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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #450 on: February 28, 2019, 11:11:03 PM »
Nice story telling. Epic trip with the weather and lack of heat.  Amazing the goats slid so far; glad you and Michael didn't follow them down the same way!

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #451 on: March 01, 2019, 07:03:04 AM »
Thanks for sharing your amazing hunt Karl!!!
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #452 on: March 01, 2019, 10:57:11 AM »
Congrats and thanks for the write up.
Glad you guys got what you wanted out of the hunt.

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #453 on: March 01, 2019, 03:35:49 PM »
Great write up thanks for taking us along :tup:

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #454 on: March 01, 2019, 04:40:34 PM »
Awesome write up Karl.  Really enjoyed reading it. :tup:
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #455 on: March 02, 2019, 05:43:05 AM »
Heck of a trip man...congrats to both you guys.  :tup:

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #456 on: March 02, 2019, 06:35:20 AM »
Way to go guys.  Freakin sweet.  That’s one of those hunts that you know you’ll remember until the grave.   :tup:

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #457 on: March 04, 2019, 10:45:16 PM »
Nice job fellas!!!  Way to get it done.   :IBCOOL:
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #458 on: March 05, 2019, 10:51:02 AM »
Thank you for all the kind comments guys :tup:
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #459 on: March 05, 2019, 11:10:16 AM »
I'm curious.  How long did the stalk take?

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #460 on: March 05, 2019, 11:26:17 AM »
I'm curious.  How long did the stalk take?
gosh I don't know if I'd even call it a stalk. They were a few miles away so it took a good bit to fight through all the alders to get to the chute we were going to use for our approach.  From there it took a bit to climb into rifle range.  We were probably overly cautious on our final approach but we had literally no clue how spooky they were going to be.  We had full concealment on our final approach.  When we got to our pre determined point we were well within rifle range.  Basically just walked right up to them.
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #461 on: March 05, 2019, 11:31:36 AM »
Thanks.  Glad they were still there for you two.

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #462 on: March 05, 2019, 07:56:33 PM »
Congrats and thanks for sharing!  Goat hunts are always an adventure!  Kodiak just sounds like heaven to me (except for the rain).

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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #463 on: March 05, 2019, 08:23:43 PM »
I'm curious.  How long did the stalk take?
gosh I don't know if I'd even call it a stalk. They were a few miles away so it took a good bit to fight through all the alders to get to the chute we were going to use for our approach.  From there it took a bit to climb into rifle range.  We were probably overly cautious on our final approach but we had literally no clue how spooky they were going to be.  We had full concealment on our final approach.  When we got to our pre determined point we were well within rifle range.  Basically just walked right up to them.
Could ya have gotten it done with your bow?
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Re: Alaska Winter Mountain Goat Hunt! Just gonna send it!!!!!
« Reply #464 on: March 05, 2019, 08:32:41 PM »
I'm curious.  How long did the stalk take?
gosh I don't know if I'd even call it a stalk. They were a few miles away so it took a good bit to fight through all the alders to get to the chute we were going to use for our approach.  From there it took a bit to climb into rifle range.  We were probably overly cautious on our final approach but we had literally no clue how spooky they were going to be.  We had full concealment on our final approach.  When we got to our pre determined point we were well within rifle range.  Basically just walked right up to them.
Could ya have gotten it done with your bow?
doubtful. Snow was pretty crusted and loud. 
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