I usually have both my 270s when hunting moose in the boat. My 700 bdl with open sight for close shots and my stainless sps with scope for the longer shots. I almost bought a mossberg patriot in 300 win mag with a vortex 3-9 when I went to Whitehorse but changed my mind. I carry the sps when caribou hunting on windy days. Can't bring myself to leave the bdl at home when bear hunting. I shot both moose with the sps.

Only picture of Morgan with our moose.

Sue Aiken is a fraud. She frequently lies about stuff she knows nothing about on life below zero

Btw ryan congrats on the moose.

I had a good day out at the geese camp with my Dad. Seen a moose on the way out but I'll wait a couple more days before pulling the trigger again. Cut some trails and did some cleaning. Pretty nice fall weather. Probably head to the trapping camp tomorrow, going to grind the last of the moose meat and go to bed.

Lucky guy must be really going to pick cranberries. Seems like they grew best in that Esua River area. I shot a swan yesterday when I went for wood. Just barely beat an eagle to it, no shot gun had to head shot it with 270. Want to fish but the creeks just wont clear up. Looks like a good fox year, saw one in Pokiak other day and saw three around town yesterday.

Water is really dropping there muskrat so should be good for fishing now. My dog cost me a moose this morning. Couldn't keep quiet and the big cow took off. Really shallow out by the trapline but managed to cut a couple new trails and fix some eroded river banks. I would've liked to see more rabbits as the lynx numbers follow the rabbits. Not many at all. Lots of mink though. Other than the lost moose I would say my dog was good company. She watched me clearing brush and started dragging willows off the trail on her own. The way she would grow really low at the rabbit snare trail each night made me wonder if the grizzly was close. Then I noticed a tarp was moved and knew for sure the bear was around. I made it out of the camp river in time today. The way water was dropping I'm sure I wouldn't have made by tomorrow. Rivers were just too shallow to get everything done but I'll be back out there as soon as it freezes.

What breed (or part breeds is ) is your new dog ? They can sure be of help if we help them to help us ! Obedience says it all.What species of fish are you after Muskrat ?

She's not exactly new at 13 months old but she is husky, Shepherd, wolf mix. The owner of the parents called the litter "heinz 57" because there is a little bit of everything in there.

I think the wolf blood in her keeps her wild and ornery.

I want to catch some conni, also known as sheefish and a few other names. Margo make really good fish patties out of them.

Muskrat I have read of them .Saw a picture in Frank Glaser's book with some big ones that the locals gave him .Does the eating quality of them decline as they get too big ? Set the hook for me !

Dumb question Ryan: how does wolf blood get in their? Just leaving a edit: female dog in heat out and a wolf takes care of her?

Do people purposely try to have dogs bred with wolves up there?

Tough to do as wolves [I believe] like coyotes are mono esterous [female] and mono ??? [male]. Not saying it cant be done but would require having female dog come in esterous during the single period that a male wolf is able once a year.

A couple of the old timers leave a female in heat in wolf country. A male finds her and gets her pregnant. A female finds her and you just find the dogs head. Never tried it myself but some of the older guys do it from time to time. We had a female when I was a kid that was 50 percent wolf, her dad was a pure blooded wild wolf. Her pups were quarter breed which is the ideal percentage. Some of her pups were occasionally wild though. One ripped my grandpa's chihuahua in half, we found it after a grocery trip to town. Another of her pups lived for 18 years, I got it when I was 3 and put it down when I was 21.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa.....what in the world is a Chihuahua doing in the North!?

They had a few chihuahuas over the years for bear warning. The dogs were easy on grub and easy to haul around.

No the big ones taste the best we don't eat the small ones. Bait or dog food. Went today did not get any, one small northern pike. Nearly froze in open boat.

Muskrat ,Some days are diamonds ,some days are coal ,set the hook for me, too much slack between NWT and MT.

After a couple days of being sick I decided to get off the couch and check for moose around 5 o'clock. That gave me about 4 hours of daylight. Called in a few different places but no moose listening I guess. In the last grassy lake of the day I seen moose 19,20,and21 of the fall. It was a cow with 2 calves. This year's twins so they got their pardon. Called to see if a bull was close but again no answer. Lots of rabbits, a gigantic lynx, and a bird I've never seen here before. It looked like the sand hill cranes we see all the time but it was white. What a time to not have a camera. I'll check it out on Google later but I think it was either a whooping crane or an egret? Maybe some kind of heron?

We seen 9 swans today a flock of mallard and a flock of widgeon, no shot gun.