Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!

[Karl Blanchard]

WHELP!!!!  Title pretty much says it all! In 2012 My little brother's first duty station in the Army was Ft Richardson in Anchorage Alaska.  He finished a Pashto language course at Ft. Benning in Georgia, jumped in his truck, drove straight through to Anchorage, hit the DMV to apply for his residency, backed his truck that was loaded with everything he owned into a heated storage unit, and hopped on a commercial flight to Afghanistan to link up with his new band of brothers.  13 months later he returned as an Alaskan resident

Since that day we have dreamed of using his residency to hunt something that most will never be able to.  Problem has always been timing.  Block leave has never lined up correctly, and increased training and deployments since moving to Ranger Regiment have been constant. 

Our older brother Aaron always talked of elk adventures in other states but we never made it happen for various reasons.  After the tragic day that that rocket attack took him from us Michael and I vowed that we would never "just talk" about doing something ever again!

Michael returns Monday from his most recent deployment and his leave dates give us a little window of opportunity finally head to the great white north! February 15th we fly to Kodiak for a DIY winter Mountain Goat hunt.  An animal that is at the very top of both our bucket lists!

Short daylight, weather, snow, etc. will surely make this an adventure we will not soon forget.  Less than three weeks till game day and prep work has been in full swing! Lots of pics coming soon!

[Stein]

Wow, that should be pretty epic.  Although I didn't lose a loved one, I am of the same mindset and have really focused on spending time getting my brother out hunting as well as booking family vacations.  Tempis fugit, memento mori.

[trophyhunt]

Epic!!!! Can’t wait, best of luck to you guys, Aaron will be watching from above!

[Bob33]

That's awesome from many perspectives. Best of luck.

[Karl Blanchard]

Wow, that should be pretty epic.  Although I didn't lose a loved one, I am of the same mindset and have really focused on spending time getting my brother out hunting as well as booking family vacations.  Tempis fugit, memento mori.

truth!

[jstone]

Can’t wait to see pictures and hear about your adventure. Best of Luck. I know you will leave it all on the mountain.!!!

[Rainier10]

Awesome!

Thanks for starting a thread and sharing the story.  Super excited to follow along.

Best of luck to you guys.

[pianoman9701]

You guys are awesome. But how the heck do you hunt goats a -50F? Incredible. Best of luck and stay safe.

[TommyH]

Best of luck to you!

[HighCountryHunter88]

GOOD LUCK!!!!

[Skyvalhunter]

That's going to be a great hunt. When I hunted brownies on Kodiak we saw quite a few goats. Watch one come down to the river and cross and head back up the other side. My guide has taken clients to some pretty nice goats. Good luck and look forward to the story.

[7mmfan]

Looking Pretty balmy in town right now! Have fun, it will be an adventure that is for sure.

[pianoman9701]

 

[cedarriver]

Wow Good Luck and Good Hunting! Thanks for all you do!

[Karl Blanchard]

Looking Pretty balmy in town right now! Have fun, it will be an adventure that is for sure.

well someone just jinxed us 

Seriously though, it's been a crazy mild winter up there.  The killer up there is the wind though.  The southern end of the island gets POUNDED this time of year. With all the lakes frozen we will be forced to land on the salt and start from 0ft of elevation with almost double the goat population south of Uyak bay the focus is down south.  Hair should be amazing 😍