I'm OUT...and have LOTS of video!

[proguide66]

Just out of the woods....have video of Gatehouses kill , 212" moose getting wacked by 'self' , wolves , grizz , couple rams and elk up close,couple 55" moose beating the crap outta each other , all on vid...shall post when I get home and have my shit together!
( more importantly)Any b tails yet??

[killman]

awesome! Been waiting for these...

[killman]

Oh ya glad you made it home in one piece to kill more wolves this year.

[todbartell]

did you get your fill of hashbrowns?

[mark]

Looking forward to the vids!

[born2hunt]

cant wait for the vid's

[6 K]

Yes please,
Do post vids.

[MichaelB]

I was creeping for some blacktails this morning in the beautiful rain but fell down a 20ft rocky slide and hurt my ass. Called it a day after that....tomorrow I will retry.

Looking forward to the vids.

[BlacktailStalker]

Nope but I'm heading out tomorrow for myself for just the second time, see what happens. Went into my shed hole and nothing is there, wont go back til November.
Looking forward to the clips :cool:

[Bow Walker]

Very interested in THE vid, and also any others you choose to post.

[proguide66]

I`ll be back in a few days..have over 500 trail cam pics of wolves,grizz,moose and sheep to..will be very cool!!!

[proguide66]

Holy shat youtube is slow..here's a few pics till ONE day the vids upload..
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/DSCN0129.jpg
this was the largest scoring bull guided.
next one is the largest of the season ( maybe all of mine) and I have loads of video of him...his heads on my porch at the moment
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/030-1.jpg
next is a great bull
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/sms210012.jpg
I also have around 600 trail cam photos..here's a 'few' of my favs..more to come..many many kills of all species on vid this fall to..will take a 'while' to put em up..should be good!
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/029-2.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/063-2.jpg
I have many many more...
note , I also have MANY multiple wolf pics , day and night...in most of them , they are all smelling branches I broke with my bare hands days earlier. I broke the branches so they would not trigger the cam in the wind...might be a point of interest to wolf trappers..enjoy..vid later and more pics

[proguide66]

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/166.jpg

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/PICT0573.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/PICT0594.jpg

[325 wsm]

Awesome Bulls For Bc Congrats....

[steepNdeep]

Whoa... AWESOME stuff there PG!!! Can't wait for teh vids...

[Gilmore]

I smell a hangover....:twisted:

[yama49]

looking foward to the rest, thx for sharing them...

[MichaelB]

Better be quick with those vids cause the weather's changing and those blacktail are gonna start getting ready. I've been playing Barry White when I'm driving through the woods to try and speed things up but I heard that only works with Whitetails.

I love that night bull picture.

[proguide66]

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/370.jpg

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/143.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/PICT0566.jpg
time 4 sleep.......

[proguide66]

oh ya..ps...arrived home tonight to find beer/crown on my porch..was good..but ALSO found a FOR SALE sign on my boat via Gate and Gilmore...baha...f-heads!

[Shooter]

oh ya..ps...arrived home tonight to find beer/crown on my porch..was good..but ALSO found a FOR SALE sign on my boat via Gate and Gilmore...baha...f-heads!

Maybe that was the advertised price for the boat?? :twisted:

[Gilmore]

oh ya..ps...arrived home tonight to find beer/crown on my porch..was good..but ALSO found a FOR SALE sign on my boat via Gate and Gilmore...baha...f-heads!

Its still there?? I closed a deal on that boat 4 days ago!! Oh well give me one of your spotters, I'll give the guy his spotter back and you can keep your boat. All's well that ends well!:-D

[proguide66]

Its still there?? I closed a deal on that boat 4 days ago!! Oh well give me one of your spotters, I'll give the guy his spotter back and you can keep your boat. All's well that ends well!:-Dhaha ( got 3 swarov spotters now!!!:twisted:)

[Gateholio]

Friday or Saturday beer & a movie night?:-D

[proguide66]

Friday or Saturday beer & a movie night?:-D I got a sheep hind to Q up to!:mrgreen: , hasnt bin frozen yet and is still on the bone!

[proguide66]

ok...looks like one video is ready for tonight....hope it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V5GMts6flk
it will probably get clearer in a few

[todbartell]

hey Steve how was the battery life on that Bushnell trophy cam?

never seen a trail cam pic before of a caribou or sheep :lol:

keep em coming

[betteroffishing]

great vid , thanks

[yama49]

nice vid, awesome double.

[Wood butcher]

That's a great video, thanks. I'll be watching for more.
There's been a few nice island blacktails taken already this year.

[Casagrande]

Friday or Saturday beer & a movie night?:-D
Friday night.

[trigger]

awesome thread so far. thanks for sharing. looking forward to the videos

[ThinAir]

Man that's some cool stuff. I have a feeling this thread is only getting better. More please!:mrgreen:

[budismyhorse]

some incredible trail cam pics PG66......wow!

[BlacktailStalker]

Nice double is right :cool:
Now lets see some of those dead land sharks and rams !

Best way to do your vids is start uploading them when you go to bed, leave 'em uploading all night, done in the a.m.

[rocksteady]

Nice video....

Got to love it when you hear "the bullet hits the bone"...:mrgreen:

Looking forward to more video/pictures/stories

[Tenacious Billy]

Double whammy! Very cool pics and video!

[2slow]

Great quality on the videos you are posting. In the video of gatehouse shooting his moose you can see the bullet path on the second shot. Very cool:-D

[silvertipp]

Great quality on the videos you are posting. In the video of gatehouse shooting his moose you can see the bullet path on the second shot. Very cool:-D
holy crap is gatehouse looking old in that vidio or what

[Rodd]

Unbelieveable trail cam shots! Love the wolf pictures! The Sheep shots are great! Looks like you have been enjoying life the right way! Way to go, and thanks for sharing....

