asurebet
12-16-2010, 09:25 PM
After months of planning and waiting the day had finally arrived, Buck (hbc),and also my (brother-in-law) Dan arrives it is Dec 3 at 8:30am. We head off for 100mile house to pick up our other partner Kevin, we finally arrive at the Pink Mountain Motor Inn at 4:30am very excited but tired. After a 4 hour sleep we head downstairs to the restaurant to eat and meet Jamie, Who by the way is an awesome guy with great knowledge of the area and a very detailed map in the restaurant! We head off for Pink Mountain with alot of anticipation. Once we unloaded the quad and sled we head off for the halfway river trail around the ranch, very little snow with rocks surfacing everywhere. We end up going the wrong way but still in zone A, We find some tracks and fairly fresh dung but no Bison.
Day 2 we pay the access fee of 325.00 for the 3 of us and head off. We scout around trying to determine where are these Bison hiding, talking with other hunters and trying to get familiar with the valley. Day 3 Jamie from Pink Mountain Motor Inn sends us to the McQue flats where apparently all the Bison have moved onto, We get to the 41 km mark where you have to cross the river, Dan and I decide to stop there and return to Kevin who is 15 km back from us on the quad. Day 4 we head in early in the morning for McQue flats, we pass a couple hunters who are retrieving their bull ( thanks again Tim & Daryll ) we get to the 53 km point and decide that we should turn around. On our way back I notice some fresh dung piles and Danny says to me I think I seen something up the road on the right! He gets off the sled and I head up the hill and low and be hold there they are, a group of 8 or 9. I get off the sled and load the gun with a 300gr tsx for the 375 H&H. I find the Bison I decided on and aim, off with the safety, and fire! I harvested a mature cow weighing 500lbs. at the butchers. It was a very fun hunt but tough physically, those creatures weigh alot. After 2 days of retrieval we headed for home, An awesome 7 days. Can't wait for the next one. A special thanks to Danny, Kevin, Jamie, Tim, and Daryll for making this a great trip! memories forever.http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy170/mysako/038.jpg
Day 2 we pay the access fee of 325.00 for the 3 of us and head off. We scout around trying to determine where are these Bison hiding, talking with other hunters and trying to get familiar with the valley. Day 3 Jamie from Pink Mountain Motor Inn sends us to the McQue flats where apparently all the Bison have moved onto, We get to the 41 km mark where you have to cross the river, Dan and I decide to stop there and return to Kevin who is 15 km back from us on the quad. Day 4 we head in early in the morning for McQue flats, we pass a couple hunters who are retrieving their bull ( thanks again Tim & Daryll ) we get to the 53 km point and decide that we should turn around. On our way back I notice some fresh dung piles and Danny says to me I think I seen something up the road on the right! He gets off the sled and I head up the hill and low and be hold there they are, a group of 8 or 9. I get off the sled and load the gun with a 300gr tsx for the 375 H&H. I find the Bison I decided on and aim, off with the safety, and fire! I harvested a mature cow weighing 500lbs. at the butchers. It was a very fun hunt but tough physically, those creatures weigh alot. After 2 days of retrieval we headed for home, An awesome 7 days. Can't wait for the next one. A special thanks to Danny, Kevin, Jamie, Tim, and Daryll for making this a great trip! memories forever.http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy170/mysako/038.jpg