Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika
Hmm absolutely incredible location. Adventure..results.thank you kindly for sharing..I appreciate your photos replay of your trip
thank you
Srupp
Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika
Thanks srupp - will be posting more of the trip later. Glad the photos are working
Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika
This is an interesting approach to telling a story! Looking forward to the adventure!
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Sounds like you had a great adventure, very nice country. Hope you put up a few more pics of the moose. Which outfittere were yoiu with.
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Thanks Rackmastr! It was definitely a trip of a lifetime.
Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika
LBM - Don't worry...more pics coming! We were with a transporter - Steamboat Mountain Outfitters.
Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika - Part 2
DAY 9
“There aren’t many jobs you can do with a horse, a rifle and an axe.”
I had to grin at the statement. It was, of course, a massive over-simplification, but it also rang dead true. I stared into the small fire, it’s reassuring warmth caressing my face, while thoughts flitted through my mind: horses and trails and rivers and mountains and the two men who sat across the fire from me.
Seymour and his son Tanner own and operate Steamboat Mountain Outfitters. They are transporters – a term used by the province for service providers who assist in area access, camp supplies, game retrieval and management, and basically anything that doesn’t involve guiding. If you didn’t know they were father and son, it wouldn’t take long to figure it out. It took a while for me to get to know them as they are both quiet types. But that’s one of the great things about sitting around a campfire – somehow the stories just come and you get know each other. And boy, do they have stories. If you get the chance, ask Tanner about the sheep hunt from hell. I won’t spoil it for you – it’s just too good.
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Seymour and Tanner are steeped in bush-craft and know their horses inside out. What I most appreciated about them, though, was their quiet confidence. They were up early every morning to get breakfast on the go and were gone from camp all day clearing horse trails, checking on the horses or exploring new country. I couldn’t help but think they are part of a dying breed of true mountain men, and if something went wrong out here in the wild, they were the kind of guys I’d want around.
All too soon, it was time to head to bed. I slept like a log each night, even though my air mattress was pretty thin. That's the beauty of being truly tired - you can sleep through damn near anything.
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DAY 8
We split up today, with my in-shape friend heading high and my father-in-law and I staying low. We were hunting, sure, but in a halfhearted, just-enjoying-the-day sort of way. More like meandering through the wilderness and taking it all in.
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We spent some time in the mid-afternoon cleaning the skulls and trying to wash out the brain cavities. It was my first time doing this as I've never shot anything worth mounting before. It is detailed work and I learned a lot that I can hopefully use in the future.
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Re: Into the Muskwa-Kechika
wow such beautiful country, cant wait to go back myself, thanks for sharing your hunt with us
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Ugh that country is gorgeous. Makes me want summer to end right now and the temps to drop!