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Alaska caribou
« on: August 07, 2014, 07:09:15 AM »
Well it's that time of year! School starts back up for me today 😜 our summer is way to short! Can't wait until I finally move back to WA to get an extra month lol. With this said caribou, sheep and wolf open on Sunday! I've already got my trailers packed, wheeler and 6x6 tuned up, tent double checked, and taken one lass trip to the range. Should be a fun hunt! We are headed out Fri after work for a quick weekend (have enough gear for a month) up into unit 13. If anything it will be a good scouting trip for moose. It's also going to be my wife and step daughters first hunt with me so pray they goes well lol. I'll let you know how it goes when it's all said and done.
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2014, 07:19:19 AM »
Look'n great! Keep us posted. It's been many years since I've hunted Alaska and I miss it.  :tup:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2014, 08:29:09 AM »
TAG!!     :tup:

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2014, 08:48:18 AM »
Good luck and have fun.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2014, 09:08:52 AM »
Oh Lordy, what do you teach?   :sry:


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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2014, 09:13:30 AM »
Thanks for the photo fix! The teaching salary didn't buy the toys that be my business lol.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2014, 09:16:13 AM »
What caliber rifles.  I ask because I care!   :chuckle:

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2014, 09:23:29 AM »
I wasn't commenting on the toys, I was commenting on the IT skills   :dunno:

But both questions are applicable :chuckle:

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2014, 03:25:57 PM »
I just loaded the pics from my phone thats how they came out  :dunno: :chuckle:

Caliber choice: its like golf, depends on the shot, lol. I'm bringing my 338RUM with 250gr Barnes Triple Shocks, 375Ruger with 300gr Barnes Triple Shocks (mostly for big bear) and my 223VTR with 75gr boattail hollowpoints. Oh and the .500 if its up close and I can take it with a pistol  :chuckle:

I wasn't commenting on the toys, I was commenting on the IT skills   :dunno:

But both questions are applicable :chuckle:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2014, 07:25:45 PM »
Your hunting sheep, caribou and wolf and possibly moose and you want use to feel sorry for you that school is starting soon??
Sorry, no sympathy here Teach :chuckle:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2014, 07:51:11 PM »
awesome, good luck, looking forward to more pics...  :tup:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2014, 08:34:01 PM »
Awesome keep us posted Teacherman
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2014, 09:36:48 PM »
Tag

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2014, 11:47:08 PM »
Well it was a fun trip quicker than expected. My step daughter couldn't get the time off this week so I'll have to head out again next weekend lol. Anyway I ended up going by myself. Didn't get into the field actually until Saturday afternoon and it opened today do I really only got one day of hunting/scouting. Saturday I saw a bruiser caribou bull and coup sub legal sheep. Went back up this morning in that spot and didn't see any bou so I headed down the trail about 10 more miles and I ended up in caribou all day! Problem being I didn't see any large bulls. Cows, calves and small bulls. I did end up finding huge bog that held me up for about 3 hrs. When you get a 6x6 stuck it sucks! I ended up having to have two CanAm1000s and an Argo winch me out!

For those who know the area I went in at Gunsite, cut down to Sqaw Creek then over to the Eureka trail system to Monument down into the Little Nelchina then over to the Tyone up Tyone Creek then over another pass into another stream system don't know it's name cut back along the other side of that mt. Range to white sands and back to the Little Nelchina 😜 anyway 78 miles on the 6x6 today. Great day can't wait until next weekend to do it for several days again! 
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2014, 11:48:34 PM »
No idea why my phone kicks the pics sideways...
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2014, 03:34:29 AM »
looks like a blast,what beautiful scenery

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2014, 07:52:03 AM »
Forgot to mention in the first pic there's a black spec lol 300" caribou day before it opened lol. Didn't bring my good camera just my cell phone.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2014, 01:52:55 PM »
TAG!

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2014, 02:13:32 PM »
How do you like the vestibule on the Bighorn?  I've been tossing around the idea, but haven't been able to separate myself from the $250.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2014, 04:29:43 PM »
What brand is your ATV trailer?

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2014, 10:11:03 PM »
How do you like the vestibule on the Bighorn?  I've been tossing around the idea, but haven't been able to separate myself from the $250.

I love it!!! It's perfect for setting up on a hill in nasty weather and glassing in. I also love to store all my stuff in it keeping the inside clean! Pain to set it up but well worth it. 
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2014, 10:15:47 PM »
What brand is your ATV trailer?

Home made! Took a fish tote, made the lid and frame in our shop at school and bought an axle tire kit from a place here in town. I've got about $500 into it. It's super nice! Fully loaded I can tote it around via hand, perfect tongue weight!
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2014, 11:29:58 PM »
Amazing trailer

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2014, 09:50:09 PM »
Quote
No idea why my phone kicks the pics sideways...

