How I Started Going to the Bob Marshall Wilderness
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2023
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Outstanding
I wish Pat was that awesome uncle you got to see once a week
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I recall Pete Blaber writing about the Bob in his book; one of the most memorable parts of the book. So cool to hear you talk about this, Pat.
Yep, AFO prep.
Colonel Blaber's book was fucking amazing ... that dude is a real Warrior Monk, a genius and a badass at the same time.
The Bob sounds fantastic. We are very blessed to have 1,000's of kms of wilderness and national parks here in the South Island of New Zealand. Thankfully the only thing here that will eat you, are the insects.
Pat talking about Mountain lion encounters gave me goosebumps. We heard one near our camp one night while Elk hunting in Montana and he could not have been more than 30 yds away. Goes without saying I slept armed and with one eye open that night.
That's crazy, then you still have to preform on the mission after being destroyed at elevation. I couldn't imagine what that would be like. Your a beast Mac!
Super interesting Pat!
You rarely see a lion. They are nocturnal and very elusive. I live on the western edge of the Bob and have seen one in 27 years, but I have seen the results of their kills several times. The Bob is a unique and wonderful piece of nature.
Anti Bear: Bacon. Three strips on the other guy's tent. Sneakers for rapid retrograde ops.
Salmon Idaho to McCall is some of the toughest country I've been in. I can't imagine hiking from Salmon to McCall. I just got back from a week long dual sport motorcycle trip in That part of Idaho, NE Oregon and Western Montana. Had a great time.
Hi Mac.
Enjoyed this video-The Bob and River of No Return were my favorite places when I lived in the Lower 48.
I would suggest one qualifier. I live on the coast here in Alaska (I’ve had 1,200lb 10’ brownies on my homestead-no problems, even with my geese, hogs and Highland cattle), and I’m a subsistence hunter and fisherman and also a professional Beaver seaplane bush pilot.
I carry a 1911 in .45ACP (my EDC for all two and four legged predators), what many would consider too small, like that 9mm you’re carrying-but we carry it because we’re accurate and well experienced With it, right?
That +P is good, but the other point, that I think you’d keep your team alive with is bullet type for penetration: we all carry cast bullet ammo when we carry light guns like this, for the penetration. My Alaska bear hunting friend, and gunwriting colleague, Phil Shoemaker is the one who actually defended clients with a S&W semi auto in 9mm from a big brownie on the other side of the Cook Inlet. He was using Buffalo Bore, a great cast bullet load.
Let me know when you make it up this way.
Continued success to ya-Slainte!
Keep on trucking my friend , God. Bless you and all that you stand for you are a true all American . I live about 10miles easy of Raleigh hope you and your family take care . Be safe don
Great story, Pat! This is really awesome that you keep on truckin' in the Bob Marshall area! I'm down by the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. So, my wilderness treks are in the Weminuche Wilderness area between Durango and Silverton CO.
DOL!
Great video ! I read Pete Blaber’s book for a leadership class, That’s cool. I’ve had cats and bears go across my path multiple times while working on fires. Keeps you on your toes.
Appreciate your stories - we hunt out of Yellowpine ID and it is every bit or straight up and down. A day on those hills makes your dogs bark.
I need this in my life.
I'm really glad you answered this in detail. I was curious about this as well.
Thanks for the video Pat!
Awesome video Mac.
Very interesting conversation. Really enjoy hearing about adventure in the out of doors, places I will likely never visit.
I used to pack my mules in the Bob. Went out of Ovando. Beautiful country. Good times! Be safe!
The fact Pat carry’s 9mm+P for grizz only adds to his Badassery. 👍🏻
Thanks for the input Pat Mac. I have always been worried about a general call up if things go south with our adversaries. I hiked the Porcupine Mountains and the Appalachian trail as half baked training and glad to know I was doing the right thing. A kiwi recommended loading a ruck with bricks and doing the stair master until you are about to puke. Cougars are all over due to the deer population. I got cougars across the street and seen their paw prints.
