I've been taking a lot of chop busting from everyone over the last few months about my love affair with the square stern canoe and the little motor. So I thought I would just tune in to show you guys that I still can use a paddle.
The annual Save The Moose campaign is coming up in a couple of weeks, so me and my buddies thought it would be a good idea to scout the area where we weren't going to shoot a moose. We followed a series of old logging roads that got progressively worse until we had to quad the last 100 meters to a good spot to make camp.
If you look carefully, you will see the snow coming down. Sept 28. Booooooo-urns!
I brought my new little fwend along for the party.
I brought an old friend too, one that has been neglected for a while.
The poor Chum was sitting on my roof racks all night, and the bottom was covered in ice and snow.
I began to paddle in earnest, and completely circumnavigated the lake in about 4 hours. I forgot how serene it is to have a whole lake to yourself, and just paddle with no particular destination in mind.
You'll notice that the GPS is turned off. That's because I learned my lesson last year. If I name the lake, and someone from Southern Ontario is Binging the place, or Google-earthing it, they will find my post and then see that they can access it, and the next thing you know, there are five huge camper trailers and 25 Italians all hunting under one tag, invading my secret spot. So I will not name this secret moose repository, and I turned off my GPS so no-one could blow up the photo and analyze it.
There is a little port that we cut a few years ago that takes us into a lengthy creek system. The picture below shows why I keep harassing the forest companies to give 200 meter buffers around ports. There is a standard 30 meter prescription, and every tree and their hillbilly cousins have been blown over. The port used to be here. However, the cutover is full of moose sign, with a nice hill to sit on and see for many hundreds of yards.
Due to work constraints, I will only be able to get out for two days this year, but perhaps this is the year when I will post a pic of my 20 foot cedar strip full of moose.
Anyone want to trade a quad for a cedar strip canoe? I'm thinking my life won't be complete until I have quad.
The annual Save The Moose campaign is coming up in a couple of weeks, so me and my buddies thought it would be a good idea to scout the area where we weren't going to shoot a moose. We followed a series of old logging roads that got progressively worse until we had to quad the last 100 meters to a good spot to make camp.
If you look carefully, you will see the snow coming down. Sept 28. Booooooo-urns!
I brought my new little fwend along for the party.
I brought an old friend too, one that has been neglected for a while.
The poor Chum was sitting on my roof racks all night, and the bottom was covered in ice and snow.
I began to paddle in earnest, and completely circumnavigated the lake in about 4 hours. I forgot how serene it is to have a whole lake to yourself, and just paddle with no particular destination in mind.
You'll notice that the GPS is turned off. That's because I learned my lesson last year. If I name the lake, and someone from Southern Ontario is Binging the place, or Google-earthing it, they will find my post and then see that they can access it, and the next thing you know, there are five huge camper trailers and 25 Italians all hunting under one tag, invading my secret spot. So I will not name this secret moose repository, and I turned off my GPS so no-one could blow up the photo and analyze it.
There is a little port that we cut a few years ago that takes us into a lengthy creek system. The picture below shows why I keep harassing the forest companies to give 200 meter buffers around ports. There is a standard 30 meter prescription, and every tree and their hillbilly cousins have been blown over. The port used to be here. However, the cutover is full of moose sign, with a nice hill to sit on and see for many hundreds of yards.
Due to work constraints, I will only be able to get out for two days this year, but perhaps this is the year when I will post a pic of my 20 foot cedar strip full of moose.
Anyone want to trade a quad for a cedar strip canoe? I'm thinking my life won't be complete until I have quad.
