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Title: A look back! (picture heavy)
Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:43:00 PM
Moose John River:
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture253.jpg)
Grizzly tracks near our tent:
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture247.jpg)
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture248.jpg)
Moose John River Grayling:
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture314.jpg)
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture243.jpg)
Grizzly wasted Salmon that littered the shore:
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture242.jpg)
Base Camp:
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture323.jpg)
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture327-1.jpg)
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:44:00 PM
Moose John River Valley:
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture224.jpg)

Sask Bear Hunt:
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture048-1.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/Picture077-1.jpg)
 (http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/th_bear05.jpg) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/?action=view¤t=bear05.flv)

Georgia Whitetails:
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/newpicswithnew7-58.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/541.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/newpicswithnew721188.jpg)
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:45:00 PM
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Post by: steadman on July 28, 2010, 10:47:00 PM
Nice! I love that bear hunt clip!
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
I enjoy looking back at all of everybodies hunt pics so I thought I would do a little reminiscing of my own!
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Post by: jamesh76 on July 28, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
very nice!
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:53:00 PM
Cant wait to go back to the Moose John, I thought when I went the first time it would be a once in a lifetime trip but after being there I know that is not the case!  Spectaculiar trip but in saying that a fella darn sure wants some wilderness skills a guy could get in a bad way quick up there if not careful!  Guess that is one of the reasons I loved it so much!  True Wilderness!
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Post by: Day Dreamer on July 28, 2010, 10:54:00 PM
Nice pics. Got me in the mood to go hunt'n
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Post by: RonD on July 28, 2010, 10:56:00 PM
I really enjoy viewing the photos and videos that Tradgang members put on the forum. It's like being there with them. Thanks Anaconda12.
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 10:57:00 PM
I was going to reply to the Bison Pacs thread and I see mine in the pic of the whitetail doe!  That is an awesome pac had it for about 8 or 9 years now I think tough as nails goes everywhere with me!  Ha by the looks of it so does that wool shirt!  I really do have two of them and they are both my favorites!
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Post by: Craig Schoneberg on July 28, 2010, 11:00:00 PM
Thanks for sharing!
Craig
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Post by: Reggie Catfish on July 28, 2010, 11:06:00 PM
Thanks for sharing.  I always enjoy checking out pics & videos, especially of animals I don't see around here.
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 28, 2010, 11:07:00 PM
This is interesting story I shot this young buck one morning slightly quartering with a complete passthru I watched him go down in maybe 15 seconds I climbed down to get my buddy who was hunting not far away we arrived back to him laying right where I seen him go down no more than 20 - 30 minutes after the shot and this is what we found after coyotes marauded him in that time!  Oh I wasnt mad I am sure I would eat a steak if it was throwed in fron tof me as well, but he better keep a close eye on his backtrail in my woods!  lol
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/anaconda12/004.jpg)
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Post by: Slasher on July 28, 2010, 11:41:00 PM
AWESOME Pics... And I concurr.... Nice bear and a nice video as well!!!
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Post by: K.S.TRAPPER on July 28, 2010, 11:57:00 PM
Awesome, These are the good threads  :help:  

Tracy
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Post by: motorhead7963 on July 29, 2010, 12:11:00 AM
Too cool I hope to hunt a Bear some day!!
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Post by: cacciatore on July 29, 2010, 02:22:00 AM
Very cool pics,thanks for sharing.
I love this threads myself.
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Post by: twitchstick on July 29, 2010, 03:23:00 AM
That looks like what dreams are made of thanks for sharing it. I like big country so I think I might like it up there.
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Post by: Oliverstacy on July 29, 2010, 04:18:00 AM
That looked to be a lot of fun!  All the pictures and all the smiles!

Josh
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Post by: ethan on July 29, 2010, 06:18:00 AM
Really nice pics!
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Post by: Guru on July 29, 2010, 06:50:00 AM
:clapper:
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 29, 2010, 07:06:00 AM
The bow I used on the Moose John hunt I had Dick Robertson make for that trip and it was a 68# longbow shooting 800 gr. laminated birch arrows with a Magnus 160 gr. head, the sask bear hunt I was shooting a Thunderstick 3 by Jim Reynolds @ 70 lbs. and a heavy carbon shaft (I am a wood shooter) but I lost a bet with a friend that is if outshot me while practicing I would shoot his carbons and if not he would shoot wood, well I lost!  they were tipped with 160 gr Snuffers,  then all the whitetails except the stonehead selfbow spike  were taken with a 53 lb Thunderstick 3 and either bear greenies or snuffers, on laminated birch shafts @ near 700 gr., the selfbow is a 55 lb osage stave I got from Mike Yancey here on the board that I somehow turned into a useable tool, and the heads were knapped by friend Billy Berger of GA.  Thanks for all the replies it has been fun stirring up old memories.
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 29, 2010, 07:10:00 AM
Slasher you need to call me!
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Post by: Bonebuster on July 29, 2010, 07:13:00 AM
Great start to the day!!!