FYI to Audible members; The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander (by Pete Blaber) is available for free with your Audible membership (you don't have to use a credit). It's almost 10 hours long (it's the unabridged version). Enjoy and thanks for telling us about the book Mac!
Amazing book
The wintergreen berries were out last month, Michigan UP. Saw a big black bear run across the road Northern Wisconsin.
That “there is something looking at me right now” was probably bigfoot
I would love to go. Originally from Utah now Ft. LEE VA
How cool.
Thanks Pat Mac. Last week of June always? You picked a primo time to go, over the years. I live a little SW of there. Never been but have been in quite a few big W wildernesses in the Northern & Central Rockies.
Seen lots of brown & black bear, plenty of moose, more cat crap on the trail than I can count but never a live cat. Mountain goats. Marmots, badgers. Get away from humankind and the animals can be seen in their homes, don't need a zoo. Griz, only seen from a bus once in Yellowstone. But I know some guys who've been fishing guides in AK who told me of some crazy first-hand griz encounters in AK. I'd prefer to not be around the griz, honestly.
Up in Glacier NP, I've walked up on a brown bear feasting on huckleberries, she didn't want to move no matter how much noise I made. Had to re-route. I don't tangle with the bears, especially if it's brushy you never know when (as you said) you have unintentionally split mama and her cubs. That's an ugly scenario!
And in the Bob you have the most beautiful of the trout, Golden and Westslope Cutthroat, in the alpine streams & lakes.
Pat needs to write a book
I read The Men, the Mission, and Me and it’s how I heard about the Bob Marshall. You’re who Pete refers to as Predator in the book!
Amen ..... there's no indigenous animals here in the UK big enough to eat you, THANKFULLY. Really interesting to have this insight as always many thanks.
You had grey wolves at one point.
@@rascalmatt6713 .....thankfully I'm not old enough to remember that.
They say a bear can smell 1,000 times better than a blood hound.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ever been to T1G? Tier One Group? Near Memphis.
As a Montanan it gives me great joy when one of the bears eats a Californian. They got one a couple years ago.
I feel your joy.
Bozeman, Missoula, Helena, Whitefish, now Billings I hear… it’s real unfortunate that West Montana is well on its way to joining Seattle, Portland, San Fran, Sacto, LA, etc. They are like gremlins…sprinkle water on one and they multiply. Annihilating them is your only way out of this…but that’s not gonna happen. I remember sharing a chairlift with a couple San Fran f*cktards at Bridger in December of 1997. They were talking about buying up some acres and building outside Bozeman. I tried convincing them to “keep Tahoe blue” and stay there but it was to no avail.
Haha!!! Love it!!! traversing a real "Wilderness" using dead-rekoning! Real Men doing Real Men shit!!
We keep 12 gauges loaded with double 0 buck in our tents and carry 9mm's as sidearms because that's what we have and shoot on the regular.
I'd do slugs for bears and 10mm hard cast out of a 6" plus barrel.
@@rascalmatt6713 I like that
Bears. What about when they're in their mating season?
Who’s the other dude? Ezekiel haven’t seen anything by them in years!!
I doubt I will get a response but for a long movement like the Bob, what foot gear are you wearing? I wore some Oakleys when I was deployed and they were comfortable but didn’t wear well and fell short. Thanks.
It depends on how much weight you are carrying. The heavier the weight, the greater the need for a very good, stable boot with excellent ankle support.
Most serious dudes wear kennetrek. Zamberlan, the Italian boots are awesome too.
Brother; thank you for mentioning the bullshit flag. Can we reissue those to CSM/SGM in the Army these days? I feel like several may need them.
You content is frign awesome. Just watching it, makes me wanna go chop a tree down with a fkn butter knife. Real Talk!!
You should go to the Bob Marley forest…wayyyy better.
Go a million miles with 35lbs
welcome to my part of town,enjoy the smokies