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2011 Moose Hunter Satisfaction Survey

By danbrooks | Published: November 16, 2011

Results are in for our 2011 Moose Hunter Satisfaction Survey. Here are the scores (1-5, 5 is the best): The Outfitter – 4.9 The Guide – 4.7 The Cabin – 4.5 The Food – 4.8 The Equipment – 4.6 The Hunting – 4.3 Meat and Trophy Care – 5 Overall Rating of Crystal Lake – [...]

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Ken takes a wolf first day of the season

By danbrooks | Published: November 8, 2011

Our moose season started in a way it has never started before. It was the morning of the first day of the hunt, Ken and I hiked into the Two Lakes. I sat Ken down on the second lake and then walked over to where I could see the first lake just 30 yards away. [...]

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51″ Bull called in for Stan

By danbrooks | Published: November 8, 2011

I called several bulls in this fall, but this 51″ bull moose I called in for Stan Weeks was by far the best. As soon as I got to the meadow and gave a couple calls he answered. He was only maybe 300 yards away in the timber. He came right in to about 100 [...]

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Moose calf caught

By danbrooks | Published: June 21, 2011

During the spring bear hunts the moose start calving. Bears are tough on the little beggars, so each time we kill a big bear, I celebrate saving ten moose. My guide Ballard caught this newborn moose calf. The cow had twins, the other ran off with momma, this one just laid down so they walked [...]

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Wolf cub caught

By danbrooks | Published: June 21, 2011

One of my guides (Ballard) caught a wolf cub when we were out bear hunting this spring. I was terribly disappointed he let it go. They must have spooked the mother off before she could carry it to safety. The mother howled and howled and howled until they let it go. She never showed herself, [...]

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12 Year-olds Felicia and Mary Brooks get their first bear!

By danbrooks | Published: June 21, 2011

I took Felicia and Mary out bear hunting this spring and they both took nice bears. I was extremely proud of them, both of them made great stalks and great shots. BC has a great junior hunter program that allows parents to take their kids hunting. It was time to stop being a hypocrite and [...]

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2011 Spring Bear Hunter Satisfaction Survey

By danbrooks | Published: June 21, 2011

I think you can interpret these results to mean that everyone had a great time! Several hunters gave Ellen’s cooking a 10, but since the survey is out of 5, I had to reduce them to the maximum. Here are the results for Spring Bear Hunters from the 2011 Hunter Satisfaction Survey rated 1(worst) – [...]

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2011 Average Trophy Black Bear is 18.8″!

By danbrooks | Published: June 21, 2011

We had another great year for spring black bear hunts, and spectacular trophy success. Every single hunter took a trophy of 18″ skull or better, and our archery hunter took a 17″ trophy as well. Our average bear was 18.8″, and about 228 pounds in the spring. This consistent trophy success from year to year [...]

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Jeff Emerson takes 53″ trophy bull at 30 Yards!

By danbrooks | Published: August 11, 2010

Jeff Emerson sat on a small meadow and listened to Dan Brooks moan like a cow moose for 3-1/2 hours without a response. Just before dark they decided to check Lost Lou Lake. No sooner had they arrived at the lake, than they heard the bull grunting in the meadow they had just left! They [...]

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Every spring bear hunter in 2009 takes a trophy!

By danbrooks | Published: August 11, 2010

Chad Grant took this 7 foot bear as his second trophy that week. It had a skull of 19 9/16ths, and weighed 314 pounds. We only took 8 spring black bear hunters in 2009, but every single one of them harvested a trophy bear over 6 feet long with a skull over 18″. Even bow [...]

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