The last weekend of February four of us ventured out for a weekend of ice fishing and grouse hunting.
The area of operation was around and on Kjemåvatn on Saltfjellet (Salt mountain), just above the Arctic circle.
The distance from the car was mere two kilometers uphill, but that was enough to remind me why I dislike skiing. Being in bad shape doesn`t help either
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I soon discovered that my choise of skis also was a bad one. Heavy military glass fibre skis from Åsnes (not issued as far as I know) is better when lining after a snow mobile.
We had rented a cabin from the local game and fish "club". The cabin was nice although a little cold when we arrived. Temperature indoors was -5 degrees celsius. But after firing up the oven it soon got inhabitable temperature.
The evening was spent eating my delicius moose stew and nipping a little aquavitae and scotch. And the usual stories about big fish and lots of game.
Saturday morning we wake up to really lovely weather. Temperature was about -10 degrees and everything promised a fine day on the ice.
Sadly the fish didn`t think the weather was good enough as they didn`t show up. At least the big ones stayed at home.
We actually got plenty of fish but most of them was the size of sardines.
I only got two fishes that was worth taking.
The two of us that was out hunting didn`t have any more luck, and total grouses in their backpacks after two days of hunting was zero.
But still we had a great time out. Both the hunters and the fishermens.
Thanks for watching.
Tor
The area of operation was around and on Kjemåvatn on Saltfjellet (Salt mountain), just above the Arctic circle.
The distance from the car was mere two kilometers uphill, but that was enough to remind me why I dislike skiing. Being in bad shape doesn`t help either
. I soon discovered that my choise of skis also was a bad one. Heavy military glass fibre skis from Åsnes (not issued as far as I know) is better when lining after a snow mobile.
We had rented a cabin from the local game and fish "club". The cabin was nice although a little cold when we arrived. Temperature indoors was -5 degrees celsius. But after firing up the oven it soon got inhabitable temperature.
The evening was spent eating my delicius moose stew and nipping a little aquavitae and scotch. And the usual stories about big fish and lots of game.
Saturday morning we wake up to really lovely weather. Temperature was about -10 degrees and everything promised a fine day on the ice.
Sadly the fish didn`t think the weather was good enough as they didn`t show up. At least the big ones stayed at home.
We actually got plenty of fish but most of them was the size of sardines.
I only got two fishes that was worth taking.
The two of us that was out hunting didn`t have any more luck, and total grouses in their backpacks after two days of hunting was zero.
But still we had a great time out. Both the hunters and the fishermens.
Thanks for watching.
Tor
