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Some pics from my 2000 hunt in Jackman. I may have posted these before but it's been awhile.

Camp we stayed in and hunted out of on the road from Rockwood to Jackman.





First days kill. We hunted at the back of a cut-off section a mile or so off the road. One of these bulls walked by us early morning and I let him pass. He went across into the next clear cut and Boom, one of the guys on the other side dropped him with a 300 Win Mag.



Woke up the next day to a blizzard. We drove out thinking we could get into the woods but decided to stay in the truck with the heavy snow coming down. Heard some shots below us about 8:30AM and figured it must be someone fom camp so we drove down there and helped these guys load up this bull that walked out in front of them while they were in the truck.



The next day one of the guys in the cabin next to us got this awesome bull about 20 miles north of Rockwood with a 300 RUM. The rack has another set of palms off the front and was about 55".



Went out again after lunch and jumped a couple of cows with a big bull but couldn't get a shot at him. Trailed them for a mile or so into a cedar swamp and came up onto a rise and saw a bull partially obscured by the cedars and dropped him with my 35 Whelen. Couldn't believe it when we got over there and found this much smaller bull than the one we jumped. He was wedged between two trees and we couldn't roll him over so I opened up his chest cavity and started hiking out. Hit the road back to the truck at 7PM. Came back with a dozer the next day and got him out. Here's my son with him and on the scale at Jackman - 720 lbs 36".



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Here's the biggest bull taken that week at Long Pond. 930 lbs and 62" taken with a 7 mag the morning we went back to get my bull out.

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Not sure about packing one out. It's certainly possible but depending on where you shoot one it could be hell! I'd rather stay somewhere that has the equipment to help get it out if you need it. I brought mine home quartered up in the back of my truck packed in ice.