Well, the season closes tomorrow but yesterday was my last day. I got up on a few goats in the ice fog and passed up a slam dunk 35 yard shot at a little 3 year old billy. It was another beautiful day on the mountain. http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/robswanson/Kodiak 09/Goat 09/?albumview=slideshow
I think it was up to 22 degrees but that ice fog was like standing in a freezer and having someone spritz water on you. The goats looked twice as big as they are because of all the ice in their fur.
Dang...I missed the slideshow the first time! Again, amazing pictures man! What were you drawing on in a few of the pictures?
That was opening day back on Nov. 1st. I was just drawing down on the cliff edge to see if it was possible to execute a proper shot at that kind of down angle. there was a goat trail at the bottom of the cliff 60 yards away but the rangefinder put it as a 25 yard shot due to the angle. Not an easy shot to make even for that close of a range.
you have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant even say nice pics cause that would do a disservice to them... speechless
INCREDIBLE, is all I can say Rob. You do some serious WORK when you go on a hunt! It looked like that snow was deep too. The terrain that you treverse is unreal, but I guess it's part of the deal when you're chasing those high altitude goats. Awesome pics Rob, and thanks for sharing the slide show with us. You're still the man!
Beautiful pics Rob and you have an awesome place to hunt. Do you camp out hunting them or drive there every day? I guess you don't get to reuse too many arrows if you miss one of those guys!!:D
This is probably the only place in the world you can sleep in your own bed at night between days of goat hunting. I'll overnight sometimes to save myself the 1800 - 2000' climb every day but it adds another 10# of gear to the load... there's trade-offs to everything.
Great slide-show!!!!! I'll never again complain about a 1/2 mile walk to a tree and then climbing a mere 20' to hopefully see a deer. You da' man.
Rob, great pics... ...have you ever had an issue with drop-away rest in those conditions? (or any gear for that matter?) And what kind of camera do you pack along? Thanks for sharing...
Never had to do anything with gear other than punch the ice out of my Whisker Bisquit on my BowTech when I had that up there. I was a bit nervous about all the ice buildup on the arrow shaft this time but the shot would have been close enough that I don't think it would have mattered, it was a light crust that would have fallen off on the draw. I have had the sight get packed with snow though. That's something to keep an eye on. The camera's a little Canon Powershot A 2000 IS. I've got to be a little careful of water around it since it's not weatherproof but it does take a really good photo for its size. A big bonus is that it takes AA batteries same as the rest of my gear on a big trip. No funky specialized rechargeables that you can't recharge or buy anywhere in the bush.
