Echo Trail

[iceman16]

well be goin up to the huntin shack up on the echo trail to cut wood for deer hunting. wondering how wet it is we got a 3 mile 4 wheel ride back and this time last year i think taking a jon boat would have been better. it was wet. just wondering if i will need my hip boots. heard there has been some rain and even some snow in the past week up around that area.

iceman

[Jackpine Rob]

Things got pretty wet up there on Wednesday. We got plenty of rain, and then wind and snow on Thursday. The swamps are pretty full of the wet stuff, trails are muddy and the rivers are up.

[iceman16]

sounds like it is goin to be a fun ride into the shack. oh well at least when we get there the sauna will feel even better. might just have to up it from a 5 beer sauna to a 6 beer sauna i can handle that

iceman

[Jackpine Rob]

Without divulging your exact location, what general area are you heading to? I was moose hunting in the Nina Moose area. The river went from needing to get out and walk the canoe in spots to a rushing torrent in less than 24 hours!

[iceman16]

around the echo trail near byuck, i think thats how u spell it. last year the forestry came in with skidders and tore up our trails to our shack. it was so bad we ended up dumping 2 wheelers and coming back in the daylight to pull them out. i was told they put in a new trail for us hope it didnt get washed out.

iceman

[iceman16]

jackpine congarts on the moose tag. howd you do?

iceman

[Jackpine Rob]

Put down a bull on Saturday morning, and spent the next day and a half getting it back to the road. That was the first bull seen in 8 days of hunting. Others in the area also reported an extremely tough first week, with the heat and then the extreme snotty weather.

[iceman16]

jackpine,

congrats on the bull. my aunt and uncle have a lodge in Finland and have moose registration i love goin up this time of the year and watching the moose and deer and bear come in. i will be puttin in for a moose tag next year and waiting my turn.

iceman