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    satellite phone or in reach gps

    Dont bother with the sat phone. Our pilot uses a in-reach. So we never heard from him
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    Anyone ever hunt the N.Warner unit in oregon

    I did not. Saw 5 deer 2 bucks and 2pt and a spike. All on first night. Thought i may have a great hunt. Never saw another buck in 5 days of hunting. Most sign i saw was down in the sage by a creek. It was hot thou every day. But pretty disappionting. Did find out later that there was a big...
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    Hoffman Explorer Boot Review Thread ***Updated 2/12/20***

    My son and I both own a set. Been great so far. I think we are going on year 3 now. Wish i had em for our Alaska hunt a few years back
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    Alaska Caribou getting started Questions

    We hunted the porcupine herd on the south slope and flew out from just outside Fairbanks. The Porcupine herd is the second largest in Alaska at 169,000. There is lots of different herd thou as evident by this map...
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    scope cap options.

    got a Leupold VX-3i scope. Looking for scope caps options. The butler creek ones seem to accidentally open alot , Some guys say the Luepold ones take away some field of view and you cant screw them on without dismounting the scope. What other scope cap covers have you guys tried????
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    Best Air Service?

    hhhmmm wierd yea i had great communication with him. I know he has a real job in the off season. Hes a electrician. But not sure why he wouldnt call ya back. I do know by dec or jan he will be already booked. Maybe that is why, I can not remember when he sent our contract
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    Rental truck?

    Yes and No. We were late coming back. So at the 2 week mark. The Price converted to Commercial pricing. The guy i rented from went to bat for us and got it straightened out. So something to keep in mind
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    Rental truck?

    Yes but we had no snow and only went as far as Coldfoot
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    Nikon Monarch M5 3-12x42SF Riflescope Review

    Do you think its still wise to buy a Nikon Scope with them getting out of the scope buisness????? How will that effect warranty???
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    Rental truck?

    We rented a u-haul ford van. But we only had to sleep in it 2 nights
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    2020 Caribou DIY trip

    Cant comment on any other air taxi. We used Bushwacker air. Flew into fairbanks. Rented a u-haul van. Drove up the haul road flew out of prospector creek. Bushwacker was great. Cost $3k with unlimited runs of meat.
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    Best Air Service?

    Ive only used one. Bushwacker Air. Would use him again in a heart beat
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    salt?

    That exactly what we did and i had zero hair slip.
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    salt?

    Do not salt it. My taxidermist says no salt. Just skin ASAP hang in tree to dry . Keep out of rain. Roll up at night. My came out great in early sept hunt after bout 6 days
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    Shipping meat from Alaska to lower 48

    Just take it on as extra check bags with dry ice. If you get the Alaska card you get a extra bag for free. If you buy first class for way home you get another i believe. Thats what i will do next time. Also pay attention to there dry ice and wieght rules. Go buy a scale in town to wiegh...
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    Schnees vs Hoffman

    i have the hoffman exploreers and there a great boot......
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    Anyone ever hunt the N.Warner unit in oregon

    Yea thats about the most info i found was the rifle guys were getting them in the sage flats. But thats a month later in some cases. But yea might have to sart out low
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    Anyone ever hunt the N.Warner unit in oregon

    Yea thanks. I was thinking finding water maybe good. I should be talking to the bio today will see what he says
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    Anyone ever hunt the N.Warner unit in oregon

    Well That sucks to hear. I drew it today. The success rate especially on 4pt or better is darn good. Im just not used to hunting so early.
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