Could have used a tractor!

I had a unique opportunity, was one of 105 out of nearly 11,000 applicants that were drawn for a special limited entry buffallo hunt in northeastern British Columbia. Dec 16/04, first day of my tag I dropped a good sized bull at noon. Only trouble was, it was about a mile in and 1000 feet up on a mountain. It took another two days to pack all the meat out, but well worth it. Two hours just to get the quad and gear up the mountain, but then it was too steep for the first 1/4 mile down to use the quad and skimmer, so a hiking we will go! My partner, older gent,I doubled him in 7 miles on the quad (took an hour), took him two more hours to hike up the mountain. He is diabetic and crippled up pretty bad with arthritis, but as you can see by the pic, he made it up the mountain and was fairly excited to do so. Probably his last real big hunting trip he will ever make, but he had a blast!

At that point the fun was over, worked pretty hard for the next two days. Picked the meat up from the butchers yesterday and of course had a roast last night. All I can say is mmmm dam thats good! Mrs likes it also so that is an added bonus. Unfortunately due to warm temps and the time involved getting the meat out we lost about 200 pounds off the front, but still ended up with 400 pounds of excellent meat.

Once in a lifetime hunt, but if I ever get the chance I would jump at going again!

Windy as hell, soaked with sweat but who cares :o)

Looking way down, trail is near the river at the top left of the pic. Terrain where the animal lays is steep enough to make standing difficult.