Recent Pictures

The following pictures are from our 2 day fishing trip on the Chatanika River

I caught this one at 2:00 AM
Tara's first PIKE! The fish taped out at 28"


everything tastes better when you're camping!

this is the first Sheefish I've seen caught...and you can tell they get pretty big


as we came around the bend this moose was taking a bath








Pictures from the trip down south







Valdez, AK bear hunt 08'

my first bear

quick update: hey guys I know its been a while since the last post but things are going well up here. Spring is finally here and majority of the ice is starting to melt off the lakes.

On 22 May I was lucky enough to harvest a respectable interior black bear. He taped out a little over 5'6 (they measure from the tip of the nose to the tail) and weighed some where around 300+ lbs. I wanted to shoot him with the bow but he sneaked in without me seeing him and when I looked up there he was. I was shaking like a leaf and if I tried to reach for the bow he would of ran off so I grabbed my 44 mag and with a well placed shot he didn't make it 20 yards.

I've always heard that you'll see them before you hear them but I can't put into words the rush I felt when I looked up and had a starring competition with a black bear.

The rule up here is if you shoot a bear before 1 June you have to harvest all the meat because they are usually eating on blue berries and the meat tastes really good. As long as you harvest the bear before it starts eating fish the meat will taste just fine...if hes eating fish then the meat is oily and doesn't taste as good. Enjoy the pictures

Early April with a full load to go build the stand...Its about 4 miles from the truck to the stand

here is a picture of the stand


you can see how thick the spruce forest is up here. Also check out the moss...thats why you never hear them sneak up on you...

After I shot the bear I made my way back to the truck and called my 1SG to keep a watch out for other bears coming in. When I was field dressing this bear another one came in and was walking around us...


full load...
those could do some damage...
he is gonna make a nice rug

aurora

latest adventure

well my buddies and I decided to pack up the sleds Thursday night and head down towards Paxson, AK (Tangle Lakes) in high hopes of catching some lake trout. Good thing this wasn't a survival trip where you only eat what you catch because my buddy Bill was the only one to bring a fish to hand and that wasn't enough to go around! Needless to say we still had an awesome time on the sleds. On the 25 mile ride in on the sleds we saw a lynx sun bathing on a frozen river, a heard of Caribou, a lake trout through the ice, and the northern lights.


As we were heading back to camp from the ice shanty the Aurora made an appearance for only a few minutes and I was able to snap off a few shots. Don't be fooled this picture was taken a little after midnight.


Bill with his first Lake Trout. She taped out at 18"
Winston will be 1 yr old this May. This was from our latest rabbit hunt
picture of Bill on his sled

Here is a picture of some caribou we saw on the way in. Most of the bulls have already dropped their antlers

No...thats not the sun its the moon. This picture was taken around midnight