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In 2011 I posted the story of my WY hunt for antelope, elk and goat, titled WY Triple. Last year was a down year but after saving for 5 years I just returned from a hunt in the Yukon. This will be picture heavy and like WY Triple will take me several days to tell the story. Hope you like it. 3:30am on Aug. 8 I head for the Indianapolis airport. Indy to Chicago to Vancouver to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. With me is my long time friend and hunting buddy Curt. Curt is along on this trip as a non hunter but wanted to experience the adventure. Kids in college hit the hunt fund hard. I cannot express how grateful I am to Curt for sharing the experience and lending encouragement when I needed it. We arrived in Whitehorse at 9:30pm. I was hunting with Dave and Tenna Dickson and Teena met us at the airport and took us to our hotel. Whitehorse and the Yukon River from the air.
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Aug 9 was a buffer day in case we had flight problems so we were tourist. Whitehorse is a neat little town, not as backwoods as I expected. Clean, good shops and resturants, and lots to see within walking distance. Of course bear proof trash cans within sight of the hotel means we are not in Indiana any more. The next day we have breakfast and head to the float plane base. Two hours later we land in base camp.
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Looks like home to me. Keep it coming! Thanks for the story thus far.
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Nice photos of some of Canada's Yukon Territory, my wife was based out of Whitehorse, as an "Outpost Nurse", an RN, post-grad. "paeds" and has many neat tales to tell of her experiences.
I was first in Canada's northern territories in spring, 1966, aged 19. this in the N.W.T. I was in our Yukon in 2006 and hope to return with my wife to do some exploration. Several of my ancestors were in "The Klondike Goldrush" and a couple worked in the north for many years,nurses, mining and so on.
It is sure different now in the north as the race for resources increases and the current Canadian government sells us out to various foreign entities.....does NOT bode well for hunting, especially sheep, IMO!
Looking forward to more pix, enjoy them very much!
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Great looking country. I look forward to seeing and hearing the rest of the story.
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We stop on the South end of a long sloping plateau and on the North end are 5 rams. Dave sets up the spotting scope and identifies a problem. They are in Alaska, not the Yukon. There is a border marker post on the top of the ridge and they are just a hundred or so yards on the wrong side. We decide to settle in and watch them in hopes they move East. The set up is good as they will feed some then go over the ridge out of sight then return a couple hours. We could move to close the distance easily but they never appeared on the correct side. Three were legal and one very good. Towards the end of the day we decided not to press them and headed back to camp. The return killed my legs with a long steep downhill stretch leading the horses and a knee jammed into a tree once we could ride. Even though I had trained all spring and summer, hiking over 230 miles, the horse riding had my legs screaming. The shower house was calling my name. Curt and I try to find some shade. Shower house had hot water from a propane powered instant water heater. On the outside was a sink and old clothes washer. Cold drinks were kept in a pit dug to permafrost level. Kept the drinks at about 36 degrees.
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Living in the lap of luxury, at camp. Nice!
I should have just bought a [bleep] T3...
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Great so far - looking forward to the rest of the adventure.
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Thank you for postin please keep the story coming
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I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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Great pics....looks to be quite the adventure!
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54, keep it coming. Great start.
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Wow, very nice! Looking forward to the rest.
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Fine pictures and accounts. Thanks for taking us along.
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