2015 Was good for Me How about You

[Jetboater]

with the newer addition to the family, priorities have changed a little to more time spent with the family and less time going solo, but it was still a great season past on a few bucks and settled for some smaller one,
on the way to the kootenays talk about an interesting trip,
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date night when you have a 2 1/2 year old, thank god Oma was in camp.
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the elusive unicorn of spike forks,a wolf chased him right to us.
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the wolf didnt make it too far either
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[Jetboater]

my little girl loves the outdoor bath time
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cant beat scenery
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the huskemaw worked good at 590 yds
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and 509 yds for this one
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[Jetboater]

445 for this one
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this year the freezer were pretty full, I didnt get any pics from the other whitetails we got but it was a pretty great season with family.
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[Sofa King]

looks like it was awesome.

[.264winmag]

Good times and great pics! Some fine shootin too, congrats on a great year.
Nice looking smoke pole, caliber/bullet?

[Jetboater]

Savage 111 7mm remington mag 168 berger VLDs with the huskemaw 5-20x50 pushing 2960 fps its a great shooter, cost effective long range gun, shot 4 shots 1290 yds 6 inches apart. she got a new stock job at the end of the season.
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Good times and great pics! Some fine shootin too, congrats on a great year.
Nice looking smoke pole, caliber/bullet?

[.264winmag]

Gotta love the Salvages', and the Burgers;)

[Manglinmike]

hey man that was a good season and I see that time is marching on for you as it is for my I have a pic of my two boys and there cousin having a bahin metal wash tub,there nthe mid 20s now time flys buddy
Mike

[Backwoods]

Awesome man looks like a good season! Congratz

[Jetboater]

Gotta love the Salvages', and the Burgers;)
yup they don't shoot at all.

[Jetboater]

hey man that was a good season and I see that time is marching on for you as it is for my I have a pic of my two boys and there cousin having a bahin metal wash tub,there nthe mid 20s now time flys buddy
Mike
Ya we're all getting older eh.

[Bugle M In]

Congrats on your season...looks like fun.
Can't say my Elk hunt in the EK was much fun.....no action, no bugles or chirps, just 2 4x4's out of 10 days.
At least you had action, regardless if you take something or not.
Enjoy the moose...and the little one....time will go quick!!!, and they grow up fast...if you haven't noticed it yet....you will.

[Boner]

Awesome year for you and your family. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Well, after last year's 'Dream Season', my hopes weren't all that high for 2015...but we managed to finish the year with a decently full freezer.
The year started off in February with my Bone Beer donated West Texas Aoudad hunt.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?116097-Bone-Beer-West-Texas-Aoudad-Hunt

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Spring bear season was pretty much a complete write-off due to my first health issues of my life....but luckily I recovered in time to get my ass in shape for the opening of sheep season up north. The weather was, by far, the worst we've ever encountered for the opener on August 1st. We didn't cut any tags but still managed to have a pretty good time!!
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[Stone Sheep Steve]

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Next up for us was the opener for the local youth deer season. As usual, my daughter connected on opening day. We didn't get any of the big bucks we spotted the night before
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but my daughter was happy with her 188 yard heart shot 3pt muley.
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[Stone Sheep Steve]

With the earliest grape harvest in modern day, I was able to sneak out on November 1st and down the first decent whitetail that crossed my path...
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Since I had more time than usual for the late archery season I had high hopes but that was cut short by my weakness for deer meat....
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So after 32 racks of burger venison jerky, the freezer is finally feeling content

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So, while not the dream season of last year, I certainly can't complain.

[Jetboater]

Very nice. I need your jerky recipe.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Anytime, Thomas!!

And congrats to all the rest of you!
Nice to see you all adapting to the major life changes. The show must go on!!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Ok all you lame ladies and gents.......Please keep sharing your seasons.

[Kopper]

Ok all you lame ladies and gents.......Please keep sharing your seasons.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?122227-Two-Billies-and-Two-Brothers&highlight=billies

Couple billies in the link above. Aside from that a 4pt whitetail hit the dirt.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?122227-Two-Billies-and-Two-Brothers&highlight=billies

Couple billies in the link above. Aside from that a 4pt whitetail hit the dirt.

Thanks for sharing that link Kopper!! I remember the thread but didn't have time to read it earlier. Congrats on an awesome hunt!!

[Sofa King]

mine's been posted.
but it was decent.
whitey and a muley in the freezer.
whitey on the opening weekend and a fun snow-muley in the last week of the season.
the late-season muley was my favourite, still-hunting through deep snow.

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[Sofa King]

i think there was a fair bit of this going around this season also.

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[HarryToolips]

Congrats on awesome seasons all, Jetboater wicked pics man! Nice rifle, I can see you have a great scope on her but Savage 111, is that really the 'basic' Savage for $500 your using there that shoots that well with a great scope?? Cause if so I gotta put a way better scope on mine then lol..

Ohya I had a pretty good season, got 2 WT deer, one buck, one antlerless, not great pics though sorry.. And almost got a big WT buck with my bow in a snowstorm and spent decent time goin for 6 pt elk so lots of good learning there..

[walks with deer]

Man last time I saw you you were a lot skinnier and pretty sure it was a pic with you with a steelhead.

Great work on family trip

[walks with deer]

Sorry for any confused that was for jet boater.

[Sofa King]

Sorry for any confused that was for jet boater.

no probs.
but, i was also skinnier back then too.

[walks with deer]

Sofa king...
look at your name I expected you a little large but a character all the same.

