24 moose

[BearFoot]

While placing amenities, this little fellow showed up to check us out.

Very cool. Little guy kept coming & going for a half hour.
Camp that night.

 

[CRJR45]

You are in so much trouble ! After you tell this story you go straight to your room !
I'm glad that you're ok .

 

[BearFoot]

In first light, a bull far off.

This year more cows had calves than previous years. A great sign!
Found ourselves in blueberry heaven.
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Blueberries are so thick, boys want pancakes!
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Pancakes are happening!
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[BAKPAKR]

Our season was cut a bit short. My oldest turned 40 and a bunch of family partied in Mexico.

I am glad a bear didn’t get you.

 

[BearFoot]

Early on we are spotting moose.
The kid spots a very nice bull. Its across a drainage, working its way up hill. He and our young hunter are off. Its misty raining.
Nearly a mile hike. They went into the trees Brush thrashing, with bull grunts.

In center of pic. After a few hours with no response, they make their way back.
Hot sandwich's await!
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Caribou near camp
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[BearFoot]

I am glad a bear didn’t get you.

loaded for BEAR!

 

[BearFoot]

Rained the rest of that day, and woke early to more of the same. Soon a bull is spotted with a cow. He's messing with her, but she's dancing around him. Impertech rain gear on and I'm off, slipping and sliding down the muddy trail. I could see them on the opposite hillside at 700 yards, before I Cross the drainage. I worked my way up hill. Hiking through heavy brush, in rain gear, is one of my least favorite chores.
It took awhile, but found him! 300 yards bedded, could just see white palms between the spruce trees. No cow. Brush here is head high. Back tracking a bit, I moved to another higher vantage point. Glassing the trees, cow is looking my direction. The bull is up and looking from behind a spruce. Since they are aware somethings up, I held up my calling scapula. Hes a big boy, I'm trying get brow tines. The cow breaks into a run and the bull spins and follows. Down hill through the trees and into the thick stuff. Gone! Sometimes the scapula will allow us to "dance with the bulls". In hind site that cow kept slapping that boy down, and now a second bull to deal with?

 

[BearFoot]

Following morning hiked the trail beyond where we are seeing these bulls. Weather is grey, windy, cold. Hearing motor sounds, found some big rigs coming in. The next couple of days we had wheelers and big rigs show up above camp.
A dozen other hunters in the area.

 

[BearFoot]

In between bad weather we spotted some really nice bulls. They are never close.

 

[BearFoot]

Boys
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[BearFoot]

Got Bugs?

 

[perma]

Woo we’re glad to have ya back.

 

[Gellar]

In between bad weather we spotted some really nice bulls. They are never close.
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That top one!

 

[Dave N]

Great to hear from you, @BearFoot If you didn't notice, some of us were pretty worried about you when we didn't get a trip report like normal!

 

[noharleyyet]

Imma stand by my epitaph & retract the date. Glad you’re ok @BearFoot

 

[MT_elk]

Glad you're ok. Really enjoy the pics and story every year. Truly awesome country!

 

[Caseknife]

Looks like the crewcab got a pre-runner front end, don't need that sheet metal, it just gets dented. Assume that he has all 8 cylinders powered up this trip?

 

[CRJR45]

In first light, a bull far off.
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This year more cows had calves than previous years. A great sign!
Found ourselves in blueberry heaven.
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Blueberries are so thick, boys want pancakes!
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Pancakes are happening!
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Bacon , pancakes , Monster trucks and Hunting the backcountry , nothing says America better than that ! !