Alaska DIY caribou hunt

[JoeE]

Just got back from another great DIY hunt in Alaska. This time I brought my son for his first out of state hunt. We had a great hunt and were into caribou the whole time. My son, me and my friend all killed nice mature bulls. My sons bull was quite a bit bigger than mine which is awesome! This trip was a fly in drop camp. The other two trips I’ve done up there were for moose but I think I’m definitely going to do a caribou hunt again.

[spin05]

What part did you go? My son and i went last year to south brooks range.  The terrain looked nothing like where you are thou.   So want to go back

[gasman]

That's awesome,  congrats on the hunt and great life time memories with your son.

[Skyvalhunter]

Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

[fishngamereaper]

  On the to do list. Nice job.

[pianoman9701]

Looks like a great hunt building huge memories. My son doesn't hunt, so I can only experience this vicariously. Congratulations.

[jackelope]

Pretty awesome looking hunt. You guys did good. Congrats and thanks for sharing.
 

[Rainier10]

Nice job, thanks for posting.

[JoeE]

Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

  OPSEC

[X-Force]

Awesome!

Do you have any terrain/landscape photos. Looks like a beautiful area.

[saylean]

Awesome caribou!!

[PlateauNDN]

Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

  OPSEC

That's good to know, was starting to think Thanos was real.

[fishngamereaper]

Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

  OPSEC

That's good to know, was starting to think Thanos was real.

If I can make my face do that during archery season the elk will never know I'm there.

[Machias]

Awesome bulls!!! Congrats, would love to chat sometime.  I HAVE to go back!!!  😊

[JoeE]

Awesome bulls!!! Congrats, would love to chat sometime.  I HAVE to go back!!!  😊

It’s addicting. This was my third hunt up there and I already have the next two hunts up there scheduled. Looking forward to moose next year!

[boneaddict]

Awesome!   Ak is addicting

[sjhgraysage]

Congrats on your success!! 

Sad to see you are in the "witness protection program"  LOL

[Pathfinder101]

Looks like you had a great hunt.  Terrain looks similar to where I took my son caribou hunting 2 years ago.  Congrats on a couple of great bulls.   

[JoeE]

It was some cool country for sure. My one complaint with the area was there was nothing to burn. We were camped at tree line and finding even a handful of twigs took a lot of looking around. The weather wasn't too cold so we didn't really need a fire, which a good thing because with my fire making skills I needed a little more wood. There was a couple nice creeks within a few hundred yards of camp, we were blocked from the wind and had a great view of the valley right from our tent, and caribou were funneled right into us because of terrain,  so all in all it was a great spot.

The blurred out faces I did because I don't want my sons face on the internet, my buddy probably doesn't want his face either and I figured since I blurred theirs I may as well do mine too  a bunch of you guys have seen my mug anyway so you aren't missing much!

[gramps]

Congratulations Fred for making the best of a less than ideal situation!!  Thanks also for sharing your story

[Falcon]

Congrats on some nice animals and what looks like an awesome adventure.   

[gramps]

congrats to JoeE……..Nice
Got the Caribou threads mixed upon the previous post