Kaitum
Well-known member
The past several years I've grown accustom to loading my raft with gear, meat, and antlers and letting the current carry me downstream along my way. This year I employed a different strategy and stayed put on a lake. When I filled my tag with this fella one morning we packed him to a river gravel bar, loaded him into my raft and proceeded to slog 2 miles upstream against the current to the lake outlet. An Alaska-sized workout for sure, especially dragging through riffles, but far easier than the multiple overland pack trips that were our only other alternative. From the outlet it was a slow, but satisfying ride across the lake to camp.
We were seeing some absolute monster bears in the area. So two days after the moose harvest we sat on the bluff immediately above the carcass curious to see what might come in to an easy meal. When this 6' brownie popped out of the brush and followed his nose I thought we'd have some entertainment. Must have been enough of our scent lingering at the kill site as he approached to within 5 yards, stood on his hind legs to survey the scene, did a bluff charge at the carcass, and then retreated quickly. In response to the thread awhile back about the heaviest thing you've ever packed, I'd like to modify my answer
We were seeing some absolute monster bears in the area. So two days after the moose harvest we sat on the bluff immediately above the carcass curious to see what might come in to an easy meal. When this 6' brownie popped out of the brush and followed his nose I thought we'd have some entertainment. Must have been enough of our scent lingering at the kill site as he approached to within 5 yards, stood on his hind legs to survey the scene, did a bluff charge at the carcass, and then retreated quickly. In response to the thread awhile back about the heaviest thing you've ever packed, I'd like to modify my answer
