I'd thought I'd parked her on a rock but the back was sitting hard on the ground. Broke loose, we crossed the river and walked over to survey our options.

Pretty boggy so I decided to save our backs and use the HP the Mothership provides.

Froze her down again while we were working on the moose. Didn't expect that as wet as it was. 400' of rope and the rope-a-long and we were free again. A handyman jack and piece of plywood will be in the boat for the next adventure. What a day. Hauled the moose back down river to the truck and came back up to relax. Amazing feeling to have the moose back at the truck even though it still has to be cut up and processed. Feels like the pressure is off.
Broke camp early the next morning and headed for the truck.
Got meat to process now and snow machines to service. Be safe...

Good stuff JR.
My back hurts just from watching ! Looks like a wet-cold day.

Thanks for sharing that. Makes me glad I wasn't there !

That water gets pretty hard in spots

Nice videos .

Good navigation on land too. Snow is just frozen water .

My father built his own fleet of airboats from scratch and of course was mech to them all. Others would hire him to fix theirs. As they would their planes.

He could dock an airboat on land sweeter than anyone I ever saw. And we routinely went anywhere he wanted, despite others telling him airboats aren't made to do that ...well he did . He would routinely go on dry land good distances from one waterway to the next. Even into , and up dips and swells on the ground. He would say, you have to know your prop and how sensitive it is to gun it or let off, when to gee and haw , when not to.

Aren't they so useful ? I love them. Spent many years traveling in them, on dry land too !

Thanks for the share, JR.

Well that pack out was pretty slick!

Awesome peek at your life. Thanks for the vids

That's pretty cool, thanks for the video!

Good deal on the moose!!!!! Congrats!

Ok I am officially jealous of that sweet pack out! You made it look way easy.

Nice! Cant ask for an easier pack. Moose looks chubby.

Yes they are useful and fun, but there sure are loud and expensive to operate.

I knew a guy back in the late 70’s I think it was that got tired going through the ice beaver trapping so he started using an air boat and it ended the problem.

The 70s when beaver trapping was good enough that a guy could get an air boat to beaver trap. The good old days. Would miss my Google phone.

Running the airboat over the snow, who'd a thought? Then having it freeze down! There's an education for all. Awesome stuff jr.

That airboat packout was awesome!

Pulling that big boat 400' with a rope-along! Wow! What did you use for a pick?

alaska viking..... I didn't have to pull the boat 400', it just took 400' to reach a live tree on the edge of the swamp. We put all we could on the rope-a-long and then the big block and big rudders were able to break her free. I'm still trying to figure out what to pack in the extraction bag for that situation. That totally caught me off guard and unprepared. Don't like that but definitely learned from it.

Got all the traps tended to and ready for season. Been servicing the machines and sleds now.

That was some fine moose we brought home. Cool weather and clean makes for some fine eating and very little loss. Got the moose in the freezer and made 100 pounds of some fine black bear sausage. Full freezer and ready for trapping season
My old fleshing beam in the shop was starting to split so I built another one a couple days ago. I bought the old one from Dean Wilson back in 94 for $35 and then I built the folding stand for it. Built the new one pretty much identical to it.
Season is coming fast. Be safe

Meat hanging is a pretty site!

Chainsaw winch, but man, they are heavy!

I have one of those too but haven't packed it for years. They are handy but like ya said, Heavy.

JR, I have always been jealous of your shop space.

-TJ