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  1. BowMan86

    2022 Haul Road Caribou Hunt. Who is going????

    It’s is possible to hike out and back in a day. Just plan to hike out very early and getting back pretty late. I have done this hunt a few times over the past few years and have been successful each time hiking out past the 5 mile zone. It’s actually not that bad with an empty pack. We have made...
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    Afognak Elk 2022

    It’s made by nu way. Looks almost identical to a wood burning stove with the pipes and everything but runs off of propane. Totally safe to run in your tent with the vents open.
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    Afognak Elk 2022

    I use a propane stove. I think it would be difficult to find dry wood there.
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    Afognak Elk 2022

    Just watched the video as well. Good representation of the type of weather to expect there. I think having a big warm base tent to comeback to makes all the difference in the world. It makes the crappy days bearable knowing you can comeback and get dry. That’s why I invested in an Arctic oven 12...
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    Afognak Elk 2022

    I got lucky and drew the DE 717 elk tag for Afognak Island. I have never been to Afognak, but have hunted goats on Kodiak so I understand a little of what to expect with weather and terrain. A buddy and I are booked to fly out with Seahawk air on the 6th and returning the 19th of October. I...
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    Alaska Spring Black Bear Hunt

    Hopefully it won’t be an issue, I was seeing some bears out around Prince William Sound last year on May 10th. I was able to get the dates pushed back to the 11th-17th. Maybe a little better chance of timing it right.
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    Alaska Spring Black Bear Hunt

    A couple buddies and I are looking at driving down to the Kenai Peninsula near Cooper landing for a DIY spring bear hunt. We reserved a remote cabin for the week of May 9-14th. Has any one hunted this area this time of year and would you think we are hunting to early in the year? Any advice...
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    2021 AK haul road and caribou report

    Three of us went up in Sept and did the 5 mile march out. After getting out there and spending the first few days killing ourselves in that tundra we decided that we would only shoot one caribou and be done with it. We were mostly seeing cows and the only bulls were a long ways off. We finally...
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    Kodiak deer/ goat combo

    You sound like a guy I work with in the ICU! Lol
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    Kodiak deer/ goat combo

    Yeah we both drew the DG474. I would expect at the elevation we are hunting we will be too high for deer but we will see. Same as you though, if we are not seeing deer we will move after we fill our goat tags.
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    Kodiak deer/ goat combo

    We will be flying into a high mountain lake for goats and if we both tag out we will have them move us to a better location for deer.
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    Kodiak deer/ goat combo

    We fly out with them at 1100. Havnt fully decided yet but we have goat tags for 474. We will be out from the 4th-18th.
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    Kodiak deer/ goat combo

    Good luck, we may run into you. We fly out with Seahawk air on the 4th of Oct as well.
  14. BowMan86

    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    Definitely mixed reviews. I feel as though they would do fine on behind the shoulder vital shots. In our situation, my son had his first shot ever on a big game animal and hit it a little far forward. My shot was intentional in the shoulder due to it quartering towards me and it was a now or...
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    Yeah I’m thinking about switching to the accubonds. If I can ever find them!
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    True, just need to be a little more selective on my shots.
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    Very similar, almost completely destroyed the front shoulder.
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    The one my son shot was about 80 yards and the other was 150 yards. Maybe just the combination of highspeed and lightweight bullets from the 6.5 PRC hitting dense bone caused the bullet to shatter.
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    They did, both made it about 20-30 yards. Just looking for something with more penetration and less meat damage. More so concerned for use on a future moose hunt. Guess the easy answer would be to not hit them in the shoulder but things happen, and would like to know my bullet is going to make...
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    Hornady ELD-X Ammo issues

    Yeah, I guess that is the ultimate question. Initially, the 6.5 PRC was pretty limited to the horandy eld-x, but now it looks as though there are more manufacturers. Trick is finding them in stock and not paying 3x what they are worth.

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