"Welcome to Seseganaga Lake"
MOOSE HUNT RUSTY MYERS, 2006
LAKE SESEGONAGA, ONTARIO
10/7/06 We flew into Lake Sesegonaga, great weather today. In the Cessna Caravan the flight was under an hour from Fort Frances.
Unpacked gear and went out and found plenty of walleye for dinner. No
firewood! We knew that a front is to hit by mid week so we gathered a
big haul of wood. We strung our cloths line inside the camp. That will
be handy with the wet weather coming.
10/8/06
Hoped to get a lot of moose scouting in but we were turned back by
tropical storm force winds- All Day! At least the sun was out. Too
windy to fish, got in a little moose scouting but saw nothing and very
little sign. Decided to try a spot in the morning that we haven’t scout
yet.
10/9/06
We boated to the new spot early this morning and Dad and I started
calling as well as banging on brush and small trees. Not long after the
calling started I heard the big bull coming down a hill. I could see
his large rack of horns.
He
was grunting all the way and finally stopped 30 yards away and we
stared each other down. It seemed like a couple of minutes until he
blinked and turned to walk away offering a nice broadside. Got a nice
lung shot with a .338 Win Mag and he crashed down after about 50 yards.
Unbelievable
trophy bull moose. Our rough measurement says 52 inch spread. Took over
three hours to quarter and cape him out, but got it done. Thanks to
Chucks chain saw we were able to cut our way down the hill as there
were downed trees all of the way down.
Back
at camp we unloaded the meat and Chuck’s chain saw was back at work
cutting the right size tree to hang the meat on in the fish cleaning
shack. We called Rusty Myers on the satellite phone to inform them of
the kill and moose pick up but it was Canadian Thanksgiving, no one at
work at the base so we left a message. What a day!
10/10/06
Tried new moose spots and found lots of tracks. Too windy to call
effectively so sat and waited all afternoon. Nothing came so got back
in the boat. When we got out of the bay we spotted a big bull moose.
Decided to leave him for the other two in our party.
So
much for our string of one nice day in a row. Wind, wind and more wind.
Even a couple of snow showers moose cape and rack sitting on the end of
the dock waiting for the plane. Quarters nicely hanging in the fish
cleaning shack.
Electricity
gave up the ghost today. Have to do the rest of the trip on lanterns
and flashlights. Everyone took showers as it looks like the water will
be freezing after tonight.
10/11/06
Windy and cold with snow. Woke this morning to about 2 inches of snow
and all of the water pipes frozen. No more showers this week! Found
another promising spot but no moose sightings today. As usual too windy
to fish and it’s really getting cold.
The
plane was supposed to come in from Savant and pick up the moose but
weather did not cooperate. We are really burning up wood now. Good
thing we cut and split a big stash on Saturday and Sunday!
10/12/06
Getting the main snow event today ( we hope ). We sat for a couple of
hours in the latest good looking spot, but nothing. Too windy to call
again. Back to camp by noon.
Too windy, snowy, cold and generally crappy weather to get out for
anything in the afternoon. We had to make a shovel using the dust pan
and the handle from the broom secured by the duct tape. Duct tape is a
must on every trip. The new shovel works very well, the snow is really
starting to accumulate today!
Moose
cape and rack are collecting snow at the end of the dock. No way for a
plane to fly today. One day of hunting left and it doesn’t look good to
fill our remaining three tags. Drain froze up today so we had to cut
the PVC pipe under cabin to drain dishwater.
10/13/06
Close to a foot of snow on the ground by now and still coming down. One
of our party cut his finger bad splitting wood today and to add insult
to injury another shot of snow hit us in the afternoon. The storm is
not done with us just yet. No plane.
10/14/06 Finally the skies clear! The beaver came in at 10:30 am
and picked up the moose meat, antlers and our wounded friend. We were
all very thankful that we had a break in the weather to get him back to
Fort Frances. Our plane got here at 1:30 pm so we will be off to Fort Frances.
We
all survived a lot of adversary and a huge storm that lasted all week
dumping over a foot of snow. Should have a lot of stories to tell from
this experience. Going to mount the big bull when we get back. Just
barely squeezed the cape and antlers into the beaver. We will remember
this trip for a long time.
Gary, Chuck, Ron & Brian
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