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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: KFhunter on May 17, 2013, 10:55:25 PM
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thinking I gotta do this, got a group of 3-4 guys I trust to come with me and spread cost.
Thinking float, maybe fly in float back..... must keep meat :tung:
keeping the meat with a fly in - fly out is costly.
Plan thus far is to haul an enclosed snowmobile trailer up with big inverter and ice chests (newer lighter weight ones) and generator to run em when the truck isn't.
Thinking 2 rafts for 3 guys and a single pontoon for the 4th guy to spot ahead of the loaded rafts so we have time to keep it in the right spot in the river.
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Im jonesen to go on a diy moose hunt in ak myself. Thinking in '14 somewhere out of Tok or Delta junction. Im settling into the idea of using 2 canoes, one with a square stern for a motor towing the second to be used for meat and extra gear transport. My plan is to motor up in the backcountry 40/50 miles and setup a camp. One day itll happen.
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If someone is looking for a partner in this journey let me know. I'm dreaming about this for years but its not going to happen by myself. I willing to put a trip like this together with someone serious!
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canoe would be a rough way to go :o
for that much crap I'd look at a raft, or zodiak if you want a motor. They got jet zodiaks too.
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That zodiac would be awesome. Like a Marine recon team going down the river!
I'm actually doing a float hunt in 2014. A friend and I are flying up and doing a fly in/out float. I can't wait! This trip is somewhat "budget" for Alaska but even then it's not something I could afford every year or even every few years. In the future I'd like to drive up and do a float road system to road system and try to do it on the cheap.
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thinking I gotta do this, got a group of 3-4 guys I trust to come with me and spread cost.
Thinking float, maybe fly in float back..... must keep meat :tung:
keeping the meat with a fly in - fly out is costly.
Plan thus far is to haul an enclosed snowmobile trailer up with big inverter and ice chests (newer lighter weight ones) and generator to run em when the truck isn't.
Thinking 2 rafts for 3 guys and a single pontoon for the 4th guy to spot ahead of the loaded rafts so we have time to keep it in the right spot in the river.
been planning the exact same trip, trailer, generators and all. We are shooting for '14 as well. We've got three guys committed, just need one more for our trip. Can't wait, gonna be a great trip.
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Canoes and I do not get along so good. I can't imagine motoring one loaded one and towing another loaded one too.
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canoe would be a rough way to go :o
for that much crap I'd look at a raft, or zodiak if you want a motor. They got jet zodiaks too.
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That's a sweet river rig!
When I did a caribou hunt, we had the meat frozen the way it came out of the field, in quarters. Dropped the meat off and went fishing for a week before heading home. It stayed frozen for the drive back to WA and still had to wait a couple of days for the quarters to thaw enough to cut/wrap after I got home. We bought a bunch of U-haul boxes in Anchorage and lined them with 1" foam.
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Canoes and I do not get along so good. I can't imagine motoring one loaded one and towing another loaded one too.
The versatility of the canoe cannot be underestimated. My plan is to get into the country that the larger boats and rafts cannot access while still transporting upto a thousand pounds in gear and supplies.
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I have wanted to do this myself for years, but as a suggestion has anyone thought of just taking a big cargo trailer. It could easily hold a decent sized boat, or a couple canoes as well as any coolers many also have inverted power built into them.
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On my bucket list for sure, that kind of experience would be unforgettable. The only thing I've heard about traveling up there is have a way to fix flat tires and have a few spares, my wife uncle did a hunt like that except it was for caribou.
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Canoes and I do not get along so good. I can't imagine motoring one loaded one and towing another loaded one too.
The versatility of the canoe cannot be underestimated. My plan is to get into the country that the larger boats and rafts cannot access while still transporting upto a thousand pounds in gear and supplies.
That could be great for you. Not me. I hate canoes on anything but a lake
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This is on my list too, but as you other guys need to team up with others to spread cost and thought of trying to find someone that had gone before. I want caribou. Knew someone a long time ago that did this and they took a ferry- slept in their camper on the way up and back. Seemed to me that the ferry was aboout the same as driving time.