[tomahawk]

Great stuff, looking fwd to the others!!

[proguide66]

Here's another clip from our local celeb/gunfreak/sharpshooter , :razz::razz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qOzdmuM1c&layer_token=57cbd9f4c92af14d

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxIyffhnKY

[WoodOx]

wow, nice. how far was that shot?

[rocksteady]

Great videos....

When I got my cow elk this year she was severe quartering away, looking over her shoulder at me...I aimed between the nose and the shoulder, when I tapped the trigger, she went down and came to rest in a very similar pose as Gate's moose.....

Maybe its like a young baby...Playing peek-a-boo:-D


PS...MORE MORE MORE !!!!

[proguide66]

It was a funny day!... I think it was 357 yrds...
I have soo much shit taped this year its silly!!!...this might go as long as the damned wolf trapping thread..
here's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSatJB0EHlE

[rocksteady]

I have soo much shit taped this year its silly!!!...this might go as long as the damned wolf trapping thread..

You make it sound like that is a bad thing !!!!

Need to see more....:mrgreen:

[rifleman]

awesome job , thanx for putting in all the time to let us see your pics & vids

very cool stuff & beauty animals

[Blktail]

AWESOME!

Great video. Can't wait for more.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Yes, these videos are shit..."good shit":-D.
Nice shootin' Gatehouse!!!

SSS

[c.r.hunter]

Too far back? Looked like a perfect double lung shot? Unless you were looking for a shoulder shot? Great videos!!!!!!

[jrjonesy]

Very, very cool!

Look closely at Gates footage. With the high def video you can see the shock wave created by the bullet as it travels. It's most obvious if you watch the mooses neck on the second shot.

Thanks for posting!!

[moose2]

Good stuff PG66 I am enjoying them. I will keep looking back for more. Helluva shot gatehouse it must be nice to have it on film.
Thanks for posting
MIKE

[BlacktailStalker]

Ha ! Right on. Nice moose, nice shot and nice country!
Nothin' better than knockin' things down with a good buddy.

Man the 300 shortys pushing tsx's are puttin' the SMACK DOWN on BC game this year :cool:

[weatherby_man]

Great vids, very nice moose. Congrats!

[moose2]

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/370.jpg



time 4 sleep.......

That is quite the trail cam picture. It almost looks like a painting. Good job getting stones on a trail cam.
MIKE

[GoatGuy]

"yeah, I think he was trying to treat himself............ ask a final act.......



sorry"


hahahahahaha, what a beauty.

[shoot2kill]

Awsome stuff!
Hey, where's my rifle? hahaha

[proguide66]

Heres a few photos between vid uploads!
( anyone know of a sausage maker closest to squamish???..have a full moose and my butcher quit here in Pemby).

This is my 'Muskeg Momma' helping retrieve the meat!!

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/002-5.jpg

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/102-1.jpg http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/120.jpgThis is a few stakes

My meat tenderising program..really kicks in when the plane is broke for days on end...:mad:

[Coming_out_heavy.]

Another solid effort Scuba. Good work.

[proguide66]

Here's a few of my fav kills I helped create this season..

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/245.jpg

This could possibly be a future 'mass murderer' of trophy animals!!
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/249.jpg

This is my fav angle of an old 'fatty'.
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/228.jpg

spending a day on caping a full mount sheep is actually a nice 'wind down'

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/225.jpg

[BigBuck155]

got lots of good pictures and videos. congrats!! nice thats looking moose

[BlacktailStalker]

What is that stone 11.5-12 ? What a beauty.

If that isnt a mini cowboy I dont know what is! His old man needs to save that pic for him.

Story on the G bear or is it a BB ?

I have a WICKED butcher here but may be a p.i.t.a for you to get meat to/from.

[knockturnal]

after that first shot on the moose, you must have touched a special nerve cause he was pissing for a long time!! Hell, he was pissing when you poleaxed him in the neck! haha. great shot.

[proguide66]

What is that stone 11.5-12 ? What a beauty.

If that isnt a mini cowboy I dont know what is! His old man needs to save that pic for him.

Story on the G bear or is it a BB ?

I have a WICKED butcher here but may be a p.i.t.a for you to get meat to/from.
Who knows what the 'C.I' will come up with for age!!!...they ALL seem to have different calls on sheep these days....I'm callin him 12....
I drew my 4th grizz tag in 5 tries!..had a few days between hunts and a new guide in camp so went out to scout and snoop , this grizz was 60yrds in front of me on the trail beside a river...never heard us..I jumped off and smoked him..happened too fast , only saw him from behind for 3 seconds in willow as he was walking away...I ran across the river behind him after jumping of my pony , had a staring match over the willow at each other for a bit , drilled him in the neck...8'2 across the front end , 7ft 6 ass to nose...22" on him...cool experience , not the 9 ftr I SHOULD of held on for..but shit , whats another foot of fur gonna do for me,haha..
Damned meat...4 quarters hangin in my horse trailer...rainning outside..no cooler in town...might have to go to the damned city..just what I need after 22 hrs road trip with horse trailer..aaarrrgh....will post up grizz vids later ,trying to post as the season went!

[SUAFOYT]

Too far back? Looked like a perfect double lung shot? Unless you were looking for a shoulder shot? Great videos!!!!!!

