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Title: Alaska DIY caribou hunt
Post by: JoeE on August 31, 2018, 01:10:39 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Alaska DIY caribou hunt
Post by: spin05 on August 31, 2018, 01:13:38 AM: 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
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Post by: gasman on August 31, 2018, 05:11:21 AM: That's awesome, congrats on the hunt and great life time memories with your son.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 31, 2018, 05:14:52 AM: Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on August 31, 2018, 07:14:28 AM: :tup: :tup: On the to do list. Nice job.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on August 31, 2018, 07:32:18 AM: Looks like a great hunt building huge memories. My son doesn't hunt, so I can only experience this vicariously. Congratulations.
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Post by: jackelope on August 31, 2018, 07:51:42 AM: Pretty awesome looking hunt. You guys did good. Congrats and thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Rainier10 on August 31, 2018, 07:57:22 AM: Nice job, thanks for posting.
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Post by: JoeE on August 31, 2018, 09:23:27 AM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on August 31, 2018, 05:14:52 AM
Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

:chuckle: OPSEC
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Post by: X-Force on August 31, 2018, 09:35:04 AM: Awesome!

Do you have any terrain/landscape photos. Looks like a beautiful area.
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Post by: saylean on August 31, 2018, 11:22:00 AM: Awesome caribou!!
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Post by: PlateauNDN on August 31, 2018, 02:21:31 PM: Quote from: JoeE on August 31, 2018, 09:23:27 AM
Quote from: Skyvalhunter on August 31, 2018, 05:14:52 AM
Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

:chuckle: OPSEC

That's good to know, was starting to think Thanos was real.
Title: Re: Alaska DIY caribou hunt
Post by: fishngamereaper on August 31, 2018, 02:31:34 PM: Quote from: PlateauNDN on August 31, 2018, 02:21:31 PM
Quote from: JoeE on August 31, 2018, 09:23:27 AM
Quote from: Skyvalhunter on August 31, 2018, 05:14:52 AM
Congrats that's awesome. Love those smiles on your faces.

:chuckle: 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.
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Post by: Machias on September 01, 2018, 04:41:11 PM: Awesome bulls!!! Congrats, would love to chat sometime. I HAVE to go back!!! 😊
Title: Re: Alaska DIY caribou hunt
Post by: JoeE on September 01, 2018, 05:09:46 PM: Quote from: Machias on September 01, 2018, 04:41:11 PM
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!
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Post by: boneaddict on September 01, 2018, 05:10:44 PM: Awesome! Ak is addicting
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Post by: sjhgraysage on September 06, 2018, 03:09:01 PM: Congrats on your success!! :tup:

Sad to see you are in the "witness protection program" ;) LOL
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 06, 2018, 03:59:16 PM: 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. :tup:
Title: Re: Alaska DIY caribou hunt
Post by: JoeE on September 06, 2018, 10:14:07 PM: 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 :chuckle: a bunch of you guys have seen my mug anyway so you aren't missing much!
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Post by: gramps on September 07, 2018, 05:46:28 AM: Congratulations Fred for making the best of a less than ideal situation!! Thanks also for sharing your story
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Post by: Falcon on September 07, 2018, 06:07:40 AM: Congrats on some nice animals and what looks like an awesome adventure.
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Post by: gramps on September 07, 2018, 10:39:01 AM: congrats to JoeE……..Nice
Got the Caribou threads mixed upon the previous post