Northern BC canoe hunt

[Rezpatrol]

Getting excited for the grass to green up in my traditional area so I'll share the story of my last year's fall solo moose hunt on a small fly in lake southwest of little dease. I've spent my whole life hunting my traditional area around Merritt and I had an urge to go moose hunting in a truly wild place . So i bought a resident hunting license and a moose tag and flew into my spot from dease on September 20th and stayed till October 4th. Time of my life I spent my first couple hours setting up my lean too and cutting firewood Wich sucked because there was a nice bull in the lake when I got there and he stayed for 5 of the 6 hours I was required to wait after flying in. That night I ate some bread and a spruce grouse I killed with a stick my nightly meal the whole trip I forgot to bring fishing gear. The next morning I tossed my canoe in the lake before the fog lifted and paddled around the lake seen 5 cows so I went up stream till evening and set up another camp once night fell I cow called for about an hour I had no watch or anything so I had no way to tell time other than its dark now and it's light now lol but when I woke in the morning I looked out over the creek I had paddled up and there was big bull with a cow about 200yards on the opposite side of the creek so I popped him with my trusty 30-06 right in the ear ate some bread and grouse then headed over for the work to begin now for those who haven't done a moose alone it's a full 12 hour shift of hard labor just to get it hung at my temporary camp I still had a several mile paddle back to the lake camp and I was alone with a dead moose in grzz country odd felling to say the least. Anyways day 4 heading back to lake camp to hang meat and rest till pick up. My canoe was riding much lower with a moose in there with me I did not think about this when I jumped over many beaver dams on my way up. This resulted in me being very wet and sore from unloading and reloading a moose into my canoe at every beaver dam. What took me one day to paddle up took 3 to paddle down when I got back to camp I had 2 days left to sleep and sleep I did right until a plane landing woke me up. When I got home I had lost 27lbs and looked pretty shredded though.

[monasheemountainman]

awesome story congrats man! got pics!

[Rezpatrol]

My culture and religion don't allow me to take pictures of death but I do have some pics of the area and my little camps and a few live moose in the lake I'll post later

[boilerroom]

great adventure - thanks for sharing.

[high horse Hal]

Great adventure, too bad being solo
Did you get onto Tuya River?
often wondered about floating that one

[Avalanche123]

The Tuya isn't a float....you definitely need solid whitewater experience.....

[mike31154]

Solo moose hunt with canoe, that's a challenge for sure. Another member here posted about his solo canoe hunt as well. Myself & 2 buddies were successful on a LEH moose hunt a few years ago & I can certainly appreciate the work involved. The bull was downed fairly close to a road & we had ATVs & my Taco to get it back to camp once it was quartered. I couldn't imagine trying that solo, but I'm not a spring chicken any longer, haha.

I had my canoe along for the trip & took some time to explore on my own. Decided to paddle up a creek feeding the lake we were camped on & that involved dragging the canoe over a number of small dams. Not too bad lightly loaded but with a moose, oh my.... Anyhow, I didn't get the opportunity to pop one on my excursion so going back was just as easy as the way in.

My canoe is a 16' Bob's Special cedar strip that I built myself. Curious as to what you used. My Bob's can carry a decent load but not sure it would handle a full moose + me.... even if I deboned it. Would likely be multiple trips to get it out. Couple photos featuring my Bob's as I pulled it over one of the dams.

https://dsm01pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mMRpgwiATt39SOimUF-A2BYdgksXPazGXCXLg79LLwWBNPPyMnVCYn9pyj-lac3oaM4fKEhjFuOYvrp965VYKMb-HCQbAXfAf9AH2jwtvQ_P7p8pi_-LHGO_e81qjVa5tGu-a8AQiDMJAwhy9nLs28UpT6ih9-kh2S39p_gC44-O4sbo_nXd78u1VAlVaDAMu?width=1024&height=1024&cropmode=none

Had my fishing gear, 30-06 & 12 ga. along.
https://dsm01pap004files.storage.live.com/y4msnJpxGyG5c3ZE2b7Oa4UOewVB50CsY6CUnABAFkbyDzBfrw czHg4borrW-yhmaCIGrOPA9AQrbxhLqBMQpJpXKHzxiM_f75sD64HWqhKeHeM MUJJOQbwBVEPO78oYFiDGhu9zMZojQ_MK1Dy0i_VnXLm6oqTyT fc9krP8dOz-1a0IIv1cyAzGFmUmyN7r9zW?width=1024&height=1024&cropmode=none

Here's a shot of it on the lake before I headed out.
https://dsm01pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mszwZKqEXCsuvWnvsalltIrSfF7agrCfeB8RUx8Tuma57pCH QaIp7_EwRyktxoiwyyWUVvLBLL7uXzq8Gxzz3M4p3M6AECiVgk rv6pzAskCWs04TCtEUonYWP6NmjyX-CsJVeyMCGptVh-QUM-PVb4jKscJ9Qui-8wQNrK1J7xgCUmtKIHfL3xeycLhHlUThm?width=1024&height=1024&cropmode=none

[The Hermit]

Congrats on the solo canoe/moose adventure. I'm afraid my days of solo hunting for truly big game are over. Good read, thanks for sharing.