Great stuff but would have to agree with the guide on the shot. Mmmmm salad. He's a chef so let him worry about it:-D

[proguide66]

Great stuff but would have to agree with the guide on the shot. Mmmmm salad. He's a chef so let him worry about it:-D
haha..if THAT was a double lunger the moose was breathing out of its ass , :razz::lol:

[trigger]

right on man. great season for ya. thanks for sharing

[Mountain Man]

Great stuff, I love the sheep on trail cam to cool.

My guiding starts in a few days, then back in December this was a great teaser.

Keep aiming, keep aiming, keep aiming, keep aiming, man you got those guys whipped! Mind If I use that one? lol.

[sawmill]

Man,what a great life you have!If I could go back 25 years I would be right up there with you.Lucky man!Great vids ,Thank you:mrgreen:

[c.r.hunter]

haha..if THAT was a double lunger the moose was breathing out of its ass , :razz::lol:
LOL, must have been seeing things!!!

So after reviewing the video, I think I was seeing a ripple where I wanted to see the bullet hit!

[Kody94]

"yeah, I think he was trying to treat himself............ ask a final act.......



sorry"


hahahahahaha, what a beauty.

LMAO. great stuff.

Great job with the pics and vids PG66!! You should be on WildTV. :) Looking forward to the next installments...keep 'em coming!

[Gateholio]

Definitly not a double lunged!! ;)

as I said on the other thread it likely hit his liver as he was well bled out, but it's not like we gutted him to check:)

[c.r.hunter]

Definitly not a double lunged!! ;)

as I said on the other thread it likely hit his liver as he was well bled out, but it's not like we gutted him to check:)

Well, the follow-up shot was Epic!! Can't say I've never had green on the scene!!!!LOL

[gibblewabble]

Those are some awesome vids, I sure wish I had a videographer with me while I hunt. Nice to see Gatehouse in action though, now I am pumped for the trip to Burns Lake next week with my son.

[OutWest]

Those are some awesome vids, I sure wish I had a videographer with me while I hunt. Nice to see Gatehouse in action though, now I am pumped for the trip to Burns Lake next week with my son.

I'll come video for ya! I tape all my hunts!

[Rattler]

Great videos! Impressive second shot and really neat to see the bullet flights.

Thanks for sharing.

[Lillypuff]

Its great that people take the time to post their pictures and stories but this is a treat.
Thanks

[TSW]

This thread will have me coming back for more...well done.

[moose2]

Hi PG66
I was wondering what the base and length measure ment were on that 12 year old ram.
Thanks MIKE

[proguide66]

Here's another quick clip, its my 3rd grizzly in 4 drawn tags......this thing takes soo damned long to load a vid , and my computor wont let me leave till its done or it shuts down..arrrgh.
the old ram was 13.5X 35 brommed way back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQxrUq3zYAk

This is the ONLY live vid I could pull off on my buddies elk...loooong stalk , climbed one mountain all day and spotted this guy on the NEXT mountain over....we decided to climb down and climb UP and go after him...we ended up 240 yards above him and got nailed by his cow...he was one jump from safety and looking at us so I scrapped the cam on tripod thing and we dumped him...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCUr3ohLdU8

[proguide66]

Here's the pics of the two moose from the 'double'.
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/015-5.jpg

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/011-5.jpg

Here's a shot of the elk...
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/DSCN0119.jpg

[proguide66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upFdjs9ltJo
heres some footage of the elk carcass

[proguide66]

Here's some live wolf footage...we were on opposite hill tops and the video was shot from 720 yrds...we tried to call em in but the old one in chrge would fall for it althought the pups seemed into comin...we road farther up in plain view of em and closed to 538 yrds..got off , tied up and did all three of em in...but didnt get it on film....:(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WeucbQhUG4

[killman]

Great Job Steve, keep them coming!

[proguide66]

:roll: The next clips will have to all load before I post...I will show how much sheep guideing can suck ass at times....i'm not THAT stoked to guide sheep only due to the hunters usually being out of shape and usually missing...the amount of work it takes these days just to find a legal ram let alone line up a guy for a decent shot is LOTS of work....and to have em blow it REALLY MAKES YOU ANGRY....so...I shall try and get the 'full flavor' across to the viewers.
Here;s a shot of trying to decide if the largest one is worth goin after er not....hunter wanted a dark sheep and it was all black.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0l_aYpz6s
Back in a 'while'......

[Kitimat Killer]

i know your feeling i guided for moose for my first time last year and had my first client tell me when i found him his bull that 189 meters was too far for him to shoot i was like what are you talking about while we were standing on a road and moose was watching us i made my way down the road slowly and got him down to 130 meters and he still told me that is was too far to shoot and i looked at the moose as it started to turn i said shoot now or your moose is gone what do you want to do well lets say if agread with me

[proguide66]

Here's the beginning of what 'should be' a standard 240yrd shot laying down with a bi pod...whats he doin??...anyones guess..cause I DONT KNOW !!!!:?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87fIBHffmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHqY3iJBdk


and goes on...and on....and on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmB8TynEbg

and on...and on....

[twoSevenO]

Here's the beginning of what 'should be' a standard 240yrd shot laying down with a bi pod...whats he doin??...anyones guess..cause I DONT KNOW !!!!:?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87fIBHffmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHqY3iJBdk


and goes on...and on....and on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmB8TynEbg

and on...and on....

LOL ... oh my god. What's he doing starting to feel sorry for the animal? Having second thoughts and waitin' for it to kick up dust???? :confused:

[proguide66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHqY3iJBdk

and on..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmB8TynEbg

and on............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHTJU3ISu44

ooohhh...wayy far from over yet!!

