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Day 1 Saturday - driving up

   We arrived at Larry's house at 8:00am where I met all the other hunters who would be joining us on our trip.  I first met Benton Christensen from Preston Idaho, Benton has some very nice trophies on the Trophy wall from last year if you would like to take look click here.  I was then introduced to Mike Moore and his two sons Josh and Bryce.  We then piled into two trucks and started our journey into backcountry bears.

   For the better part of six hours we made our way into Northern Idaho finally reaching Oswold's Pack Camp where we met our host Ralph and Doris Oswold.  We spent the our first night at the base camp.

 

This is our group taken at the base camp.  bottom row from left to right :

Josh Moore, Tera (Ralph's grandaughter), Bryce Moore, Benton Christensen, Margaret Whitlock (camp cook).

top Row left to right:

Ralph Oswold, Mike Moore, Larry Velvick, Joe Berg, Larry Whitlock (rangler).

Day 2 Sunday - riding in - first hunt, Day 3 Monday Day 4 Tuesday,  
Day 5 Wednesday , Day 6 Thursday Day 7 Friday Day 8 Saturday - Memories