Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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09/24/17 05:33 PM
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Always enjoyed looking at everyone elses journals here, figured i'd start my own. Like the title, im from newfoundland so all these pictures will be of hunting and trapping here on the island. Although i've been around trapping quite a bit this will be my first year really getting into it myself. My uncle has been a large scale trapper his whole life so i've been with him a few times and figured its time to give it a try my self. I've been hunting my whole life, been guiding a lot recently, just finished up a great season with fly fishing clients this summer. Looking forward to posting lots and enjoying everyone elses adventures. Found this shed back during the summer, lucky fella i guess. Went to scout for some geese the day before the opener, no good sign but at least theres always berries to snack on First goose of the year, had 14 fly over the week before, had 5 in the pond behind camp the day before this one, this was a lone one and 4 others flew in after i shot this one but it was too dark to get after them, I'll leave them be for a while and let them fatten up a bit. Had to get one though. Spent a few nights in to try and get my wood split up and packed away to make room for more, managed one little teal out the three in the pond, hit another but lost him despite canoeing the pond for an hour searching, hopefully he made it as i hate losing game like that. Managed to get all the wood put up and almost completely filled the shed (shed goes farther to left) I'll spend a lot more time cutting more now that the weather has turned cooler and the flies are almost gone. Moose opens on oct 7th, trapping nov 1. I'll post a lot more as the seasons progress and it gets deeper into the fall. Take Care, Matt.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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09/24/17 05:52 PM
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Thanks for letting us follow along. Best of luck!
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool and his folly. Proverbs 17:12
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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09/24/17 08:15 PM
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Were you fly fishing for Atlantic salmon ? Brook and Brown trout as well but salmon for the most part. We had a record low return this year and the government had to close our rivers early. Some rivers were down thousands of fish. Combination of little rain, warm waters and heavy sea ice as well as fishing from foreigners who still have commercial Atlantic salmon quotas.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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10/01/17 10:10 AM
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What fur species do you have there on the island?
Pete Mink, muskrat, otter, lynx, fox, coyote, beaver (registered lines), weasel, squirrel, marten although we're not allowed to trap them I hunted moose 2 years ago with central outfitters. I couldn't stop eating the blueberries. it was like a carpet of Blue. som serious hills and valleys,but a beautiful place. The guide had some nice lynx mounts he trapped years ago he said. You must have been in Stoney's place. Who was your guide? My friends dad guided for them for a while, he also traps. I know Stoney traps as well and got a massive coyote hybrid a few years ago. Heading in moose hunting this evening with my brother while he's got a day off work. His licence area opened back in august but it's too warm then to shoot anything. This is his first licence so hopefully we can get on an animal.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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10/14/17 09:11 PM
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Looks like you got a fool proof shooter there ,no fog up with that moose gun. Nice pics Thanks
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10/17/17 09:45 AM
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This is going to be a good one to follow, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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10/18/17 12:09 AM
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Is that a 303 rifle in the last pic? I think every Canadian owns one lol.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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10/19/17 05:17 AM
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It's not easy to quote multiple people as I'm typing on a phone right now but I'll try. I should know the definite id on the species given my background but I honestly don't. It looks like it could be a ring neck but certain aspects do not match up. Could be a blue wing teal but again could go either way. Going to send off a picture to my old co worker who done some bird surveys with me and get his opinion.
Crosspatch: not disagreeing with you however this duck has no ring on the bill and any ring neck I've seen never had the powder blue patch. Could be a juvenile but I've never seen a ring neck hen look like this, that being said the ring necks I've seen have been fully mature drakes and only few hens. Also, how's the weather up in lab? Any luck calling moose? We've been calling down here and not having any luck, wondering if the rut was early.
Newhouse: not a ruddy, tails a lot shorter and the bill doesn't have the upward sweep a ruddy does.
Jurassic: 303 it is. This is my buddy's gun, trying to get his moose, pretty sure everyone in Canada has at least one in their family and here in Newfoundland every man and their dog owns one
Tweed: this was on my uncles line, shot off an email to him to get the history of it however I'm thinking it's an old logging tilt for the boys cutting wood back in the early 1900s. I'll get the definite history soon
Heading back to my new line this week to get some bait out and sets made for when it opens, the area I'm in now has good sign and and goes on for a while. I'll have to break a new section to make it a round trip but that's not a big deal.
Thanks- Matt.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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10/19/17 10:06 AM
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Been involved with a few surveys myself, mostly with the muskrat falls transmission line. Sent the picture off to doug, a bird biologist, he got back right away, ring neck it is. Juvenile makes sense for the size and plumage of this one. The bill ring was not developed yet. We mostly were involved with song birds and raptors, not a ton of waterfowl species so I'm rusty on those.
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10/28/17 08:56 AM
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Nice work
That is not a teal though Ringbill
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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11/05/17 07:06 PM
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Heres that road kill cross fox I was given, small little male. Slight tear under his arm, which we're still not sure on the cause of because there was no internal bruising or bleeding anywhere near it. He was struck almost head on but only enough to kill him, no crushed or even broken bones. Im tanning this one and the guy who dropped it off said he'll buy it back, hes in the freezer now until i get the time to get at the tanning process. Took some time to get some stretchers done up, got one fox, one mink and three weasel boards out of one length of pine. Planed the fox down a bit, still have to finish the others and then sand them all Seasons open now but fur isn't primed up yet. Getting sets out and ready and baiting until later in the season. Take care.
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11/05/17 09:41 PM
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Nice dark coloured cross fox,should look good tanned as a wall hanger.Then after the guy gets tired of looking at it hanging on his wall after a couple years,it will make a nice hat.
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Re: Thirdwind's Newfoundland Journal
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11/28/17 06:34 PM
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Haven’t much luck on my snares. Had one pulled through and another two walked down by moose. Still waiting on a good flick of snow to see what’s around and moving where. Got some mink gear out after being too busy recently. With work finishing up Friday I’ll time to get more going. Had a moose along the side of the camp the other morning, nice cow. Hope everyone is hooking into some fur. I’ll have more pictures when I figure out the home computer, it’s a real pain trying to update anything from mobile devices. Also just got engaged Saturday as well! Take care.
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11/28/17 10:27 PM
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Also just got engaged Saturday as well! Congratulations.
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