[gutpile]

My culture and religion don't allow me to take pictures of death but I do have some pics of the area and my little camps and a few live moose in the lake I'll post later
But yet you can look at death and no problem , can you take a picture of you eating at the family dinner table with dead animal parts on it ?

[RyoTHC]

But yet you can look at death and no problem , can you take a picture of you eating at the family dinner table with dead animal parts on it ?

Who cares? I’d rather most the bumbling idiots that post hunting stories on social media followed the same rules… it does no one any favours. If you can’t find pride in success without showing it off, change something.

[Walking Buffalo]

My culture and religion don't allow me to take pictures of death but I do have some pics of the area and my little camps and a few live moose in the lake I'll post later

Please tell us what culture and religion you follow. Asking with respect.

Is this limited to animals, but not plants?

Thanks for the hunt story. :)

[whitespringer]

Thanks for posting. Born in a canoe but never thought of easy portages one way but nasty loaded back!

[high horse Hal]

Solo moose hunt with canoe, that's a challenge for sure. iirc you have posted several of these fine pictures, is there a hunt story thread wheree they all can be viewed?
Love the canoe

[mike31154]

iirc you have posted several of these fine pictures, is there a hunt story thread wheree they all can be viewed?
Love the canoe

Sure, thanks for the interest. I did post a thread on the hunt a few years back. It was quite eventful with several hiccups haha. HBC doesn't make it easy to find, hopefully this link works ;-)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?148099-Region-6-Moose-LEH

Apologies to the OP for the partial hijack of his thread. Still waiting for photos of your canoe rez.....

[Quesnel Kid]

This is one of the best stories I have seen on here for awhile. Thank you for posting about your adventure.

[elker]

But yet you can look at death and no problem , can you take a picture of you eating at the family dinner table with dead animal parts on it ?
your question is more of an insult than a question

[Walking Buffalo]

your question is more of an insult than a question

Only if you desire for it to be so.

It is a valid question and I can read it without sensing any insult.

I also wonder what culture and religion Rezpatrol follows, and where the boundaries regarding photography and death are.
I also wonder if this religious conduct applies to his cultural art and ceremony?

Remember, this fellow also gave us a story about watching 32 cow moose being shot and left by "White Hunters" just in the last year.

It is nice to give a person credit for a moral position, but don't be fooled by false piety.

[Arctic Lake]

Does Rez have any proof to that story ? I sure would like to see it !
Only if you desire for it to be so.
Arctic Lake

It is a valid question and I can read it without sensing any insult.

I also wonder what culture and religion Rezpatrol follows, and where the boundaries regarding photography and death are.
I also wonder if this religious conduct applies to his cultural art and ceremony?

Remember, this fellow also gave us a story about watching 32 cow moose being shot and left by "White Hunters" just in the last year.

It is nice to give a person credit for a moral position, but don't be fooled by false piety.

[Neckshot]

There was a Youtube video I saw last year of a guy who was on a solo moose hunt in Alaska. He ended up shooting a moose but ran out of bullets and had Brown bears around him all night as he gutted and cleaned the animal. His outfitter ended up dropping him a box of shells the next day. In that moment I realized that a solo moose hunt was not for me but I sure appreciate anyone who can do it.

[Downwindtracker2]

I hunted solo for moose. When asked about handling it once it was down, I answered ,I'm a millwright, I can rig anything. Moving and lifting a 1000# is just a rigging problem. But I was on a quad. Doing it with a canoe is a whole different story. As for religious beliefs, we believe we should have a beer to be thankful. I would say that's pretty pagan.

[tyreguy]

Why did you buy a licence and tag? Thought the status card was like a hunting hall pass?
Getting excited for the grass to green up in my traditional area so I'll share the story of my last year's fall solo moose hunt on a small fly in lake southwest of little dease. I've spent my whole life hunting my traditional area around Merritt and I had an urge to go moose hunting in a truly wild place . So i bought a resident hunting license and a moose tag and flew into my spot from dease on September 20th and stayed till October 4th. Time of my life I spent my first couple hours setting up my lean too and cutting firewood Wich sucked because there was a nice bull in the lake when I got there and he stayed for 5 of the 6 hours I was required to wait after flying in. That night I ate some bread and a spruce grouse I killed with a stick my nightly meal the whole trip I forgot to bring fishing gear. The next morning I tossed my canoe in the lake before the fog lifted and paddled around the lake seen 5 cows so I went up stream till evening and set up another camp once night fell I cow called for about an hour I had no watch or anything so I had no way to tell time other than its dark now and it's light now lol but when I woke in the morning I looked out over the creek I had paddled up and there was big bull with a cow about 200yards on the opposite side of the creek so I popped him with my trusty 30-06 right in the ear ate some bread and grouse then headed over for the work to begin now for those who haven't done a moose alone it's a full 12 hour shift of hard labor just to get it hung at my temporary camp I still had a several mile paddle back to the lake camp and I was alone with a dead moose in grzz country odd felling to say the least. Anyways day 4 heading back to lake camp to hang meat and rest till pick up. My canoe was riding much lower with a moose in there with me I did not think about this when I jumped over many beaver dams on my way up. This resulted in me being very wet and sore from unloading and reloading a moose into my canoe at every beaver dam. What took me one day to paddle up took 3 to paddle down when I got back to camp I had 2 days left to sleep and sleep I did right until a plane landing woke me up. When I got home I had lost 27lbs and looked pretty shredded though.