[moosinaround]

His Bipod looks like it is too high??!! Could he have switched to his pack and lower it a bit? That would be a second nature type shot for most folks! 250 yrds is definately a doeable shot, specially with all that time you guys had!! Sure hope I get a chance at one of those some day, I won't hesitate to pull the trigger if it's legal! Moosin

[Kody94]

You are a man of infinite patience!! Would have been real tough to watch that!

[moosinaround]

Oh S$it,, forgot to tell ya beauty thread, thanks for the vids and pics!! Moosin

[Rattler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHqY3iJBdk

and on..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmB8TynEbg

and on............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHTJU3ISu44

ooohhh...wayy far from over yet!!


Oh my...that is some painful alright....

[bcsteve]

Awesome videos! Curious, what kind of camera are you using?

[SHACK]

Kinda makes you want to ask him WTF!!!!! I feel your pain, get it all the time guiding anglers, always the "worlds greatest" untill you actualy watch them at it!!!

Painfull!!

[Gilmore]

I take it the last vid was you turning the camera off throwing it down and strangling this guy... or was it "Actually you know Steven I am a little hungry maybe we should have a spot of tea before I shoot, and some of those little sandwhiches without the crusts and...why are poking a stick in your eye Steven...

[crazy ducker]

I'm waiting for him to slip in the snow and slide down the hill past the sheep
pro guide your are awesome thanks for the great video's and for he wolf thread last couple of years keep up the great work

[henderson]

last video posted I laughed so hard! "Son of a bi.." camera goes off! Awesome!! Great vid's thanks for sharing everything

[proguide66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8TR24d-ocQ
and on...............

ahhh...and the GREAT finally....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MnNoYE7J8

[Gilmore]

Then he misses...I knew it.

[ydouask]

So, what's the best thing to use to get puke off my keyboard????

[Kitimat Killer]

Then he misses...I knew it.


i was thinking the same thing


kk

[todbartell]

probably shoots a WSM

[proguide66]

Yup , missed.....then the camera came off and outta mind...ram ran at us , stops..he shot it'somewhere'...then it runs away back to where he started and stopped again..then he drilled it...thank GAWD....:mrgreen:

[BlacktailStalker]

He must have crabs... maybe itchy warts.

[BUCKJR]

OH WOW! Words just can't describe that. Kinda looked like he wasn't sure which eye to use to look in the scope. How do some people brush their teeth without poking there eyes out???


Great thread!

[proguide66]

Here he is.............good night all ! ( oh ya...lots to go , and they get BETTER !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBrZhNDxvc

[twoSevenO]

lol ... i really thought he was waiting for it to die of old age for a while there :D

[huntcoop]

Yup , missed.....then the camera came off and outta mind...ram ran at us , stops..he shot it'somewhere'...then it runs away back to where he started and stopped again..then he drilled it...thank GAWD....:mrgreen:

Did ya take his deposit for next year :eek: .

[proguide66]

* Here's a teaser for next weeks episodes !:-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2QflaeDbvg

[TSW]

If only he had more time...that ram almost grew a new annuli!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Guy was breathing like he had a paper bag over his head.
Thought maybe he was going to pass out before pulling the trigger:?.

Steve-you might want to keep an Adavan in you pocket for future moments like that:wink:.

SSS

[cas-has-cars]

Did this guy set up on a ant hill or what? Great thread thanks

[shallowH2O]

great thread, awesome trail cam pic of the sheep......look forward to the rest

[proguide66]

Here's a cool moose fight I taped from around 100 yrds...was calling in one from my right in an old burn....then another unhg ungh was coming from my left so I shut up and let em call each other to each other and have a go....too thick for a tripod so had to free hand again....bull on right was around 55" , two on brow , 12/13 points....not what we were after though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4nhixBPH5s

[OutWest]

Awesome vids keep it up!

[proguide66]

Here's a verrry fortunate elk...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbCoYmA831A

[Kalum]

awsome footage of the elk, thanks!

[kennyj]

Great videos and photos Steve. Looks like you had a great season up there.
kenny

[kennyj]

Did I miss the photos, video of your 212 moose?
kenny

[todbartell]

Here's a verrry fortunate elk...........


LOL @ his bugle. Hoarse bugger

[proguide66]

Did I miss the photos, video of your 212 moose?
kenny

hey Ken. The BIG bull is comin up!!..it kinda went on for a week with him.My sheep hunter had a mose tag ( and my last hunt of the yr) and passed on him at 100 yrds:roll: in hopes of concentrating on his ram...couldnt talk him into it..it was a real tough sheep hunt physically and his first REAL sheep hunt so I think we kinda beat him up a bit...er maybe a lot??...musta anyway to have a guy pass on a moose like the one comin up!!

About the elk , just goes to show how the most shitty sounding bugle is usually from a real bull..soo many guys critisize other guys calling of elk but i'm convinced 'anything' works with them at the right time!!

[proguide66]

Bartel , the small bushnel trail cams went great...never changed the batteries once all fall. The one with the sheep is a cuddeback..left it on the mountain for a month and half , never chenged the batteries either and it said 52% left on em...
someone also asked what type of cam corder..its a new small sony HD , real small , bought it at Squam shoppers drugmart for I think $650....going to attach it to my bow stabilizer and my 243 to make this falls ' book blacktail hunt'...should be good...going to 'try' for one with my bow and one with my gun...have 3 book bucks on the hit list ,one is solid well over 150"...fingys crossed.