Thanks for posting these.

I just wanna go hunting!!!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: tippit on July 29, 2010, 07:24:00 AM
Great pictures & hunts.  The Moose John is my Holy Grail hunt...Doc
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Post by: Jim Keller on July 29, 2010, 07:29:00 AM
I really enjoyed the pictures and video. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Dave Thaxton on July 29, 2010, 07:34:00 AM
Great way to start the morning, Thanks!
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Post by: PA stickbow boy on July 29, 2010, 08:24:00 AM
awesome stories and pictures... great inspiration for making me want to make my dreams reality... thank you!
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Post by: Chris Surtees on July 29, 2010, 08:28:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ron LaClair on July 29, 2010, 08:43:00 AM
QuoteCant wait to go back to the Moose John, I thought when I went the first time it would be a once in a lifetime trip but after being there I know that is not the case! Spectaculiar trip but in saying that a fella darn sure wants some wilderness skills a guy could get in a bad way quick up there if not careful! Guess that is one of the reasons I loved it so much! True Wilderness!  
Quint, you're so right about getting in a bad way quick if you're not careful. The Alaska bush is an unforgiving land that doesn't tolerate mistakes. I floated the Moose John years ago when Jay Massey operated it, one of the highlights of my bowhunting career.

Great pictures, thanks for the look back.
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Post by: ron w on July 29, 2010, 08:54:00 AM
Excellent, great photos,nice shirt...must be your lucky one...lol!!   :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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Post by: rice on July 29, 2010, 09:47:00 AM
Enjoyed it! Thanks for taking us along.
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Post by: barebow17 on July 29, 2010, 09:58:00 AM
Very nice.  :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: joevan125 on July 29, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: cohutta orange on July 29, 2010, 10:18:00 AM
Is that in south ga? I'm way up north almost to TN. We have a big farm 2 driveways below the state line.
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Post by: RC on July 29, 2010, 10:33:00 AM
Great pics and stories. Really enjoyed them. Any hunting that has a boat of any kind and a River makes things really fun for me.My Wife sometimes calls me Huck Finn...RC
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Post by: recurvecody on July 29, 2010, 10:37:00 AM
:clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: bohuntr on July 29, 2010, 10:56:00 AM
Very cool, thanks for sharing!!! What did the noggin on that bear tape out at?
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 29, 2010, 04:00:00 PM
bohuntr the skull measured 21 11/
16ths, Although I never recorded it or any other animal except for an elk years ago, not that I am opposed to it I just dont bother with the reord keeping system much but usually score deer and elk and antelope just for my own curiosity!  Nonetheless he was a true bear of a lifetime!
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Post by: Anaconda12 on July 29, 2010, 04:04:00 PM
You know Ron, I was thinking about our conversation we had on the phone before I went to the Moose John,  And something stuck in my mind when we chatted about handguns and you told me to have one for river Pirates if nothing else!  After being there I can see what you meant there are some rough looking characters on the lower river huh?  Anyone that is going or wants to go on that trip has to be very honest with themselves as far as their wilderness skills because up there you just may depend on them to save your life!
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Post by: wv lungbuster on July 29, 2010, 08:06:00 PM
:thumbsup:  Great Pics !!
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Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on July 29, 2010, 08:12:00 PM
Love the pics   :jumper:
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Post by: glass76 on July 30, 2010, 04:34:00 PM
Great pics, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Hit-or-Miss on July 30, 2010, 06:10:00 PM
Now that, was an Adventure! Write it up and share the details!
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Post by: jcar315 on July 30, 2010, 06:19:00 PM
As others have said: great pics and thanks so much for sharing!!

Curious to hear more about river pirates though..
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Post by: ber643 on July 30, 2010, 08:13:00 PM
Great pics, great smiles, and ecellent to outstanding video. reminds me of my bear hunts in Maine when we looked after my Ma the last six years of her life. (Only I didn't switch to trad archery until I got back down here in NC.
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Post by: Margly on July 30, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
Great pics and wow what an awesome nature  :thumbsup:  

Thanks for  sharing.

Margly
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Post by: Arrowslinger on July 30, 2010, 09:14:00 PM
Thanks for sharing Quintin.
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Post by: Curveman on August 01, 2010, 04:26:00 PM
Simply great!
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Post by: BCWV on August 01, 2010, 05:10:00 PM
Thanks.
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Post by: DW Dyer on August 01, 2010, 06:39:00 PM
Awesome pictures! I love the bear hunt video as well.