This is the first year our moose hunt wasn't entirely canoe based. The past few years we have hightailed it down to a local river after work on Friday and paddled or motored into our spot. This year we tried something new. I finally gave in and bought a quad. I gotta say, it's a lot of fun. We were going back to a place we hunted in 2015 (there were no moose there then either). The initial attack to get to the camp site was reminiscent of the Beverly Hillbillies.
Two trips got everything into camp, and by 5:00 PM we were set up. A few wobbly pops, then the Snowtrekker beckoned.
Sunrise was at 8:00 AM the next morning, and we were on the water paddling just before that. It was a beautiful paddle down the lake, fall colours had just peaked the weekend before.
We were headed to a really nice moose marsh kind of place. Took about an hour of paddling up a very small creek to get there. It looked super moosey, but alas, after a couple of hours of calling, we headed back.
We had some friends hunting about ten miles down the road, and they stopped in Saturday night for a visit. Lots of fun, and they snapped this pic of our tent from across the lake on their way in.
Tried some quad hunting in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the trail we were hunting had suffered a lot of blowdown the week before, so I had to do quite a bit of chainsawing to get to our location. There were sign of moose, but no moose, probably scared off by the chainsaw (I feel an electric chainsaw in my near future).
I think we are going to head back down there tomorrow morning just for half a day, quad in to the now cleared trail and give it a try. There were many hunters from Southern Ontario in the area, but I am hoping they have dispersed by now. I'll update if any beasts are captured.
Two trips got everything into camp, and by 5:00 PM we were set up. A few wobbly pops, then the Snowtrekker beckoned.
Sunrise was at 8:00 AM the next morning, and we were on the water paddling just before that. It was a beautiful paddle down the lake, fall colours had just peaked the weekend before.
We were headed to a really nice moose marsh kind of place. Took about an hour of paddling up a very small creek to get there. It looked super moosey, but alas, after a couple of hours of calling, we headed back.
We had some friends hunting about ten miles down the road, and they stopped in Saturday night for a visit. Lots of fun, and they snapped this pic of our tent from across the lake on their way in.
Tried some quad hunting in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the trail we were hunting had suffered a lot of blowdown the week before, so I had to do quite a bit of chainsawing to get to our location. There were sign of moose, but no moose, probably scared off by the chainsaw (I feel an electric chainsaw in my near future).
I think we are going to head back down there tomorrow morning just for half a day, quad in to the now cleared trail and give it a try. There were many hunters from Southern Ontario in the area, but I am hoping they have dispersed by now. I'll update if any beasts are captured.
I think tonight is supposed to be our first night to get below zero down here near Toronto. Btw...if anyone cares....Go Jays!!!
