Hi Ho, Hi Ho...it's off for moose we go...WE are BACK! pics added.

[SERGIO VENNERI]

Wheres the BEEF!! Are the Boys done playing with them northern Ontario Moose yet??

[Frenchymanny]

Yes we need news!

[HAZEL EYES]

Well Guys:
THe last I heard is that they were to be coming home sometime this evening.
As late as 10-11 pm tonight.
Have not heard anything yet today, but that is the last that I heard.

JoAnne Gibson (BIG DOG'S Wife)

[Ontario Longbow]

Hey,, Welcome abourd HAZEL EYES (Cary's Wife),, Keep us posted we are all dying to hear how the Ontario boys made out,, All the best,,Frank

[B.O.D.]

Well, we are back...unfortunately like all the other archery hunters we saw there on on our way home, no moose were killed. We had rain every day except 1, tent threatening winds, leaky tents, 1 day of nice weather that was 33c or about 90F!!! , mud, bog and muskeg that would swallow you whole; but it was FUN.

We saw 2 moose while there, saw some tracks, saw quite a few bears, but no shots.
Serge's baits were not hit, our camp was not even hit by bears, even though we made a huge pile of bait the nite before we left( all of the food that would not make it home).

Serge says it was from them being shot at for a month and a half by logging road-"hunters" with rifles.
I'll give a full report with pics later.
We were only 180 miles or so from James Bay.
If we had of wandered north a few miles; there is nothing, no roads, no houses, nothing but a massive boggy watershed.

BD  

[B.O.D.]

here we are, hot day, getting ready to set camp.

[B.O.D.]

Our 1st shelter set-up...we didn't expect 80 kmh winds and driving rain, so we made a new one the day after it blew down.

[B.O.D.]

before sun-up, our 1st moose hunt!!

[B.O.D.]

we are all shooting woodies, 2 blade 160 gr heads, and Mississippi Lake longbows! The fella on my right is Serge aka Drifter2 on my left is our bowyer, Jim Godden.

[B.O.D.]

Because the berry crop failed due to frost in June, I was packing bear spray in case we came across a nasty one; we never did though, they were terrified of anybody they saw.

[B.O.D.]

We glassed the newer cuts , searching for moose and /or bears, you can see the water everywhere, one of the wettest summer and fall in the north in quite awhile the locals told us... :(

[B.O.D.]

the signs were there.....  

[B.O.D.]

Serge looking at the cloudy skies that stayed with us for most of the trip, we also found some nasty looking power- snares behind our camp, we guessed for bears, they were pretty heavy gauge aircraft cable.

[B.O.D.]

Serge preparing his bear-baiting kit.

[B.O.D.]

Our first nite, the shelter blew down that nite...lol, here is a pic of our improved model!

[Luke Vander Vennen]

Glad you guys are back alright and had a good time. Let's see some more pictures!

[B.O.D.]

Master chef/master bowyer, Jim Godden    

[B.O.D.]

Step away from the steaks.....!    

[B.O.D.]

I'll post more pics later on... , I took alot of them!
BD

[B.O.D.]

These yummy's were EVERYWHERE!!! everywhere I looked they were growing, I picked a big feed and fried them up, they were great! Shaggy manes and moose hunting..they go hand in hand.