Blkram
Handloader
- Nov 25, 2013
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We managed to get out a couple of days this past week.
The weather was pretty nice and we got to see some beautiful mountain country here in northeastern BC. The winds haven't stripped too many of the trees yet, and the stands of poplar and aspen are bright in their yellows, golds and oranges of fall, and make a nice contrast to the dark green of the nearby coniferous forests. And yesterday the snowline was down to about 4500', so we got up into it on a couple of back roads.
We saw very little big game in our travels, mostly the odd mule deer or whitetail does and fawns, but Susan did pass on three small black bears (two and a half year olds) over the two days. The moose are rutting now, and while we did see a number of fresh tracks along the backcountry roads and trails, we never saw a single moose. We also founds tracks of caribou, and grizzlies in our travels.
Between Susan and I, and my Mom and her husband who went with us both days, we did manage to bag a total of 29 grouse and a snowshoe hare over the two days. We had a good mix of ruffies, spruce hens, and duskies. The 28 gauges and a .410 did this work for us, and we all had fun taking turns. We even managed a couple of doubles yesterday! I got two Duskies with one shot, and my Mom got two spruce hens with one shot too. Susan got to shoot her first Duskies yesterday. The snowshoe hare turned out to be the first my Mom had ever taken herself. (They are starting to turn white now (bellies and feet).)
The weather was pretty nice and we got to see some beautiful mountain country here in northeastern BC. The winds haven't stripped too many of the trees yet, and the stands of poplar and aspen are bright in their yellows, golds and oranges of fall, and make a nice contrast to the dark green of the nearby coniferous forests. And yesterday the snowline was down to about 4500', so we got up into it on a couple of back roads.
We saw very little big game in our travels, mostly the odd mule deer or whitetail does and fawns, but Susan did pass on three small black bears (two and a half year olds) over the two days. The moose are rutting now, and while we did see a number of fresh tracks along the backcountry roads and trails, we never saw a single moose. We also founds tracks of caribou, and grizzlies in our travels.
Between Susan and I, and my Mom and her husband who went with us both days, we did manage to bag a total of 29 grouse and a snowshoe hare over the two days. We had a good mix of ruffies, spruce hens, and duskies. The 28 gauges and a .410 did this work for us, and we all had fun taking turns. We even managed a couple of doubles yesterday! I got two Duskies with one shot, and my Mom got two spruce hens with one shot too. Susan got to shoot her first Duskies yesterday. The snowshoe hare turned out to be the first my Mom had ever taken herself. (They are starting to turn white now (bellies and feet).)
