Recent content by North61

love to know how the long tail works for you!

It's made from cow shin's and hooves..lovely rendered oil that absorbs like crazy.

Love the natural materials...I think these packs will actually outlast anything made from a synthetic.

Thanks Robin.... will try and get out moose hunting in Sept if I can get our sheep in August.

I think you will like the Suzuki motor. A small motor pushes a canoe hull quite smartly but when loaded up heavy and going against the current more displacement is good. Here in Yukon and Alaska folks run 2 stroke 15HP's on a lift on the 19 foot Grumann's and don't feel over powered. Lot's...

To travel with a moose broken down adds a lot of weight. This is my son's first moose taken when he was14 years old, 2 years ago. The Big Scott Hudson bay swallowed the load with out floating a whole lot deeper. We were able to leap a beaver dang without unloading Love a big canoe.

Once it's up on the yoke it's not too bad for a while. For moose hunting we need something that is big enough for carrying an extra 700 pounds of quarters. The MacSport 18 is about the minimum for this and two guys with a camp. The extra weight is worth it but I should have saved 20 pounds...

It's smoky but we are all good. Thanks for the welcome.

Here in the North many of us are re-learning the possibilities of the Freighter Canoe as a work horse. A 100 pound freighter like the Clipper Mackenzie Sport can haul 1500 pounds of gear and still be portaged, by one man. For remote operations like moose hunting or gold sniping the Freighter...

It's a pretty great place to live. Our kids have done pretty well here and have had ton's of opportunity to learn about nature and self reliance. Love your Avatar!

This is Greg from Yukon Territory. We use Freighter canoes mostly as a way to get moose from the bush. So we have three freighters from a 17 foot that will carry 770 pounds to an 18 foot Clipper that will carry 1500 pounds and a 21 foot 60" wide beast from Scott that will carry over a ton...

Greetings from the Yukon. Ran across an old Duluth Original #4 box pack in the local gear exchange for 50.00. God knows how old. I had my wallet out in record time and no dickering! A bunch of gear and books came in from the Dick Person estate and this might be from that. It was filthy and...