Finally getting a chance to get the rest of this story wrapped up. I've been busy with work and still trying tyo get a blacktail when I'm not working. So here it goes..... bear with me, I'm not a writer.
I made 2 trips over to scout over the summer. 4th of July and Labor Day weekends. 4th of July was just learning roads for the most part. I put out some cameras and put a lot of miles on the truck. Labor Day weekend was nearly a waste of time. I took Friday off and after a 6hr drive was over in moose country by 10:30am. Things were going well until about 4pm. My stomach started turning and by 6pm I was way out in the middle of nowhere puking my brains out. I rented a motel on Saturday and slept most of the day.
Sunday I was feeling better and continued checking cameras. I had deer, Elk, bear and cougar but no moose yet. I noticed on Onx that there was a road that looked like it would be a shortcut to the last camera. It turned out to be too good to be true, after a mile down a bumpy crap road it ended with a closed gate. I had my Bakcou, so I decided to see if I could get through the 6-7 miles to grab that last camera and check out some area at the same time. The road was in great shape. It followed the south fork of Granite creek and Sema creek until eventually I came to another locked gate. Another 2 miles and I was able to grab My last camera. I didn’t have much hope for this camera as I found it lying next to the tree face up. Dam Bears!
I did get a few pictures of animals walking over the camera including a moose.
Now I have a plan. I have a camp spot right on the south fork of Granite creek and about 100 yards from the gate that blocks access for most people for 6 miles. It has a bunch of clearcuts on timber co land 2 miles in and another bunch of clearcuts 5 miles in. There’s also beaver ponds and meadows along the creek.
September 27th finally came. I left the house at 3am and 6-1/2 hours later I was setting up my new home away from home…. Moose camp!
