Whaley , I have known you along time and you still never cease to amaze. Your exceptional equipment,videography, and narration are so interesting to watch and listen to. The dedication to this sport you love shines through with your ability to read the bush and talk us through it. Well done buddy, and yep you can still shoot and process wild game for your families table.
Well I wear a LOT of layers! But I think the most important: Head, hands and feet. Head: In some of the shots you can see the red neck warmer, the grey neck warmer, I have a double balaclava a white and a black sewn together. As soon as I get to a spot I put all that on my head, and then the big leather kinda pilots hat. And I tie that thing right down and knot it. Hands: I have a pair of leather Arctic mitts. Some of those days I was out just taking my hands off for 15 secs and my hands would be froze! But put them back in those big mitts and they would always warm back up. Feet: I wear an old pair of Sorel Snowbear boots. They are size 14, best thing about them is they have a really thick felt and foil bootie. They are not very good for walking, but I don't move much. Final tip and this year I didn't use it, is a poncho. I have a super thick, white polar fleece blanket that I cut a neck-hole in. When it gets super cold I'll pull that thing on over top of everything. It makes me look a bit like a huge white marshmallow! I also cheat and carry a thermos of coffee with me. It gives me enough to have 4 cups of coffee throughout the day. Those help.
So your company bans all Hunters onto their private road but employees are allowed to hunt there being its Crown Land on either side of the road something wrong with that
Randy it's not our company that imposes the ban. It is AER (Alberta Energy Regulators). It's a bit of a goofy thing, as for whatever reason that particular road is the only one in our field that AER imposed that ban on. The ban doesn't keep anybody out of the crown lands around it.
Still illegal to drive your truck in there to hunt. Driving in there for the purpose of work and to hunt are very different things. It’s not AER that made these rules, it’s the lands department and fish and wildlife.
Hey Jim, Paul here. Just watched this video, very cool. Have a safe trip home.
Cool, thnx for watching Paul.
So you in a year or 2 when we are back in Ontario.
See you in a few years my friend.
Great share! Beautiful snow!
Thanks mate!
Whaley , I have known you along time and you still never cease to amaze. Your exceptional equipment,videography, and narration are so interesting to watch and listen to. The dedication to this sport you love shines through with your ability to read the bush and talk us through it. Well done buddy, and yep you can still shoot and process wild game for your families table.
Thank you my old friend!
Great story. Nice buck.
Thanks mate, he's not the tank I was after, but that's how it goes sometimes(all the time).
Great buck!
Thanks buddy, it was a great hunt.
Congratulations ! Damn cold there .
Ya I can't wait for the real cold, Arctic Vortex stuff...
Nice buck Jim! Great vid. Had no idea how many layers you put on for a cold hunt
Thanks buddy! I'm like marshmallow man haha
Nice buck man, I'm out of Calgary but sometimes get up there in spring for bear. New sub here 👍
Thnx man! 👍
I live in Montana, trying to sit overlooking some country. Its cold, took today off. Any tips for me? thanks
Well I wear a LOT of layers!
But I think the most important: Head, hands and feet.
Head: In some of the shots you can see the red neck warmer, the grey neck warmer, I have a double balaclava a white and a black sewn together.
As soon as I get to a spot I put all that on my head, and then the big leather kinda pilots hat. And I tie that thing right down and knot it.
Hands: I have a pair of leather Arctic mitts. Some of those days I was out just taking my hands off for 15 secs and my hands would be froze! But put them back in those big mitts and they would always warm back up.
Feet: I wear an old pair of Sorel Snowbear boots.
They are size 14, best thing about them is they have a really thick felt and foil bootie.
They are not very good for walking, but I don't move much.
Final tip and this year I didn't use it, is a poncho.
I have a super thick, white polar fleece blanket that I cut a neck-hole in. When it gets super cold I'll pull that thing on over top of everything.
It makes me look a bit like a huge white marshmallow!
I also cheat and carry a thermos of coffee with me.
It gives me enough to have 4 cups of coffee throughout the day. Those help.
Good stuff
I appreciate the comment Todd, thnx! Jim
I hunt around 60km north west of the town of swanhills
I've been up In that country Kevin. Pretty much any place east, west, north or south of Swan Hills and Whitecourt, I've been there.
Ever seen or heard anything that doesn’t exist while your out in the pickers?
Well my #1 thing in life I'd like to see is a Sasquatch, but that hasn't happened (yet).
@@GrizzlyCountry great video as well and congrats on a great buck!
Where abouts in Alberta?
West of Edmonton 2 hours. I hunt in the Swan Hills area, wilderness foothills.
So your company bans all Hunters onto their private road but employees are allowed to hunt there being its Crown Land on either side of the road something wrong with that
Randy it's not our company that imposes the ban. It is AER (Alberta Energy Regulators).
It's a bit of a goofy thing, as for whatever reason that particular road is the only one in our field that AER imposed that ban on.
The ban doesn't keep anybody out of the crown lands around it.
Still illegal to drive your truck in there to hunt. Driving in there for the purpose of work and to hunt are very different things. It’s not AER that made these rules, it’s the lands department and fish and wildlife.
So , I guess you found an accurate hunting load for that " Ancient " Aught six eh.
Yessir! 56.0grs H4350, 180gr Hornady BTSP. Chrony'd at avg 2896fps and accurate!
Looks good guy 👍👍
Thnx buddy