We even picked up a Valentine's day cat which my wife has now claimed for herself.



A big Tom with nice colour

No matter how many years i spend out here I never get tired of the views and the majesty of the mountains. Even the frost on the rocks can change your perspective on a given day.

Sweet photos

Beautiful!! Congrats to your honey on the cat!

I know the feeling of your wife claiming the cat, mine did the same thing! Thanks for sharing!

Hauling 16' lumber went easier then I expected

Apparently we are getting the lynx mounted for a spot she's been saving. Chocolates would have been cheaper for valentines

Great pics, nice Lynx as well. Are they common up there or just the occasional one?

Tundra like everywhere the lynx cycle here but I have pretty good numbers usually. But I don't have the cats that NW Alberta does, it seems to be a real corridor for lynx.

Great pics brian that lynx will look great full body mounted, I saw one at a taxidermy shop the other day it was done with a spruce hen just starting to fly and the lynx pouncing at it. Had a good day on my last check of the season caught 4 nice sized lynx 1 female 3 males put my total at 18 for the season. Out of 18 lynx only 2 were females not sure what to make of that, not looking to good for next year, no rabbits and all my lynx were very skinny I also noticed they were very wormy, round worms I think long worms about an inch to an inch and a half long. I am looking forward to spring beaver now.

Bush, can we get a pix of how your kifaru inside is set up. great idea on floor. Thanks

Decoy... I can tell you not very comfortable sleeping on that cooler! The stove is outside as I burnt the paint off of it. I grabbed it last spring on sale, because I really needed another bush stove, like a hole in the head. Somehow I seem to accumulate wood stoves, especially pack ones. This one is cool though, a fairly heavy cylinder, that everything packs into.

Decoy, If you look by the poles you can see I extended two wings of 24" plywood out from the platform to catch a couple more corners of the tent.

RedEarth, the beginning of the decline I'm betting your thinking. Next year maybe less cats, but fatter, the survivors who are more of a generalists in their diets? Including other lynx. Might as well catch them and put them to a better use then starving. Nice season total by the way.

Only Chuck Norris sleeps on one cooler my friend :-)

Actually I'm in R&D on a cott. I want one with a back on it so it can be used like a couch when sitting in camp. Another therma rest would make a great back and would provide a dry one that you could switch out daily. Staying warm in winter camp is all about getting rid of humidity it seems. nothing like wood heat to warm up and dry out gear though.

I'll post a pic of finished interior, should be done this week, putting together my next load to haul out right now. Doors and more windows and maybe roofing.

Another run up-river with building supplies for new cabin. I've got the complete framing material and sheathing there now. Plus two windows. I hauled my door on this trip.



I also hauled in my prototype bed - couch - storage unit.

Things went good until...

I hit a section of hollow ice. I went for a ride when the snowmobile came to a stop. I would like it noted my load never moved an inch.

Ouch, never been a horse that couldn't be rode and never been a cowboy that never been throwed, and I got throwed.

Unhooked machine, spun it around so gravity would help and flipped it upright. Put a tow line on and popped both sleds out no problem. kept on rolling.

Passed a set of nice fresh wolverine tracks along the way

Made it the rest of way to camp without incident and unloaded gear and set up my new combo bed unit