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Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6625347
09/26/19 12:47 AM
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I’ve been out elk hunting. A lot of bears being seen this year. My buddy had to fire a shot to drive a grizzly sow with two big cubs out of our camp. They wouldn’t leave when he was honking the truck horn so he put a round into the ground beside her. That worked. These two bears were at a different camp so it’s a real bear year

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6625539
09/26/19 08:31 AM
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Thank you for sharing the pictures and stories of your hunting season so far the boat ride looks very exciting and grizzlies visiting your camp had to be a pain in the neck .down here some archery hunters have been mauled this season by grizzly bears proving the fact that we need to have a season on them again.
Allan


Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6625718
09/26/19 12:06 PM
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What is the current status on hunting them in Alberta?


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Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6626280
09/27/19 12:13 AM
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No hunting of grizzly's as of yet but the numbers are there for a sustainable hunt, but I'm thinking politics will get in the way.

Moose are in full rut and on the move. My partner is filming them in Jasper and sent me some stills today


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It takes about 5-6 years to get drawn for moose and I will have a tag next year. I have a plan to go after a big one in the valley of the horns next fall . Location known only to me!

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6626397
09/27/19 07:42 AM
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That's a shame I feel that the people who don't want a hunting season on grizzly bears need to visit with those hunters from here who were mauled then spend a week in a tent in the same area the mauling took place.
Then common sense would kick in ?
Darn nice moose I miss seeing them down here with the numbers we once had.


Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6626860
09/27/19 06:12 PM
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Yes they're getting bold, I had to shoot a warning shot at a charging boar last june near redrock creek.

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6630596
10/01/19 11:26 PM
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Redrock Creek is my old trapline. Some high bear densities there.

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heading out for a few days of hunting. Nice cool weather here

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6634411
10/06/19 10:35 PM
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I checked my cams this week and see I had another shot of Old Brutus the grizzly I had given up for dead. You can see what a big bear he once was but age is catching up with him. He looks pretty ribby and he should have some weight on if he's going to last the winter.

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6634413
10/06/19 10:38 PM
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Meanwhile the youngster in the valley looks like he had a run in with someone a bit tougher, maybe Brutus has a bit of life left in him yet

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6634438
10/06/19 11:27 PM
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Im rooting for Brutus!


Made it almost 3 years without censor!

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6635045
10/07/19 09:39 PM
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Me Too AV. Us old tough guys have to stick together

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6637205
10/11/19 12:45 AM
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Moose are on draw in Alberta and these days it can take 5+ years to get drawn. But my friend got drawn this year and has been hunting hard to connect on a bull. It would be his first moose and he was determined to fill that tag. After a lot of scouting he nailed down an area that held some good sign. He got chased out by a blizzard on Monday and I agreed to go back with him yesterday.

Our plan was to cover some miles on quads until we hit fresh sign in the new snow, and then either do some calling or tracking and keep moving until we ran into one or called one in. We trailed a few fresh tracks but the moose was straight-lining it in search of cows and personally, I can't outwalk a moose. But sometimes we can out-think one.

We hit a smoking hot track crossing a trail on a very steep hillside. We called off the top of the hillside and then my buddy followed the tracks down the hill. I dropped down and around to see if I could cut a track on the bottom of the hill. I didn't find tracks but I found an overgrown trail that snaked along the bottom of the hill. I returned to the top and met my friend coming out with a big smile on his face. He had spotted the bull coming back up the hill in response to the calls and shot a nice young bull at 15 yards. Yippee. But now we have to get the meat out.

It was either 1/3 of a mile straight back up the hill or 1/2 a mile downhill to the trail I had found. We're no fools so we chose the downhill route. Two loads each and we had all the meat to our machines and homeward bound. So far I've had to pack meat on all my hunts this fall. Hopefully I'll get an elk soon and it'll be closer to the trail. It was good to moose hunt and call again.

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Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6637207
10/11/19 12:46 AM
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One very happy hunter



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And a moderately happy packhorse

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6637209
10/11/19 12:51 AM
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we are getting a substantial wild horse population in the foothills around here. I was calling moose and these four showed up

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6637214
10/11/19 01:16 AM
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Woo hoo!


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Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6637456
10/11/19 11:45 AM
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good job!!!

How deep is the snow south of town?

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6645519
10/21/19 11:46 PM
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Snows mostly gone, but it was knee deep. Still chasing elk so I took my boat out the other day

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A beautiful day on the water. I found a very interesting flat that had about a mile long meadow full of peavine. It varied in width from 20 yards to 200 yards. Full of elk sign and worth a repeat visit. The elk retreat to steep and gnarly hillside bedding areas during the day. Need to sneak in but tough to do in a jetboat and that's the only way to access.


I found where beavers had dug a canal 1/4 mile long into the aspen on the same flat. I wonder how long it took them

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Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6645525
10/21/19 11:56 PM
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I don't know if any of you have used this stihl chainsaw blade sharpener but it's worth every penny.

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6647294
10/23/19 10:16 PM
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I bought the original, I believe, from Pferd about 6 years ago. The Stihl labeled version didn't show up at dealers around me until last year. Like you said, well worth the money. I have a tree farm and cut a lot of firewood. Haven't used my $400 Oregon grinder since buying this $32 tool.

Re: Mountain Journal [Re: Bushman] #6649667
10/26/19 05:17 PM
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Anchorage, Alaska
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Love all your post but the one about your jetboat caribou hunt is simply amazing between the ground you all covered, animals harvested and spotted and stunning sights especially that deep narrow canyon shot!

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