A few days ago

[boneaddict]

16 years to be exact to just about this exact moment in time, I killed my Washington Moose.    Boy how things have changed with OIL hunts.   Someone invented the internet I guess.  At that time I had to study and learn about a species.  I read books and magazines about hunts to gleen as much information as I could.   I then watched VHS videos  and taught myself how to call.    My scouting missions were used to learn the country.  I then scoured over maps.  You know those large paper things you spread out over the table.   I figured it all out myself.   There was no connecting, or honeyholes or databases.     It was indeed a hunt of a lifetime.  I wonder how much forums like this and the internet has changed these hunts.    I'm sure animals adjust to the information hiway.   

[boneaddict]

Pre digital as well , let alone YOUTUBE

[92xj]

You mean to tell me you did everything yourself and didn't ask someone to hand you something?

Awesome bull and perspective.

[Naches Sportsman]

What's a VHS tape? What's a book?

Heck, lots of people I come across on this forum alone can't even tell me how to read a map

I agree things have changed and no doubt the animals have started making adjustments.

[elkrack]

Nice bull! An actual DIY!

[Katmai Guy]

Beautiful Bull!  Try teaching your kids to use a compass after they are used to your GPS. 

[CedarPants]

Great bull Bone!

Good post too - it made me stop and remember to get my kids away from the electronics and out in the woods more where the real learning happens.

[quadrafire]

I was just having a similar conversation the other day, about how we used to navigate by paper maps.

Beautiful Bull. What unit?

[Ridgeratt]

Beautiful Bull!  Try teaching your kids to use a compass after they are used to your GPS. 

And when the batteries run out what good is the GPS? I forgot most are still making posts on a social media forum. Sending a constant stream of updates.

[Jonathan_S]

Sweet bull, bet it was fun 

A few humble brags from the peanut gallery 

[LongBomb]

My dad taught me map reading and compass navigation when i first started hunting. I thought it was kinda irrelevant at the time. He told me to always carry a map of the area and a compass when heading out even though he bought me a gps and taught me how to use it. It wasn't until i got my driver license and went out on my own that i realized the value of what he taught me. Cant wait till my 1yr old son gets old enough to start teaching him!

[boneaddict]

It was the Selkirk.    It was the first time I tried a gps and the last.   I’m sure they have come a long ways, but the compass stays in my pack.  No they aren’t infallible, but old school enough for me.    I spent a night out there because of that damn gps not being able to acquire a signal because of the overhead canopy.  I pushed too late before getting back because I was in the midst of discovering my bull, relied on the gps instead of my wits.  The things you learn and the experience gained. 

[2MANY]

I'll take the 5th here and avoid the ban-hammer.

[KFhunter]

I really like my phone GPS, busting through unknown areas I'll pull up satellite view, and topo view and its very accurate.   

I was able to stay on a flat with a very thin finger instead of going through a bog or up over a steep ridge.  As for no GPS due to canopy it's not a problem because the GPS is on when I leave the truck and I'm not trying to acquire satellites through a thick canopy because they're already acquired.

With the phone on airplane mode, it'll last for days and days.


Also in the Selkirk, so no constant social media updating 

[boneaddict]

Remembering it all, memories flooding in.  That’s what keeps us going.   At this time 16 years ago I was trying to figure out how to gut one of these things by myself.   Walking up to a moose is something to behold.