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You can combine moose and boos together in one hunt depending upon the local of course. Might as well if youre gonna go all that way.
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Canoes and I do not get along so good. I can't imagine motoring one loaded one and towing another loaded one too.
The versatility of the canoe cannot be underestimated. My plan is to get into the country that the larger boats and rafts cannot access while still transporting upto a thousand pounds in gear and supplies.
That could be great for you. Not me. I hate canoes on anything but a lake
X2 all the rivers i have been on in alaska have been in a boat. I would spend the $$ to rent a aluminum skiff. Stability would be my primary concern. Of course a canoe might work but it wouldn't be in my top 3 choices.
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Not sure if anyone is looking for partners here, but I would be all over getting in on a trip like this!!!
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:yeah: So am I. I Have no experience in it but I would be all over doing this in 2014. Let's talk RT :chuckle:
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2014 sounds good to me!
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I want to play! If you guys need another for 2014 I would be interested. I was planning on oregon in 2014 but this would be way better!
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2014 sounds good to me!
I'm serious! I just did a little research and can't believe what I'm seeing. A truck and trailer from Bellingham, WA to Haines, AK is $6,190 that can't be right :dunno:
I thought it would be perfect taking a ferry over to AK with truck and trailer.
Let me know and we can start having conversations about it and throw around some ideas for 2014. If I don't do it soon I will never do it.
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A plain ticket from Seattle to Anchorage AK is $400 round trip :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Im all about it, just had a buddy take the ferry up there! It is expensive. He had just a truck, for 1500.00 I think.
We would all have to meet and talk this out. Once I say Im in bet your arse Im in sll the way! Trip of a lifetime..
Rtspring
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2014 sounds good to me!
I'm serious! I just did a little research and can't believe what I'm seeing. A truck and trailer from Bellingham, WA to Haines, AK is $6,190 that can't be right :dunno:
I thought it would be perfect taking a ferry over to AK with truck and trailer.
Let me know and we can start having conversations about it and throw around some ideas for 2014. If I don't do it soon I will never do it.
Check the price from Prince Rupert it goes down a fair amount, but adds drive time :twocents: Also if you do the ferry get a stateroom they are not that much and worth every penny :)
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Im all about it, just had a buddy take the ferry up there! It is expensive. He had just a truck, for 1500.00 I think.
We would all have to meet and talk this out. Once I say Im in bet your arse Im in sll the way! Trip of a lifetime..
Rtspring
We should set up a meeting or just throw some ideas together via PM or email. I would be all in and make it a trip of a lifetime. I could take probable 3 1/2 weeks to 4 weeks off for this trip.
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2014 sounds good to me!
I'm serious! I just did a little research and can't believe what I'm seeing. A truck and trailer from Bellingham, WA to Haines, AK is $6,190 that can't be right :dunno:
I thought it would be perfect taking a ferry over to AK with truck and trailer.
Let me know and we can start having conversations about it and throw around some ideas for 2014. If I don't do it soon I will never do it.
Check the price from Prince Rupert it goes down a fair amount, but adds drive time :twocents: Also if you do the ferry get a stateroom they are not that much and worth every penny :)
Thanks, I'll check that out. Can't people just go into their trailer on the Ferry, I mean after hanging around on deck why not just crash in the nice trailer :dunno: :dunno:
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I could push 3 weeks! Looks like we have three so far. I was told no people around the vehicles on the ferry.
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I could push 3 weeks! Looks like we have three so far. I was told no people around the vehicles on the ferry.
That is correct
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Looks like we have three, we need a fourth!!
Then lets get together!
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Looks like we have three, we need a fourth!!
Then lets get together!
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I want to play! If you guys need another for 2014 I would be interested. I was planning on oregon in 2014 but this would be way better!