[proguide66]

(I'm cutting moose inside all day and uploading)

Here;s a nice bull to finnish the first sheep hunters hunt..186"...couldnt find the damned thing in the view screen with the sun behind me/blue sky/snow on ground...horses had to be tied to the tree the guy shot from..bumped into it so it was all fast...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJ5r44paaM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFEQeppoNoU

[proguide66]

Well , consistently with the past yrs sheep hunting was tough..REAL tough...I saw maybe 25% of what I normally see in a season. and maybe 50% more hunters.
The rams I showed few vids ago were spotted while retrieving the last moose...my next hunter was to show when the weather cleared and I was REAL antsi due to only having ONE ram to go after...and was praying it hadnt left all together.
Hunter arrived via plane and the next morning our wrangler,hunter and I were packed real minimal and gone for a spike camp and targeted assasination..hopefully...
Sure enough , the rams were nowhere to be seen on the previous hill..so we climbed it anyway after making a rough camp ON a willow patch.
Soon my scope was on the rams and they had made their way maybe a mile away. They were also in an un aproachable spot..wind at our backs , they were in the mouth of a basin wich was surrounded by too high of cliffs and there was maybe 20 sheep of mixed sex's and ages sprinkled up to a 600 yard radious around them between us and the rams....mission 'impossible'.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCHd7T-aHw

[proguide66]

I spent a few hrs surveying the area and trying out how to go about 'surgical hunting' of these sheep..was just real shitty..scoped grass patches at various places to see wich way the wind was going....due to it changing with each direction I focused my damned eyes..:evil:
We decided to climb another mountain the next day for another look and maybe a shift in ram position....en route back , we came across this 'THING'....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWEwtsDXVac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V29bpkEgaI0

[proguide66]

We were sidehilling at the head of a bit of a 'moose basin' wich was maybe 1500 wide by same long..the bottom half was spruce , the rest open as in the video....we have seen great moose in this hole but is a F%$@ er to get a moose outta and 'just' too far to day hunt from camp...let out a cow call and instantly uugh uugh uugh , heeere he comes...first siting is at 600 yrds...he came to about 150...hunter didnt want to shoot it....:neutral:..told him EXACTLY what he was looking at....NOPE...so..back to the sheep hunting after an hr of photos and videos at all angles...till he left to go fight another one in the spruce...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V29bpkEgaI0

[MB_Boy]

PG....really enjoying the vid's and pics!! Thanks for sharing thus far! :cool:


Question for you PG66 and anyone who films/clicks through a spotting scope...do you quite literally just hold the camera lens up to the eye piece or do you have some sort of an adapter? I have seen some pretty wicked footage and pics through spotting scopes and the clarity in your clips of the "THING" is awesome!! :cool:

[proguide66]

I usually get er try to get comfortable as possbile , no wind and hold it on my spotter..you have to back the zoom right back on the spotter for best results....I also have a swarov adaptor for $500 that doesnt fit any cam or camera...there is also a plastic 'thing ' by swarov that holds a camera solid in front of the eye piece , also for over $350 and as well didnt fit any of my shit....I'll post a clip I did of a grizz...took two tripods , one cam , other scope and lined em up...isnt easy but worked great...only answer is to dump the 7 grand on a pro camera...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pae4cYpk3P4

[Stone Sheep Steve]

BTW-Does this title of the thread remind anyone of the Seinfeld episode "The Bet" where Kramer last about 5 minutes....slaps down the money and says "I'm out!":mrgreen:. Glad the vids are hunting related:?.

You've got a lifetime of videos/experiences from just one season that most of us won't experience in a lifetime of hunting!

Keep them coming!

SSS

[MB_Boy]

BTW-Does this title of the thread remind anyone of the Seinfeld episode "The Bet" where Kramer last about 5 minutes....slaps down the money and says "I'm out!":mrgreen:. Glad the vids are hunting related:?.


Ha ha.......yup!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwH__x6jV6A

[proguide66]

After reluctantly leaving ' Dagger the Monster Moose' , we hit camp and were just about to eat some food when a visitor came in to 10 yrds..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEA5IwUaPkQ

[proguide66]

Thought we might have to shoot the bugger before he tried to mount a horse...or me...:confused:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EmFCXxVNkc

[proguide66]

Next day found us 'trying' to close the distance...cross wind blowin probably 50 mph ( was lifting my arms from my sides) and the sheep deeper into the un aproachable basin...:evil:..it was also probably -10..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9tqgBjQ8uA

while belly crawling for maybe 300 yards , an 8 yr old ram appeared outta npowhere and baited 2 small rams to come out to him from the basin mouth....had some REAL hard decision making to do...we werent hunting for the 'tape measure' , getting the 12 yr old bugger was less than possible and this ram was willing to take one at 240 yrds...:?:neutral:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHmGwvkf6Mk

[oopswasthatyourdog?]

Guy was breathing like he had a paper bag over his head.
Thought maybe he was going to pass out before pulling the trigger:?.

Steve-you might want to keep an Adavan in you pocket for future moments like that:wink:.

SSS

I was thinking the same thing. I thought I was out of shape....sheesh!

So let me get this straight......This guy pays you good money to haul his a$$ up a mountain, lugs all his shiny new gear with him, comes close to having a heart attack, you find the animal he wants, he spends half an hour trying to calm his breathing long enough to take a shot.......and you humiliate him publicly by posting the whole thing on the internet.........AWESOME! :mrgreen:

[proguide66]

Well , I gave him an hr to catch his breath BEFORE I retrieved him after aging....THEN publicly humiliated him...:mrgreen:...actually , no humiliating anyone...getting the full flavor of guideing across to the curios for sure.

anyway..on with the next adventure..

