canoe in deer hunt 2016

[Robin]

I just spent 7 days camped in my wall tent at Lows Lake in NY's Adirondacks. The plan was to paddle into my usual area about 12 miles/one portage/one lift over from the put in but I got caught in a cold rain that turned into a downpour so I just camped for the week on Hitchins Pond.
The weather was unsettled all week, some high winds, heavy rain a few inches of snow. Not much hunting took place, a couple of days but for the most part I hung out in my tent or visiting my new friend Rob from England who was camped at the next site over or eating bannock Rob, Sweeper and hidden lo (dave) from this site.
Some pics of my week.

 

[GreenFrog]

Looks like a great camp setup. I'll be doing the same trip next weekend with a first night at Horseshoe due to late arrival.
Better break out my winter gear and be ready for the chill. Better luck hunting on the next one.

 

[memaquay]

dang, that looked like a lot of fun! Was that the 20 foot canoe again?

 

[sweeper]

Great to get out and attach faces to names Here's Dave and member to be Rob

 

[bcelect]

Robin, Glad to hear that you had a safe trip. The guy Rob from England is on Bushcraftusa.com, I saw they had a meet going in last week, it's cool that you met him. Did you exchange any skills? Someday we will have to organize a combined canoetripping/bushcraftusa trip.

 

[Alan Gage]

This is great. I guess I've had a distorted view of hunting my whole life but now that Canotrouge, Mem, and Robin have shown me how it's done I realize that I can be a hunter without having to give up my vegetarianism! Looking forward to regaining some of my manhood and swapping stories about the one that got away with my fellow hunters.

Alan

 

[pataneap]

Love the photo of you kneeling by the canoe! Your tent, cot and stove looks like they make for a comfy camp.
How many cars were in the lower dam parking lot?

 

[sweeper]

Four not counting the guys working on the dam

 

[memaquay]

This is great. I guess I've had a distorted view of hunting my whole life but now that Canotrouge, Mem, and Robin have shown me how it's done I realize that I can be a hunter without having to give up my vegetarianism! Looking forward to regaining some of my manhood and swapping stories about the one that got away with my fellow hunters.

I dunno Alan, you strike me as the kind of fella that doesn't drink much either, or tell lots of big whopping bullpucky stories, so you'll have to bring some "Near Beer" and make up some stories about how you crawled inside a gutted moose and survived the coldest night of the year, (with a Playboy model)-- that kind of stuff. Or how you dropped a moose at 500 yards with your wrist rocket sling shot.

 

[Robin]

Robin, Glad to hear that you had a safe trip. The guy Rob from England is on Bushcraftusa.com, I saw they had a meet going in last week, it's cool that you met him. Did you exchange any skills? Someday we will have to organize a combined canoetripping/bushcraftusa trip.

That guy Rob from England is one of the most hardcore guys I have ever met. He spent two weeks at Lows after a week with his dad at some other lake. He had a small fire for warmth, a small saw, no ax, a tarp, a chair and a open sided hammock on the ground, no tent and no car. When I got there a 12" birch had fallen on his tarp just missing him by a few minutes and he laughed it off. We went out for a paddle and had a great time, I found out he was born a month before my twin boys. I told him I know nothing about "bushcraft" but he assured me I was a bushcrafter in his book.
He might be coming back in two years and if he does we will surely make it a group outing.

 

[Alan Gage]

I dunno Alan, you strike me as the kind of fella that doesn't drink much either, or tell lots of big whopping bullpucky stories,

Oh crap, you're right; I just gave up alcohol 2 weeks ago. And I don't have a big bushy beard. They'll never accept me.

Nonetheless it's the pheasant opener this weekend and Sadie and I are looking forward to not shooting anything, just like half of our other hunter brethren who will be out thrashing the prairie.

Alan

 

[daveo4]

Wow. I came out of Lows lake on 4 Oct. You went in on 20 Oct. From barely fall to winter in 2 weeks.
​Dave

 

[Canotrouge]

This is great. I guess I've had a distorted view of hunting my whole life but now that Canotrouge, Mem, and Robin have shown me how it's done I realize that I can be a hunter without having to give up my vegetarianism! Looking forward to regaining some of my manhood and swapping stories about the one that got away with my fellow hunters.

Alan

Hahaha... Some time we lucked out some time we don't, but moose or caribou meat is what we eat!!
Ho and I don't drink much but when I do I drink fancy stuff, scotch or beer!! I never bullpucky!

 

[Odyssey]

Good lookin trip, even with the snow. Plenty of firewood and plenty of provisions.
Thanks for showing us what winter canoe tripping looks like.

 

[Bioguide]

Did you exchange any skills?

I told him I know nothing about "bushcraft" but he assured me I was a bushcrafter in his book.

I chuckled a bit reading the “"did you exchange any skills" question.

Robin, I'm headed in Nov 11 (although by motor boat) for 10 days hunting with someone you almost hooked up with in the past… I'll PM you.

Also you should post your "boots up" photo you posted on ADK forum, which is an awesome picture.

 

[snapper]

Robin - Glad to see you survived (and apparently thrived) on your adventure to Lows. I wondered about you a few times as the weather turned from rain to snow here in central NYS. I'm happy to see you enjoyed yourself and returned safely home.

As for Rob; I believe he tries to come over every 2 years from his home in England. For what it's worth, I also frequent the Bushcraft USA forum and believe me, you'd fit right in; and that's a complement.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[Robin]

Also you should post your "boots up" photo you posted on ADK forum, which is an awesome picture.

I posted a video on Youtube, it's in there..ha

https://youtu.be/yiMvzg_hab8

 

[Marten]

Great atmosphere you captured Robin. Early wets snows, I could almost smell the forest in gour pictures.

 

[Mihun09]

Good to see you folks are keeping the snow down that way, we have not had but a few flakes yet.

Once you get a faux w/c Kevlar canoe you can do those trips for the next years Robin, good on you though, nice Hudson's Bay blankie and paddle.

 

[sweeper]

Great video Robin along with the 2014 video that followed on after the link above