[IronNoggin]

... but, i was also skinnier back then too.

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[Carbonmatrix]

Love the look of your savage, who did the work on the stock? Wanna get my plain Jane done :razz:

[Husky7mm]

Excellent season. Thanks for sharing.

[Sofa King]

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dude, at least im replying to others posts, and adding to the thread in non-negative ways.
you are becoming a troll by doing nothing more than jumping on every post i make with sandy-vag replys.
if you dont like them, and you havent set me to "ignore", then you are a stalker troll.
thanks though, i will add you to the club.

[BiG Boar]

Not too bad a season. At least there's meat in the freezer! That's what counts.

[Ltbullken]

2015 was pretty darned good!

Spring Black that has been delivered for a rug (and is great eating!). And a great Peace elk!!

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[Jetboater]

Man last time I saw you you were a lot skinnier and pretty sure it was a pic with you with a steelhead.

Great work on family trip
yup was skinnier when I was younger. I get around just fine.

[Jetboater]

Congrats on awesome seasons all, Jetboater wicked pics man! Nice rifle, I can see you have a great scope on her but Savage 111, is that really the 'basic' Savage for $500 your using there that shoots that well with a great scope?? Cause if so I gotta put a way better scope on mine then lol..

Ohya I had a pretty good season, got 2 WT deer, one buck, one antlerless, not great pics though sorry.. And almost got a big WT buck with my bow in a snowstorm and spent decent time goin for 6 pt elk so lots of good learning there..
dont judge the savage. Might not be too pretty but they shoot really well. You might need to spend the time fine tuning it but as a startup long range rig it works just fine.

[HarryToolips]

dont judge the savage. Might not be too pretty but they shoot really well. You might need to spend the time fine tuning it but as a startup long range rig it works just fine.

Oh I agree, I'm not judging the Savage at all..I have a Savage 111 Package rifle with the package scope on it, shoots really well for a package gun that I paid $600 for...that's what my question is, do you think it's worth spendin a grand on a scope and tryin to turn it into a long range gun (although it's .30-06 caliber, not the best for long range)???

[Jetboater]

Oh I agree, I'm not judging the Savage at all..I have a Savage 111 Package rifle with the package scope on it, shoots really well for a package gun that I paid $600 for...that's what my question is, do you think it's worth spendin a grand on a scope and tryin to turn it into a long range gun (although it's .30-06 caliber, not the best for long range)???

I look at it this way can if you get your gun shooting under 1 inch group at 100 if so its worth looking at, then there is the LR bullets that do help over the distance, then you can look at velocities, my gun is not a speed demon, its pushing 168 gr berger VLD at 2960 doesn't heat up to bad and still has good thump. the scope ya its over $1000 but you can always put it on a different rig you just need the turrets built once you collect the data. corlanes burns the turrets in no time..right now im gonna build my wife's rem model 7 7mm-08 with the 4-16x42 and I will look at 6.5 coming up.. the huskemaw is super easy to dial and fun , i dont want to spend so much time counting clicks and guessing where im shooting, I want to range it wind it and pull the trigger. so far for me it has been super easy and really accurate, when its time for me to build a nice custom gun the scope will still be there to go on it......

[HarryToolips]

^^^^^wicked info, thanks Jetboater...ya with both my scoped rifles (both .30-06's) I'm lucky that they like the cheaper factory ammo, from what I can remember I'm pretty sure with Federal Fusions I can get sub MOA with my Savage 111...like you, I don't like counting clicks etc, so when doing longer range shots (I've worked my way up to 500 yard consistent groupings) I literally estimate holdover and let er rip, gone well so far, so the Huskemaw scope sounds like a good one for me, do you have a link to its specs and info??? I'm also thinkin when I can finally afford the next rifle of getting a Savage with the accutrigger...my goal is to work my way to consistent 1000 yard groupings, lol I know I have a long way to go..

[Rob Chipman]

^^^^What he said.

That's a good spike moose/wolf deal. Gotta love that story.

Can't help but wonder, since the sausage pics followed the 'yote. Are those coyote kielbasas? :-)

We had a good season too. One picture perfect hunt first week of October for my wife's first moose and then a bunch of other short hunts. Just had a weekend feast with my hunting buddies and their families - moose osso bucco, fresh smoked sausage, muley roast, a little bear, and a smoked duck. I am so happy we moved to butchering our own stuff and made the investment in a good grinder, smoker and vacuum sealer.

And guess what? Spring bear's coming up fast!

[Jetboater]

^^^^What he said.

That's a good spike moose/wolf deal. Gotta love that story.

Can't help but wonder, since the sausage pics followed the 'yote. Are those coyote kielbasas? :-)

We had a good season too. One picture perfect hunt first week of October for my wife's first moose and then a bunch of other short hunts. Just had a weekend feast with my hunting buddies and their families - moose osso bucco, fresh smoked sausage, muley roast, a little bear, and a smoked duck. I am so happy we moved to butchering our own stuff and made the investment in a good grinder, smoker and vacuum sealer.

And guess what? Spring bear's coming up fast!
I have a policy
i don't eat anything with paws and claw. Not against people bear hunting or what have you. I just feel like we shoot enough hooves animals I don't need to go that way.

[srupp]

Hmm great year indeed..that without a doubt is the smallest moose rack I have ever seen..awesome eats..well done guys..
Hmm SSS hope your health issue resolved..nice having Daughters that can shoot like that.
Srupp