Each fall, the men in orange visit us here at camp with the hopes of seeing and taking home a moose to fill their freezers. Two groups of our hunters were successful in bringing home the beef, or rather moose. Most of our groups at least got to see some adult moose in the area.
The top two pictures show our Italian Stallions who got a nice young bull not too far from camp. Orlando, in the second picture, is the one who actually shot the moose. He seems to have such good luck. He shot the moose last year. The guys in his group think it could be the moose like his smell the best. I'm not sure what that means.
Nona Baker, John's mother, was able to stay with us for a week during moose season. She decided to stroll up to the moose hanging pole to get a closer look at that large hairy creature. In comparison to the moose, she looks quite petite.
The fourth picture is Lee Larviere's group from Windsor and Kingsville, Ontario. Also pictured are Mirko, Jason and Raddseau. They along with some friends who were camping in the bush came across this bull. They didn't realize it at first, but there were actually two bulls in the same area, one was laying down. When the shot was fired, this bull fell to the ground and the other bull laying down got up and ran. At first they thought they had missed, but when they got up to the site, they found this bull on the ground dead.
The fifth picture is the man who actually shot the bull. I didn't get his name.
The general consensus among the hunters is that they so enjoy just getting out in the woods, being surrounded by the beauty, the smells, and virtual silence of Northwestern Ontario that taking home a moose is a bonus. According to studies recently conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources, the moose population is increasing in our area. This is good news.
Our dog sled trip customers enjoy seeing moose at a distance along the trails we run in the winter. They are such majestic creatures. Hopefully, their numbers will continue to rise in the future.
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