Sheister; Good afternoon to you sir, thanks for the story to accompany some of mine.
Years ago when our girls were little, there was some work function that my wife had to go to which took place at the Banff Springs Hotel. It was in early December so there was some snow on the passes, though the hotel itself didn't have snow in the yard.
Part of the deal was we'd spend a couple nights there, so we arranged for the kids to go camp out with the grandparents and off we went.
Here's what the Banff Springs Hotel looks like by the way for those who've not seen it.
The inside is really something too.
As it turned out, what it didn't have were really well marked exits in the event of an emergency...
About 1:00AM the fire alarm goes off and bless us all, we can smell smoke in the hallway, but not lots.
The elevators are shut down too of course.
So since we're up and everything, we decide to take a load of stuff out to the car as we're leaving in a couple hours for home anyways....
As mentioned the stairwells weren't exactly well labeled and we ended up either in the kitchen or maybe it was the laundry section, but the folks there were still working away despite the fire alarm which was now silent???
They motioned us to a back door, where we came out on a back parking lot and there, like one of Santa's reindeer waiting to be harnessed was a very nice bull elk just watching us. It didn't move either as we walked past it at less than 20', just followed us with it's eyes and slightly moved it's head!
Eventually we went back to sleep, but had the alarms set so we could leave before 6:00 as we had a company function to attend for my wife again that night, but back home.
Of course I managed to smoke a whitetail doe about a half hour out, but the mighty Corolla sustained only some body damage and one headlight packed it in, so we simply continued on home without further incidents.
When I read back on a few of my stories I see I've left the impression that perhaps road trips with Dwayne are more eventful than one might want?
Despite that all, I remain married - to the same woman - and she still seems to not mind taking trips with me?? Wonders never cease...
Great story Dwayne... when we were headed up to that moose hunt we crossed paths with a very large bull crossing a field next to the highway we were driving on. I always wondered what the outfitter would have done if we showed up in camp with a moose already in the truck?
Beautiful area up around there. Now that the wife is retiring we may be able to find time to get up that way and see some country we always talked about.... I loved hunting up around the Peace River and Fort James but for the grizzlies hanging around camp....
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Looks like I answered my own question Jordan. I also find it interesting we have over 2x the elk as Alberta with a fraction of the land mass.. the stuff google teaches a guy. 😂😂👍
Yeah, Alberta doesn't have near the numbers or the density of elk that some of the northern states do. We have a lot of varied terrain (AB is where the mountains, foothills, boreal and parkland forest, and prairies all meet), so the elk tend to be in pockets throughout the province wherever conditions are favourable.
Glad you've enjoyed the Crowsnest, it's a pretty cool area. I hope you're having a good Christmas holiday.
Copy that Bob. Gonna go eastside rifle next year, if no tags are drawn I’ll be stuck huntin spikes as well, which I won’t. Got a pile of “bull” points and several “ big bull” so I’ll roll the dice. Headed up to BC for moose, so unless I draw a bull tag I won’t take vacation to hunt spikes. The whelen or my 338 will be headed north for moose. 👍
Good stuff, Jud. The .35 or .338 will, of course, work just fine. I killed my bull moose this year on the edge of thick bush, the kind where you don't want to "hump 'em up and watch 'em run". I used a 7-08 and 140 TTSX. Give me a bullet that digs, and I'm happy hunting elk and moose with anything from 6.5 CM on up. I don't hunt in the rainforest jungle like around your AO, but as the critter count has risen over the years, for what I do, I can't tell much of a difference between legal cartridges. Bullets, yes, but most cartridges seem to do about the same thing once the bullet hits flesh. That's just my experience, and YMMV.
Sheister; Good afternoon to you sir, thanks for the story to accompany some of mine.
Years ago when our girls were little, there was some work function that my wife had to go to which took place at the Banff Springs Hotel. It was in early December so there was some snow on the passes, though the hotel itself didn't have snow in the yard.
Part of the deal was we'd spend a couple nights there, so we arranged for the kids to go camp out with the grandparents and off we went.
Here's what the Banff Springs Hotel looks like by the way for those who've not seen it.
The inside is really something too.
As it turned out, what it didn't have were really well marked exits in the event of an emergency...
About 1:00AM the fire alarm goes off and bless us all, we can smell smoke in the hallway, but not lots.
The elevators are shut down too of course.
So since we're up and everything, we decide to take a load of stuff out to the car as we're leaving in a couple hours for home anyways....
As mentioned the stairwells weren't exactly well labeled and we ended up either in the kitchen or maybe it was the laundry section, but the folks there were still working away despite the fire alarm which was now silent???
They motioned us to a back door, where we came out on a back parking lot and there, like one of Santa's reindeer waiting to be harnessed was a very nice bull elk just watching us. It didn't move either as we walked past it at less than 20', just followed us with it's eyes and slightly moved it's head!
Eventually we went back to sleep, but had the alarms set so we could leave before 6:00 as we had a company function to attend for my wife again that night, but back home.
Of course I managed to smoke a whitetail doe about a half hour out, but the mighty Corolla sustained only some body damage and one headlight packed it in, so we simply continued on home without further incidents.
When I read back on a few of my stories I see I've left the impression that perhaps road trips with Dwayne are more eventful than one might want?