We managed to close the distance to the rams to 600 yrds..kinda better than the 1200 but still not close enough as well combo'd with a 50 mph cross wind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvRW8fmp6U4

We laid there for most the day and up till the sun left us and left us with a growing layer of ice on us....the rams finlly rose and fed only deeper into the un aproachable hole...away from us...
En route back I took one last mercy glance to the other side of the valley and realised a 'one n a million' had happened..ALL the sheep left and went into the deep end of the basin leaving the entance un guarded...we were already whipped...but we truged back and went for a cliff climb to get us 300 yrds from the feeding band of sheep and nicely above them...could account for all of em BUT the large one...of course...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUV5rYJESE

unkkown to us the large ram was a mere 150 yrds to our right..but out of site...we sat on an open slope frozen while all the sheep fed into view...it was getting drker and drker , we were fully exposed and this was IT...we would not be able to leave un busted so if he didnt show we would HAVE to be seen and blow em outta there forever....well...we got busted...one er two musta seen my blink...a little stampede was on...out comes the big ram and is running away from us out to 300 before he stopped to see what the trouble was....boom...miss..( no cam on)...little more stampede...stopped...boom wack..yeah baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEYfT07Y_s

[proguide66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccX0xaZYXMU.......windy as hell....drk set in right after pics....3 hr headlamp hike back.

[todbartell]

kinda hard to hear what you were saying the last bit of the video there, but I think I read your lips that you're really hungry for hashbrowns and cant wait to get back to camp? :mrgreen:

keep uploading!

[shawnwells]

amazing pictures buddy...thanks for posting

[kennyj]

Good for you Steve. Great story and video footage. Really enjoyed it!
kenny

[bear buster]

Wow, very impressed with everything. looks like alot of good times, and some wicked pics and vids. thanks for sharing.

[Rattler]

I have really enjoyed this thread. Thanks for taking the time to catch your experiences on video.

[kootenayelkslayer]

Great video's. Looks like you had a real fun season.
Those video's of that guy trying to line up on that ram were painful. I know exactly what was going thru your head while that was going on...it involves name-calling and swearing.

[trailhunter]

thanx for the vids ............now get out there and get some footage of some monster bt's lol

[Gateholio]

I have seen all these videos first hand, while sipping tasty beer, butt hey don't fail to impress here on HBC. Although I am slightly biased, I think PG66 has given HBC the best chunk of video we've ever seen!:-D

Gotta love the "sonofabiatch" comments!:mrgreen:

[Blainer]

Absolutely great thread!
Thanks for sharing.
Talk about great marketing for the outfitter.$$

[tomahawk]

Well without a doubt this thread has my interest like no other for a long time. Congrats on a good yr guiding and a big thanks for the entertainment!! Looking fwd to more vid's!!

[Akula]

Absolutely amazing stories, video's and pics! You capture what other's can only read and dream about. It's easy to look at a picture in a magazine of a downed animal, but to be able to see the amount of work that goes into getting that animal is pretty incredible. I have never had the opportunity to "turn down" a game animal let alone have to chase them out of my camp because they were being a pest. By far one of the best threads on this site. Thank you for you efforts!:mrgreen:

[proguide66]

Glad all are enjoying it all...I am well aware that many outdoorsmen may not ever get to experience what the remote BC has to offer..so share away I will!!!...here's a few more to wind it up...then I am going to get my shit together and start a ' How to book Blacktail thread'....am going to try and video document and follow along the whole thing and see if we can get some avids some free education!!:-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpw4ORCT81o

well John my sheep hunter/outfitter from Colorado decided to hit home. He had slipped in a creek during the stalk of the sheep creating a painfull injury.
The other hunters in camp were a son who I knew from victoria...due to the physical shape of the old guy they were not going to be doing any HUGE rides for moose and tagged out on two the same day near our main camp.
It was 'do or die' for me and my first chance at a true monster moose...i'll tell ya it isnt easy to motivate at the end of the season..especially combined with the distance to the damned thing and having to pack and ride to the highway the very next day.....but...I went for it.
Our wrangle George and I saddled two horses and took two pack horses in case we found THE big guy...en route , we came across this bruiser wich was MUCH closer to camp....BUT ....NOT 'Ol Dagger'...didnt make sense to just 'kill one' ..had to be DAGGER er nuthin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0PWwrFf_YI

I passed on the big bull and we carried on only to bump into 3 more wolves and made the pack short one.

Up and ov er our last mountain pass we dropped into a frikkin moose orgy...15 or more moose spread out over a 500yrd long by 600 yard wide basin...the same one we filmed dagger in earlier...3 moose were probably book and one would easily score higher than Dagger...but , as most know , I am a fan of the old old guys...Dagger was it!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGZUZoG0Rg0

[proguide66]

Of course at first Dagger was nowhere to be seen..unlike every other frikkin moose in the valley ...the high scoring moose was in an easy kill spot and I was going to go assasinate him when George said " THERES DAGGER THERES DAGGER", he was up in the middle of a spruce rige with a cow....and as well absolutely unapproachable due to ALL the moose being between us and him AND the wind at out backs...wich wasnt doing much due to most these animals probably never seeing humans before( w enormally dont go this far for moose).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJHteGMGn_c

After previously drilling a few wolves at 538 yrds , I was feeling cocky and confident combined with the day BURNING away and the rest of the herd making it IMPOSSIBLE to get nearer I decided to take the only chance I may have.....and missed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1GtV2rE9pc

[proguide66]

Well...wasnt sure on miss er hit so we just stayed put a bit....maybe 30 minutes later , the majority of the herd moved up into the pacth and we immediatly heard horns clashing...it was Dagger and the other book bull goin at it....we moved down our ridge yet some more in hopes of gaining a bit of yardage....then all the sudden 7 er 8 moose came into a small opening.
George exclaimed" ITS DAGGER"...i reply , " range it range it"...he says "480....no...500....well...480/500..."...either way now i |KNOW Daggers 'gettin it'.
Held the hairs between his ears head on...BOOM...WACK...bullet hit absolutely square in the middle of his chest right where the throat turns to chest. Dagger went running downhill for maybe 50 yrds and piled up.