Are you in :dunno: :chuckle:
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Yep he is in
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Driving through Canada is also an option it's about 2400 miles one way, calculating with a loaded truck and trailer getting 8 miles per gallon it roughly $1,200 in gas each way, so $2400 in gas to get there that does not count the gas spent driving on the hunt but it seems much more reasonable then the ferry :dunno:
I would definitely want to hunt everything available at that time.
What month would work for you RT and Elk 247 :dunno:
I agree four guys would be perfect.
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I might be interested. When would the trip take place? I cant get anytime off of work from June through September due to my line of work.
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Long as it is before or after Elk Season in Washington I can take off whenever!
I sent a pm to both of you with my contact info.
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Four guys driving would be a good idea I think
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I have a 14x16 davis tent package. With stove and two cots! So lodging is taken care of.
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Moose and Griz in many of the Fairbanks areas open Sep 1st. I have not figured out the Caribou in that area. I'm looking at area 20A and 20B. I would be happy with either a Griz and or Moose :chuckle: :chuckle:
I'm getting excited about this, if I put something in my head you bet I will follow through with it and do it!
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I have a 14x16 davis tent package. With stove and two cots! So lodging is taken care of.
Definitely cool!! I was also thinking the trailer, I have a decent 22ft trailer with two bunks, one twin and a queen, (sleeps four easy), gas stove, bathroom, fridge and freezer, good storage for your tent etc.....
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So we need a boat?? Do you have the info on cost for tags? Out of state license?
Cost is really no big deal for such a trip! Just like to know
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So we need a boat?? Do you have the info on cost for tags? Out of state license?
Cost is really no big deal for such a trip! Just like to know
I'm checking right now. Same on my end I want to know all the details in advance!
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Nonresident Annual Hunting $85.00
Tags:
Nonresident Brown/Grizzly Bear (we need a guide >:() $500.00
Nonresident Black Bear -- $225.00 (No guide needed)
Nonresident Caribou -- $325.00
Nonresident Moose -- $400.00
Nonresident Deer -- $150.00
Nonresident Goat (guide needed >:() $300.00
Nonresident Muskox - Bull -- $1,100.00
Nonresident Wolf -- $30.00
More :dunno:
Ok, just figured out the fees are only for nonresident alien (we are not) right :dunno: I mean I was but not anymore :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Driving could be done within 48 hours (that's only four 12 hour driving shifts) not bad at all. Each take one :dunno:
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Looks good to me
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A boat would be cool, I am looking if a rental would be available, I don't know but I'm looking.
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I'm super jealous guys, I hope you all get to really do this, I would love to get some good notes about your hunt. I would love to do this in 3 or 4 years, at least while I'm still in my 40's.
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Im back. Sorry bout that. I need a sec to bring myself up to speed.
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I drove from Walla Walla to Fairbanks in 2011 to hunt moose. It was an awesome drive (except the $6/gal gas about halfway there!) and a fun trip. I hunted mostly in unit 25c in the white mountains NRA...AWESOME COUNTRY! I also hunted a little in 20b. We saw moose but never killed one. If you wanted to increase your chance of success I would strongly recommend figuring out how to bring/rent/borrow atv's while your up there, unless you are going to try and find a river to float. We saw very few hunters and lots of country and some moose. I will go back again in a few years.
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My ex and I drove to Anchorage for our honeymoon, three relatively leisurely days to get there, two hard driving days to come back. We had over three hundred pounds of meat and fish frozen in coolers for the trip back. :drool: The Alaska highway back in 93 was no big deal other than some potholes and gravelly areas, it's got to be better now, I would think. We did a drop camp where we were just dropped out in the boonies with our wits and our gear hunting caribou. We both got nice animals and could have taken second ones if we had wanted to.
Sounds like a fun trip.
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I'll prolly bring 2 ATV's and a couple rafts.
Anyone got an airboat :dunno: :chuckle:
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I'll prolly bring 2 ATV's and a couple rafts.
Anyone got an airboat :dunno: :chuckle:
Are you in???
I hope we did not jack your thread but I hope many more people put in their recommendations and experiences!!
