Author Topic: 2016 Alaska Float Hunt (Read 12907 times)

no1waterdog · « **Reply #30 on:** October 08, 2016, 02:59:56 PM »

Great bulls,and a lot of great eating.John

RB · « **Reply #31 on:** October 08, 2016, 03:15:33 PM »

What an incredible experience, hunt of a lifetime for most!

jae · « **Reply #32 on:** October 12, 2016, 09:52:47 PM »

Congratulations! What a great hunt!

fishngamereaper · « **Reply #33 on:** October 12, 2016, 09:59:58 PM »

epic hunt. Congrats. Definitely on my two to three year plan list.

Houndhunter · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2016, 06:57:16 AM »

That hunt is on my list, thanks for sharing and great work

branches · « **Reply #35 on:** October 13, 2016, 07:39:25 PM »

That is an awesome hunt thank you for sharing with us. Do you have any other story's to tell? Anything about the float down the river to beat the freeze up?

Machias · « **Reply #36 on:** October 14, 2016, 04:21:11 AM »

Wow what a fantastic adventure. Any close calls while floating? Sweepers or bad jams you had to negotiate? I hope to do this before I get too old. Thanks for sharing!!!

mato06 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2016, 09:08:06 AM »

There were a lot of sweepers but the river rose enough that it was fairly wide and we had no trouble getting around them. As far as snow/Ice we never had any, not sure when the rivers freeze over but I would guess it is much later. I have attached a few more photos, one is of the two bullets I recovered from my moose. I was using a .338 Win Mag with 210 grain Barnes TTSX, both bullets penetrated the entire width of the moose and lodged just inside the hide on the opposite side, one broke both shoulders. Both bullets had 100% weight retention. I didn't need to shoot more than once but I didn't want him to stumble into the river.

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2016, 09:12:47 AM »

LDennis24 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2016, 09:37:08 AM »

This is definitely a dream hunt for most of us down in the lower 48! Thanks for sharing! I always wonder how many moose sheds are laying in those tree's!