Despite that all, I remain married - to the same woman - and she still seems to not mind taking trips with me?? Wonders never cease...
All the best to you all and Happy New Year.
Dwayne
Dwayne,
I hope Christmas has treated you and yours well!
That sure is a pretty area, and the hotel is kinda nice, too!
Jordan, ya the country I’ll be in is a thick beetle kill, blow down pine shiithole with open muskeg/swamp openings, and of course, a unhunted grizz population, horseback, there won’t be any “ hump em up and watch em go”!! Haha
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Sheister; Good afternoon to you sir, thanks for the story to accompany some of mine.
Years ago when our girls were little, there was some work function that my wife had to go to which took place at the Banff Springs Hotel. It was in early December so there was some snow on the passes, though the hotel itself didn't have snow in the yard.
Part of the deal was we'd spend a couple nights there, so we arranged for the kids to go camp out with the grandparents and off we went.
Here's what the Banff Springs Hotel looks like by the way for those who've not seen it.
The inside is really something too.
As it turned out, what it didn't have were really well marked exits in the event of an emergency...
About 1:00AM the fire alarm goes off and bless us all, we can smell smoke in the hallway, but not lots.
The elevators are shut down too of course.
So since we're up and everything, we decide to take a load of stuff out to the car as we're leaving in a couple hours for home anyways....
As mentioned the stairwells weren't exactly well labeled and we ended up either in the kitchen or maybe it was the laundry section, but the folks there were still working away despite the fire alarm which was now silent???
They motioned us to a back door, where we came out on a back parking lot and there, like one of Santa's reindeer waiting to be harnessed was a very nice bull elk just watching us. It didn't move either as we walked past it at less than 20', just followed us with it's eyes and slightly moved it's head!
Eventually we went back to sleep, but had the alarms set so we could leave before 6:00 as we had a company function to attend for my wife again that night, but back home.
Of course I managed to smoke a whitetail doe about a half hour out, but the mighty Corolla sustained only some body damage and one headlight packed it in, so we simply continued on home without further incidents.
When I read back on a few of my stories I see I've left the impression that perhaps road trips with Dwayne are more eventful than one might want?
Despite that all, I remain married - to the same woman - and she still seems to not mind taking trips with me?? Wonders never cease...
All the best to you all and Happy New Year.
Dwayne
Dwayne,
I hope Christmas has treated you and yours well!
That sure is a pretty area, and the hotel is kinda nice, too!
Dewayne, that is quite the place. Have to put that on the “to do list”. That Rocky Mountain front in Alberta sure is something else. 👍
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
When I was hunting in Africa there was a couple there from somewhere in northern BC, stone sheep country kind of north BC, and they had thick stereotypical "eh" and "aboot" Canadian dialects.
Nice folks they were, but hard to understand. I don't reckon I have ever crossed paths with another Canadian from anywhere west of Ontario that actually talked like that, or at least to that extent.
When I was hunting in Africa there was a couple there from somewhere in northern BC, stone sheep country kind of north BC, and they had thick stereotypical "eh" and "aboot" Canadian dialects.
Nice folks they were, but hard to understand. I don't reckon I have ever crossed paths with another Canadian from anywhere west of Ontario that actually talked like that, or at least to that extent.
You have a good night too Dwayne. Stay warm.
T: Good almost evening to you my cyber friend, I hope you're keeping thawed out too.
Had one water pipe freeze at the eldest daughter's place - that's her voice in the video too - anyways she tried a few things the Old Man suggested and in the fullness of time and with a mighty noise she's got water running once more.
Thanks for the African hunt story, I'm guessing they might have been from the Peace country, of which the inhabitants both consider themselves to be and sound more like Albertans!
It's funny to me that many of the Canucks I talk to think we don't have an accent and I think we've got a few actually so there you go I suppose.
I'm reminded of the time I was at a seminar in Denver and there were folks from all over the States there. Honestly T I even understood the guy from Brooklynn, but felt like an idiot because I had to ask the nice chap from Boston to spell what he'd just said to me as I had no clue what he'd said!
Flat trajectory. Massive downrange energy. Sub MOA accuracy from many rifle and handload combos. High but manageable recoil in most rifle weights. Almost unlimited bullet selection, and widely universal availability of factory ammo, if needed If you were on a trophy hunt for big bulls, could you really come up with a better choice? For myself, the next bull will fall to another TSX, 165 or 180 gr, with extreme confidence. Why undergun yourself with lesser armament, or overrun yourself with higher recoil? If Roy himself were around today, I'm guessing he would endorse his 300 as perfection on elk.
I believe Roy invented the 340wby mag just for elk. They are tough as hell.
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Took the bad boy out this weekend with factory Roy 180 TTSX. Got her centered and speed checked. Backed out to the 450 metal and making noise was pretty boring. Not looking good for New Mexico critters.
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I used a 7-08 and 140 TTSX. Give me a bullet that digs, and I'm happy hunting elk and moose with anything from 6.5 CM on up. I don't hunt in the rainforest jungle like around your AO, but as the critter count has risen over the years, for what I do, I can't tell much of a difference between legal cartridges. Bullets, yes, but most cartridges seem to do about the same thing once the bullet hits flesh. That's just my experience, and YMMV.
