Excellent article and account of your experience. It's like a mini Clive Cussler Novel in how it ties so many characters from this site together. Great Read!
A possible future adventure here in BC could be hunting Elk, Moose, Cariboo, Stone Sheep, Black Bear, Grizzlies are by permit, Wolf in an area with excellent fishing. Check out this site:
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Jet Boating into to eastern portion of the Kwadacha Wilderness here in BC. Only thing is if you decide to come up here you'd probably need to rent a refer truck to get your meat home lol. Great intensity, planing and execution.