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ya I'm going do it but I already have a crew of 4 dudes going, wasn't looking for a match.com thread :chuckle:
Was hoping some folks already done it and felt like sharing.
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for fuel I'm planning on a 200+ gal slip tank to get me through Canada - land of high fuel cost!
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ya I'm going do it but I already have a crew of 4 dudes going, wasn't looking for a match.com thread :chuckle:
Was hoping some folks already done it and felt like sharing.
Haha, ok, we should start our own! Sorry!!!
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na this is fine keep it in one place :chuckle:
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Sorry KF, your thread is awesome.
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Damn thread jackers!! Ha ha. We still need a fourth.
I will pm you guys tmmrw
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this is what I'd like to see in the back of my truck
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not that'd I'd pack it out that way :chuckle:
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Man oh man! Thats a winner there. Ill be driving up 3 or 4 days, leisurely enjoyable road trip. No rv's or big trailers except maybe a small utility which is likely. No big tent, no big base camp, compact but comfortable but if we need to move no big deal.
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Tagging this....would like to do this someday
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I did it. Most of the cost was fuel in Canada as noted. It was a drive of a lifetime. 3 very long days. Meat made it fine, but I was puckering on this end. It was freezing solid in the Yukon, but quit warm in September Coming through southern BC, Seattle and into Yakima. I drove because I wanted the meat. Total cost was about $2000 one way. It would be higher now.
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My ex and I drove to Anchorage for our honeymoon, three relatively leisurely days to get there, two hard driving days to come back. We had over three hundred pounds of meat and fish frozen in coolers for the trip back. :drool: The Alaska highway back in 93 was no big deal other than some potholes and gravelly areas, it's got to be better now, I would think. We did a drop camp where we were just dropped out in the boonies with our wits and our gear hunting caribou. We both got nice animals and could have taken second ones if we had wanted to.
Sounds like a fun trip.
Lokidog,
What was the cost of the drop camp? Was it fly in?
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My ex and I drove to Anchorage for our honeymoon, three relatively leisurely days to get there, two hard driving days to come back. We had over three hundred pounds of meat and fish frozen in coolers for the trip back. :drool: The Alaska highway back in 93 was no big deal other than some potholes and gravelly areas, it's got to be better now, I would think. We did a drop camp where we were just dropped out in the boonies with our wits and our gear hunting caribou. We both got nice animals and could have taken second ones if we had wanted to.
Sounds like a fun trip.
Lokidog,
What was the cost of the drop camp? Was it fly in?
This was a long time ago, it was $1100 for each of us (maybe for both of us?), I think. We used Willow Air. We didn't see huge numbers of caribou but enough to get two nice ones. We also saw three big grizzlies, but they were a long way from camp, fortunately. They provided the float plane and we provided everything else.
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I'm doing a moose/caribou float trip this year, driving to Fairbanks from Olympia in Sept................ been in the planning stages for almost a year, the logistics of a hunt like this can keep you busy.
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Our 3rd mode of transportation in the trip :tung:
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^ that there is gettin it done
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Sundance, you got a good game plan. It would be nice if you could put an ice maker on your bay boat. Heck, you could rent one of the units. Most folks are long gone by august. They have no need for their ice makers in september.
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Sundance, that sounds like a pretty good way to go! I wish I had those options. :tup:
Here is our plan;
The wife and I are taking 8-9 days to drive up and plan on hitting the road hard for the 1st couple of days and then we will slow down and see the sights. I really want to take our time and drive the Alcan.
Once in Fairbanks we are going on to go stay in a lodge at Denali for a night. Then I am dropping the wife of at the airport where she flies home and I hook up with my buddies who are flying in from MT and TN.
We are flying from Fairbanks out to the Brooks (almost 3 hours 1 way!!!) in Helio's. Then we are going to spend 5 days as high as we can in a river drainage hunting caribou, arranged a mid-hunt meat pick up (which was not easy). After the pick-up we are going too spend 10 days floating for moose and hopefully a wolf or 5 :chuckle:. Lots of fishing too!
