Paquette's Camp update Oct. 31, 2012

         
Oct. 31,2012




I have been closed for a couple of weeks now and have most things ready for winter, and it is a good thing there is about 3 inches of snow on the ground right now and it is cold and windy.

The rifle Moose hunters went home with just a calf moose this fall , and Sue is still looking for her cow. We hope that with the change of weather that we may get    it this weekend.

I started trapping about 2 weeks ago, to date I  have harvested  50 beavers  1 Otter , 8 Marten 1 Lynx and a few other assorted animals. I have been mostly setting traps by boat , but that is coming to an end very quickly with the lakes about to freeze over.  I will not miss being out in a boat all day on days like today with temps below freezing and windy with snow.

Last week there was a big rain storm in Wawa and highway 17 the main highway across the county washed out both north and south of the city taking part of a car dealership and a motel with it, thankfully we did not get that much rain in Chapleau.  The Lake did go up about 6 inches overnight though. They have reopend the highway today, good thing as I have to go to Wawa tomorrow.


Hope everyone is doing well and ready for winter,

Happy Halloween