Bucking Pig Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, gtserider said: I'm in "cottage country" so very aware of the bears,and the lack of understanding from the city folk. Though that we be a given in the north. Lol. You’d think so, wouldn’t you? I am continually amazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Fly Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I flew a Cessna 206 in this same capacity 30 years ago. We flew with a heading indicator and a spotter with a topo map and a zoomed viewfinder. No GPS. It is a grid pattern, about 100-200 yards between lines. All day "Ta me, Ta me.....Ta you Ta you." I was moving 1/2 a degree at a time, very fatiguing. We were at 300 feet, with "the Bird" 200 feet below. We had to climb fifty feet over powerlines. Creepy. On the winch behind us was a pair of linesman's plyers. In case of a snag we were to swivel and cut the 1/4 inch steel cable??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I remember as a teen out w/ buddies' father who was a trapper. He was showing us the staked lines on a mining claim. There was a base line and then lines were marked perpendicular from it @ 100 yards intervals. When he was single he was in a gang that 'cut lines' in northwestern Quebec. He used to rhyme off a lot of places that for sledders now are quite familiar, Amos, Cadillac, Malartic, Senneterre & Val D'or. He even made it to Chibougomou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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