archery camp wainwright

[astepanuk]

Hey guys

Just seeing if anyone else is going to be in the archery areas in wainwright this coming weekend

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by astepanuk

Hey guys

Just seeing if anyone else is going to be in the archery areas in wainwright this coming weekend

You most likely will have the place all to your self...most will be with smoke poles...very few venture forth with bows...although one of the biggest moose taken here was with a bow...

Neil

[astepanuk]

Yah i hunted there 5 years ago i was the only tracks in there loved it. Nothing like pulling your bow back when its -25 forcast sure changed in the last week but thats hunting it wont stop us.

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by astepanuk

Yah i hunted there 5 years ago i was the only tracks in there loved it. Nothing like pulling your bow back when its -25 forcast sure changed in the last week but thats hunting it wont stop us.

Good on ya...admire that...lots of new snow here and snowing now...great for tracking and deer just started moving fantastically this week...
Wish ya the best...maybe next year for me!!!

Neil

[fatboyz]

How much snow in Wainwright now? I might throw the Longbow in with the smoke pole as well. We have deer tags and a cow moose.

[pikeslayer22]

Originally Posted by fatboyz

How much snow in Wainwright now? I might throw the Longbow in with the smoke pole as well. We have deer tags and a cow moose.

8 to 10 inches

[fatboyz]

Wow, is it still coming down?

[recurve]

My son and I are heading down there for our first time for the December 4-6 season. If i'm understanding correctly, there's an all archery area, even though its a rifle season. Is that correct?

[brohymn2]

Yeah I believe the annex is all archery

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by brohymn2

Yeah I believe the annex is all archery

No it's not, the archery area is on the West side of the base...annex is foot access trucks on roads only.

LC

[brohymn2]

I thought the west portion was the annex. Lol

[recurve]

Cool, the bows might come along then.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by brohymn2

I thought the west portion was the annex. Lol

No the annex is the east part of the base across the hwy. There is a smaller archery only area on the west side.

LC

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Correct there is smaller achery only area like around the ammo depot...if the bow dont work out you could borrow a gernade launcher...lol [kidding]

Snow coming down again hard today with that cursed East wind...one can drive still but if it drifts its gonna be a hard go...

Neil

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by brohymn2

I thought the west portion was the annex. Lol

The annex is all East...East of Hwy 41..huge
West is Cattalo and buffalo west for rifle...

Neil

[Lefty-Canuck]

This is the annex



LC

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

This is the annex



LC

You stole your map....lol

[brohymn2]

Oops i got my east and west mixed up

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by L.O.S.T.Arrow

You stole your map....lol

No this was given to me by a land owner it's a full size model.

LC

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

No this was given to me by a land owner it's a full size model.

LC

LOL...ya I have a couple of them also...on the hunt they give you a map ...many dont return them...could tell that one is a fullsize and not the two sided...just ribbib ya...lol

Neil

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Couple of our shooters went out with archery...said it was extreme brutal...cold, wind and snow....ended up with smole pole last day...

Was wonderinmg how anybody else made out ??

Neil

[astepanuk]

I can tell you it was a damn hard hunt we hiked well over 20km in the blowing freezing cold. With little luck I did happen to get a shot at the largest whitetail I'd ever seen in my life with my old open sight tc. The roads we very drifted in with 24" of snow in most places making hiking very tough one fellow hunter from Fort McMurray managed to get a 202" mule buck.

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by L.O.S.T.Arrow

You stole your map....lol

Thought the same lol

[Lefty-Canuck]

I wonder why shotguns are not allowed for the primitive weapons hunt (or are they?)? Most other primitive weapons seasons allow slug guns don't they?

LC

[hakx]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

I wonder why shotguns are not allowed for the primitive weapons hunt (or are they?)? Most other primitive weapons seasons allow slug guns don't they?

LC

I always wondered this as well. We posed the questions POINT BLANK (punny, I know) to both the area biologist out of Vermillion and the base bioloigist...neither could placate me. Both pointed me to this mysterious and faceless board from Edmonton

And about the bow..leave it at home. I remember one season there when a bow hunter connected with a whitetail. It was so rare of an occurence during a base hunt that it made the Wainwright paper.

[astepanuk]

My first time hunting the base I hunted solo and connected on a 4x4 mule buck. Had plenty of opportunity on other deer as well keep in mind it was -30 and I had the zone to my self

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Originally Posted by hakx

I always wondered this as well. We posed the questions POINT BLANK (punny, I know) to both the area biologist out of Vermillion and the base bioloigist...neither could placate me. Both pointed me to this mysterious and faceless board from Edmonton

And about the bow..leave it at home. I remember one season there when a bow hunter connected with a whitetail. It was so rare of an occurence during a base hunt that it made the Wainwright paper.

That was probably in my weeky outdoor column...I usually post stats on the base hunt in my columns in different local papers here in the Mid West every year...as was mentuioned one of the biggest moose taken on base was with a bow...


Neil

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

Base follow up as of yesterday morning Dec 3/2014

As expected with the cold, deep snow and deer numbers down, the hunt would also be slow after the first three day primitive weapon, and first three day rifle hunt some numbers are down.

With first day of the third three day hunt underway deer totals are 93 deer harvested, with half of that count going to the primitive weapon hunt, mostly Mule deer harvested and Whitetail harvest down considerably.

There was only four elk harvested thus far, but sightings are way up by other hunters, the turn out of the successful elk draw hunters are down, most likely due to weather conditions also.

The big count is the moose with already 54 moose harvested, that’s equal to over half the number of deer harvested, with that there was some real nice bulls taken.

Even thou whitetail count is down several huge bucks were taken, I will keep a weekly tab on harvest counts and update, I predict low numbers other than the moose harvest.