It's one of those Frank Sinatra phones  :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2014, 09:46:56 PM »
Getting ready to head back out Friday with my girls. Hoping to bust a big one this weekend!!!
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2014, 10:36:48 PM »
TAG and Good luck.  I always enjoy seeing the photos of Alaska.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2014, 10:08:37 PM »
Headed back out tomorrow until Monday with my wife and one of my step daughters. We literally have enough stuff packed for a month, it's a little rediculous. I'll be strapping animals on the roof if We get any! Meat wagons full, 400 qt yeti is full, another 100 qt cooler is full. We will be living in style once we drag all of it 3 hrs down the trail  :chuckle:

Headed up into the Alphebets in between the Big Sue and the Mclaren on the Denali Hwy.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2014, 07:58:18 PM »
Got back tonight it was a fun hard hunt. It snowed, rained and was sunny. We saw around 100 animals and I missed the bull of a life time. Group ended up taking a nice three yr old that the 1/4s weighed on today at the butcher at 195 lbs. I did take one bad fall and gouged my knee and possible fractured my arm but I braced it up to finish the hunt. I'll see a doc tomorrow. Overall good time with my family.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2014, 09:39:29 PM »
that knee looks ugly.
glad you could finish the hunt.  :tup:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2014, 10:17:06 PM »
Cool thread Teacherman!

Now that I am teaching, it's hard to get out of state to hunt in the fall.  I have been kicking around the idea of caribou hunting in August before school starts.  Do you think August is a good time to find a bull (DIY)?  Would it be worth the trip?
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #30 on: September 01, 2014, 11:16:12 PM »
Cool thread Teacherman!

Now that I am teaching, it's hard to get out of state to hunt in the fall.  I have been kicking around the idea of caribou hunting in August before school starts.  Do you think August is a good time to find a bull (DIY)?  Would it be worth the trip?

August is a great time! They will be in velvet. They will be up high with the sheep and goats but they taste amazing in Aug.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #31 on: September 02, 2014, 06:00:57 AM »
Cool thread Teacherman!

Now that I am teaching, it's hard to get out of state to hunt in the fall.  I have been kicking around the idea of caribou hunting in August before school starts.  Do you think August is a good time to find a bull (DIY)?  Would it be worth the trip?

August is a great time! They will be in velvet. They will be up high with the sheep and goats but they taste amazing in Aug.

Cool.  Thanks.  I think I may have to start planning for next Aug... :tup:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2014, 06:15:37 AM »
I think a caribou hunt is a dream for many of us.  Thanks to all those who shared pictures. looked so beautiful and fun.

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2014, 07:41:28 AM »
I enjoy following your adventures, keep an eye on that wound for infection!  :tup:
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #34 on: September 16, 2014, 09:13:31 PM »
Well headed out this weekend on a solo mission. Going to see if I can actually find that bull of a lifetime twice in one season and maybe a legal moose will commit suicide lol. Wife's in California, daughters are off to college. It's time to go back out into the woods!!! I'll head up out of Paxson.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #35 on: September 16, 2014, 09:15:57 PM »
GL B Safe

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #36 on: October 09, 2014, 09:05:33 PM »
I'm guessing you didn't fi d your bull  :dunno:

Either way, awesome pics and thanx for sharing

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #37 on: October 10, 2014, 12:01:55 PM »
Went out and it was a barren waste land lol... I watched 4 diff bull moose, none of which legal. I only seen two caribou  :dunno: They had moved into the non motorized zone by about 20 miles. Pretty much safe. Next season.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #38 on: October 15, 2014, 03:58:18 PM »
Emergency orders reopen!!! Tuesday can't get here quick enough!!!
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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2014, 09:08:58 AM »
Emergency orders reopen!!! Tuesday can't get here quick enough!!!

Go get 'em.   :tup:

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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #40 on: October 21, 2014, 10:05:13 PM »
Well it's been a long yr and being around 1200 kids daily didn't help with my health. I got to take today off but it was for a horrible headache and nasty soar throat. Buddies headed north without me. Would have been fun to go but that's life, maybe next yr.
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Re: Alaska caribou
« Reply #41 on: October 29, 2014, 12:07:53 PM »
So after being sick on the late opener and a little frustrated about not being able to get out I was able to sneak out over the weekend with my camera and my rifle. I ended up passing on several nice bulls because I had my eyes on one. I ended up changing my mind when he stepped out of the lake at 25yds, shook and dropped his left side in front of me. The other bulls in the herd were nice but not really what I'm looking for. Hoping to still get out and get one before they all drop.
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