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Old 04-04-2016, 10:46 PM
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He was doomed from the second he thought he could make it. I don't think there's anywhere near enough room there to allow for the current to push you downstream.

I thought it looked deep to the left of those rocks.

EDIT- It's pretty obvious there's not room watching the video but it's not even close was my point.
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Old 04-05-2016, 12:18 AM
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We shot the Wild Hay about 15 years ago to get into Moosehorn, same thing it was running pretty hard.
Quads went downstream a bit. Had to open up the belt cases of our Polaris's, an hr later we were running.
You were on an obvious trail with a washed out bridge.
Just lucky you didn't bump over that last lump.
Good on you guys, stay safe and get a good bear or 2.

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Old 04-05-2016, 06:44 AM
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I will let the arm chair critics have the fun with you boys, in my 40+ years of hunting with argo's, quads and S x S we have got into more than 1 pickle, swamped the odd machine here and there and watched an argo float down the river once by itself, that's how you learn how not to do stuff and what actually works best, good luck with the bears, and remember " lets be careful out there"
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Old 04-05-2016, 07:40 AM
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Nice video. That looked like a ton of fun I am jealous. Who cares if you get a bear or not nothing will beat the adrenaline rush of that day I'll bet!
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Old 04-05-2016, 08:16 AM
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No life jackets. No helmets. The winch line should have been attached before the quad started going across.

I would have picked a line further upstream. Shallow fast water is better than deeper water every time.
who invited the fun police come on dude. enjoy it for what it is.
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Old 04-05-2016, 08:37 AM
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You were doomed from the start. There is no way that quad was making it across with that volume of water flowing.
You're lucky it didn't turn out worse, water is a very powerful force.
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Old 04-05-2016, 10:14 AM
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1) Video was good.

2) Dangerous... glad no one was hurt.

3) If you did not do foolish things when you were young, throw stones to your heart's content.

4) If you did stupid things... shut up and be thankful you never took videos of it.

5) All who tell the truth, did stupid things when young that they would not do now. It's called life.

6) If you get a cranker, you earned it.
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Old 04-05-2016, 11:58 AM
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Your are actually allowed to cross a river, stream, or creek at a trail crossing in Alberta as long as you use the most direct route.
You are not allowed to drive up and down the water and or disturb the river bed.

its good to see nobody got hurt.
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Old 04-05-2016, 12:22 PM
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Your are actually allowed to cross a river, stream, or creek at a trail crossing in Alberta as long as you use the most direct route.
You are not allowed to drive up and down the water and or disturb the river bed.

its good to see nobody got hurt.
That's what I thought. Unless otherwise stated.
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Old 04-05-2016, 08:13 PM
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That brought back memories of younger days, and put a smile on my face!!
Hope you guys have a terrific hunt, thanks for the videos.
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Old 04-06-2016, 08:54 PM
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Does anyone here actually believe that he slowly rolling across the stream, not ripping and tearing or driving aggressively in any way was disturbing the stream bed any more than the high seasonal water flow? Use some common sense, he looked to be crossing in a proper acceptable way at what appears to be an old bridge crossing. The sh*t that is causing greif in the atv world is guys that pile into pristine mountain streams and rip around, doing donuts, water wheelies, and trying to get deep as possible or close to stuck and tear back out.
After all the sh*t i've seen done by the forestry industry in our stream beds I cannot believe anyone blames even the worst atv abusers are even a fraction of a percent of the problem.
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Old 04-07-2016, 07:18 PM
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Ontario boys.....having some fun!
Hope you boys smoke a bruiser this spring!

Cant wait to get to my camp this weekend and prep the baits been a long time since we've been able to hunt bears here in Ontario in the spring!
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