Then a bushplane pick-up 120 miles down river from where we started.
For the trip home.
My buddy who is from MT is flying up 1 way out of Spokane, then driving back with me to his truck in Spokane. MapQuest says its 2400 miles/41 hours....
Everyone is mailing their gear to me and then I will be hauling it up. I have a 14' enclosed trailer with an inverter installed and a chest freezer which runs while we are driving.
If anyone has any questions just let me know,
This has been my dream hunt for years and have been working on details for 2 years and been seriously planning for about a year and we are pretty much ready to go now. :chuckle:
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I understand. I think. Im just wondering how you will wrap the quarters? If it was broken down, processed and vaccume sealed, it makes sense. I completely understand with the slush ice. Espicially after a big day like 20k the last thing you want to do is sit in the ice line. I was talking about the newer smaller units that you can mount on the flying bridge. Your totes might be enough though. Good tips too. The bears, bugs, and eagles will all be after your spoils. A 32' boat can get small in a hurry. Thats a fact.
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Bring something to rub on the quarters if the insects will be out where you are hunting, pepper and vinegar is what I have been advised.
I used the vinegar and black pepper years ago but have gone to citric acid..........here is a really good article
http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/magazine/citric_acid.htm (http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/magazine/citric_acid.htm)
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^ man I dunno about that, plastic and meat don't go together too well unless it's frozen.
You'll have slimy rotted meat pretty quick if it don't breathe. I wonder if a guy couldn't wrap cotton or towels around the meat then seal it :dunno:
Just something to keep the plastic from direct contact.
I typically just load a cooler with dry ice, a cooler full of dry ice will stay cold a LONG time.
Then just chunk out some and put it on top the meat in other coolers and it'll do it's thing. Use cotton towels to keep the dry ice off the meat from direct contact. If you put dry ice on the bottom it doesn't freeze upwards very well, but if you put it on the top it'll freeze downwards VERY well.
Or you could just make your own dry ice on the boat if you want to pack a bottle of CO2 with a siphon hose and dry ice maker.
For euro or shoulder mount I guess that would depend how far down the river I was :chuckle:
mile to the truck ya I'd cape it, 100 miles from the truck and a euro would look pretty good!
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Geeze, i hadn't thought it out. I see what you were saying about the refer. Thats what i thought you meant. You have a heck of a plan. That ice maker and a false bottom in the fish holds with iced down meat on top and the melted runoff being pumped out would be the ticket.
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Don't over think this fellas. Im sure there is cold storage available and perhaps even processing. I mean who better to cut up your moose than someone who does it all the time right? If its been froze solid it should keep easy for 5-7 days for the drive home if your prepared with coolers and such. Seems crazy to me thinking about hauling freezers up there. I'd be happy to fill a 150 qt cooler full with choice cuts and then donate the excess to the local food bank.
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Geeze, i hadn't thought it out. I see what you were saying about the refer. Thats what i thought you meant. You have a heck of a plan. That ice maker and a false bottom in the fish holds with iced down meat on top and the melted runoff being pumped out would be the ticket.
That's genius!!
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Like Bone said, he did it and brought back all the meat! I don't think he had anything else than coolers, dry ice etc..
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Don't over think this fellas. Im sure there is cold storage available and perhaps even processing. I mean who better to cut up your moose than someone who does it all the time right? If its been froze solid it should keep easy for 5-7 days for the drive home if your prepared with coolers and such. Seems crazy to me thinking about hauling freezers up there. I'd be happy to fill a 150 qt cooler full with choice cuts and then donate the excess to the local food bank.
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newer chest freezers are lightweight and use very little power - a chest freezer will weight much less than coolers full of ice and meat and there is zero chance of meat spoilage.
25 cubic footer is 250 lbs or so, how much ice in coolers would it take to bring home 25 cubic foot of moose, boo's, and fish?
