Thanks everyone for the kind comments. This hunt was self-guided, the air transporter provided the flights in and out and we provided everything else. We started planning for this hunt nineteen months in advance; reading books, choosing a transporter, going over maps, looking at harvest statistics, analyzing gear, buying gear and weighing it. We encountered grizzly tracks on the exposed sand (mud) bars the first few days before the river rose but never did see a bear. We saw seven wolves but unfortunately those who saw them didn't purchase the tags, we also saw about a thousand beavers. We fished a little the first few days without luck but after getting moose down we hardly had time for anything else besides break camp, load the rafts, float for eight hours, set-up camp and hang the meat. Our days typically stated at 7 AM and ended at midnight, several times later. We always tried to hang the meat as close to the river as possible. The unit we were in the bulls had to have a 50" minimum spread or at least 4 brow tines on one side, we decided against trying to judge the spread unless it was really obvious and only look at the brow tines. None of us were looking for trophies and we each took the first legal bull we saw.
