Jim's Blog
Moose Hunt Heads to Newfoundland
I'm standing in the western highland mountains of Newfoundland. It's absolutely beautiful here. We managed to find fall again after being chased out of the Yukon by winter. It's real pretty up here. We landed in a place called Deer Lake on the west side of Newfoundland. From there we took a helicopter out into the middle of the wild lands of Newfoundland. While we were flying out we counted at least 30 different moose. Apparently this is the highest density of moose in the world, right out in this area. Lots of moose hunters on the airplane from Toronto, probably 20 moose hunters out of the 50 passengers, so it was really fun on the airplane. Spectacular, really rugged country, I was quite surprised. All of the hunters leaving our camp were successful. I'm with Next Ridge Outfitting Company Ltd. Nice people I met at SCI last year. They take 20 or so moose hunters a year and they have a fabulous area here. Middle of the rut, windswept spruce trees all around, a lot of bog areas that are grassy and tops of the hills are all alpine and the moosse are everywhere. The other day they had a cow and a calf 20 feet from camp and the cow came up and started rubbing against the tent. I'm really excited about this. We're going to try to get one with my Alpine bow and T/C muzzleloader. Eva is here with me. Matt Gibson is the cameraman. I'm excited because I love moose hunting. Before this I had to fly out of the Yukon and into New York City for a meeting with Discovery Channel. Can't tell you much more than that, but it's nice to be contacted by a network like Discovery. We'll see where that leads. On to more moose hunting ... Stay tuned!




