sed8ed
08-06-2012, 12:33 PM
Opinions please, I am open to any other suggestions
So the trip I was going on up to the Liard got cancelled due to two members of the party actually winning their LEH's which is fine, however that leaves me on a solo hunt this september.
Since I will not be sharing fuel with anyone I would like to keep the distances within 1000 km of the lower mainland hence the choices, elk and moose are on the menu and the hunt will be from sept 11-21 back to work on the 24 with all gear put back into storage. I will have my truck, ATV, zodiac and toy hauler (12' enclosed trailer with a fold down bed)
Option A.
Butler ridge east slope, northwest of Hudson's Hope. I have hunted here before 3 years ago, didn't manage to drop an animal myself, however the person I was hunting with took a nice 4pt elk and the guys camped by the lake shore took 1 moose and 1 elk over the 8 days we were there.
Option B.
Pink Mountain. Never hunted here before, heard great things... not sure how busy it will be or how the access will be due to oil and gas exploration but I love exploring new places.
One advantage pink mountain has is that 7-57 is open for caribou and 7-58 is open for archery caribou... I am not sure how good the odds are for that in either region but that is one animal that is on my bucket list that I would like to check off (Hence the original Liard trip) If this is the location I end up going to, caribou would be the primary reason for the hunt with moose and elk being primarily opportunity based (aka, if I see one while hunting caribou)
So the trip I was going on up to the Liard got cancelled due to two members of the party actually winning their LEH's which is fine, however that leaves me on a solo hunt this september.
Since I will not be sharing fuel with anyone I would like to keep the distances within 1000 km of the lower mainland hence the choices, elk and moose are on the menu and the hunt will be from sept 11-21 back to work on the 24 with all gear put back into storage. I will have my truck, ATV, zodiac and toy hauler (12' enclosed trailer with a fold down bed)
Option A.
Butler ridge east slope, northwest of Hudson's Hope. I have hunted here before 3 years ago, didn't manage to drop an animal myself, however the person I was hunting with took a nice 4pt elk and the guys camped by the lake shore took 1 moose and 1 elk over the 8 days we were there.
Option B.
Pink Mountain. Never hunted here before, heard great things... not sure how busy it will be or how the access will be due to oil and gas exploration but I love exploring new places.
One advantage pink mountain has is that 7-57 is open for caribou and 7-58 is open for archery caribou... I am not sure how good the odds are for that in either region but that is one animal that is on my bucket list that I would like to check off (Hence the original Liard trip) If this is the location I end up going to, caribou would be the primary reason for the hunt with moose and elk being primarily opportunity based (aka, if I see one while hunting caribou)