Guatemala!

Sandi and I counting the days to our Guatemala trip for giant sails, marlin and sun. Stay tuned and watch for daily updates as long as we have internet!

Big Buck Down

With a day and a half left to go in the season, it looks like my elk tag will go unfilled. We took a run into a remote valley this morning but didn't see any elk at all. I'm kicking myself now for passing that big bull in September. Vanessa connected on a big whitetail buck yesterday and I shot a doe to ensure our winter supply of jerky was adequate. I'm going to concentrate on whitetails tonight and tomorrow. We've been seeing lots of good bucks so hopefully there's still a monster out there with my name on it.

Meat in the Freezer

Well, things started off slow this year but they are going full speed now. After Vanessa took her moose with Blue Sky Outfitting, we headed south to hunt mule deer does with our buddy Trevor and we took six in one day (yes, we had that many tags). Then, two days later Vanessa scored on her cow elk. We had a bit of a run in with a grizzly but everything turned out fine. The full story will be in the January 2010 Alberta Outdoorsmen. Since then, I've passed up a few bull elk, still hoping to find that true monster.

I just heard from Rich and Sandi. After their first day of the muzzleloader season on the Wainright Military Base, they had two good muley bucks down and had been seeing loads more.

The freezers are full and we've goyt loads of great footage for the 2010 season.

Mule Deer Buck success!

Scouting started in July, the season on Sept 17th. It has been over 4 months and tens of thousands of kilometers but finally the lady luck smiled on Rich today!

Blue Skies Finally Smiled

Vanessa and I had a great hunt with Kevin McNeil of Blue Sky Outfitters in early October and Vanessa passed on several young bull moose but ended the week without pulling the trigger. We stayed on and enjoyed a great waterfowl shoot and then Kevin invited us back for the final couple days of the season and Vanessa tagged a nice young bull on the last day of the season in the pouring rain. We want to thank Kevin for all his hard work and dedication despite some very challenging hunting conditions. Check out Blue Sky Outfitters at www.blueskyoutfitting.com

Whitetail Buck Down

Sandi and I took a break from the non stop and highly unsuccessful mule deer hunting and hit a field that we had gotten a tip on. The results were a great old campaigner, probably 4 years past his prime and a very entertain TV show.

Thanksgiving Hunting

Turkey weekend arrived and Rich and I spent all three days looking for the elusive mule deer buck for which he has drawn a tag. It has been well below average daily highs here over the past week and the weekend was no exception. We did not see it any warmer than -4C - just gross. We saw only 5 deer Saturday. Improvement Sunday we saw 23 deer but only 1 buck. Tonight we saw 14 deer and 8 were bucks - a couple nice ones just after dark, but at least we are seeing them. We'll have to try again later this week - supposed to be warmer!!!