S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,934
Posts550,879
Members14,460
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108 |
We only saw 3 bulls and 2 cows in 14 days. Also saw 2 wolves at around 800 yds. We had wolves howling day and night the whole trip no matter where we were. Didn't see many tracks at all and we usually do. I don't want to say what river as it already gets too much pressure. We had 16 rafts pass us in two days. Last November my brother and I went to Kodiak for sea ducks. Had a blast and got quite a few Harlequins. I have 7 in my freezer that I need to get to the taxidermist. I like moose meat more than deer.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108 |
Where we hunted wolf limit was 5. Hunting license only, no tags needed.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,304 Likes: 222
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,304 Likes: 222 |
Mike, that sounds fun. I miss Alaska moose hunting a lot. Fourteen days is a long trip. How did you care for meat taken early in the hunt ? Hope you had a buddy on floats. Had the weather been cold enough to kill the mosquitos, white socks, and flies ?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108 |
Daryl no mosquitos but lots of white socks. We always hang the meat, buddy put citric acid and pepper on his and we bag once the bugs are thawed out enough to come out. We had cool weather with 4 night of below freezing so meat was good.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228 |
Too, I learned it is better to hunt Moose on a float trip rather than being dropped off by a Bush Plane on a Mountain top. The Moose are eating the Willow trees & will be found near the wetlands. So if you shoot one after being dropped off on a hillside, you have to pack the Moose meat, and head if you want it, back up the mountainside to catch your $400 or $900 Bush Plane Pickup.
Yes, bugs were not bad @ all. I didn't wear a net nor use one whilst I was sleeping.
We saw tonnes and tonnes of Bear, Moose & Wolf tracks, along with the occasional Wolverine track, but we only saw a couple Bear. Some of the Moose tracks appeared to weigh around 1800 lbs??
Serbus,
Raimey rse
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228 |
Can you ever get those hundreds & hundreds of Sandhills to come down out of the Stratosphere??
Serbus,
Raimey rse
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228 |
I don't want to say what river as it already gets too much pressure. We had 16 rafts pass us in two days. Last November my brother and I went to Kodiak for sea ducks. Had a blast and got quite a few Harlequins. Well, you didn't see us as we didn't even hear a Commercial Airplane until Day 3. We didn't see anyone till about Day 5 or 6 when the Alaskan State Trooper / Game Warden dropped in on us via a Float Plane to check on us. We hit a nasty log jam around Day 3 which was 600' in width & 1/2 long. Some Female in a Jet Boat up about 2 weeks prior & fortunately had cut a path thru it. Just amazing the force of Nature & especially of Ice, which will cut a whale of a path. Serbus, Raimey rse
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 11,131 Likes: 228 |
We were so close I could have clocked them w/ a Oar I'll gladly start a new thread if you think I am imposing. Serbus, Raimey rse
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,604 Likes: 108 |
Feel free Raimey. I enjoy the photos.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 950 Likes: 285
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 950 Likes: 285 |
Mike;
What a wonderful warm appearing tent you had set up at the camp.
Regards; Stephen Howell
|
|
|
|
|