We then RUSHED into action...I felt we had no time to spare with the sun creepin down and had 3 1/2 hrs just in riding let alone cutting!!..George stayed on our ridge and guided me to the dead moose across the valley......took us ONE hr to quater and knock the head off , then we packed him and took off.....we made camp RIGHT at drk...yiippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bBwVgePv10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLgagXmTuM

So , this is about it...have more random footage from the season of live grizz ect...may post later...out the door to place some cams today and get the REAL fun huntin rollin:mrgreen:

[BlacktailStalker]

Awesome way to wrap up your fall, beauty :cool:
On full screen it kinda looks like you hit him in the top 4-6" on his hump on your first shot, maybe even just gave him a "trim" ?

You're going to have to start blurring out the labels on your gear and make them pay to appear in your vids soon :lol:
Like how you're thinking blacktails and not even out of the north country yet !

[Blacktailz]

unbelievable thread. thanks for sharing, cant wait to see the blacktails

[MB_Boy]

Awesome!! What a way to end things!!

Congrats on the bull.....he is one hell of a bruiser!!

Looks like just absolutely awesome country!! :cool:8-)

[guest]

You shared some cool experiences here, thanks and congrats.

CT

[kennyj]

Awesome!!! I feel the same about blacktails. Thanks for the great videos. You did a great job on them.
kenny

[whitetailsheds]

Very nice! Thanks for posting it.

[BUCKJR]

Thanks for sharing the entertainment. I soooo look forward to the the blacktail footage! I will be absorbing any education i can from it!!

[BigBanger]

This is the best thread ever!!! Wow, Thanks man.

[huntcoop]

Glad all are enjoying it all...I am well aware that many outdoorsmen may not ever get to experience what the remote BC has to offer..so share away I will!!!...

That is SOOO true, cheers.

[todbartell]

great videos, good luck next month

[Hunt'n Guide]

Thanks for posting your footage. Great stuff. You are a better man than I. I've got my share of good footage but never post any. I'm always reluctant to post because of the "anti guide" sentiments that are so popular on here. Congratulations on documenting a great season.

[Venginator]

awesome footage, thanks for sharing

[Brian011]

great videos! looks like you had a great season!

[moose2]

Here he is.............good night all ! ( oh ya...lots to go , and they get BETTER !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBrZhNDxvc
I was wondering if it was shy of breaking the nose and he was waiting for him to do so , he probaly grew an extra inch while the hunter waited LOL. You are a patient guy it was driving me crazy just watching the videos. I could'nt imagine being there to watch that.
Mike

[deezday]

i would have to say the best thread and footage i have viewed yet! congrats on a great fall and a monster of a bull! thanks a million!!

[showtimebc]

AWSOME footage PG66, thanks for sharing!!! Looking forward to the blacktail chapter of your season!

[proguide66]

I took this footage the same day I taged my bear...sometimes its VERRY hard to tell a boar from sow.
I had my camera on one tripod and put it up to a 60ml swarov on another tripod to get the film....
Lets all guess what the bear is and why..this will create good knowledge for hunters possibly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFMYgGlq3kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUB6doza8k0

[Coming_out_heavy.]

Nice bear!

[proguide66]

Our area has 99% drk chocolate to black boars. I felt this was a sow due to it being real low to the ground , large head for such a porky body and too light ( guy with me had a tag to)......i'm no expert but the tummy is usually right...most the boars seem to be tall..even when a teenager..then fill out. My bear was 8ft 3 across the arms..7 ft 6 long...kinda like a lanky teenager.
this bear was also up high in a slide and seemed too fat too early comapred to the other 17 bears I saw this fall...prego sow maybe??...anyway..I called it sow..........

[Coming_out_heavy.]

Thats a BIG sow if its a sow, I was thinking boar, but Id feel better about guessing if I was close enough to see some mitt.

[325 wsm]

Looks like you had a great season and got some awesome footage. Congrats.
I would agree on that being a sow. wrong shape of body and muzzle for a boar.

[Prowler]

Wow!! What a thread. I have sent links to a few guys I know that will be members on here as soon as they see this stuf. Way to go Steve.!! Thanks for sharing the adventure... Makes me want to go start hiking to get in to better shape!!!! Ok, maybe a drive to Timmys and glass the hills!!! haha

[Gateholio]

Wow!! What a thread. I have sent links to a few guys I know that will be members on here as soon as they see this stuf. Way to go Steve.!! Thanks for sharing the adventure... Makes me want to go start hiking to get in to better shape!!!! Ok, maybe a drive to Timmys and glass the hills!!! haha

The Squamish Timmys isn't a bad place to start...:wink:

[Mountain Man]

Male or female that’s a mature adult bear so the thing that makes me think it’s a sow is the muzzle! Seems short! A mature boar tends to have a big long ugly snout, it’s so hard to tell, an awesome bear either way I would never criticize a kill on that one!

That bear is so fat! I guess it could be one of those pregnant sows with delayed pregnancy!?

[Mountain Man]

I would say big sow !

