Hudson Bay Adventure

[tuscanlatte]

* have poofed the pics of other people *

I'll throw my cell phone pics up now and come back later with camera pics

The trip- 4 days of moose hunting on the Nelson River by the Hudson Bay.

I'm sitting with an elder and one of the young guys was holding this decoy up haha


Hunting at night-


Up at sunrise for more hunting -


Picking blueberries


All of the red/purple is wild blueberries



Lol bear guard failing at the guarding part-
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3 rabbits in this bag I had to make a soup from-


Cabin fever-
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Pulling sturgeon from our nets-








I will post some pictures of the Bears and seals we saw when I'm home!

[tuscanlatte]

Oh more cabin fever- hahaha we spent about 3 hours trying to get this bird to eat off of her head
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[tuscanlatte]

Last night I was bringing the 90s back when I undid my braids 😂

[tuscanlatte]

My ride is here haha talk to you guys in a bit!!
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[ampaints]

Safe travels tuscanlatte, can't wait to see the rest!

[shellyr]

tuscanlatte, girl you look gorgeous! You have a natural glow even while camping in the bush!

[tmclawchick]

I am LOVING these pics! So awesome!

[tmclawchick]

Sept 28, 2016 10:59:30 GMT -5 shellyr said:

tuscanlatte, girl you look gorgeous! You have a natural glow even while camping in the bush!

Agree!

[tuscanlatte]

Sept 28, 2016 11:02:10 GMT -5 tmclawchick said:

Sept 28, 2016 10:59:30 GMT -5 shellyr said:

tuscanlatte, girl you look gorgeous! You have a natural glow even while camping in the bush!

Agree!

Aw thank you guys!

[Deleted]

I can't believe you cooked thumper!!!! Lol

Looks amazing and fun. You lead a rough life...

[packmomma]

That looks beautiful! I can't wait to hear all about it. My H would love to do that kind of stuff. Me too for that matter but maybe a little less hunting.
Looking gorgeous btw! Fly safe!

[joi922]

Amazing! Can't wait to hear more about it!

[RandomName]

It looks beautiful there!

[layloo08]

Wow! Your job is pretty badass and the pictures are amazing!

[tuscanlatte]

When we got there, they had just got some moose so we helped haul it back and the ladies in the community started to clean it. All the meat gets put into a community freezer where elders and community members can come get it for free.

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We set a sturgeon net the first day and then checked it every 24 hours. We got a few sturgeon for the freezer too. The first 2 days we spent driving up and down the river on boats looking for moose. We ended up getting rained/snowed/stormed in for the second 2 days. We stayed in that little cabin (7 of us) because the water was too rough to leave. All of our gear was soaked from the day before too because it was pouring that day.

The rabbit soup. This almost broke me lol. Our elder was getting grumpy because of being stuck in the cabin I think and he got impatient. He told me to butcher the 3 rabbits and make a soup. Well fuck if I know how to do that. He was saying things like "didn't anyone teach you how to cook?!" "You're the cook you decide.... oh that's way too much/not enough!!" I think he was part joking and part impatient but I just started crying on the shore for a bit hahaha. That was a low point. It got better again after.
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Last night we were supposed to get in at 4pm and then my flight was at 6:30. Well the weather was so bad he said we couldn't go that day. I was just thinking of DH waking up in the middle of the night and noticing I just hadn't come home and there was no way to contact anyone. Well the weather broke very briefly, and we could go! So we start and then the damn boat breaks down. It takes 2 hours to fix, then we leave again but the storm started up again, so we stopped on another island (close enough for cell service at least) and we had to wait until the tide came up so that we could go the rest of the way. Needless to say I missed my flight anyway but at least I could call and have my work reschedule it and get me a hotel room and tell DH I wouldn't be home. It was stressful because we arrived at the cell service at 4:27 and all the offices close at 4:30! Anyway I am super glad to be home, but it was a good trip otherwise




So here are my camera photos!

Some scenery:







The cabin we stayed in:




Bearded Seals:



these two were fighting, trying to get the fish we had tied to the dock:




Black Bear (pretty fuzzy pic) -



Drying out all of our gear made it like a sauna in there-
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Really foggy and rainy but this is looking into the Hudson Bay:

[Laverne]

I love it!

[skinandbones]

What an amazing trip!

[packmomma]

Those are beautiful pictures..I can't imagine just being given 3 rabbits to cook for an elder. I would freak out too. I'm glad the trip was mostly ok.

[Deleted]

I think we should do an Aug 15 hunting trip with tuscanlatte as our guide.

[ampaints]

But with less hunting and more wine.

[Deleted]

Sept 29, 2016 19:25:08 GMT -5 ampaints said:

But with less hunting and more wine.

Exactly...that cabin looked cozy...but no thumper soup.

[ars093s]

Wow, incredible pics! I'm in for an A15 trip with you as our guide.

[tuscanlatte]

Sept 29, 2016 18:41:40 GMT -5 @JanetheConquerer said:

I think we should do an Aug 15 hunting trip with tuscanlatte as our guide.

This would be awesome. But agreed that wine would have been an asset haha.

[Laverne]

Sept 30, 2016 10:45:58 GMT -5 tuscanlatte said:

Sept 29, 2016 18:41:40 GMT -5 @JanetheConquerer said:

I think we should do an Aug 15 hunting trip with tuscanlatte as our guide.

This would be awesome. But agreed that wine would have been an asset haha.

sign me up!