That's 7.5 100qt coolers, but you don't loose room to ice.
cheaper fuel cost with less weight
make your own ice
no chance of spoilage
no hunting for ice at 3am
no water draining all over
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A Yeti box will keep your meat cool for up to two weeks. Yes the big one is $600 but it's well worth it!! Ice in that box will hold forever!!!!!
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Geeze, i hadn't thought it out. I see what you were saying about the refer. Thats what i thought you meant. You have a heck of a plan. That ice maker and a false bottom in the fish holds with iced down meat on top and the melted runoff being pumped out would be the ticket.
That's genius!!
We had to do that on a black cod trip up by St. Matthews. There was no way we could make the trip (1 day) fish for 3-4 days and make it back to dutch(1day) with live fish. They start getting beat up after the 3rd day. It was a ton more work but had good results.
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One 250 lb chest freezer (25 cubic feet) is equal to seven and a half 100qt yeti boxes - more if you subtract the room you need for ice.
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I fished on an all points with a flush deck and a sane boom. That woukd be a sweet set up for your hunt. The sane boom espically, with the picking hook. Don't forget your crab pots when you tuck in those coves.
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Do you know what the processing wait time is? I'm reading upwards of 6 months wait times.
Imagine shipping 500-600 lbs back to the lower 48 :yike:
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I take a small freezer every year on trips, It is one of those smaller ones from Home Depot, about three foot by two foot. Run an inverter and your good to go and plug in at night at hotel or generator, never a problem... Process the meat while there and have it already packaged up when you get home..
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By processing wait time are you talking local butchers in AK? We are planning on doing all the cutting to save cost and shipping meat home from Anchorage is around $1 a pound via Air Cargo. I figured the meat shipping costs into our trip already so unless we run into unexpected cost we should be with a few hundred bucks of our original quote.
It is about $1 a pound to ship, add that with flying and freighting the gear, it penciled out way cheaper to drive with the trailer and a freezer.
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By processing wait time are you talking local butchers in AK? We are planning on doing all the cutting to save cost and shipping meat home from Anchorage is around $1 a pound via Air Cargo. I figured the meat shipping costs into our trip already so unless we run into unexpected cost we should be with a few hundred bucks of our original quote.
Ya, cut and wrap services. I was more looking up north. I never had planned to use that service though but I came across it in my research.
We'd process our own during down times and such. A larger freezer will freeze the meat better, if you jam pack a smaller freezer it'll take longer to freeze through the middle. The power drain isn't much different from a small one to a bigger one either.
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Places in AK actually have these things they call meat lockers, you can freeze your cut/wrapped meat overnight.
We brought two caribou and 100 pounds of halibut back in cardboard boxes with 1" foam for insulation. Two day (and night) drive from Anchorage to Lake Stevens, and then still had to wait about three days for the quarters to thaw enough to butcher up. No ice, no dry ice. It's not like you are driving in the heat of July....
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yes I know, I've used em in AK and in BC and WA too. Very nice if your in town.
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I wouldn't even be concerned with coming home with the quarters intact if the temps aren't too high as we plan to drive straight thru from Fairbanks, switching drivers. But I want to be prepared if we decide to take a detour for some possible fishing or if some game is taken early in the trip.
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I want a bunch of fish too - guess I'm greedy :chuckle:
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Fresh fish is hard to beat!
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On another note I was not planning on saving the cape if I harvest a moose. I am hoping to have a euro mount done because I think they look so awesome for a bull moose. I have no issues with fleshing/spliting/salting the cape but the logistics and costs of getting the cape home then doing a shoulder mount seem a little staggering. Is anyone thinking of doing a shoulder mount if they get a moose or more leaning towards the euro or skull cap mount?
By the time I got my moose out, the cape was the LAST thing on my mind. No Euro either. I took an ax to the skull plate.
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ya I'm going do it but I already have a crew of 4 dudes going, wasn't looking for a match.com thread :chuckle:
Was hoping some folks already done it and felt like sharing.
YA that.... Lets here from some of the folks that have done this trip for Moose. There must be a bunch of you out there that would share the experience.
