Memorial Week 2009

My nephew and I pulled onto Indian Stream road in Pittsburg with a built up excitement.

we knew we COULD come out of the woods with many or few Moose antlers. that did not matter, the chance of any antler was enough to get us fired up with visions of fields full of Moose dropping their antlers by the dozens.

We parked in a spot above gate 13 and went into the woods. After crossing a stream we came across our first antler! A 5 point with a nice broad palm. It was lying upside down on top of a stump just like it was set there for us. We were in the woods just 20 minutes!

THEN it started to rain... and rain. After 9 hours of slogging through the wet woods we decided to make the hike back to the truck.

It is at this point that I would like to thank NHSHC member Nance Fogarty for letting us park/camp at her camp driveway. THANKS Nance

Day 2

We wake up after a rough night's sleep. Dennis woke me every couple of hours to stop me from snoring! I took him to breakfast at my favorite Pittsburg eating place, Happy Corners. Let me give a plug for this GREAT establishment. They have an extensive menu for breakfast alone. GREAT coffee. REALLY hit the spot.

So we hit the road again. Today we went out to just along the Maine/ Canadian/ NH border. After 6 long, WET hours Dennis finally found an old but large antler.

It had not rained all day, we actually had sun most of the day but the ground in this area was a wet swampy woodland and we were soaked.

We hiked back to the truck and collapsed on the tailgate to eat lunch/supper.

As we drove out past East Inlet we eyeballed a few more spots for our next trip.

There seems like endless opportunities in Pittsburg for shed hunting, you just have to hit the right spot where the Moose had congregated.

I'll be going back up one more time in the next few weeks

Rob