Pics from a hunt near the top of the world

[Warbird]

I should say top of the world as in toward the north pole, the arctic circle, not in elevation. I do have some mountain hunting shot at high elevations., but will have to post them at another time. Could not get photos to link directly.

Here are at least a couple. The trip was to the Northwest Territories. About 350 miles NE of Yellowknife, on the edge of the arctic circle. Nobody for a long long way in any direction. Flew in on float plane, was dropped off and stayed for 7 days.. This 'bou was the smaller of the two. It is actually larger in person that it appears, both taller and wider. A bad angle. But he scored over 400. We hunted caribou, wolf and wolverine. Two days after this guy was taken we made our way back to the gut pile and I had a much too close encounter with a large brown bear mom and her two cubs. I also sat on a hill after a early morning rain in the fog and listened to the howls of the wolves which I could not see, but I could hear. Many were very close to us. They started howling at the urging of my guide, who set them off my howling at them.

The trout on the bottom was caught from our little aluminum boat, which is how we got from place to place. The guide, an Inuit Indian, had a boat that was kept there during the season and we got around the lake on the boat. The lake was small for that part of the world, about 1 1/2 miles wide in several spots and 30 miles long. It was very shallow on areas and deep in others. Temps of the lake itself were in the upper 30's to lower 40's. The lake is thawed from late July to mid-Sept. You caught something nearly cast. We caught trout, grayling and char.

We were the in early Sept and the lake was already freezing along some edges. It was very rough when the wind got up, very rough. It snowed our last two days there. The wind was a constant the entire time. The ground may look pleasant to walk on, but it isn't. It is like walking on a mattress at times, with swampy moss areas and jagged boot tearing rocks in other areas. You never knew from one step to the next what the step would be like. It was very tiring on the hips and calves. I was in decent cardio shape, but am 30 pounds lighter now.

More photos in following post.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj286/magnuscat/Hunts/P9050025.jpg

Edited July 23, 2011 by Warbird

[MacGyver]

You better get it squared away, because some of us definitely want to see them. I know some people have been having trouble with photobucket. I found that if I viewed the properties of the image and used the URL listed there instead of the one they give, it worked fine.

[Warbird]

You better get it squared away, because some of us definitely want to see them. I know some people have been having trouble with photobucket. I found that if I viewed the properties of the image and used the URL listed there instead of the one they give, it worked fine.

Yeah it's photobucket. I just can't get it to work. Keeps saying invalid url.

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Edited July 17, 2011 by Warbird

[Loon160T]

Try this: let Photobucket copy the URL of the image but instead of using the "Image" button in the TGO editor, paste the copied link instead (Control-V).

[Warbird]

You better get it squared away, because some of us definitely want to see them. I know some people have been having trouble with photobucket. I found that if I viewed the properties of the image and used the URL listed there instead of the one they give, it worked fine.

Try this: let Photobucket copy the URL of the image but instead of using the "Image" button in the TGO editor, paste the copied link instead (Control-V).

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I at least found a way to get them posted.

[Warbird]

Are these links working for others? They seem to work for me. Just making sure.

[MacGyver]

Yes, they seem to be working fine. Neat trip!

[Guest Jeffster]

You just can't beat them Northern trips for that kind of fishing. We having been knocking the heck out of the halibut when the seas are not too rough. A bit warmer than you looked in that first pic. Nice Pictures.

[KahrMan]

Very cool pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Caster]

I could never go on an outing like this.....I'd never come back.

[Warbird]

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj286/magnuscat/Hunts/P9050025.jpg

Trying to repost this pic, since at the top the link doesn't go to the right pic. It should go to a pic of one of my caribou. Trying again.

[Caster]

That thing is big, I hear that's real good eatin'.

Very nice. What did you take it down with?

[Warbird]

That thing is big, I hear that's real good eatin'.

Very nice. What did you take it down with?

Thank you for posting the pic Caster. I'm not sure why this photobucket is having issues posting pics, when I have never had problems with it before.

I shot it with a 7mm Rem. Mag., which is more than enough gun for taking down a 'bou. It is good enough to take down just about anything up there, though on the low end of what I would want to take down a bear. I came back to the gut pile left from this caribou a couple of days later in search of a wolf and had an encounter with a griz and her two cubs. We had a bit of a stand off before she finally left.

[Oh Shoot]

Thank you for posting the pic Caster. I'm not sure why this photobucket is having issues posting pics, when I have never had problems with it before....

It's not Photobucket, it's the current version of vBulletin. You can't use the pic icon dialogue box, always gives error.

You can simply put URL in post and then manually add [/img] to each end of it, as I assume Caster did.

Great trip!

- OS

[Caster]

Go to the picture you want to post, copy what's in the address bar, and add the img tags like Ohshoot said. That's all I am doing.

[Sidewinder]

Thanks, great pics and obviously a fun hunt. Have you ever been hunting on Kodiak Island? I spent some time there back in the early 60s... before the earthquake. I thought it was a hunter's and fisherman's paradise back then... probably still is.

[Guest Jeffster]

Sidwinder, it still is although the deer took some hard hits with winter kill. I hunted there last year and will again this year in December. Last Few winters were mild so the fawns did great and should be a good year. South end of the island is still better for deer. Bear are drawing only and Fish are still as good as ever. Much fun and the only place you can hunt and always know you are not alone with the bear, makes for a long night in camp with deer hanging a 100 yards away. lol