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MY QUICK 36-HOUR LYNX HUNT<br />
by Mark Dinwiddie<br />
One of the benefits of attending<br />
our Annual Banquet is that you<br />
run into people you haven't<br />
seen for awhile. At our Banquet<br />
this year I ran into Joe Greenhall.<br />
A long time SCI member.<br />
Joe was pretty excited about a<br />
Lynx hunt he had recently taken<br />
up in British Columbia. Like all<br />
fellow hunters that have just<br />
been on a successful hunt they<br />
think it was the best hunt possible<br />
and that we should all follow<br />
in their footsteps. Does that<br />
sound about right? Well it did<br />
sound pretty good and on the following Monday I booked a<br />
hunt with Paul Lowrie of Corkscrew Creek Adventures in British<br />
Columbia.<br />
Alain Smith Scores Again<br />
On another continent<br />
In February, Alain Smith hunted in the Central African Republic<br />
with Rudy Lubin Safaris, taking this 49 1/2 " Lord<br />
Derby Eland as well as Roan, NW Buffalo, Duikers, Waterbuck<br />
and an “assortment of other odds and ends.” The bugs,<br />
bees and Tsetse flies in this area are a real problem and<br />
make hunting very difficult.<br />
Alain reports that his huge eland should be among the<br />
top 20 in the record book.<br />
Two days after booking the hunt,<br />
that's 4 days after Joe told me<br />
about the hunt, I drove to Vancouver<br />
and caught a plane north. By<br />
2:00PM we were out driving the<br />
roads looking for fresh tracks.<br />
There were several inches of new<br />
show, on top of 1 ½ feet of existing<br />
snow, and the conditions were<br />
right. We cut some fresh tracks<br />
but it was getting too late in the<br />
day to let the dogs loose, so we<br />
called it a day.<br />
The next morning found us heading<br />
out again an hour prior to first<br />
light.<br />
We soon crossed what Paul deemed to be some very fresh<br />
tracks. A dusting of snow had fallen during the night and<br />
some flakes were still falling. Paul judged that the cat wasn't<br />
far off. We waited for daylight before turning the dogs loose. I<br />
should know better than try and keep up with some 30 year<br />
old guy, in 1 ½ feet of snow, that does nothing but hunt and<br />
trap for a living. I'm sure he wasn't out to impress me with his<br />
stamina; but not only did he impress me, he nearly killed me.<br />
Fortunately for me, Paul was correct in judging the tracks and<br />
the cat wasn't any more than a half mile from the road.<br />
When I first saw the cat, in the upper half of the tree, it didn't<br />
look that big. Then I finally got a side view of his head and<br />
body. He was a good cat. It all took place rather quickly and<br />
we were soon back at the truck. By 6:00 p.m. that same day I<br />
had flown back to Vancouver and driven home.<br />
The Lynx was scored by Buzzi Cook and will go # 14 in the<br />
record book.<br />
Paul has lots of cats in his area and his rates are going up but<br />
are still very reasonable with nearly a 100% success rate on<br />
his Lynx. If you ever thought about hunting Lynx, now is the<br />
time before the secret gets out. Paul can be reached at 250-<br />
742-3203.<br />
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TAKE TIME TO GIVE TIME<br />
The Northwest Chapter is always looking for interested members<br />
to help at up<strong>com</strong>ing events. There are also openings on<br />
the board.<br />
Get involved!<br />
Contact: Michael Price 253-630-0258
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