Hi you men ( Ladies too I suppose?) of traditional archery, my husband is Moosehunter, or Bryce and I am his wife. He is so crazy about reading this forum, he does it practically everynight in bed instead of watching TV. Sometimes he wakes up in the night and I hear him click, click, clicking away on the keyboard and there he is, sending some message. I had to send you a quick note from him, I spoke to him via satellite phone and he asked that I pass this along. Let me see if I can get all these details, I took some notes. After he got his tag and lic. Tues morning, he got his gear loaded on 1 of the 2 sleds. It was on the sled he was riding on along with the food, tent, fuel for the snow machines, ect. The second sled carried the 11 sled dogs and stacked on top, the dog sled which is smaller and has some sort of plastic runner lining so it goes easier in the snow. The trip that first day was 82 miles to where they spent the first night. He said the ride was really rough and quite jarring and very cold. It was windy, gray and snowing ice crytals he said they call it, a really fine and powdery like snow. He said he took alot of pictures of glaciers and rough broken up ice and they also saw bear tracks. He said the inuit's would stop every few hours and melt snow and make tea - but he brought hot chocholate since he prefers it over tea. They ate bannick (spell?) bread with butter, apparently that is what they eat up there, some dense short bread without yeast. Also, slices of a sort of summer sausage, and would be on there way. He got a caribou coat to wear and said it was quite warm but had started to mold on the inside because it was stored damp and he didn't like the smell so he won't wear it anymore. When they got to the first night to camp, the inuit's climbed a glacier and spotted a bear so they came down and got the dog team harnessed up and went after it. It ended up being a 7' bear but Bryce wants an 8' or better, if possible. He said the inuits said 7 to 7 1/2 are good bears and better to eat but he said to them, not on the first day. Apparently earlier on the trip, they saw a mom and a smaller cub as well so 3 bears the first day was exciting. He said the had boiled "chicken" wings for dinner along with vegatables, mashed potaotes and bannick bread. Later the inuits said they were raven wings, not chicken. He sounds really excited and said the ride on the dog sled was way cool. He said it is colder than Holman was and that was -30. since -40 F and -40 C is the same ( so I'm told )I guess it is just flat cold. Anyway, all for now. I'll check back. Liesl ( Aspen says hi)
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