What I see is coming down through that the elders at the end there, we were like silent ninjas.
In a steamroller.
So, it's day four of the hunt and as you can see behind me a little bit cloud. Now
we have been rained in most of the mornings about midday, so just gonna head
along to the end of the strip here and start doing some glassing. Now the
weather has been pretty changeable, yesterday we had patches of rain and
then bright sunshine, saw a lot of game moving around but the wind wasn't in our
favour. This morning the winds a little bit lower so rather than working against
it we're gonna start glassing the valley the other way that I'm just showing you now. But,
still being day four into the hunt our second day out hunting due to the
weather but that's one of the things you have to contend with when you're here in
the big country. Still plenty of animals down there there's still plenty of
hunting to be done and it just means getting out there braving the conditions
and seeing what we can see so far so good.
four days in a tent with the wild man and loving every minute of it. So, fingers
crossed we can see something later today.
It is now ten past twelve the rain has just stopped a fair bit of cloud there
quite a lot snow last night if you look up there on top of the glacier there.
Snow fell down on top of the rains it's quite a lot cooler.
There's Mark in the distance surveillance situation,
makings game plan, it's closed in a bit down in the valley now because we're talking so I don't
know what we're gonna be doing but we're gonna have a look and see what we can see.
After the excitement of yesterday's epic trek into the wilderness, it's more
than a little frustrating to be hemmed in once again by the weather. So, when the
fog finally lifts we're straight back out glassing. However, we're not the only
ones taking advantage of this break in the rain. Two young moose bulls are
preparing for the rut with a few rounds of sparring whilst it's unlikely they'll
be challenging the larger bulls in the prime rut it doesn't hurt to begin honing your skills early.
But, these are not the only animals moving around and
we see glimpses of what we think is a grizzly bear feeding on the berries in the distance.
But, just as we're planning our approach the fog descends once more signaling the end of our days hunting.
We thought we were on, we thought we were
going to go off and get a stalk on a grizz this afternoon who's a fair way
out and we made the plan you got geared up and we even got the bergen's on at
one time and then the fog rolled in and the rains
followed in afternoon you can hear so we've just been in and we've cleaned the
guns sorted everything out. Ian's sorting his wet clothes out. Just getting folded up
yeah as you can see look at our bed space beautiful now we'll turn to the the younger member of the crew.
There you go, where it drops that's where it stops.
Cool and the gang. So, that's it until the morning hopefully the morning is going
to bring bright sunshine and a nice steady favorable wind and we're going to
get some fur on the ground catch you later.
So, day five and here we are where we normally sat in our tents. As you can see
from outside put your raining still and fogs come in
we did see some moose last night and we did see some grizzly bear, problem is
we've gotta find them again this morning. Find a root into them and
hopefully the fog won't come in and get in our way.
Really dangerous out, you can't be moving around and fogs heavy but looks like
it's coming in even further, so just a matter of being patient waiting
spending time with these charming fellas, look at them, look how happy they are.
All happy campers, fingers crossed we'll get out today, but looking at this no guarantees.
Whilst we can't get out hunting in the fog we busy ourselves with chores around camp
including fetching glacier-fed water from the creek for cooking.
It's vital that everybody pulls their weight and contributes to the tasks there's no room
for cherkiss here.
Our predominantly freeze-dried oats for breakfast, ramen
noodles for lunch and mountain house for dinner oh and copious amounts of tea and coffee.
It's day five of the hunt and we're finally out with some decent
weather. It rained pretty much from 8:30 last
night right the way through to this morning o'clock the weather's been
pretty thick on us so that's a good sign for us not only can we get out here in
glass, but hopefully the game will start moving around. Now, on the far hillside
to my right we've seen a decent sized grizzly bear a nice dark one still
looking for the moose that we saw last night and couple days ago there's one
out down on a left-hand side here on the opposite face. He bedded down roughly
where we saw him yesterday but it's his patch out behind us we're hoping that a
cow of the two young bulls and those two trophy bulls we saw a couple of days ago
will pop out for us. But, like a wilderness hunting it's just a matter of
being patient but at least we've got a break in the weather that's the thing
that's been holding us back hasn't dampened the spirits but it's
getting to the point in time we're wondering are we gonna get out and see
anything at or not it's just a matter of sitting down now
keep glassing the area and sooner or later something should pop up.
The afternoon sunshine is a welcome friend after what seems like an eternity of
rain. The stiff breeze also does a great job of keeping the incessant flies at
bay. The sheer beauty of this landscape belies the very real dangers it
represents both from the rugged environment and its predatory
inhabitants. Although we're eager to get out and explore its endless nooks and
crannies we know the planning and preparation are key to our success.
From our vantage point we can cover huge sways of ground, letting our
binoculars do the hard work for us. We can see the meadows that will attract
the moose and the bright red berry patches on the slopes that are irresistible to bear.
If we're patient and meticulous in our observation the
right opportunity will soon presents itself.