My Canadian Shed Hunting Trip

  • mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    April 23, 2011 at 2:12 am #209566

    This past week I was fortunate enough to spend 3 days hiking with well known fishing and hunting guide Jeff Gustafson of Kenora, Ont. It was some of the most incredible hiking that I have ever done, very rugged and remote areas with a lot of big bucks! The nice part about hunting for sheds in northern areas like this is that you can find 4-5 year old antlers that aren’t chewed to pieces, and if you’re lucky enough you might even find consecutive years off the same buck. We put on about 10 miles a day and ended up with almost 35 whitetail sheds and 1 moose paddle. The biggest shed measured 74.5 inches and we got a good hand full over 50”. Here are some pictures from the trip, hope you like them. If anybody is interested in a trip like this or really any type of guided fishing/hunting in the Kenora area I would highly recommend getting ahold of Gussy or check out his website at http://www.gussyoutdoors.com











    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    April 23, 2011 at 2:24 am #105230

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    bob_bergeson
    cannon falls
    Posts: 2798
    April 23, 2011 at 2:27 am #105231

    What an experience I started going to ontario in the late 80’s and fell in love with the wilderness and ways of the old trappers and guides. Thanks for sharing your trip with us

    john_steinhauer
    p4
    Posts: 2998
    April 23, 2011 at 3:24 am #105234

    Wow!!! That looks like it would be a blast!!!! Looks like allot of really nice finds along with breath taking views!! Thanks for sharing that I would love to try something like that sometime.

    johnsy
    Mantorville, Mn
    Posts: 831
    April 23, 2011 at 3:33 pm #105236

    Very Cool congrats on an awesome trip

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    April 23, 2011 at 4:09 pm #105237

    Awesome Mark ! Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Looks like a great time

    jason_ramthun
    Byron MN
    Posts: 3376
    April 23, 2011 at 5:32 pm #105238

    Good lord What a awesome trip Can I come next year

    rsballar6941
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 412
    April 23, 2011 at 8:12 pm #105254

    Me Too, please, please, pretty please

    shednut
    22 feet up
    Posts: 632
    April 23, 2011 at 10:15 pm #105259

    What a cool experience Mark. Big country, big sheds….what can I say, it just doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Love the knobby based shed, what cool character. Congrats on your finds What did you end up doing to get them back across the border?

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    April 23, 2011 at 11:08 pm #105264

    Thanks guys, it would be fun to put a trip together for next year…I’ll be going back for sure!
    To get sheds across the border there are a few different routes that you can go. You do have to go by the regulations of the US Fish and Wildlife service and the USDA, along with MN and Ontario DNR laws. All of these agencies basically agree that 4 or less sheds are acceptable to bring across with only a wildlife declaration form. 5+ and you will need permits and inspections from both sides…it would be $200-300 or more and alot of work. I decided to keep my best few sheds and go the easy route…

    bobbergeson
    Posts: 149
    April 25, 2011 at 2:48 am #105312

    Very cool! Looks like some rugged territory! Congrats on your great trip!

    ragerunner
    Winona, MN
    Posts: 699
    April 25, 2011 at 1:44 pm #105332

    Very cool! We are jealous!

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