Back home!

So back home with a grand total of 150lbs of meat and 4 grouse. Overall a great haul!

Very short trip today

Finally slept in, got a late start and drove into town. Took the dog up the mountain for a quick ride, got a grouse.

Short Bush Trip

Just got a grouse.

Mule Buck!

We also got a Grouse.

Hunting Trip Part 2!

So second trip, got up here yesterday evening. Went out first thing this morning. Got nothing, puttered around in the mountains for a while, saw 2 rabbit, 1 grouse, 5 cows. Got nothing.

Evening hunt time, Andrew got a deer!

Truck Fix #2

Today we got the two front rotors fixed, and the exhaust manifold fixed. $520.25

Deer!

DEER!

Day... something of hunting...I am so tired

Yesterday it rained so no hunting, drove into town and went shopping.

Also bought 2

Timber Ridge Tripod Folding Stool, Camo $9.99 each

 

And another box of Winchester Super-X .270 Win 130-Grain Power-Point Rifle Ammunition $23.49 as we used most of our 1st box trying to dial the rifle in.

Today, Still no, deer, saw 14 in the field this morning including a bachelor herd of 8 but couldn't get an angle to shoot them.

Same as this evening, there was a spike and 6 does/fawns but no angle.

 Part 1 

Part 2

Saw 71 cows, 2 chickens, 2 bunnies, 5 grouse.... nnnn nothing.

Hunting has begun!

With 1 day of travel and 2 days of cleaning! Just to make sure we didn't get some form of sickness from staying where we are. I gagged at one point....GAGGED.

Went to sight in the guns and found out that Italian Sporting Goods screwed up mounting our scope on our 270 and we couldn't sight it in...or get it even close...or even within feet of the target.

So popped into a gunsmith up here and had him take a look at it. 1/2 a day wasted, 17 rounds and $40 later we now have a sighted in rifle.

Took a Grouse with the .22 tonight. Yay first time I have shot anything.

Deer not 50 feet from us while we were outside.

.22 Scope

Vortex Optics Crossfire II - $249.74 after taxes and mounting.

Newest buys!

Primaloft Liner Jacket - $125.99

Hell's Belles Primaloft Jacket - $151.19

Butler Creek 25-Round 10/22 Banana Magazines (Steel Lips) - $24.99

Truck appointment #2

Things fixed:

1. Valve Cover Casket
2. Sway Bar Linkage
3. Oil Filter Adapter O-Ring
4. Distribution Shaft O-Ring
5. Power Wash Engine
6. Parking Brake Bell Crank 

Grand total $481.60

So much better! Round #3 coming soon.

Getting stuff done

Our haul today:

Bushnell 10x42 Roof Prism Binocular, Camo - $49.99

Winchester .22 Long Rifle 40-Grain Hollow Point Rifle Ammunition, 500-round - $31.49 x 2

Flambeau Safeshot Oversized Double Case - $50

Random Bits (Tarp, Deep Creep, Shop Towels) - $30

New Gun, new pants!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE GUN! PANTS! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Ruger 10/22 bought at Outdoor Sports - $400

Rocky 600386 Maxprotect Level 3 Pant M and L about $250 Total for both pairs

4Runner Update

08/22/14 Inspection at Mechanic - $78.50

Seven things need to be fixed:

9/2/14 - Pending

• Major Oil Leak (Valve Cover Gasket, Timing Cover, Oil from Adapter) and Engine Shampoo
• Seized Parking Brake - Bell Cranks
• Sway Bar Link Kit

Later...

• Rear Window Switch for Up doesn't work
• Battery Clamps Need Service
• Front Brake Rotors are Warped
• Cracked Exhaust Manifold

So we will do the first batch of repairs on the most pressing things, some others Josh can fix himself and we shall go from there!

New Knives!

Bought for $15 at Princess Auto

Boots!

We bought some hunting boots today.

Merrell Azura Mid WTPF Lite-Hiking Shoes Womens

Merrell Moab Mid GTX XCR Lite-Hiking Boots Mens

   One more thing off the list of things to buy! Thanks Sportchek!

Bought a 4Runner!

EEEEEEEEEEeeeeee!!! So today we bought a 4Runner!

It is a 1996, with 266K, 4 Cylinder, Auto. Picture below! Paid $4100. Not a bad deal if slightly higher than I would have liked.

Things done:
08/17/14 Insurance and Taxes - $480
08/19/14 New Catalytic Converter, Mount and Tail Pipe - $375

Also bought a WeatherTech Custom Fit Cargo Liners for Toyota 4Runner, Black for the cargo area.

Here we go!

So I am just your average Vancouver, BC girl.

In the past few years I have accompanied my boyfriend/his friends/his dad when they have gone hunting.

From watching I have learned how to field dress and skin a deer, clean and skin a rabbit and tanned it too! I have shot a .22 and well I am a pretty good shot. Now I feel that I can do more.

Last year I took my Possession and Acquisition course $160 and passed so now I may own a gun. Just last week I passed my Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education (CORE) course $175 so now I can get a hunting license.

On Wednesday of last week I purchased a Tikka T3 Lite 270, with a Leupold VX-1 (3-9x40).  I now realize getting setup for hunting is not going to be a cheap en-devour.  The gun, the scope, a soft case, a strap, scope mounts and mounting have run me approx $1500 and we bought it at Italian Sporting Goods.

Picture is blurry.... better ones to come.

I still have a long list of things I need to purchase before our first trip out Sept 15th-21st.