Antelope 2009

Did you know there are more antelope in Wyoming than people? Even with the hunting the numbers remain constant because each doe has one and most times two fawns each year. It took about 4 hours to harvest this buck and other than the rainy weather it was enjoyable.
My friend Dave got one the same day and so we were home that evening.

Alaska Trip

I have wanted to do a trip to Alaska for 20 years now. My brother Andy moved up there 4 or 5 years ago so I finally got to see him and experience Alaska. It was an amazing trip and quite an adventure. The weather did not cooperate however and rained 7 days straight. I can fish in the rain, but it caused the rivers to flood and made fishing difficult. Also because of the rain I didn't take many pictures for fear of ruining my camera.
We did hire a charter to take us out in the ocean one of the days. I caught a 120 pound halibut.(my arms and back were sore after reeling him in) In the river we caught mostly pink salmon, which averaged 4-7 pounds. Towards the end of the week we started catching a few silver salmon, which averaged 10 pounds and bigger.
Andy and Cherie were very nice to us and we ate fresh fish every night cooked by a different recipe.

Wind River Trip 2009

I have been busy with many trips and activities this summer. I will try and catch up with the postings.
At the end of July I invited my high school friend Dan and his son Luke to join Isaac and me for a backpack trip into the Wind Rivers.
This was Lukes first time backpacking and being five years old we were nervous that he would not do so well hiking 5 miles in and spending two nights. He did shed a few tears, but overall did very well. We caught a lot of fish and saw several moose. Our new(old) dog Jecca joined us for the trip and had a great time.