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2010 Fifth Weekend Post Report

Friday:Polecat, Robba and Leaddog gets into camp Thursday night, with Robba earning his Thursday hunt badge. All head up into Beaver Valley with images of the Hartford Elk in their heads. Polecat and Robba hunts to the Split Rock Camp, with Leaddog pushing the Thumb towards them. Tracks abound, scrapes noticed on the end of the Thumb with a new bed that appeared to have been recently vacated. As Leaddog approaches the two near the first objective, a mysterious event once again occurs: While the two are conferring, they hear a walking noise, with stick cracking just out of their sight. (See Week Four Friday Hunt), When the radio is used to summon Leaddog’s whereabouts, it appears that this walking noise was not him, as he was several hundred yards away still. The mystery “beast” once again stumps the crew! Bear? Deer? Sasquatch? Billy? No one knows! The crew hunts to the moose rub and surrounds. No mules observed, and the scrapes that were once active are now unattended. Beast O’ Mighty is chasing and tending his does!

Saturday:Crew of 8.5 Rangers assaults No-Name and the Bunny Hill in an attempt to harvest the body armored mule that evaded Leaddog’s bullets last week. Does pushed all about, but no buck in the mix. The Bunny Hill was covered by the crew like Liberals waiting for a handout. Does once again sprouts wings and tunnels through the hill. Robba locates a runway where the beasts have two options in their attempt to escape. This location was duly noted, and a watcher will be placed there next time. Probie as seen in the photo, earns his “Sandpit and Bunny Hill” Badges…..as a true engineer as he is…he was inquiring as to where the keys to the heavy equipment were located.

Sunday:Crew decides to confuse the mules by hunting the Bunny Hill in reverse. The only observation was the hill being viewed from a different direction. Crew splits and watchers are deployed to the Knolls, where the drive ended in fine fashion; at Leaddog’s stump watch. Chip decides to “recon” the stream right past the cable on his fastidious exodus from the woods….thus leaving a trail of fire behind him that could be seen from the International Space Station. 😉

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2010 Third Weekend Post Report

Friday: Leaddog, Probie goes into wet woods, snow and other types of precipitation begins. Leaddog hunts up through Beaver Valley to the Amphitheater then down to Probie on watch somewhere near Piney Knob. Polecat joins the hunt, and prowls around near the 10pt watch. Robba and Hobbit stays low and sits in their local watches. All had a wonderful day in the woods!

Saturday: Crew awakes in earnest to assault lands far away. Leaddog, Polecat and Toucher drives Too Far Ridge and Pond. Toucher earns new badge; “Twin Lakes”. Steven and Matt slithers to Digger’s watch on the backside of Stayaway, with Steven up on the Ridge. Polecat decides to take yet another extended walk around Too Far Pond, almost crossing RT28 in Racquette Lake! 🙂 Probie and Lindy sits on the sunny side of Stayaway, awaiting the hopeful return of the drivers, especially Polecat. Robba plays about being the “roaming fielder” and finds a trophy, a radiosonde from the NWS hanging in the trees, he then continues on in earnest trying to confuse any mules. Trailhugger, Hobbit and the Piewhore stays “local”, in a different timezone. At the end of the hunt, on Stayaway, a scrapeline with associated rubs are finally discovered! It appears that life does exist in those woods. Crew vows to return to hunt said beast ‘o da woods!

Sunday: Exhausted crew hunts Marsh, then other “Bunny Hill”. Does observed, with minor scrapes and rubs. Buck II now is located and is placed in queue for another day.

  • Bucks: 0
  • Does: 2
  • Flags: ?
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2010 Second Weekend Post Report

Friday: Leaddog gets in woods to 10pt corner watch. Rain-sleet-snow begins, and doesn’t end until watch was left after five hours of admiring the apparent lifeless forest. At 1000hrs, a flock of Chik-a-dees moves through the watch going uphill, and at 1400hrs they returned, traveling in the opposite direction through the watch. It was nice to see life!

Saturday: Crew hunts to Hilton, then to Red Pail, then the big drive back to Billy’s Watch, where the Pie-Whore waited in fine fashion for the men to come through. No mules observed, no scrapes or rubs.

Sunday: Crew hunts “Bunny Hill”, no mules. Crew of four remains to hunt part two of the Bunny Hills, where a flag was finally observed. Nothing else.

  • Bucks: 0
  • Does: 0
  • Flags: 1
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2010 First Weekend Post Report

Saturday: Crew hunts over through Beaver Valley over Liz through the Knolls. Mules located in the Knolls and sent a’flyin to the East. No apparent bucks in the mix. Newbie learns the meaning of the watch, and performs quite well on his first drive. Voluminous sign of moose noted on Thumb trail!

Sunday: Crew anxiously awaits till rain begins to hunt “Bunny Hill”. Rain commences in fine fashion when crew is in woods. Mules once again a’flyin off hill in every direction except up. In the case regarding Probie, a flat-topped mule almost ran up his ass! 😉 Saturated crew watches in amazement as Probie extricates said mule from his innards, using a “doearectomy” which then continues on to parts unknown. Meanwhile a lone mule escapes rear of hunt, through back door past lone watcher. Next time TWO watchers will be posted at said location of escape.

Don’t forget to send any photos to Digger for compilation!

Den-mama sports new bumper sticker! 😮

Count to be updated from archives!

  • Bucks: 0
  • Does: ??
  • Flags: ??
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Proof Of Life!

This just in from Probie:

Digger,

Robba sent me the attached picture for you to post on the website. It is a 10 point buck shot by Bill C behind the cinema in “Town”. About a 17-1/2” spread. There are big bucks in them thar hills. See you Friday.

Probie

Well boys if that ain’t enough to get yer blood pumping then ya better consider a new hobby!
See you guys Friday!