OK, those who lived when and with the massive caribou herds that were an ongoing problem, make those who can't imagine the endless herds of caribou cry with jealousy. Tell them about the years when the Alaska Highway crews used snowplows "YEAR AROUND" to blast the dead caribou off the highways...
Typically, March 10 to 14'th the big boys are coming down the mountain back of the cabin, plowing down to the beach. Where generally, the first green sprouts show up a week or two later. Till then it is winter, or highway killed moose and freeze-dried salmon from last fall.
It is fascinating to...
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/11/19/bird-flu-found-southeast-alaska-bear-cub/
EXCERPT:
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - A sick bear discovered last month at Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park was found to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Division of Wildlife...
Western Arctic Caribou Herd shrank more in 2022, hurting Northwest Arctic subsistence hunters.
One of the biggest caribou herds in the world that sustains subsistence hunters in the Northwest Arctic has been declining for the last five years. In 2022, it shrank even more.
The new data from the...
What is the driving motivation, to spend a lot of money, and have a "NOT" blissful wilderness experience, if all you get is "ONE" caribou........???
To turn this around.......try to imagine, if I discovered that recently lots and lots and lots of long time Alaskans, were incurring substantial...
Open to ideas and suggestions. Currently constructing one 17 feet off the ground and 18 feet long. Seventy yards from the cabin door, with good view from the windows, for problem mitigation.
Please post any updated information.
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/bicyclist-killed-in-early-morning-montana-grizzly-attack-near-ovando/article_b3ec0489-cc55-5f37-935e-a8afa3366d3f.amp.html...
Getting to be a every few days happening.........https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/07/02/bear-attack-reported-katmai-national-park-preserve-first-incident-since-2018/
Not to be confused with "ALL" the other bear attacks this spring.
Location: Cooper Landing
Type: Bear Attack
Dispatch Text:
On June 27, 2021, at approximately 1938 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Soldotna were notified of a bear attack in Cooper Landing. Wildlife Troopers responded to the...
Different then the one two days ago. As of tonight they still can't find her.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/06/16/authorities-search-hiker-after-she-reported-being-charged-by-bears/
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/05/20/man-who-survived-bear-mauling-near-gulkana-details-harrowing-experience-from-hospital-bed/
I have been studying this for 60'ish years, have had hundreds of "Classic" encounters (Classic being, in my opinion, is when first awareness of bear potential...
Does anyone have this FoxPro Shockwave Electronic Game Call......."HANDY".....???
I would appreciate the measurements of this unit.......Please.
I want to build a "box" for it so I can set it on the flat roof of a building., out of the rain.
I need the max. height.
The depth.
The widest...