IronNoggin
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Finally got the photo package installed to this new PC - bit of a rough go for one as challenged as I am at that sort of thing! [xx(]
So, here's a bit of a summary of how fall went this year in Alberta:
First up was an American, who coincidentally happens to be my Pa! Gotta love it when I can Guide someone I would have been there regardless with! And what a hell of a time we had!
Launching the jet rig was interesting. Had to borrow a rancher's truck to get her backed out damn near half-way across the river to get her off the trailer! Hell of a machine! 502 Kodiak Racing engine delivering more ponies than you'd ever need, and a top end of near 80... MILES</u> an hour that is!
Then a quick run to get Camp set up. Home for the next 4 days. Excellent spot, we saw several decent bucks right off the front door!
The South Saskatchewan River is a Magical Place! Quite different from anything we have in BC. Remote in that there are pretty well no roads into the area we hunted, and in fact, we didn't see another hunter the whole hunt! Beautiful, breathtaking vistas, and chock full of both HUGE Mule Deer and Whitetails!
The next few days were spent split between running the river in the jet, and climbing to various vantage points to look at the excellent scenery, and of course the animals it harbored:
And harbor it did! In the course of the first two days, we counted 66 bucks, and a full seven of those were judged to be "Book" quality or better. My Pa, now 74, has hunted a LOT of mulies in his time. At the end of the hunt, he shook my outfitter's hand and noted that he had seen more "Quality" bucks in those 3 days than he had seen in his entire hunting career. Not tough to believe! That area now ranks amongst the Very Best in North America for seeing/taking large, Trophy Quality Mule Deer! It now matches and at times exceeds both Colorado and Utah for this prestigious position!
More to come...
So, here's a bit of a summary of how fall went this year in Alberta:
First up was an American, who coincidentally happens to be my Pa! Gotta love it when I can Guide someone I would have been there regardless with! And what a hell of a time we had!
Launching the jet rig was interesting. Had to borrow a rancher's truck to get her backed out damn near half-way across the river to get her off the trailer! Hell of a machine! 502 Kodiak Racing engine delivering more ponies than you'd ever need, and a top end of near 80... MILES</u> an hour that is!
Then a quick run to get Camp set up. Home for the next 4 days. Excellent spot, we saw several decent bucks right off the front door!
The South Saskatchewan River is a Magical Place! Quite different from anything we have in BC. Remote in that there are pretty well no roads into the area we hunted, and in fact, we didn't see another hunter the whole hunt! Beautiful, breathtaking vistas, and chock full of both HUGE Mule Deer and Whitetails!
The next few days were spent split between running the river in the jet, and climbing to various vantage points to look at the excellent scenery, and of course the animals it harbored:
And harbor it did! In the course of the first two days, we counted 66 bucks, and a full seven of those were judged to be "Book" quality or better. My Pa, now 74, has hunted a LOT of mulies in his time. At the end of the hunt, he shook my outfitter's hand and noted that he had seen more "Quality" bucks in those 3 days than he had seen in his entire hunting career. Not tough to believe! That area now ranks amongst the Very Best in North America for seeing/taking large, Trophy Quality Mule Deer! It now matches and at times exceeds both Colorado and Utah for this prestigious position!
More to come...