Last month I two week trip to Newfoundland and thought I would take you all on a trip. I went to Newfoundland with my wife to retrieve our kids from My in-laws where they had been for three weeks prior to our trip "home"...... Oh yeah, went moose hunting too! 
This wasn't primarily a moose hunting trip as we had lots of family to visit but seeing how my buddy/father-in-law had his moose tags we were able to get away about every other day.
I did get my moose! But, just so happened that the day we ended up getting it was the most miserable day I have ever hunted in so the camera and non-essential non-waterproof kit did not make the trip. So, if course I got the moose that day. So, I have no "hero pics" but thought I would still post the other pics.
enough jibber-jabber...
first few pics are of "the country"..... lets take a walk.....
So that was some of our moose hunting grounds.
Next is a spot called "salt pond". when the tide goes out it leaves pools and grassy fields, a great spot to watch or hunt a variety of birds and waterfowl.
and next, one of my favorite spots in "our" area..."Pickets Brook flachets". What a spot! The trail in/moose highway is a scenic boggy trail (as is all of the island) what a spot to walk up on a moose (tons of sign, i tried to take some pics of them) then, what a spot for water fowl and beyond that a bog home to many moose and finally, I wont even talk about the monster 45cm+ Brookies waiting to take your fly!
another thing about this land, you don't carry water or water purifying "kits" into the woods, Only a cup! the water in the brooks and ponds are as pure, clean as it gets and great/safe to drink. In fact, all the towns get there water from a nearby pond and the water is untreated.
Floral and fauna...
some mosses and lichen
Moss and a young tamarack
Blueberries.....NO!, I mean the best dang blueberries you will ever taste!!!!
This pics is of "Partridge berries" (lingonberries). My father-in-Law told me a story years ago as we gathered these tart vitamin filled berries. They keep so well that back in the days before refrigeration and electricity (his childhood) they would bring a barrel(s) in the woods and fill it with these berries and water and leave them in the woods. Once the land was frozen they would head back in with there Newfoundland pony hauling a sled and bring them home. They would leave them outside all winter and whenever the needed berries for jam or "puddings"... they would go out with an axe and chop out a chunk and thaw it out.....
Labrador Tea
Whisky jack keeping us company berry picking
Ok, I am almost done. next few pics are of a not uncommon occurance, rather then having supper in the house we would cross the road down to the beach, find a spot in the cove shealterd from the wind and have a campfire cook-up on the rocks while the kids explored the beach exposed by the low tide and we sat back and watched the sunset. Until the tide forced us to higher ground.
My kids call a tripod over the fire a "hot chocolate machine". Took the kids "moose hunting"
the Newfoundland modo should be "Bushcraft lives here"
a few pics on the drive to the ferry on the way home. hope you enjoyed!
This wasn't primarily a moose hunting trip as we had lots of family to visit but seeing how my buddy/father-in-law had his moose tags we were able to get away about every other day.
I did get my moose! But, just so happened that the day we ended up getting it was the most miserable day I have ever hunted in so the camera and non-essential non-waterproof kit did not make the trip. So, if course I got the moose that day. So, I have no "hero pics" but thought I would still post the other pics.
enough jibber-jabber...
first few pics are of "the country"..... lets take a walk.....
So that was some of our moose hunting grounds.
Next is a spot called "salt pond". when the tide goes out it leaves pools and grassy fields, a great spot to watch or hunt a variety of birds and waterfowl.
and next, one of my favorite spots in "our" area..."Pickets Brook flachets". What a spot! The trail in/moose highway is a scenic boggy trail (as is all of the island) what a spot to walk up on a moose (tons of sign, i tried to take some pics of them) then, what a spot for water fowl and beyond that a bog home to many moose and finally, I wont even talk about the monster 45cm+ Brookies waiting to take your fly!
another thing about this land, you don't carry water or water purifying "kits" into the woods, Only a cup! the water in the brooks and ponds are as pure, clean as it gets and great/safe to drink. In fact, all the towns get there water from a nearby pond and the water is untreated.
Floral and fauna...
some mosses and lichen
Moss and a young tamarack
Blueberries.....NO!, I mean the best dang blueberries you will ever taste!!!!
This pics is of "Partridge berries" (lingonberries). My father-in-Law told me a story years ago as we gathered these tart vitamin filled berries. They keep so well that back in the days before refrigeration and electricity (his childhood) they would bring a barrel(s) in the woods and fill it with these berries and water and leave them in the woods. Once the land was frozen they would head back in with there Newfoundland pony hauling a sled and bring them home. They would leave them outside all winter and whenever the needed berries for jam or "puddings"... they would go out with an axe and chop out a chunk and thaw it out.....
Labrador Tea
Whisky jack keeping us company berry picking
Ok, I am almost done. next few pics are of a not uncommon occurance, rather then having supper in the house we would cross the road down to the beach, find a spot in the cove shealterd from the wind and have a campfire cook-up on the rocks while the kids explored the beach exposed by the low tide and we sat back and watched the sunset. Until the tide forced us to higher ground.
My kids call a tripod over the fire a "hot chocolate machine". Took the kids "moose hunting"
the Newfoundland modo should be "Bushcraft lives here"
a few pics on the drive to the ferry on the way home. hope you enjoyed!
