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Offline LittleJohn

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Wilderness Shed hunt
« on: May 31, 2013, 07:42:02 AM »
Made our annual trek into the Bob Marshall. Had a blast shooting gophers, fishing, and finding bone!!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2013, 07:42:56 AM »
Sounds like a good time.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2013, 07:45:01 AM »
I'm ready to go back!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2013, 07:46:10 AM »
7 of us packed in on horse back about 20 miles. The larges set of sheds was a 370" match set found by my buddies wife. Yes, this was her first shed she has ever found. She found them all by herself. Needless to say she is hooked.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2013, 07:51:54 AM »
Pic doesn't do it justice. Beams are 54", swards are 22" :drool:

We never saw another person the whole trip. It was a little work cutting out the train on the way in. We left a lot of older sheds that were not worth the hassle of packing out 20 miles.

I put a hurting on the gophers, I took 300 rounds of .223 and used them all.  :chuckle: :chuckle: Soooooo much fun.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2013, 07:54:27 AM »
Looks like a great time!! Thats a heck of a set !!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2013, 07:55:58 AM »
Wow!  Awesome trip. 
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2013, 07:57:27 AM »
Saw lots of elk and deer. They looked to be in good shape from the mild winter. Wish I would have brought my rifle, saw 7 or 8 good black bears. Will have that arranged for next year.

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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2013, 08:04:28 AM »
Can't wait to get back in there this summer and fall. The fishing was pretty awesome. Big old cutthroat every cast. YES, every cast!!!

Between the sheds, gophers, and fishing it is one of my favorite trips of the year.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2013, 08:05:13 AM »
Sounds amazingly fun!  Great pics
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2013, 08:07:57 AM »
Here is a muley I found, lion had just got him that morning. He wasn't even stiff yet. Wish I had a trail cam to put on it.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2013, 08:08:09 AM »
Looks like a great trip  :tup:
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2013, 08:22:55 AM »
Looks like you all had a blast. :tup:
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2013, 09:35:52 AM »
Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing the pics
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2013, 10:02:10 AM »
Quote from: LittleJohn on May 31, 2013, 08:07:57 AM
Here is a muley I found, lion had just got him that morning. He wasn't even stiff yet. Wish I had a trail cam to put on it.

Aren't trail cameras illegal to use in Montana? I have always wanted to come across a kill like that when setting one of my cameras so I could try to get some cool pictures. Nice sheds by the way. We went on an elk hunt in the Bob a few years ago and it is some of the most beautiful country I have ever laid my eyes on!  :tup:
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2013, 10:11:02 AM »
Cams are illegal during hunting season should be okay this time of year.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2013, 10:19:49 AM »
Quote from: pendoreilleadventures on May 31, 2013, 10:11:02 AM
Cams are illegal during hunting season should be okay this time of year.

Not trying to be "internet police" or anything so don't take it that way but I thought I remember reading that if any hunting season is open then trail cameras were illegal to use. I believe bear is open so I think it would still be illegal but don't quote me. The only reason I bring it up was because I was going to hang a few cameras just a little over the border but was told not too by a few buddies that live there.

Sorry to thread jack BTW!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2013, 10:25:10 AM »
If u get a bear on a trail camera then u arent allowed to hunt for that bear in that area if u are hunting bear... Thats for washington state anyway... correct me if im wrong but its somewhere along those lines..
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2013, 10:35:13 AM »
AWESOME trip!! :drool: Nice sheds man :tup:
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2013, 10:38:52 AM »
by the way, I started a new thread if anyone wanted to discuss the trail camera issue. Didn't want to take away from the adventure LittleJohn had. I keep looking at the pictures and it makes me smile and brings back some fond memories.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2013, 07:42:34 PM »
Quote from: billdo5 on May 31, 2013, 10:25:10 AM
If u get a bear on a trail camera then u arent allowed to hunt for that bear in that area if u are hunting bear... Thats for washington state anyway... correct me if im wrong but its somewhere along those lines..

Never heard of anything like that in Washington.  :dunno:


What an amazing trip though, can only hope to do something like that some day!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2013, 11:28:33 AM »
Awesome trip John! One of these years I'm going to have to book a hunt with you for the Bob!
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2013, 08:22:29 PM »
Quote from: billdo5 on May 31, 2013, 10:25:10 AM
If u get a bear on a trail camera then u arent allowed to hunt for that bear in that area if u are hunting bear... Thats for washington state anyway... correct me if im wrong but its somewhere along those lines..
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Where did you get that info? Nothing about that in the regs.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2013, 08:27:00 PM »
Looks like a fantastic trip and beautiful country.  Would love to see some of that country from horseback someday.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #24 on: July 11, 2013, 05:51:52 AM »
What a cool/fun looking trip.  Great looking sheds, dang.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2013, 05:57:28 AM »
Every once in awhile a great thread pops up that I missed.  Glad I finally caught this one.   Thanks for sharing your adventure.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2013, 08:01:08 AM »
Quote from: boneaddict on July 11, 2013, 05:57:28 AM
Every once in awhile a great thread pops up that I missed.  Glad I finally caught this one.   Thanks for sharing your adventure.
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Re: Wilderness Shed hunt
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2013, 11:15:26 AM »
Looks like a fun trip
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