The Dal Lake crew trailed to the Muddy Water and Grey Draw camps. Three 12.5 year old rams and one 9.5 year old ram were harvested. Carl Sporer collected a tremendous 40” plus Dall ram that will possibly make the record books. John’s ram ended up on the side of some cliffs along the Raven’s Throat River. With the help of several strong horses and Dallas hanging by three 40 ft. lash ropes tied together, the ram was retrieved.

The Hook Lake group hunted out of the Upper Redstone camp, and connected on one 9.5 year old ram and two 8.5 year old rams. Caribou were also an option on this hunt, and Fred collected a beautiful bull in velvet.

August 3-13 was the 2nd hunt for this season. We had bluebird weather the entire week with highs in the 70’s, and lows in the 40’s. John Guzman and Terry Cornell of MI flew into Hook Lake. Jamie Escobar of TX, and Steve Ritchey & Mike Corrocci of OH landed at Dal Lake.

The Hook Lake group trailed to the Boundary Creek camp, and harvested one 10.5 year old ram and two nice caribou. Terry had some hard luck on a large ram, but was able to extend his hunt into the next week. John made an excellent shot and took the only wolverine for the season.

The Dal Lake clients set up and hunted out of a new area called the Pinnacle camp. They collected three rams including a 12.5, 10.5, and 8.5 year old. Jamie also filled his caribou tag with a beautiful caribou that green scored 418 BC points.

Both of these camps were very isolated and required a lot of saddle time to get there. The Dal Lake crew trailed into Hook Lake at the end of this trip.

On the third hunt of the season, August 13-27, guests were Bill Jean of MI, Mike Marta of WI, Jean Louis & Caroline Guirnette of TX, and Jim Shutiak & Terry Koski of Alberta. Caroline accompanied Jean Louis as an observer. Terry Cornell extended his hunt into this week.

We had beautiful weather the first 9 days of the hunt, with daytime temperatures in the 90’s and nighttime temperatures in the 50’s. We had colder weather and a foot of snow at higher elevations by the end of the hunt.

All of the hunters flew into Hook Lake base camp. Bill, Jim, and Terry K. hunted out of the Upper Tigonankweine camp, and harvested one 10.5 year old ram, two 9.5 year old rams, and three caribou. Bill connected on a large caribou with magnificent tops, scoring 396 BC points. Terry K. also collected a black wolf. Terry C. hunted out of the Lower Tigonankweine camp, and filled his sheep tag with a nice 10.5 year old ram.

Mike and Jean Louis hunted out of the Sand Fly camp on the Redstone River. Mike collected a 10.5 year old ram and a gray wolf. Towards the end of the hunt, Jean Louis connected on a beautiful 11.5 year old broomed ram near Hook Lake. We saw a large number of wolves and missed shots at several wolves on this hunt.

The fourth hunt for the season was August 27 through September 10. Hunters for the week were Keith Ainsley of OH, Eric Brown of AZ, and Dave McDonald & Bill Hirt of CO.

We had some mixed weather throughout the week, with 4 days of snow and poor visibility. All of the hunters flew into Hook Lake. Keith and Eric hunted out of the Delta Dawn camp, taking a 13.5 year old ram, a 10.5 year old ram, and 2 caribou. Eric’s caribou was the largest taken during this week, scoring 391 BC points.

Dave and Bill trailed out to the Canyon Creek camp. Bill harvested a 10.5 year old ram. Dave connected on an 11.5 year old ram in Slippery Creek. Two wolves were also shot at during this hunt.

The fifth hunt for the season (September 10-15) was a caribou hunt with a moose option. Guests for the week were Johnny Dilorenzo & Tony Carter of NY, Rick Young of OR, and Paul & Eugene Kamps, Jordan Engelsma, & Mike Andrews of MI.

The Hook Lake Base Camp was used for this hunt. We had cloudy weather for most of the week, with several days of fog and poor visibility. Daytime temperatures were in the 40’s, with nights dipping into the 20’s.

Paul, Eugene & Jordan were archery hunting for most of the week. Three caribou were taken during this hunt, all with the rifle. Several unsuccessful stalks were made, and one caribou was shot at and missed. One of the hunters also had a sheep tag and missed a ram.

We offered one week of moose hunting in 2004, September 18-23.

John Brekke of MT, Wynand & Harryet Pon and Francois & Lieneke Dekker of the Netherlands were clients for the week. Harryet and Lieneke accompanied as non-hunters. A helicopter was used on this hunt to transport everyone to the hunting areas and camps to be used during the week.

All actual hunting was done a foot from these camps.

All three hunters connected on their moose early in the hunt. All of the bulls were called in, and measured 65”, 63”, and 59” wide. Two were collected on the Raven’s Throat River and one was harvested on the Moose Horn River.

Francois also collected a nice caribou.