Monashee's hunting adventures 2015

[monasheemountainman]

Well I'm going to start with our hunt with riverjet... It was an amazing time, beautiful scenery and ten days of back pack hunting. We saw lots of beautiful scenery, but with high winds and warm temps, the animals were not easy to come by. I will spoil a bit by saying we did kill a nice moose and story and pics will trickle in as my time allows😈

[monasheemountainman]

We started on sept 10 getting boated in by Kevin from riverjet, and let me tell you as an okangan boy, the scenery was incredible and Kevin is a top notch dude and provides a hell of a service well worth the money!

[monasheemountainman]

It took Kurt and I about 2 hrs to get camp set up the way we wanted it and we couldn't wait any longer to put on our packs and spike out for a few nights. We hiked about 3.5 miles in and set up camp to try to bugle in a nice bull elk.

[.264winmag]

Deadly!
Annnnd?

[monasheemountainman]

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[monasheemountainman]

We spent the first few days spiked out glassing hill sides and pushing bush, with the wild ass winds, there was not much for elk talk going on in the bush. So we said to hell with it, let's hike back to main camp, get some good sleep and see what's going on near the river.

[monasheemountainman]

We hunted the next day and a half near the river trying to get lucky and catch something coming down for a drink, to no avail. So we decided to do day hikes back into the "elk valley" where we were knew they had to be hanging out!

[.264winmag]

Stunning country!

[monasheemountainman]

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[monasheemountainman]

Sorry for any swear words we were having too much fun out there!

[monasheemountainman]

The next day we hiked back in and where we popped outta the spruces is a nice meadow in the middle of the valley. It was the first morning with frost and without wind so we knew we were in for some action. We had two bull elk going right away. One that seemed to be about 400 yards up the hill on our right and one right close to us on our left. I had him screaming at us ready for a fight! I sent Kurt in on the one on the left, as I hung back to bugle in hopes he would come in a bit. FYI we had decided prior to the hunt Kurt would get first shot as he has always been there to help me in the past and always seemed to watch me kill stuff.

[monasheemountainman]

We figured we were well within 100 yards of this bull and still the one behind me was getting closer, when all of a sudden a pack of wolves started howling quite close as well!!! I was like wtf wolves, really?! We are so close!! Anyway the Bulls stopped bugling, and after about half hour Kurt made his way back to the edge of the meadow where I was standing.

we were a little stumped not knowing what to do. Do we make the hour hike back to camp and try to get away from the wolves as we were sure that nothing would be too vocal with them near by. As we contemplated I heard a crack about 100 yards away and said "shh something is coming out"

[monasheemountainman]

I saw the glimpse of a paddle and said moose don't move! I told Kurt to get his gun ready and I'll make sure he is legal. Within 10 seconds he walked out and he was down!!!

[monasheemountainman]

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[monasheemountainman]

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The he lucky hunter and one of the best hunting buddies you can find with his great moose!

[monasheemountainman]

He isn't the biggest moose out there but he makes up for it in character. He has 4 on each front with one of his sides splitting into two! Great looking moose that he will do a skull hooker mount with!

[monasheemountainman]

Shot him at 840 am took us 2.5 hrs to debone and 3 trips 2 miles each way to pack out. It was 8 pm when we hung the last game bag back at camp!

[monasheemountainman]

I have a bit more to the story including a grizz encounter but that will have to wait till tomorrow!

[.264winmag]

Sounds like you guys had a blast, beauty moose!

[Backwoods]

Nice work boys!! Beauty bull looked like a great time!

[ruger#1]

Sorry for any swear words we were having too much fun out there! yes, I was offended by that. Lol. Good story.

[Sylus]

Great story and pics, thanks for posting.The shot that shows the groves of yellow trees as your buddy is glassing is unbelievable.

[Foxtail]

Right on! Beauty moose. I can only imagine packing that beast out as we just quartered one out and between 5 of us and 2 trucks it took us a few hours. Nice work.

[two-feet]

Nice specimen boys! So that moose came into elk bugles and and wolves howling? Poor decision making on his part!

[monasheemountainman]

Nice specimen boys! So that moose came into elk bugles and and wolves howling? Poor decision making on his part!
Haha yes I meant to put that in, we bugled in a moose with wolves howling!

[ElliotMoose]

Great story so far. Keep er goin! Some beauty character on that bull for sure

[ydouask]

:D Holy Moley, what beautiful country,eh? That moose should excellent table fare. Thanks for your story and beautiful pictures.

[coach]

Congratulations! Looks like a heck of a good hunt. Looking forward to the rest of the story..

