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Patrick Walsh
Texas hunter heads north for caribou

NAME: Patrick Walsh WHERE FROM: Fort Worth, Texas HARVESTED: Northern Quebec, Canada SPECIES TYPE: caribou SIZE AND WEIGHT: 2 caribou: 50-inch outside spread and 39-inch outside spread DESCRIPTION: 7-day hunt, self guided with four friends from Canada and one from Minnesota. We had some great weather. . . some snow, rain and high winds. Camp was very sparse: no water or electricity. I had multiple one plus mile stalks on several good caribou. The largest caribou shot was more than a mile and a half from camp. I hiked back to camp in darkness with a frame backpack load of more than 120 lbs. with boned meat (plus rifle and daypack). It took more than 1 hour. Lots of work but very rewarding.