From the helicopter Newfoundland may look flat
however once on the ground it was anything but.
Rocks, tree roots, bogs and the dreaded spruce made the going very difficult indeed.
We'd just been watching a good size bull moose, maybe a 12 or 14 pointer
when this cow decided to come in for a closer look.
She didn't appear in the slightest bit concerned and stood looking at us for a good 8 or 9
minutes
It's quite possible that we were the first people that she had ever seen
The bull just walked on, but this is the cow that was with him, and she is not entirely
sure what we are
It was fascinating to stand there watching her watching us
and I wondered what she made of us
I could have stayed there all day but we still had a mountain to climb
>We'll move on shortly.
Yeah.
>Tough going?
Yeah, now we're starting to go uphill
>So how far have we got to go?
We got to go about another 2 kilometres I guess.
The further we went, the steeper the climb became
and the spruce got thicker and thicker.
Gary's used to this environment and built like a Mountain Goat,
but even he was beginning to struggle.
A young Newfoundland Woodland Caribou bull, grazing by the lake
We seen a big one just about a mile and a half off to our right.
Just going to put a stalk into that one, but it seemed like a great opportunity to get some footage of this little fella too.
Just grazing away, probably about 120 yards from where we are now, maybe 130.
Beautiful, light tan coat, grey tan, with a white underbelly.
They're very easy to spot from quite a distance away.
Hopefully I'll get a shot of his face.
He's turned towards us, feeding in towards us.
The wind is coming in from his right hand side as you look at him.
You can see the wind moving on the water.
He has absoultely no idea we are here.
Although, once we stand up he will have a very good idea we are.