[325]

Great moose!

[adriaticum]

Great moose and pics!
Video not working though.

[HarryToolips]

Wow wicked moose!!

[monasheemountainman]

Great moose and pics!
Video not working though.

dont worry it's stupid anyway lol. So we packed the meat out and hung it at camp, had about 10 rums each, and slept in the next morning. We spent the next few days hunting around camp and walking up the river etc...
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[ruger#1]

Did you try any fishing?

[monasheemountainman]

Did you try any fishing?

Ya there's no fish in that fcukin river

[ruger#1]

Ya there's no fish in that fcukin river Must be the same as the Prophet river. Not even a bite.

[monasheemountainman]

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[.264winmag]

Wow makes we want to trade the plane for a jet boat!
Find it hard to believe there's no bull trout and grayling loitering about in those pools:)

[monasheemountainman]

It might have been us lol. We didn't try that hard there wasn't any real nice holes close to camp it was pretty deep and fast. But Ya I'm sure there are tones of great fishing holes on the river

[ruger#1]

It's things like this that makes B.C. The greatest place on earth to live.

[.264winmag]

It might have been us lol. We didn't try that hard there wasn't any real nice holes close to camp it was pretty deep and fast. But Ya I'm sure there are tones of great fishing holes on the river
Five of diamonds for bulls, or bacon!
tiny spinners or fly rod for grayling.
I wouldn't be working too hard at it either with that kinda real estate to explore:)

[grizzly550]

Nice job guys. Sounds like a great trip.

[monasheemountainman]

We were getting a little bit of elk chatter around the river, but nothing like the "elk valley" where we had 2 going close to us when we ended up shooting the moose. So we thought well maybe we will hike back in there. We decided we would have to be very cautious going by the moose carcass in case there was a bear on it, and the horse trail we were using comes out at 90 yards from the carcass.

we were pretty relieved to see just a few Ravens munching on the carcass, so we hiked up the ridge and tried a few bugles and did some glassing. The wind really picked up later in the afternoon so calling was useless, we decided to start the hike back to camp. As we crested the hill over looking the meadow with the carcass, I threw the glasses up to check the carcass about 350 yards down below us. My heart sank. In between us and our trail to camp was a massive fcukin grizzly bear! I remember vividly his head was huge and his ears were pointing pretty much straight sideways off the side of his head! We stood there for a few minutes and watched him. I snapped a couple pictures, but they are on a different camera so I'll try to get them uploaded later. For now hopefully this video sums it up. Sorry you gotta look at my ugly mug. (It shows the bear on my camera) luckily the wind was in our favour blowing hard from him to us. So we skirted around him thru the spruces, giving him about 500 yards of space between us.

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[Wrayzer]

Awesome story, fantastic pictures, looking forward to reading the rest of the trip.
The Site needs more stories like this.

[sum-hunter]

Beautiful country! Hopefully one day soon I will venture up there. Great read thus far!

[hodgey33]

wow great story & pics. cant wait to see this grizz pic. keep it coming

[srupp]

Great post, wonderful trip..Kevin is tops
Steven

[Salty]

Awesome trip thanks for taking us along monashee!

[REMINGTON JIM]

Congrats on a Nice moose there Ben- Nice pictures - thks for sharing looking forward to more pics ! Were you packing the 338 RUM ? :-D

[monasheemountainman]

Congrats on a Nice moose there Ben- Nice pictures - thks for sharing looking forward to more pics ! Were you packing the 338 RUM ? :-D

you betcha man! 2 shots in the neck from kurts little 7rem couldn't put him down so I put one in his hump to keep him anchored where he was! Hahaha

[REMINGTON JIM]

you betcha man! 2 shots in the neck from kurts little 7rem couldn't put him down so I put one in his hump to keep him anchored where he was! Hahaha

Ha ! Right on ! ;) GUY's keep using those Squirrel rifles for the big stuff and look what happens Hey ! Gotta bring in the BIG MAGs to get the job done ! :lol: lol RJ

[landphil]

Good stuff, it's funny how stuff happens sometimes (moose coming in to the bugles amid wolf howls). Congrats.

[luckofthedraw]

Nice Moose. Looks like a great trip.

[BigfishCanada]

Wow real nice country

[Getbent]

Right on man, great adventure all around.

[nano]

Wicked story and pics, thanks for sharing and congrats !

[Sitkaspruce]

Epic thread!!

Great moose!! Looking forward to more of your season!!

Thanks for posting your season so far!!!

Cheers

SS