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ya I'm going do it but I already have a crew of 4 dudes going, wasn't looking for a match.com thread :chuckle:
Was hoping some folks already done it and felt like sharing.
YA that.... Lets here from some of the folks that have done this trip for Moose. There must be a bunch of you out there that would share the experience.
I have done it for caribou, this coming trip adds the moose and the raft, most of the other details are the same.
really good info here.........http://www.pristineventures.com/home.html (http://www.pristineventures.com/home.html)
I have been talking to Larry and he is a great guy
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I've also been talking with Larry about my 2014 moose trip. This is what I'm planning on doing with all the meat, cape and antlers www.alaskameatexpress.com (http://www.alaskameatexpress.com)
$700 and he transports everything to the lower 48 in a refrigerated truck.
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I've also been talking with Larry about my 2014 moose trip. This is what I'm planning on doing with all the meat, cape and antlers www.alaskameatexpress.com (http://www.alaskameatexpress.com)
$700 and he transports everything to the lower 48 in a refrigerated truck.
I contacted that guy and it seems like a pretty decent deal, only problem for me is Missoula is as far West as he comes. If a guy lived in say, Spokane, it would work out great.
Maybe get a few guys together and carpool to MT or split the travel some other way.
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Marked for future viewing..... Have a small 16ft sled, rv, atvs, and willing to travel :)
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Wanttohuntmore, we may be looking for a fourth in our group? If your interested
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Tagging. Guess I better start emptying my chest freezer for the trip. :drool:
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Can't go this year, too much on my plate, but possibly next. Really want to do an archery bull moose hunt, DIY style. Trying to figure out areas to go. Would probably drive up so we could get the meat back (in a freezer on the trailer).
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Did the drive up and back moose hunt there. I much prefer flying up and back and cargo shipping the meat down but thats just me. Will be in the Brooks this summer and probably do another caribou or moose trip up next year.
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I've been thinking about how best to pull this off if driving up. If you got four guys, send two up with the truck and gear, and two up on a plane. Then for the trip home, switch. That saves everyone three days.
As for meat, when we moved down last fall I drove with two large freezers and a generator strapped in place to the deck of the boat I towed down. I fueled up the generator and ran it every time I stopped for fuel. Back in '05 when I drove down after working the summer up there with most of a moose, I hauled half the processed meat in the freezer and half in a cooler, ran the generator in the back of the pickup every time I stopped for fuel, and switched the cooler contents out with the freezer contents halfway down.
As for killing a moose, there are about 1,000,001 ways to get it done. I was the originator of the Boneaddict Alaska Moose Death March, I've done two upstream death drags that both ended in a brief white-knuckle float out in a heavily loaded pro pioneer on a rocky fast stream with only a canoe paddle to navigate with, and one leisurely flyout float with all the comforts that brings. The most important thing: watch the Wayne Kubat videos. If you float, bring a small boat (pro pioneer, Aire traveler, or large-ish packraft) to expand your sidestream exploration options. Don't bring everything you own - it's September up there for Pete's sake. To stay dry is to stay warm. Expect near-freezing and wet. If you pack light with a simple camp, you will hunt more and sack camp less.
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Tagging.
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since seeing and reading matt cashell's hunt like this last year ive been thinking about it alot
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I don't have time to read this thread right now, but definitely will read later. Thanks for starting the thread. :tup:
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Tagging. Guess I better start emptying my chest freezer for the trip. :drool:
need to get the freezer/trailer setup for the TX hog hunts too.
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Curious for those that did dyi hunts up there, would atvs or a 16 foot sled work best? Basically would need to pack on or the other. Could tow this with a diesel with a cab over camper.
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Headed up this year for a DIY 150 mile 12 day float. Flying in and out from Fairbanks and planning on the Air Cargo meat route...$1 pound is cheap meat I tell the wife, the rest is just an out of State hunting trip :chuckle:
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i would love to find 3 other guys and go in a few years. I have always wanted to do this.