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Published October 13, 2008, 12:00 AM

BWCAW moose hunt


Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids prepares dinner over a campfire on Fourtown Lake north of Ely Monday evening. He camped there while moose hunting in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]

  • Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids prepares dinner over a campfire on Fourtown Lake north of Ely Monday evening. He camped there while moose hunting in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids organizes his gear outside the wall tent he borrowed for moose hunitng in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this week. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Ian Johnson, left, of St. Paul and his dad, Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids paddle up Moose Camp Creek north of Ely where Mark Johnson planned to hunt moose Tuesday morning. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Al Johnson, left, of Fertile, Minn., and his brother Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids eat oatmeal in a wood-heated tent before a morning of moose hunting in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Mark Johnson, front, of Grand Rapids and his son Ian Johnson of St. Paul hike down a ledge on the way to a moose hunting spot north of Fourtown Lake Tuesday morning. Mark Johnson was equipped to hunt either with his bow or rifle.[SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • "Matilda," a moose decoy surveys the meadow as hunter Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids prepares for his morning hunt near Fourtown Lake near Ely. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Al Johnson (from left) doles out stew to Ian Johnson of St. Paul and Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids during a moose hunt in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. [SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE]
  • Mark Johnson of Grand Rapids.
  • Ian Johnson of St. Paul.
  • Al Johnson of Fertile, Minn.