Going to Anticosti and I'm pumped!!!!

[catskill adventures1]

:buck: Well, I've made the decision to go to Anticosti next year. This has been on my bucket list since I first heard of the place when I was 16. I'm now 66. Its pricey but everybody says that now that my wife is gone, a trip like this will get me out of my funk. I met a couple of friends who went and said that I have to go! I think we'll plan on the end of October?early November of 2020. I'll Post plenty of pics. Needless to say, Ive never been so pumped about a trip. They tell me its "old school" hunting at its best!!!:buck:

 

[xp600]

Thats awesome. Search through some old threads here, there was a group of members a bunch of years ago who went repeatedly and posted tons of pictures. They seemed to always love it.

 

[longbow]

That sounds great. Who are you going wit?

 

[catskill adventures1]

That sounds great. Who are you going wit?[/QUO
A friend from here in Delaware county. He's been there 5 times. says its a must for any northeast deer hunter. He has some other friends that may want to go so we'll have our group.

 

[Bill/NH]

I've been twice with some of the old HC gang!!!! To put it simply, you will have an F'ing blast!!!!

 

[longbow]

I've been twice with some of the old HC gang!!!! To put it simply, you will have an F'ing blast!!!!

Any pics of the spike horns you got up there Bill?

 

[catskill adventures1]

I really had to think about this when I had those blues. I balked at the hunt because of the price but then I began thinking that if my wife was alive and I wanted to go, she would have sent me-NO QUESTIONS ASKED! She wanted me to go to the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine for 2 weeks each summer for 3 years.
That was a pricey endeavor!I went over my financials and could well afford it. It was then that I could almost hear her saying, -"You're an idiot if you don't go!" So we're planning a 6 day hunt in late October of 2020. Its close enough to the rut and it doesn't conflict with the NY season. From what I've seen as a deer butcher for 27 years, they bulk up just before the rut then lose it after all their romantic sessions. If this hunt turns out as I hope it does I may be going more often. Mark is even a new friend that I have to hunt to hunt with here in NY also. The guys here also influenced my decision. Jeff, Chase, Bill/NH, Lab 44, Longbow-Thanks for the pics and helping me get out of this blue mood and get pumped up for this new adventure. - Catskill

 

[longbow]

Deer hunting should be great. Usually not huge bucks, but nice, and a lot of them. Here is a big one they got, I believe it is the island record.

 

[longbow]

How come I can't edit my posts? No edit button. I want to make the picture bigger.

 

[catskill adventures1]

Deer hunting should be great. Usually not huge bucks, but nice, and a lot of them. Here is a big one they got, I believe it is the island record.

I think I got it

 

[catskill adventures1]

I guess not!

 

[Grandkid]

You will have so much fun. I did a trip with 6 other friends and it was lots of fun. Six day hunt during Thanksgiving week and all 7 of us tagged out with two bucks each by the second day. What a blast. Got some snow too. The bucks were good examples of the deer on the island. One guy shot a big 10 that dressed 185....big for that place. Needless to say we ate lots of inner loin on that trip.

Roger-

 

[Kingman Cruncher]

Any update on the trip? A group of us just started talking about one and I just started researching.

 

[SportsmanNH]

Any update on the trip? A group of us just started talking about one and I just started researching.

Seeing that Catskills trip was scheduled for Oct/ Early Nov of 2020 in the country of Canada that had everyone on lockdown , I would guess the trip didn't happen .

 

[Kingman Cruncher]

Seeing that Catskills trip was scheduled for Oct/ Early Nov of 2020 in the country of Canada that had everyone on lockdown , I would guess the trip didn't happen .

Makes sense.

 

[Shooter Buck]

Any update on the trip? A group of us just started talking about one and I just started researching.

Check out the Anticosti deer hunters page on facebook. a couple of the old huntingchat guys are on there. We almost booked a trip for 2020. Kinda glad we ended up not booking it as covid would have screwed that up. Sounds like they are starting to cut the season a week or two shorter starting next year. Might be tough to get a spot.