A couple nice Deer I let get away... til next fall!

[SAVAGE]

Here's a couple nice ones I let get away in November 2003, because I didn't have a tag for them... .







With both a Moose & an Elk in the Freezer I didn't have room for either of these, by next year, if they survived the winter, they will be even bigger.

[Doug]

Need help there, Ken?

Doug

[Thunderstix]

Wow! I wouldn't want to try and pack that thing on my Bull-pac

[zigman]

Nice looking deer. I am hopeing to get a hog of a whitetail from saskachewan this fall!
Any invites for some summertime varmit huntin?

[SAVAGE]

Yup, I am looking forward to the fall already! It's doubtful I will get a Moose draw two years running, so I will likely be limited to Elk & Deer.
Just gotta love the unlimited hunting opportunities.

[bochunk2000]

What a couple of beauties. You don't find 'em like that on the rock...wish we had them though. At least you remembered your camera...

[SAVAGE]

Ha, silly boy that I am, I pack my backpack of hunting possibles, my binoculars, my cammera, whichever rifle I am in the mood for (varies from 7 1/2# to 10 1/2#, depending on model & caliber), plus survival gear, lunch & water. Sometimes It reminds me of the gnarly training when I was in the infantry 30 years ago, but if I leave anything in the Jeep I am sure to need it & will be 5 miles away from it.

[Doug]

HEY!!! I was in the infantry thirty years ago too! Do you miss those romantic moonlit nights out wandering around in the swamps, or the thrill of discovering that your gas mask cannister doesn't work any more just after you get hit by a gas attack? How about the joy of carrying the extra few mortar rounds or the GPMG tripod along with the rest of the shit on your back? Or maybe you miss puking through your nose when they touch off the 106 recoilless beside your head back in those days when we were not ALLOWED to wear hearing protection?

Ah, those were the days..............

Doug

[SAVAGE]

Yo Doug; Those were the days! Yup, our "theme song was Freddie F's Wasted Days, Wasted Nights" Oh to be young & foolish again! I am sure those were the best times of my life. After doing Cornwallis I trained at several bases in Ontario, including Kingston and Bordon, finally landed up in Calgary with #1 PPCLI, which unit did you serve in, RCR's?

We Lead!

[Doug]

I wore an RCR cap badge for five years, but that was as an army cadet. I started out in the regular force as an infantry officer trainee, lost most of my hearing in both ears from shooting (and standing beside 106s etc etc!), and was remustered out of the infantry.

I think our theme song was "I don't want to join the Army"

Doug