I hunted Kodiak last November. If you want to try an alternative, consider taking oversized, heavy rubber gloves which are popular with some Alaskans. Like those orange gloves you see on a lot of boats. Buy oversize so you can pull over your expensive, lighter gloves. They are cheap, tough as...
Just something to consider about bright colored equipment in the backcountry/ Wilderness is the visuals. We all would like to think we are alone out there. It adds to the experience for most, if not all folks. Think about blaze orange in bow hunting vs rifle hunting. When you crest that...
I got a First Lite Tundra balaclava. I had asked for one last Christmas. Man I could have used it on Kodiak this year! And on whitetail treestand in MT! The windproof material and the fleece are going to be just the ticket for staying warm.
Maybe use another type of stove. There was Coleman fuel available. Or talk to the transporter about where you could find canisters left by other hunters who could not fly home with them. Got to figure of the hundreds of hunters leaving them behind, there should be some laying around up there...
Our group of three bow hunters used Golden Eagle for caribou hunting the first week of September in 2019. They were helpful in answering email questions before hand. The staff was very helpful and friendly before we flew out while we were there preparing in Kotz. And after we got back, as...