Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 06, 2012, 07:06:03 PM
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php/109295-140-miles-1-2-with-no-trail-in-the-fog-38-below-20-mile-MPH-winds-5-1-2-hours
Post by: cohoho on January 08, 2012, 08:22:41 AM
Post by: benhuntin on January 08, 2012, 06:10:06 PM
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 08, 2012, 08:53:12 PM
I put in for the AK draw for 10 years and had a contact (Native) that offered his services to help out.
It's a tough draw, same as a bison tag for Delta AK.
My neighbor's wife drew a Delta bison tag one year, and a Nunivak Muskox tag the next. I told her she'd better buy a lottery ticket because the odds were about the same to draw those two tags back to back and she was running HOT!
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 08, 2012, 08:57:39 PM
I have pics of the ones near Prudoe some where to. They would be like shootin a cow out of someones pasture
Not unless it was 140 miles, 1/2 with no trail, in the fog, -38 below, 20 mile MPH winds, 5-1/2 hours to the farmer's field.
It's not the hunting that's so hard up there, it's the surviving. One small mistake in those conditions can be tragic.
Post by: cohoho on January 12, 2012, 08:46:29 PM
It's a tough draw, same as a bison tag for Delta AK.
My neighbor's wife drew a Delta bison tag one year, and a Nunivak Muskox tag the next. I told her she'd better buy a lottery ticket because the odds were about the same to draw those two tags back to back and she was running HOT!
I got the Delta bull tag, my son got it the next and my hunting partner the following, but I couldn't draw Muskox...
Post by: cohoho on January 12, 2012, 08:49:49 PM
I have pics of the ones near Prudoe some where to. They would be like shootin a cow out of someones pasture
Not unless it was 140 miles, 1/2 with no trail, in the fog, -38 below, 20 mile MPH winds, 5-1/2 hours to the farmer's field.
It's not the hunting that's so hard up there, it's the surviving. One small mistake in those conditions can be tragic.
Yes the part folks do not realize is the time frame- Feb- Mar in the bruttle arctic weather and the toll on equipment, person, etc... The herd above Happy Valley off the haul road are not on the draw...
Post by: benhuntin on January 13, 2012, 06:47:10 AM
when we were ther hunting caribou it was in the 70's and they were standin on the road. A mobile farm slaughter truck could have done the job in a t-shirt. Not all alaska is alll tough all the time.I have pics of the ones near Prudoe some where to. They would be like shootin a cow out of someones pasture
Not unless it was 140 miles, 1/2 with no trail, in the fog, -38 below, 20 mile MPH winds, 5-1/2 hours to the farmer's field.
It's not the hunting that's so hard up there, it's the surviving. One small mistake in those conditions can be tragic.
Post by: GoldTip on January 13, 2012, 06:52:35 AM
I have pics of the ones near Prudoe some where to. They would be like shootin a cow out of someones pasture
Not unless it was 140 miles, 1/2 with no trail, in the fog, -38 below, 20 mile MPH winds, 5-1/2 hours to the farmer's field.
It's not the hunting that's so hard up there, it's the surviving. One small mistake in those conditions can be tragic.
Yes the part folks do not realize is the time frame- Feb- Mar in the bruttle arctic weather and the toll on equipment, person, etc... The herd above Happy Valley off the haul road are not on the draw...
The herd around Nome is not a draw either, it's a registration hunt.
Post by: bearpaw on January 13, 2012, 09:13:06 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 13, 2012, 09:30:48 AM
Post by: cohoho on January 13, 2012, 01:19:54 PM
when we were ther hunting caribou it was in the 70's and they were standin on the road. A mobile farm slaughter truck could have done the job in a t-shirt. Not all alaska is alll tough all the time.I have pics of the ones near Prudoe some where to. They would be like shootin a cow out of someones pasture
Not unless it was 140 miles, 1/2 with no trail, in the fog, -38 below, 20 mile MPH winds, 5-1/2 hours to the farmer's field.
It's not the hunting that's so hard up there, it's the surviving. One small mistake in those conditions can be tragic.
Never stated it was tough all the time... Except when you can hunt them is not tee-shirt weather... I still want to hunt these guys for sure. My bucket animal due to how cool they are....
Post by: MikeWalking on January 13, 2012, 01:33:23 PM
got photos around here somewhere.
Post by: cohoho on January 13, 2012, 04:26:11 PM