Yukonmountainhunter
Well-Known Member
Hello!
A bit about me. I've been chasing free range game (large and small) since I was 16 (61 now) and my parents let me wander the wild places on my own. I grew up hunting in British Columbia but migrated to the Yukon about 8 years ago. As my "name" implies, my happy place is above tree line chasing creatures that call the sub/alpine home. My wife hunts, my 3 children hunt, and if my daughter has her way my grandson will hunt.
Over the years I have taken (all DIY) moose, whitetail deer, mule deer, fallow deer, mountain goats, Dall sheep, Stone sheep, black bears, elk. My focus this coming year will again be Dall sheep, with a side of moose and/or caribou until the end of October then on to bison. Next spring when I'm, hopefully, retired I'll make a concerted effort on grizzly bear. I hunt with a bow (recurve), black powder rifle, and modern rifles. I do a little waterfowling and upland but that is more opportunistic rather than targeted. As mentioned, I'm a confirmed back-country hunter and if I see no one in a 2 week trip that, in it's self, is a successful hunt.
I'm also a licensed Yukon trapper and target primarily lynx, wolverine, coyotes and wolves.
Firearms I own... if I get any more I'll need a third gun safe. I seem to be able to buy but never sell. I have calibres in 223, .22 Savage HP (also known as a 5.6X52R), 30-30, 7-30 waters, .308, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7-08, .30-06, 45-70, .375 H&H. .22 rim fire. .50 muzzleloader, 12 gauge SGs. My current go to rifles are the Kimber Montana (6.5CM) and Sako Kodiak (.375 H&H)
I stumbled across this forum when I was trying to find out what a DSC-1 was. lol
I've always been interested in how other countries/continents get it done and I'm looking forward to haunting this forum! If any one has any questions about my part of the world please feel free to ask.
cheers,
Richard
A bit about me. I've been chasing free range game (large and small) since I was 16 (61 now) and my parents let me wander the wild places on my own. I grew up hunting in British Columbia but migrated to the Yukon about 8 years ago. As my "name" implies, my happy place is above tree line chasing creatures that call the sub/alpine home. My wife hunts, my 3 children hunt, and if my daughter has her way my grandson will hunt.
Over the years I have taken (all DIY) moose, whitetail deer, mule deer, fallow deer, mountain goats, Dall sheep, Stone sheep, black bears, elk. My focus this coming year will again be Dall sheep, with a side of moose and/or caribou until the end of October then on to bison. Next spring when I'm, hopefully, retired I'll make a concerted effort on grizzly bear. I hunt with a bow (recurve), black powder rifle, and modern rifles. I do a little waterfowling and upland but that is more opportunistic rather than targeted. As mentioned, I'm a confirmed back-country hunter and if I see no one in a 2 week trip that, in it's self, is a successful hunt.
I'm also a licensed Yukon trapper and target primarily lynx, wolverine, coyotes and wolves. Firearms I own... if I get any more I'll need a third gun safe. I seem to be able to buy but never sell. I have calibres in 223, .22 Savage HP (also known as a 5.6X52R), 30-30, 7-30 waters, .308, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7-08, .30-06, 45-70, .375 H&H. .22 rim fire. .50 muzzleloader, 12 gauge SGs. My current go to rifles are the Kimber Montana (6.5CM) and Sako Kodiak (.375 H&H)
I stumbled across this forum when I was trying to find out what a DSC-1 was. lol
I've always been interested in how other countries/continents get it done and I'm looking forward to haunting this forum! If any one has any questions about my part of the world please feel free to ask.
cheers,
Richard
