| Guide Trevor Shulist and Nick Grujich with a great old ram that we aged at 15.5 years. Green score 165. |
| Harold & Laura Grinde with the newest member of the Gana River crew. Nathan Michael Grinde was born June 28th, just in time for sheep season. |
| Steve Mulvihill returned again in 2009 with his son Jack and is happy with this 39 inch ram from the third horseback hunt. |
| Gana River Outfitters Ltd 2009 Hunt Report Harold Grinde 403-357-8414 email: ganariver@pentnet.net |
Our 2009 season is now over, the ponies are out to pasture for
the winter and we are getting settled in here at home. We had
another great season at Gana River and lots of happy hunters
went home with some great trophies. The weather in the
Mackenzie Mountains was generally good in 2009 with plenty of
nice warm sunny days and not too much rain or snow. The rivers
did not flood, the horses were fat and sassy as always, everyone
stayed healthy, and there were no wrecks to speak of.
Our sheep hunts were a huge success again this year with
100% success on rams. The age average on the 24 rams
harvested was an almost unbelievable 11.1 years. The average
length of the rams was a very strong 36.5 inches with 10 of the
24 rams being broomed. Our only archery hunter of 2009 was
successful in taking a good ram on the first day of his hunt and
then adding a nice velvet caribou. All of our caribou hunters
found good bulls to take home and several of the sheep hunters
added a caribou to their bag. We took a total of 15 caribou bulls
this year with several making the record book. The quality of the
caribou in the Mackenzie Mountains is amazing. Our average
gross score was once again 380 B&C. We took a few less
moose hunters this season with only 4 bulls coming through
camp. The best bull was very heavy with tall wide pans and
grossed 224 B&C even though he was only 56 inches wide.
We also had several hunters who were successful in taking
wolves and several more who missed opportunities. The final
tally was 4 wolves down and several more running as fast a
possible.
I would like to extend a special thank you to each of our 2009
clients. Many of you have hunted with us over and over and
others for the first time. We appreciate each and every one and
hope to see you all again at Gana River. I would also like to
thank the members of our wonderful crew for their dedication,
their professionalism and all their hard work. It is through your
efforts that our season was such a huge success.
Good Hunting!
Harold & the Gana River Crew.
the winter and we are getting settled in here at home. We had
another great season at Gana River and lots of happy hunters
went home with some great trophies. The weather in the
Mackenzie Mountains was generally good in 2009 with plenty of
nice warm sunny days and not too much rain or snow. The rivers
did not flood, the horses were fat and sassy as always, everyone
stayed healthy, and there were no wrecks to speak of.
Our sheep hunts were a huge success again this year with
100% success on rams. The age average on the 24 rams
harvested was an almost unbelievable 11.1 years. The average
length of the rams was a very strong 36.5 inches with 10 of the
24 rams being broomed. Our only archery hunter of 2009 was
successful in taking a good ram on the first day of his hunt and
then adding a nice velvet caribou. All of our caribou hunters
found good bulls to take home and several of the sheep hunters
added a caribou to their bag. We took a total of 15 caribou bulls
this year with several making the record book. The quality of the
caribou in the Mackenzie Mountains is amazing. Our average
gross score was once again 380 B&C. We took a few less
moose hunters this season with only 4 bulls coming through
camp. The best bull was very heavy with tall wide pans and
grossed 224 B&C even though he was only 56 inches wide.
We also had several hunters who were successful in taking
wolves and several more who missed opportunities. The final
tally was 4 wolves down and several more running as fast a
possible.
I would like to extend a special thank you to each of our 2009
clients. Many of you have hunted with us over and over and
others for the first time. We appreciate each and every one and
hope to see you all again at Gana River. I would also like to
thank the members of our wonderful crew for their dedication,
their professionalism and all their hard work. It is through your
efforts that our season was such a huge success.
Good Hunting!
Harold & the Gana River Crew.
| Allen Goessman (center) took this old broomed warrior with a bit of help from Mike and Aaron Davidson from Best of the West. They were hunting with guides Jeremy Hatala and Trevor Shulist. |
| Darryl Smith hunted with guide Rob Harvey and took this great 10 year old ram on the first backpack hunt of 2009. |
| Mo Ali hunted caribou on the fourth backpack hunt and is was pleased with this 427 gross B&C bull. |
Contact Harold Grinde Gana River Outfitters PO Box 528 Rimbey, AB Canada T0C 2J0 phone: 403-357-8414 email: ganariver@pentnet.net |
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| Jimmie Dent hunted on the fourth horseback sheep hunt to take this 12 year old 39 inch ram. |
| Archery hunter Tom Foss and repeat hunter Nick Grujich with their rams at Palmer Lake base camp. Tom also took this nice velvet caribou with his bow. |
| Shad Jackson chose to hunt on the mixed bag combo hunt and had a great time filling his tags with these three great trophies. Shad also connected on a black wolf. |
| Steve Mulvihill brought his son Jack along on the third horseback hunt. Sixteen year old Jack took this huge grey wolf as well as a good mountain caribou. |
| Matt Pond came from Yellowknife to hunt at "the beaverdams" with Nate Marin. He took this great moose, a good mountain caribou and a good old grizzly bear(Matt is a NWT resident) |