Jager-mister?
10-08-2010, 09:54 AM
Was so very fortunate to be invited by some friends for a Northern BC Elk hunt this year. Last year went with my brother up to 720 for a cow elk draw that was successfull. But this was the first time of targeting Elk in open season. The country was spectacular, the weather ...outstanding. The group of guys at the camp were a blast!
After leaving Maple Ridge on the friday morn @ 10:30 and finally arriving at the camp on Sunday morning @ 10:30, we set all our sleeping gear up and spent a little time BS'n with the boyz and getting ready for the evening hunt. For the 2 of us that just arrived it was going to be a loosen up hike out back of the camp. Get the legs stretched out, and become familiar with the lay of the land. I had 2 weeks in this paridise to enjoy. We hiked back on this ridge about 4km back from camp glassing and enjoying the sights, when all of a sudden I spotted a cow right in the middle of the mountain face that we just glassed (she must have been bedded). My partner at the time said he would take the 1st cow he saw as the last season he had been bit by bad lady luck and struggled to get an animal in camp. So he set up for a 300 m shot and dropped her. High fives and happiness that we had meat, we started a brutal hike straight up to get her. Now we haven't even recovered from the long trip so the legs were just fried and the body wasn't ready for this :-? We slugged our way up about 75 m when all of a sudden I spotted the rather large antlers of a mature bull coming over the ridge to the left... I excited barked at my partner "explicits" "BULL!" We hit the deck as he slowly made his way across the ridge above @ 200m up. He was beautiful! The wind was blowing right in our faces, he had no clue. He slowly crossed, stopping to munch, smell and bugel, most likely on the sent of the cow. Now this hill was so steep that I was struggling to stop myself from sliding backwards down the hill. My partner positively identified it as a 6 point and I took my best shot. A perfect one shot kill! Fortunately for us he slid about 175m down the hill, however unfortunatly the cow was still another 200 plus m up the hill!!! WOW was I pumped!!! :mrgreen: 3hrs into my 2 week hunt on the first day. Tagged! Talk about beginners luck!!! The rest of the trip was a total holiday:-D
Thanks so much to all the guys that were there... you know who you are!!!
And a special thanks to Ali & Ren for considering me for the trip!!! It was truely a trip of a lifetime!!!
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/knighter55/Tuchodi%20Hunt%202010/083.jpg
After leaving Maple Ridge on the friday morn @ 10:30 and finally arriving at the camp on Sunday morning @ 10:30, we set all our sleeping gear up and spent a little time BS'n with the boyz and getting ready for the evening hunt. For the 2 of us that just arrived it was going to be a loosen up hike out back of the camp. Get the legs stretched out, and become familiar with the lay of the land. I had 2 weeks in this paridise to enjoy. We hiked back on this ridge about 4km back from camp glassing and enjoying the sights, when all of a sudden I spotted a cow right in the middle of the mountain face that we just glassed (she must have been bedded). My partner at the time said he would take the 1st cow he saw as the last season he had been bit by bad lady luck and struggled to get an animal in camp. So he set up for a 300 m shot and dropped her. High fives and happiness that we had meat, we started a brutal hike straight up to get her. Now we haven't even recovered from the long trip so the legs were just fried and the body wasn't ready for this :-? We slugged our way up about 75 m when all of a sudden I spotted the rather large antlers of a mature bull coming over the ridge to the left... I excited barked at my partner "explicits" "BULL!" We hit the deck as he slowly made his way across the ridge above @ 200m up. He was beautiful! The wind was blowing right in our faces, he had no clue. He slowly crossed, stopping to munch, smell and bugel, most likely on the sent of the cow. Now this hill was so steep that I was struggling to stop myself from sliding backwards down the hill. My partner positively identified it as a 6 point and I took my best shot. A perfect one shot kill! Fortunately for us he slid about 175m down the hill, however unfortunatly the cow was still another 200 plus m up the hill!!! WOW was I pumped!!! :mrgreen: 3hrs into my 2 week hunt on the first day. Tagged! Talk about beginners luck!!! The rest of the trip was a total holiday:-D
Thanks so much to all the guys that were there... you know who you are!!!
And a special thanks to Ali & Ren for considering me for the trip!!! It was truely a trip of a lifetime!!!
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/knighter55/Tuchodi%20Hunt%202010/083.jpg