I guess my polar bear hunt and my musk ox hunts being successful soon into the hunt did not allow me the experience of weathering the harsh elements multiple days with no trophy. I have great respect for hunters who persevere thru those elements and finally get the job done. Even worse, the hunters who have to repeat the hunt cuz they return empty handed. I fully give my Lord and Savior the credit as I prayed for safety and success. I have hunted multiple species, multiple times, and not returned successful the first try- coues, bison, pronghorn, Blacktail deer, and have yet to punch my tag on mountain goat, Canadian moose, brown bear, Rocky Mountain elk ( 3 tries) ....... It was not anticlimactic to harvest my polar bear. Fred Bear hunted the great white bear multiple times because his back up gun man had to shoot the charging bear. Mine was not bayed up by dogs, mine charged us so it was quite an experience. My musk ox hunt was not easy either, the frigid cold was tough as well. I will always hold my great north hunting days as dear memories cuz it tested me greatly. As for my mounts, Robertsons Taxidermy is in Yellowknife , in Canada. My musk ox shipped but my polar bear is not able to make the trip until the fools in D.C. change the laws they made to " protect the polar bear" The idiots in Washington are doing more harm than good and are too stupid to know what damage that legislation is doing up the bears habitat and the Inuits economy who depend on the outfitting/guide income. Last, seems like we all see a different degree of challenge in the details. To date, the near death moment of a raging monster bear 15 yards away attacking the dogs, and coming after me as I loosed 5 arrows into him, with one boot on, and an inoperative back up gun, was my greatest challenge to date. I have waded the icy streams at 1am with bow in hand, bear pistol in the other, in the dark over slippery moss covered rocks, with no tracking poles. Staying on high alert for the 60 minute hike back to spike camp praying no bears would attack us, night after night, was a whole different challenge. Being snowed in on top of a mountain in a 2 man tent for 3 days chasing goats was a challenge. Cat walking logs across rivers, climbing mountains and over coming narrow trails with no safety lines.... That is quite challenging as well. My experiences pale in comparison to the legends that we look up to and read about. I do enjoy being out there and look forward to sharing more hunts in the years to come.
Topic: Musk ox down (Read 4402 times)
