Well lets see it is deer season and Jack Keslar of Team Keslar was set to arrive in Sascatchewan, Canada on November 20th 2010 for a trophy deer hunt in the great north land. I decided I was finished with the Airlines and the way they rip off the hunter, and I decided I would drive the 2400 miles to hunting camp this year just to see how it felt and how I could handle it. To also see what kind of hassles I would encounter on my journey. Low and behold It was a great trip!! I did not drive strait through, I stopped along the way and stayed at several pre determined spots. I had no one leaning on me in the seat next to me, I had no one running their mouth at me, I had no security up my butt. It was refreshing! I had all my tools if something went wrong, I had all my rescue equipment, I had a back up firearm, I had my truck packed with everthing I needed from my tooth brush to my spare tire. The total cost was $1395.00 as opposed to the $2000.00 to fly with all the rip offs and hassels that go with it. It took me exactly 4 minutes to get through customs entering into Canada, and exactly 5 minutes to get through customs back into the United States, enough about how easy that was, I got there with no hassels,and returned with the same result no “hassels”. I arrrived there, and had 7 days to get onto a big deer. I was in my glory to say the least. Northway Outfitters, Buddy Gram, all wonderful people. My guide Craig was there to meet me upon my arrival.They make you feel like family. On the way up north, I noticed that the temp was getting colder the further north I pushed. By the time I reached camp it was a balmy -20 and on the way down. Yeah that is right getting colder! I looked and thank goodness I had enough sense to throw my heavy wool hunting sweater into the truck before I left home just in case it got real cold, and it did. Buddy likes to torture me I think, his blinds are 4.5feet x 4.5 feet x 4.5 feet tall. Thats right, too short to stand up in, and not wide enough to lay back in. Just like solitary confinement in old prison days. I sat in solitary confinement for 5 days straight, with temps outside reaching -40c(for your info -40 celcius is the same as -40 farenheit) at that temp it does not matter. It is gosh darn cold, Ive been above the artic circle in the winter at -70c you get the same feeling you if you let any skin exposed you will get frost bite so fast you will think that Jesus forgot you were alive! After 51/2 days at temps that rival the ice pack up north, and being in solitary confinement, I was playing hide and seek with a sweet big old 4×4, I tried everything not to take that deer, but he kept temping me for an hour, and finally I could not take it any longer and I reached out with my 7mm at 40 yards and made him mine. He was a beauty, the largest 4×4 I have ever taken. Big thick chocolate horns.
Upon returning to camp my buddy Mikey A went to my stand were I was the day before and bang he anchored a beauty 6×6.
Needless to say there were more big bucks taken in that camp than any other camp I was ever part of. I want to thank Brenda, Buddy,Raymond, JR, and of course my man Craig.
Good Hunting. Oh yea I almost forgot good bye Airlines forever you have lost my buisness, and anyone that I can talk into riding with me!!!!!What a great trip with out you..
Jack