Location - Northern Yukon
Dates - Sept 24th to October 5th
Outfitter - Blackstone Outfitters (Jim & Adrienne Fink)
Rifle - Winchester M70 .375 RUM (270 gr TSX, 105 gr H4831SC)
Went on a moose hunt in the northern Yukon with Blackstone Outfitters. Also having tags for caribou, bear, and sheep if time and luck permitted. Took my usual crew. Me, my brother Albert, my dad (the hunter), and my grandfather. Floated the Ogilve and Peel Rivers for 11 days (75 Kms total). Grandpa stayed in base camp, and the rest of us froze our asses off. Weather was as bad as they had ever seen it up there during this hunt. Pretty cold, and a constant light snow. We still had a good time, and the operation is very well run. We will definitely be going back looking for that big one. Saw moose, but nothing worth shooting (we were being a little picky). We were the only guys that didn't tag out. All the other hunters took moose, most of them very nice. A few grizzlies and caribou as well.
Left the big cameras and lenses at home, and just took my new Sony RX100 and the camcorders. Took more video than stills. So here is the video. about 15 mins long. Let me know what you think.
https://vimeo.com/76808546(is there a way to embed vimeo videos on here?)
a few stills.
Heading out from Whitehorse to Dawson
One of only a couple nice sunsets we had.
a nice break from Mountain House
my brother, my dad, and me
Here we are with our guide, Norm, on the gravel bar waiting to be picked up.
Weather was too bad to fly, so we had to stay an extra day on the gravel bar. Built a little shelter to get out of the snow. Day can get pretty long with absolutely nothing to do (we had just left the concession area also)
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funny how things can change in a second. we got the call that the pilots were coming to get us. I think we packed up camp in record time! here I am with my brother crammed in the back of Jim's super cub for the flight back to camp. Sure enough we saw a nice bull (from the air) in the exact spot we had been the day before.
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Here we are reunited with grandpa. With only about an hour left to catch the charter back to whitehorse. plenty of time
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amazing country up there. we will return!
thanks