Yea I knew you could make it up actually. Lol. Where exactly would you buy moose urine?
Anyways back to reality. Here's a slice of real nature. Friends came upon this

Wow thats a cool find, nature is rough sometimes.

What really sucks Dave is one buck won the battle but lost the war. I'm on my way out tomorrow with my dad and son and grandson. Four generations hunting together

Sure looks like it was a real battle! I envy you Brian. Your son & grandson will remember those trips for the rest of their lives......money can't buy that. Looks like Im going to get a grandchild after all.....not due until March. Hope I can hang in there long enough to get the little bambino out on the land!

Well Brian Garrity is the first of my children to have tied the knot in September. So looks like there could be the start of another generation in sight in the next few years. ;0)
Maybe I will be fortunate enough to share a campfire at hunting camp with at least three generations before I get too old. Your very fortunate to be so blessed with such wonderful family ties.

I got a quick start when my son made me a grandfather at 39! That girl turns 19 next week. Grandkids are the pay off for raising your kids. Len we go so far back ( Alaska trapping forum) that Garrity was a little guy when we first met via the forum. Your handle said it all then, and now. Now Yukon is probably thinking how he can put that grandkid to work in the operation. The deer rut is in full swing so hoping Dad can get a deer. My buddies are knocking down some nice bucks this week

I'm off for a few days hunting and trapline scouting. Might try for some beaver this time out.

Yukon,
On the edge of nowhere is by James Huntington, Sydney's brother. Both excellent books and what a tough family!

Yes it is James, thanks for the correction. I agree they were tough! On The Edge of Nowhere has to be the best book of its kind ever written.

I'm going to have to get a copy of 'On the Edge of Nowhere.' Sounds like some perfect reading for over holidays... I just finished reading 'North to Slave Lake,' by Stan Morton (about his father Ted), I thought that was an interesting read of the Slave Lake area.

It's that time of year again where crossing rivers as they freeze up is always a PITA. The machines freeze up over night unless you thaw them out.




My buddies came out to hunt but they set up their tent on the right side of the creek so that they didn't have to cross over. Of course I did sleep in a nice comfy cabin while they stoked their tent stove

So what do you do when your son advises you not to try hauling the roofing down the icy hill? I obviously didn't listen to him, but I survived. And check out my cool trailer extension. I strapped my quad rack onto the back of the trailer to support the 12' tin. Seemed like a great idea.

I took some time to check out the high country. The rams are starting to join the herd as breeding season is around the corner. Lots of sniffing and lip curling going on as the rams wait for the party.

Bush books are the best for sure. Here's a few i have on the go

The Forgotten Explorer - Samuel Prescott fay's 1914 expedition to the Northern Rockies - A cool book for me because he rode through my trapline and describes country that I use today. It was one tough horseback trek from Jasper Alberta to Hudson Hope BC across the divide. Running across major river valley's instead of with them.

Pike's Portage - Stories of a distinguished place. Again a bit of a connection for me as it is a story of a famous trail network in my homeland NWT. The portage is the connection from the east arm of Great Slave lake to the Barrenland. Used by First nations for 1000's of years and white fox trappers in the last century.

Epic Wanderer - The story of David Thompson who mapped much of western Canada before Lewis & Clark. An amazing man who also loved his family and refused to leave his aboriginal wife behind when he returned to Montreal.

Peter Pond - Fur trader & Adventurer. An obscure book by H.A. Innes. Another epic traveller and bushman.

Love the bush ingenuity that went into thinking up that trailer! Just finished up a book you might find interesting Brian...."Horseshoe in My Hip Pocket" by Bob Kjoes.....he grew up in your country. Him and his dad ran wild horses and packed all through that country long before the Trunk Rd went in. He eventually moved north and owned Toad River lodge for awhile...hes still alive and living in Ft St John.

Another great book if you can find it is "Campbell of the Yukon"....he worked for the Hudson Bay Co and as far as anyone knows was among the first white men up here. I had a copy, loaned it out and never got it back.

"So what do you do when your son advises you not to try hauling the roofing down the icy hill? I obviously didn't listen to him, but I survived."

In some ways, it's really neat when your kids show wisdom that you've been trying to impart to them for years...on the other hand; don't ya hate it when they're right and you end up eating crow! LOL!

I think I know exactly how you felt!

(I killed a good sized whitetail this past weekend and while getting him out of the river bottom and loaded up to haul home my oldest suggested a method that I taught him...of course me being in a hurry and just wanting to get it done was going to 'try the quick and easy' way...)

Thanks for the additional book suggestions - I will add those to my list.

Do you remember when cutting and splitting wood was fun, not a chore. My grandson loves the splitter.

Yes - I was about 35 , if I recall correctly. Now recalling anything correctly is as about as easy as cutting and splitting firewood.

But - it is Thanksgiving, so we need to recall all the things we are thankful for. For many of us, living in Alaska is one of the numerous things we are thankful for.

Hope everyone enjoys the day.

I see you have been to Princess Auto Brian. We have the same one, 25 ton ram, Honda motor. Sure takes the work out of splitting wood. Besides splitting wood we split a few boxes of cedar kindling in about an hour. Do you have the attachment for splitting the quartering the block?

You may have seen this, it's been floating around the news for a couple weeks. Your pic of those bucks reminded me of it.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife...er-in-a-stream/