[proguide66]

I'm goin porky sow to...here s a solid black GRIZZLY boar maybe pushing 8 ft...I only used the cam zoom due to him movin and not bein into the scope/cam wrestle....note he's tall in the legs..tapering to the head more than the lo riding sow with her fat head..he's also VERRY nervous , he was digging in a spot that WAS a kill site Aug 17,,,then the old 6th sense kicked in and he got outta there...large boars are very very cautious and mostly nocturnal...that sow was wide open broad daylight around 230pm and not a care in the world..even after undoubtly smelling us 30 minutes prior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-51uLEXVg

[BlacktailStalker]

That is a very large black bear.
You know when they get that elongated neck like a polar bear, its a giant.
Love to know how old that guy really is, probably be surprised.
Love to dump a pack of hounds on his ass too :)

[proguide66]

That is a very large black bear.
You know when they get that elongated neck like a polar bear, its a giant.
Love to know how old that guy really is, probably be surprised.
Love to dump a pack of hounds on his ass too :)


oops..I shoulda typed hes a black grizz !!

[cuervosail]

Amazing videos. Thanks so much for sharing them. I can't wait until you start your own television program. This is much more interesting than most of the crap that's currently on Wild TV.

[325 wsm]

Amazing videos. Thanks so much for sharing them. I can't wait until you start your own television program. This is much more interesting than most of the crap that's currently on Wild TV.

Unfortunately this type of hunting video is not really suitable for TV. Nowadays the shows produced take the harvest of 1 or 2 animals and turn it into a 1/2 hour disney production full of replays and BS re-inactments. Also while guiding it's very hard to be a cameraman because you have so many other responsibilities that can be more important than capturing the scene.
Congratulations to proguide for what he was able to capture. Well done for being in the position of a guide.

[proguide66]

Here's a clip og my bull the first time we saw him. It always amazes me the power in these beasts...check out how fast he can just fling that rack around effortlessly...imagine that thing pinning you:shock:.

As far as 'TV' goes , naahhhh.....Ive actually never had wild TV er seen it , but the shows I have seen , the drama , endorsing products , trying to be a 'rock star' ( like a few TV guys I have worked with:?)...I'm passing!!!
Lovin hunting and swappin stories is just right!!!;-)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttn-DGhU4FM

[Wild Images]

As far as 'TV' goes , naahhhh.....Ive actually never had wild TV er seen it , but the shows I have seen , the drama , endorsing products , trying to be a 'rock star' ( like a few TV guys I have worked with:?)...I'm passing!!!
Lovin hunting and swappin stories is just right!!!;-)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttn-DGhU4FM[/quote]

What about a Scuttlebutt Lodge thing from the porch :mrgreen:

[338 whisper]

Thanks best vid and pics all year.

[sniper ren]

Right on! Great vids.....Thanks for posting!

[Mojo700]

Incredible thread. Really cool to watch all of it. But did I miss it or wasn't it posted - what was "Dagger's" measurements?

[proguide66]

Incredible thread. Really cool to watch all of it. But did I miss it or wasn't it posted - what was "Dagger's" measurements?


He grossed 212'''56 wide..16" palm width..41" plam length ( if I rememebr right)..

[Jonas111]

All I can say is, AWESOME. I just spent the last hour watching your video's and I can't wipe the smile off my face. Looks like you have a great thing going and with these videos you are only going to get busier.

I can hardly wait to watch your black tail videos.

Thanks for posting these.

[proguide66]

Here's a couple more vids....anyone think they can stick a moose with an arrow??http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4U4SRwWeGY

Here's an absolute TANK of an old moose...wonder how much he weighed?? ( oh , he's dead now to):twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkDNls286g


I'm uploading another vid that was supposed to go before gates kill...kinda funy..but takes a while!

[Johnnybear]

Absolutely the best thread I have ever followed on this site that is for sure. Thank you very much for sharing your year with us PG. Through video's, photo's, and stories have given every hunter a look into this awesome Province of ours. Kudos to you big time and I can't wait for the BT threads:mrgreen:.

[thebigrig]

Awsome thread i've been on these forums since 2004. I really enjoy reading watching your posts. Keep up the good work nice to see someone that really knows what there doing in action.:mrgreen:

[proguide66]

Absolutely the best thread I have ever followed on this site that is for sure. Thank you very much for sharing your year with us PG. Through video's, photo's, and stories have given every hunter a look into this awesome Province of ours. Kudos to you big time and I can't wait for the BT threads:mrgreen:.

thanks JB , ya gotta love it out there eh?? home video with no sponser or fake footage seems to get the real flavor across doesnt it!

Here's a clip I shoulda posted just before Gates kill in Aug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjEIOP7frJ4:mrgreen:

[killman]

LOL. Classic . Great Job PG thanks for all the footage.

[BimmerBob]

Awesome thread PG66! The last one of Clarke is going to be viral in no time :wink: Looking forward to the Blacktail thread you will be putting up shortly....:-D

[303Brit]

PG awesome thread man I love it keep'em coming

303

[Gateholio]

hahahaha....yeah that's a funny one.:-D

[yama49]

nice vid, keep them coming

[2x4x16]

Outstanding, I very rarely watch and view every page of a thread, PG 66 an awesome job at documenting for us to enjoy. Can,t wait to see your blacktail footage and wolf threads.

Thanks for the footage and stories

[240droptop]

Crazy man! I would love to see even half of the things you posted

[luckynuts]

Hey Gates that's a pretty nice belt your wearing is it your dual purpose hunting and Saturday night fever belt?:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: SWEET!

W.