I am of Aboriginal descent, and I have hunted all my life.

A friend and I decided to search for a new area to track moose and deer, and we both

live in Prince George, and we know all the areas within 50 miles or so, but we had the

edge to go see some new country.

We hooked the jeep to the back of the motorhome, and off we went toward the mountains and

pined past. We found a perfect spot just off Highway 97, 18 miles south of Chetwyn.

It was noon when we disconnected the jeep and immediately drove up the older trail to

see where it would take us. To our surprise the road was in pretty decent shape as we immediately

started to climb up the mountain. We came to several awesome clear cuts that allowed

us to see in all directions. We were in the middle of one of these clear cuts and decided

to hide the jeep back in the heavily forested area, and walked to a good vantage point

that was in the middle of the clearing.

We were sitting on a knoll that was about 12 feet above the skitter trail, which we

could see through the willows. We figured that we would enjoy a couple of sandwiches

and didn't really expect to come across anything unusual as we had driven through with

the jeep 20 minutes earlier.

It was a beautiful day, and we were sitting with our backs to each other, me watching

the downhill in my partner watching the uphill. The grade was 10 to 12 percent and was small

willows not blocking our vantage point, and we could see 500 yards in all directions.

More massive bucks came out of a patch of trees that were only 150 yards on the downhill

side. That was a good sign, and since it was the day before the season opened, we headed

back to set up camp and we decided that we would walk to the same spot in the morning.

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