| Gana River Outfitters Ltd 2011 Hunt Report Harold Grinde 403-357-8414 email: ganariver@pentnet.net |
Our 2011 season has come to an end and everyone is back
home again after another very good year in the Mackenzie
Mountains. Once again this year we had a great group of
clients, including three who brought along their wives, and six
who came and hunted with their sons. What a great
experience to share with your family! Whether new
acquaintances or old or old friends we enjoyed each and
every client that hunted with us this year and hope that all will
have a chance to come and hunt with us again.
We arrived at our Palmer Lake Base Camp on July 2 to find
that it had been really hot and dry through June and the
country was pretty well dried out. The boys trailing the horses
in from Mac Pass welcomed the low water in the rivers on
their long ride into camp. Some timely rains arrived early in
July and the country greened up nicely before the hunts
began on July 15. The game seemed to be plentiful with
good lamb counts and lots of rams around the area. There
were lots of caribou in the area this year. We saw lots of
cows and calves as well as mature bulls but horn growth
seemed to be poor, likely due to the bulls not feeding much
in the hot and buggy weather in May and June. We were
very pleased with the quality of game taken this year.
In total we harvested 17 rams that averaged 10.5 years
of age and 36.5 inches in length. All of our rifle hunters
who were able to stay and finish their hunts took rams,
and 2 of 3 archery hunters took home good rams as
well as nice velvet caribou. Our clients took a total of 23
caribou bulls this year and bulls averaged 370 B&C
green score. One of the highlights of the year was when our
old friend Charles Eddy took a late season bull from our base
camp that scored 397 B&C. Charles will be back next year to
hunt caribou again at 82 years of age. All 5 of our moose
hunters took good bulls this year and the average width
was 56 inches. This was our second year of winter wolf
hunting and both of our wolf hunters were able to take
home 2 nice grey wolves.
Be sure to give Harold a call if you would like to reserve
a date for a 2012 or 2013 hunt.
Good Hunting!
Harold, Laura and the whole Gana River crew.
home again after another very good year in the Mackenzie
Mountains. Once again this year we had a great group of
clients, including three who brought along their wives, and six
who came and hunted with their sons. What a great
experience to share with your family! Whether new
acquaintances or old or old friends we enjoyed each and
every client that hunted with us this year and hope that all will
have a chance to come and hunt with us again.
We arrived at our Palmer Lake Base Camp on July 2 to find
that it had been really hot and dry through June and the
country was pretty well dried out. The boys trailing the horses
in from Mac Pass welcomed the low water in the rivers on
their long ride into camp. Some timely rains arrived early in
July and the country greened up nicely before the hunts
began on July 15. The game seemed to be plentiful with
good lamb counts and lots of rams around the area. There
were lots of caribou in the area this year. We saw lots of
cows and calves as well as mature bulls but horn growth
seemed to be poor, likely due to the bulls not feeding much
in the hot and buggy weather in May and June. We were
very pleased with the quality of game taken this year.
In total we harvested 17 rams that averaged 10.5 years
of age and 36.5 inches in length. All of our rifle hunters
who were able to stay and finish their hunts took rams,
and 2 of 3 archery hunters took home good rams as
well as nice velvet caribou. Our clients took a total of 23
caribou bulls this year and bulls averaged 370 B&C
green score. One of the highlights of the year was when our
old friend Charles Eddy took a late season bull from our base
camp that scored 397 B&C. Charles will be back next year to
hunt caribou again at 82 years of age. All 5 of our moose
hunters took good bulls this year and the average width
was 56 inches. This was our second year of winter wolf
hunting and both of our wolf hunters were able to take
home 2 nice grey wolves.
Be sure to give Harold a call if you would like to reserve
a date for a 2012 or 2013 hunt.
Good Hunting!
Harold, Laura and the whole Gana River crew.
| Lynn Kasper hunted on the third backpack hunt with guide Rob Harvey to find this great 39 3/4 inch classic dall ram. |
| 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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| Happy hunters with some of the moose and caribou from our last hunt of 2011. |
| Happy hunters and their trophies back at base camp after a very successful first hunt in 2011. |
| Our 2011 winter wolf hunts were a great success and lots of fun as always. We had a bit cooler weather this year but both of our hunters took home 2 nice prime wolves. Here are Mike Tonn and Chuck Carlson with a pair of greys. If you would like to see the Mackenzie Mountains from a snow machine give us a call and come wolf hunting! |
| Archery hunter Brad Mongold had a great time on the second backpack hunt and took a good 8.5 year old ram and this great velvet caribou. Brad hunted with guide Jamie Connors. |
| Craig Scott with his early season backpack ram. |
| Outfitter Harold Grinde and Charles Eddy with Charles' double shovel caribou. |
| Bodie Bradley and a great old dall ram taken on the third backpack hunt. |