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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #45 on: August 26, 2025, 08:55:55 AM »
Wow what an adventure! Great story and awesome memories, congratulations to all.  :tup:
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #46 on: August 26, 2025, 09:20:24 AM »
Great post!  Thanks for sharing, I love posts like this.

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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #47 on: August 26, 2025, 09:48:20 AM »
Love it. Pathfinder reports are always a good read. Sounds like an epic hunt with a lifetime of memories for all. I have a few trips on my radar in the coming years with my kids and I will certainly re-read these for ideas!

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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #48 on: August 26, 2025, 10:14:45 AM »
What an awesome write up. Your stories never disappoint. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. :tup:
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #49 on: August 26, 2025, 11:35:56 AM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
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I wonder how many people will touch their nose to their screen trying to read this...

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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #50 on: August 26, 2025, 12:18:42 PM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
*censored* Dan-o.  Made me actually tear up a little bit...
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #51 on: August 26, 2025, 12:20:12 PM »
Awesome! I stayed in that same place in dead horse, still have the ice cream machine?  :chuckle:
Yes, they do.  LP made good use of it, but honestly, their dessert table was more dangerous for me.  Cheesecake every night.  :bdid:
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #52 on: August 26, 2025, 12:22:09 PM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
*censored* Dan-o.  Made me actually tear up a little bit...
I remember both of your boys in little league. Man, time flies. Awesome hunt and story.
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #53 on: August 26, 2025, 12:26:54 PM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
*censored* Dan-o.  Made me actually tear up a little bit...
I remember both of your boys in little league. Man, time flies. Awesome hunt and story.
Thanks Woodchuck.  Yup.  Time flies...
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #54 on: August 26, 2025, 02:10:06 PM »
Really great story!  I might be getting too soft, after reading all those challenges, I can take Alaska caribou off my wish list!!  Tough guy hunt physically and mentally for sure!!  Congrats, on the hunt, but mostly, being an awesome dad!
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #55 on: August 26, 2025, 02:22:39 PM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
*censored* Dan-o.  Made me actually tear up a little bit...
I remember both of your boys in little league. Man, time flies. Awesome hunt and story.
Thanks Woodchuck.  Yup.  Time flies...

They spelled Little Pathfinder wrong  :chuckle:

Great story and sounds like a great hunt!  Thanks for taking us along.   The tundra up there gives the legs a workout.  Until you have experienced it it is tough to explain to someone. 
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #56 on: August 26, 2025, 03:29:03 PM »
So cool!

Little Pathfinder turned into a man.
*censored* Dan-o.  Made me actually tear up a little bit...
I remember both of your boys in little league. Man, time flies. Awesome hunt and story.
Thanks Woodchuck.  Yup.  Time flies...

They spelled Little Pathfinder wrong  :chuckle:

Great story and sounds like a great hunt!  Thanks for taking us along.   The tundra up there gives the legs a workout.  Until you have experienced it it is tough to explain to someone.
Agreed!  It never looks bad in the YouTube Videos.  Mushy ground... so what... :dunno:
Stop being a wuss... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #57 on: August 26, 2025, 04:05:30 PM »
Love it. Pathfinder reports are always a good read. Sounds like an epic hunt with a lifetime of memories for all. I have a few trips on my radar in the coming years with my kids and I will certainly re-read these for ideas!
There is some real value in seeing how your kids react in tense/stressful situations.  On our 2016 caribou hunt my older son got lost.  Him finding his way out of that by overcoming panic and using his head made me feel a lot better about sending him off to college on his own.  On this trip we had to chase grizzlies out of camp.
It's a good feeling to have raised boys that know how to handle themselves. 
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #58 on: Yesterday at 05:51:02 AM »
Awesome story, really enjoyed reading it all, thank you!  :tup:
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Re: "Little" Pathfinder's Alaska Caribou Hunt
« Reply #59 on: Yesterday at 07:47:02 AM »
Fantastic!!  I need to take my kids!!!  Thanks for the awesome write up!!  Congrats to your Son!!!
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