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I want share a brief write up and a few photos of a moose float hunt three friends and myself did this last September. We hired an air transporter to drop us off on a ten day 130 mile (river miles) float hunt on a remote river in western Alaska. We had a spectacular hunt with beautiful scenery and for the first three days great weather. The weather turned on us but I think that helped with the hunting. We all ended up harvesting big bulls, everyone 60" or greater. The most challenging part of the hunt was unloading the meat from the rafts each night, hanging it and starting the process over in the morning. We couldn't stay more than one night at a camp as we had to keep moving in order to make it to the pick-up point on time. I have included photos of my moose and one of the others, I don't have permission to post photos of the other two.
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Those are some stud bulls! Congrats nice and close to river to
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OH MY! congratulations on a great trophy!
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Well done, that's a great trip right there!
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Awesome bulls
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4 for 4 on 60"+ moose. That must have been amazing to be a part of.
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4 for 4 on moose on a float hunt is amazing!
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Did you guys do any fishn to? Did you guys see other critters? That looks like one of the coolest hunts ever ??
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Looks like a fantastic hunt!
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Awesome!! Self guided? Congrats on some monsters!
Great country, can't wait to get to AK again!
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Congrats! This is my dream hunt for sure, can't wait till I can pull the trigger and do it!
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Amazing hunt!
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how far from the river or camp did u have to hang the meat. come along, to do this.? any bear encounter's
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Awesome bulls! Thanks for sharing!
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