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  1. Kevin Dill

    Who's Moose Hunting Alaska 2022?!?

    :coffee: @VernAK Who knew you could visit a Lowes and walk out with your very own Tote-a-Pottie kit? :rolleyes: I'm picturing somebody with a book in one hand and can of Raid in the other. I'm sorry....I just can't help myself..... 😊
  2. Kevin Dill

    Who's Moose Hunting Alaska 2022?!?

    I'm afraid I'd be looking out the window at my toilet seat somewhere around 30 miles to the nearest airstrip and start getting unfortunate ideas. I'm very suggestible that way. I don't need anything until you dangle it in front of me long enough...😳 😂
  3. Kevin Dill

    Who's Moose Hunting Alaska 2022?!?

    @AKDoc I love ya man, but your luxury toileting cracks me up every year about this time. 😂 I know you fly in something bigger than a Super Cub and that makes a difference. If I had a fold-a-crapper I'd have to wing-strut it to camp and back out. The thing for me is my gut is occupied with...
  4. Kevin Dill

    Who uses the UDAP Bear Fence?

    On a very short bear fence a long, deep ground rod isn't really needed. That's mostly because the current doesn't have far to travel from a grounded (and shocked) bear back to the grounding rod/spike or point. On a livestock fence a cow or horse might be a hundred yards or further from the...
  5. Kevin Dill

    Who uses the UDAP Bear Fence?

    Think of an electric fence as a circle with electrical energy occupying it. The energy stays there in harmless fashion. The ground rod is doing nothing. As soon as a well-grounded animal makes adequate wire contact, energy passes through the animal...into the ground...and over to the ground rod...
  6. Kevin Dill

    Who uses the UDAP Bear Fence?

    I'm a believer in POWER. I'm switching to a Gallagher S12 solar charger with built-in li-ion batteries. 9200 volts and .08 joules impulse energy. It's relatively small and light (not ultralight) and WILL sting any critter very hard. A friend of mine has been using one on food plots in Oklahoma...
  7. Kevin Dill

    Storing food in Griz country

    A bit of bear logic is in order here. Truly wild bears (which don't get to eat human stuff) are 1) not automatically attracted to any food smells, and 2) likely to be spooked by human odors. Because we think bacon smells strong and attractive, we may assume a wild bear is attracted to it. They...
  8. Kevin Dill

    Shipping meat and horns-AA checked baggage vs AA air cargo

    When it comes down to the logistics of getting meat home I tend to break it down into 3 periods or stages: 1: Field period. Animal butchered and meat bagged. What things can you be doing now to help speed up or ease meat handling once it leaves the field? Meat is clean and ready to transport...
  9. Kevin Dill

    Let see your best camp photos!

    Maybe the toughest part is getting the basic rectangle established. The only way to learn the rectangle is thru lawn practice. No rectangle...no tight pitch. The corners of the rectangle get staked ONLY semi-snug...not really tight. After 4 corners staked, put the pole in on a lower setting...
  10. Kevin Dill

    Bow vs Rifle

    The important thing is to know yourself and honor the things which are most important to you. If a moose kill is absolutely the top priority above all else then I'd see little reason to bring a bow. On the other hand, if you're driven hard by the challenge of hunting with a bow....and if how you...
  11. Kevin Dill

    Bow vs Rifle

    After many years of hunting Alaska, and seeing a lot of dual-weapon hunters.... Every last guy I saw who brought a bow and a gun on a hunt ended up killing with the rifle...even if they didn't really need to. The psychology involved in this is pretty simple and I don't need to explain it. I...
  12. Kevin Dill

    Who's Moose Hunting Alaska 2022?!?

    Well...I have plane tickets for September, for all they're worth. The truth is some guy who wears a white shirt and a tie while flying a plane may be walking a picket line instead of flying me to Fairbanks. I guess all I can do is get ready and hope it happens. Then there's the millions of...
  13. Kevin Dill

    Fishing setup for drop hunt?

    Being severely limited in gear weight and space, my rig is minimal. I'm only chasing grayling on a small stream anyway. I've got a 3 piece hi-mod graphite rod that fits inside my ultralight arrow case. Shimano reel tucked into my backpack for the flight to camp. Small Plano (pocket sized) box...
  14. Kevin Dill

    Scared of Down?

    Someone here will likely put up an account of a down bag getting wet or somehow failing in adverse weather. Of course it can happen, but I consider the risk to be acceptably miniscule with proper care. Down hunting jackets, vests, pants, mitts and so on are all the rage these days...and they do...
  15. Kevin Dill

    Moose Gear List Help

    Well I was gonna mention this Helinox thing called a Ground Sheet but.....😆
  16. Kevin Dill

    Moose Gear List Help

    I honestly don't have a list I can copy and paste, but let me say.... Your first trip definitely will have you wishing you had certain things and realizing you didn't need others. A lot of that is just personal preference. I like a small axe in camp. Others scoff at that. I'm betting half the...
  17. Kevin Dill

    Fairbanks Hotels w Freezer Space

    Al isn't running a nonprofit entity there. I'm not aware of all his expenses but that refrigerated trailer runs for weeks and uses fuel...expensive fuel. And it's gonna be a LOT more expensive fuel this year. A few years ago he built a large walk-in freezer inside his shop...serious money...and...
  18. Kevin Dill

    ADFG App Available

    The app is not necessarily a substitute for your paper copies, especially if something goes wrong with your phone in the field. You could just as easily photo your license and such but that's not the same as presenting the real thing when asked. Might save your bacon in certain situations...
  19. Kevin Dill

    ADFG App Available

    I think this is brand new stuff, but just in case I'm late to the party...laugh at me kindly. ADFG sent me an email today with notification of a comprehensive app available. I loaded it (Apple App Store) and it works exceptionally well. Maps, regs....great stuff. Plus it contains a record of...
  20. Kevin Dill

    Dumb question, but…

    If the Anchorage ADF&G office is open while you're in town, that's where I would go. Those people are pros and know everything you need to be legal and ready. The clerk at a Walmart isn't necessarily going to care if you forget a harvest ticket. And be sure to get a copy of the regs. Do NOT put...

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