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blueberries in alaska
outstepping
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Jo
hillsides of the Chugach
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 Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 3:09:48 PM
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We just returned from our inaugural hunting out week.
Tired, bone tired, visit my blog for the latest photos........ I saw the most amazing mushrooms! I'll post more photos soon of them, my husband thought I'd become a mushroom fanatic lying on the forest floor to get the nicest shot.
Ptarmigan chicks were lost last year in a June snow on the Denali highway. We didn't dare shoot a bird. The grouse were plentiful and our dogs ate so many blueberries! You can only imagine the results from that.
I'm off to stir up some sourdough! jo
Wishing you all a plentiful fall, plenty of love, plenty of nature, and plenty of peace.........
there's no place like home....
http://web.mac.com/thomja
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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2007 : 12:07:04 PM
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Sounds wonderful, Jo (except for the dogs + berries =  . I know firsthand because my boxer loves berry picking!).
There's a hunter education class offered next Fri, which I'd need in order to start hunting this year, but I don't think I'm going to take it this time. Too much going with the kids & writing & whatnot.... maybe later in the season. My hub has his work cut out for him to get our sadly empty freezer filled up, though!
Off to check out your photos....
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Elizaray
outspoken
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Elizaray
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Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 9:07:38 PM
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We decided to sit out this hunting season. We need to practice marksmanship so we can kill the animal not just wound it. Hopefully next year we can participate!
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blueberries in alaska
outstepping
109 Posts
Jo
hillsides of the Chugach
AK
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 10:00:58 AM
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Elizaray! I have a PETA approved shotgun! (just kidding)...... our hunting is about 90 percent of sniffing the woods, 9 percent actually looking for game, and possibly 1 percent shooting. Although I really love shooting my shotgun. jo
there's no place like home....
http://web.mac.com/thomja
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Elizaray
outspoken
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Elizaray
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Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 2:49:00 PM
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I have hunted before and I abhor people who go out without practicing marksmanship at least a little before hunting. I mean- who wants to wound an animal? The point is to get meat to eat- not to wound the animal and let it run off, right?
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Jen
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2007 : 3:19:31 PM
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I hear you, Elizaray. I'd definitely want to feel confident with my weapon before aiming at an animal, but there's always that possibility of miscalculation/animal movement, etc. I'll have to reconcile that stuff too before I hunt to kill. Like Jo said though, so much of hunting is scouting, tracking, sniffing - stuff I love to do. We'll probably camp in the national forest this deer season & make a wild, big-country hunt of it - like we used to do with elk out west.
I just had a story published in Bugle this month, the mag of the Rocky Mtn Elk Foundation, about hunting camp with our 3 youngsters. Funny, trying, exhausting, great stuff!
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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