ratherbefishin
11-28-2010, 07:45 AM
sometimes sh*t happens-gear breaks down,weather doesn't co operate,family responsabilities take precidence,whatever-you didn't get to go.[I don't call not getting an animal in this list]
But sometimes-EVERYTHING works out-gear works,weather is fine,nothing prevents you from going-AND you cut your tags.This year after five years my boys and I FINALLY got the coveted ''any bull ''LEH shared hunt tickets-2 among 3,and we headed up to PG,no incidents on the road, trucks ran fine,we arrived at our campsite and teamed up with another HuntingBC'er in early October,the weather was crisp and cold, gorgeos fall colours, camped out,sat around the fire, shot .22's,shot chickens, painted sunsets, stars like lanterns hung just out of reach in the sky and we turned in and went to sleep wth the coyotes singing in the field, next morning did some cow calling,heard a bull grunt back,came back to camp,the boys went out cruising on the quad, they threw axes at stumps, carved a chess set and with a black marker made a board and I read some books and thats pretty much how the way the week went.No worries , no responsabilites,the only decision was what to cook for lunch and where to hunt that day
Somewhere in there we connected and cut our tags, couple of nice 3 and 4 year old bulls-not the biggest but certainly the best for what we wanted-meat for the tableand then we broke camp and headed home ,without incident.....not many time EVERYTHING worked out,time spent with family and friends AND a freezer full of meat-even my wife was happy-I got it cut and wrapped-generally she helps me-this time I had a meatcutter do it....the perfect trip...and hopefully my boys will remember this years hunt long after I'm outa here-just like I remember the hunting trips with my dad...
But sometimes-EVERYTHING works out-gear works,weather is fine,nothing prevents you from going-AND you cut your tags.This year after five years my boys and I FINALLY got the coveted ''any bull ''LEH shared hunt tickets-2 among 3,and we headed up to PG,no incidents on the road, trucks ran fine,we arrived at our campsite and teamed up with another HuntingBC'er in early October,the weather was crisp and cold, gorgeos fall colours, camped out,sat around the fire, shot .22's,shot chickens, painted sunsets, stars like lanterns hung just out of reach in the sky and we turned in and went to sleep wth the coyotes singing in the field, next morning did some cow calling,heard a bull grunt back,came back to camp,the boys went out cruising on the quad, they threw axes at stumps, carved a chess set and with a black marker made a board and I read some books and thats pretty much how the way the week went.No worries , no responsabilites,the only decision was what to cook for lunch and where to hunt that day
Somewhere in there we connected and cut our tags, couple of nice 3 and 4 year old bulls-not the biggest but certainly the best for what we wanted-meat for the tableand then we broke camp and headed home ,without incident.....not many time EVERYTHING worked out,time spent with family and friends AND a freezer full of meat-even my wife was happy-I got it cut and wrapped-generally she helps me-this time I had a meatcutter do it....the perfect trip...and hopefully my boys will remember this years hunt long after I'm outa here-just like I remember the hunting trips with my dad...