishing in a couple of times and the lake never let us down, some nice pickerel and a nice pike as well were caught and consumed!! The crew at our annual prime rib dinner!! Tequila and Chicken wing sauce shooters..... I wont be doing that again.... bad for my poker luck.... LOL Finally, Tookie, while watching a NEW spot took this nice little buck, perfectly broadside, through and through at about 200 yards. It would turn out to be our only deer this year. That afternoon I chased a moose around for a couple of hours but didnt manage to catch up.. We hunted hard every day, at the watches before dawn and walking/ touring till we were exhausted, so it wasn't for lack of trying. I did take one nice afternoon off, our last day was the only real decent weather to go fishing and get these scenery shots... Every year, we all chip in on something to make our lives a bit easier at camp and this year... I've had so much good luck with the Canadian Tire Woodsplitter that I own, when it went on sale for $200 we couldn't resist!! Makes putting next years wood away a breeze!! Manual says no bigger than 16 inches.. lol.. they are just being shy!! Every year, it gets less and less about shooting for me, (Says the guy who didn't shoot!! LOL) and more and more about being there and the comradeship we all share after many years of hunting together. It's nice to see some of the kids starting to come, and I think ill do my best to drag Avery out there with me next year. Ill take some pictures of the wolf hide when its done and over my bannister. I'm already planning for next years hunt!!

Awesome video!!

Great Report Joey, nice to see some "old" faces for sure!! Adams looking older... lol.. but not Sandy!!! Glad some ski's were boated!!

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Nice fish!! Great report Thanks for sharing!!

Congrats.. looks like a nice ride!!