Moose Camp 2006
Another moose season has come and gone. It was a lot different this year.
I must concede my "moose getting" ability to my little wife.
She got lucky on day 2 and shot a nice young bull. I roamed the hills for weeks and only managed to get into a bunch of trouble with huge bears and wolves.
We were lucky to get back home with no injuries.
This year the wolves have taken over. In an area where moose are usually quite abundant, wolf packs ruled. We heard a pack pull down a cow moose. She bawled for almost an hour before they finally killed her. I tried to get there to whack a wolf or two, but they were down in a big swamp where I couldn't get. I'll never forget the sounds and now my wife is a worse wolf-hater than I am. I suppose we don't "hate" wolves, we just don't particularly like the way they do business.
My feelings come from many years of dealing with moose and wolves. I saw a cow moose standing in the middle of the Tok River during the mid 80's. She had big chunks of skin and flesh missing from her hind quarters. She was standing up to her belly in the water at 30 below. Ice was hanging from her legs and sides. The wolf pack was laying on the bank waiting for her to weaken and fall.
I know, it is the way nature sometimes works, but I have found the wolf to be a wanton killer. They take down animals every chance they get whether they eat or not.
Wolf lovers overlook the facts for reasons that I can only imagine. I have only been dealing with them since 1969, so I guess it doesn't make me any sort of an expert.
This year I had wolves trailing me as I hiked the brushy ridges. No they didn't attack me, but I kept a close watch to make sure they didn't sneak up on me.
Two of the griz had tracks that measured 16 inch long by 10 inch wide. There were four big griz working the watershed along with at least 10 black bears.
My wife and Sister-in-law had black bears come into camp twice. Once they were playing cards by the fire and a bear came in and "woofed" at them.
All in all it was a very enjoyable moose camp. Lots of good nights around the camp fire and a time to visit with my brother, Gib, and his wife Linda. We always have a blast, but this year was special.
The weather was torrents of rain and wind. Mud was deep and a lot of water was standing everywhere. It kept me out of some good hunting areas where I usually killed moose.
I installed a cab on my Arctic Cat Prowler, with doors, wipers, heater, running lights, and two batteries. It worked very well, keeping us dry and warm. It was a lot easier to get Lin to go out on the trail. It kept the "skeeters" out too.
Only 11 more months till moose season. Can't wait!!
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