Have we lost the art of hunting?

[Subarctichunter]

Much obliged Waftrudnir,

Let me give you another perspective. It is easier to work on hides or skins during the summer. The skins are nice and thin. But that is all they are? Summer coats! During the summer big game shed their previous coats and grow new ones. Come fall and freeze up, they have brand new coats set to endure for the winter. This is the hide you work with. It only makes logical sense not to grab your summer jacket when you go outdoors at forty below...or ten below for that matter. For the moose, the skin is thick and becomes uneven. So that is why it has to be frozen to cut for the right height of thickness during the shaving process.

Commercial hides on the other hand are dyed with chemicals. It is a false claim of the tanning process. They are not truly dry when the compounds are in them.

[Subarctichunter]

Jaycee, thanks for the welcome. I am glad you got to visit the Motherland. Truly "Trout Waters", as the Sutton River is originally known, is the best speckled trout fishing in the world. The ice flows of Hudson Bay are just breaking in early July. This cold water makes the fish truly one of the healthiest as well.

It is sad MNR has to allow only one trophy fish for such a long fly to fish the Sutton. Bad for you guys, good for me. The fish stocks will always be there. I know the good folks of Hearst Air Service. They have been flying here for a long long time. They're practically family. I see them advertising the Sutton River sea-run trout as they call them occasionally on WILDTV. Good luck to you. Remember, when you go fishing the next time, it's all in the wrist. Don't blame the tackle.

[Subarctichunter]

Seriously folks, with respect to the original question of Mr, Boiler, I extend my blessings to the solo long hiking hunter, those who hunt in groups, those who stand/sit still; to those who bait and decoy, and to those wonderful and amazing primates who still continue to climb trees (joke intended), for each of having a preferred style and technique of hunting. THE ART OF HUNTING is still well and alive in that sense.

We all know we will continue to face changes. And we all know those many variables. Catch you soon in our many forums. Thanks for receiving me so warmly

[Species8472]

Welcome to the forum. I am sure you will provide a very unique perspective on many topics.

If you check the book of Guinness, we run the world's longest seasonal winter road in the world. It is thought of to be anyway. We are a fly-in only community. Interestingly, Peawanuck is built exclusively by Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I have never travelled that particular road but I did live in Kingfisher Lake for a year and drove the road from Pickle lake to Kingfisher a few times. I once walked a Caterpillar 235 excavator (with the counter weight, stick and bucket shipped separately to lighten it up) from the Windigo Road to Kingfisher - took 48 hours at a whopping 2 miles an hour. A different world altogether.

Winisk river means groundhog. It is pronounced Weenushk...with a high "H" sound. lol, I'm laughing at myself...as if this pronunciation and sharing it with you would mean anything. Catch you again.

Your phonetic spelling reminds me of an Oji-Cree word pronounced similarly but without the "sh" sound. Not an appropriate word for a public forum. LOL.

I still use all my home-tan gear that I collected at Kingfisher (hats, gauntlets etc.). Great to see the art still being practiced.

[Subarctichunter]

Thank you Species8472. Welcome to the forum as well. Kingfisher Lake is a part of of the Winisk river watershed. Good to hear from you neighbour. Our winter goes straight up north to Fort Severn, the northernmost community in Ontario, it swings over to Shamattawa, Manitoba and then over to Gillam and Thompson before it goes straight back down to Winnipeg. We beat the Ice Truckers by many miles. They came here once just to prove their trucking abilities. They were on a filming excursion.

I could never understand why we didn't built towards Kasabonika and over to Kingfisher to connect to Pickle Lake...which is way more closer to the urban centre of Thunder Bay than going further north. But it has worked out for us.

LOL at the many potential and possible inappropriateness of the "sh" sound for this forum. If we were to say shooting, we would be correct as oppose to my neighbours saying sooting, lol. Glad you are still using your hand-tanned gear.

Glad you were Excavatering (lol) in northern Ontario and got the chance to see some of our country.

[Subarctichunter]

Good evening folks,

I have said I would post examples of products of what we get from harvesting big game. This is the joy of working after the shooting and when the hunting season is over. There is more to do to the art of hunting. This part of the equation to the art of hunting is lost in many parts of our communities, and especially within our families. I am so blessed the wife can do the whole nine yards.

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Incidentally, tanning hides whether if it is the whole moose or caribou takes less 20 minutes to perform. It is the many parts of preparation that may take longer.

Catch you soon.

[Hunter John]

looks like great craftsmanship.

[Subarctichunter]

Thanks Hunter John, have a nice day.

[lazyman]

you can sit on your front porch or walk round the planet hunting is hunting. art is what you look at on the wall

[jaycee]

you can sit on your front porch or walk round the planet hunting is hunting. art is what you look at on the wall

A statue , or a carving , or any other things can also be art!