I have the BEST wife in the world. I don't think any other wife would have let this go down. I think she's still mad but at least I had a bed to come home to. I am not a bad dad! Ashely's dad booked this hunt the week before we found out she was prego. He paid, and we couldn't get the money back if we canceled. THANK YOU ASHLEY (and Steve). She will be so happy she let me go when she gets the FULL stuffed Mnt Goat delivered to her living room to accompany her nice new sofa.
I learned how to take a pic with my phone through the spotting scope. This goat was about 2 miles away. It is crazy to see the places these goats will go. Inches between the mountain and thousand foot cliffs. This brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "don't look down"
Every time we got to the top of the hill (mountain) the guide would look back and say "that was great, but now we need to get up that bigger hill" We bush-wacked up 6 thousand feet the first day (13 hours). I was impressed that we made it. Needless to say we were smoked when we reached the camp site that night.
Babine lake, 113 miles long. The view was amazing. At the mouth of this lake is the best steel-head salmon fishing in the world. I didn't get a chance to fish, but I guess thats a great reason to go back up next year. This was the view from our cabin. We stayed in this cabin the first and last night, all the other nights we were spent up in the mountains sleeping in a tiny tent hoping no grizzly bears were going to eat us.
Shear cliffs thousand of feet straight down. It was kinda weird watching float planes fly below us.
I am so grateful for a father in law who likes to hunt, I'm even more grateful he does not like to hunt alone. He has shown me the most incredible places in the world. I know it's always going to be a great adventure when I get the phone call that starts out "do think you can convince Ashley to let you go somewhere for a week."
One shot kill, 257 yards, 300+ pound, 7-8 year old Billy Goat! Over 70 inches long. Unofficially the biggest goat taken out of Smithers British Columbia. Steve continued to remind me that "the harder the hunt, the more detailed you will remember it." This is a hunt that I will never forget. Thanks again Steve!
