for a blackpowder moosehunt in Canada. I'm headed to the Lake of the Woods area in Ontario and will be in the bush for about 8-9 days. I'll hopefully have some nice photos to post upon my return. See ya'll on the flip side.

K

Good luck and enjoy.

enjoy!

Good luck and we'll all look forward to seeing the photos!

Good luck kernel!

I know the feeling of a trip getting closer

Stefan.

Well, I made it back to civilization with no major problems. The hunt as far as bringing groceries back (ie, a big bull!) was a bust. I hunted the Alneau peninsula on Lake of the Woods in Ontario and didn't see a legal animal. In fact, I only know of one animal (per the game wardens) that was taken when I was there and that one was taken quite a ways away from my camp. I saw only 2 moose the whole time and both were cows. The first cow I snuck to within 10 yards so I definitely got a good rush from that. They are truly HUGE! I saw lots of relatively fresh sign, but no bulls so not sure what's up with that.
I saw lots of other critters and the scenery was great so I did thoroughly enjoy the trip. It was really nice to be able to climb a ridge and not see any indication of the existence of another human being. After learning about all the goings on in this downward spiral of world events over the past week, I wish I could have stayed much, much longer!

Hopefully 1894's alg hunt is/will go better! On to deer, ducks, and pheasants.....

Welcome back!

Again, it just goes to show you that even if you don't get anything it is still a grand experience (unless it's Africa then it's a 20 grand experience har har...)

What gun did you bring I was wondering?

Good luck and good hunting go for the big one

Mark,

This was a muzzleloader hunt so I took a Hawken side lock replica in .54 cal. I was the odd ball in my group though as most everyone else made their own. Two made box locks and the other took a Carolina flint lock he made a few years ago. These "homemade" rifles (without serial numbers of course) played a bit of confusion with the Canadian customs folks, but they were very nice and were actually pretty curious about the flinter. They called us a "crafty" bunch (a positve I hope) and really asked a lot of questions about how to make one. There were probably alterior motives to some extent, but they seemed genuinely interested that one could be built rather than bought.

The flinter posed a unique set of problems in that they are considered antiques and do not require all the paper work "modern" rifles do. Apparently, this was the first flint lock any had seen so there was some serious digging into the regs about whether or not to let it through. They were pretty cool about it though and after a friendly chat and an hour or so wait we were on our way. They even called a hotel down the road for us to see if they had vacancies. Not your average service going the other direction for sure. If only US customs could be so nice! Actually, we made it back into the Sates with no major delays which was a first for me.

Happy hunting!