Switch blades and retractable blade knives are legal in ak. No knife laws any more. I have a retractable blade knife that has a grippy rubber handle I keep in my knife bag for breaking down moose. Particularly when gutting. And I have my hands inside a mooses body cavity and cuts are made by...
Around our cabin in SC ak near the base of Denali. The deep snow the last couple of years seems to have hit the moose hard this year. Along with the bears n wolves. The wolves cross a moose track in the deep snow n just follow it until the moose is exhausted. Bears can smell the calves being...
This last spring I took a chance. I invited Jordan Jonnas to come up and go moose hunting. And he accepted. I've not met many folks with such a great attitude about life. Always happy and positive. Him and his buddy found a antler drop and came across what could have been a brown bear. They...
Hello folks. Just wanted to mention that we have been getting a lot of rain. The Talkeetna mts got over 3" in a day recently. So the rivers n creeks are running fast n more furriest. And the tioga n tundra marshy areas are very wet.
The mountains will be draining for a few days after it...
After being sidelined with injuries for a couple years I'm finally going to go out to our cabin today for moose season. Just me and a friend may fly his cub in later in the week. This trip is only a week but I'll be back in September for more time.
For me it's going to be kinda like a...
I got the dates booked with the pilot we use flying out to our cabin. Going out for the first week. Again at end of the month for 10 days or so. I'll see how it's going. For me it's a big deal getting out as I've had a broken neck and it is healing great. So beautiful wife is finally allowing me...
I somehow managed to loose my sense of debth in my sight along the way. I have never use a debth finder and have no idea about them.
I suspect that in some way they would but really no idea.
And just maybe why I missed a couple shots at wolves, one was pure white too
Just wondering if anyone uses a white flag to draw caribou in. A white hanky is perfect. It imitates a rear end of a caribou.
Being curious animals it's not unusual for them to move closer to take a look. I was with my bil and he harvested a small boo but the only one in sight at leaving...
It's not hard to notice folks that are not either confident in what they are doing.
Some folks have a ton of gear for just in case something happens. Some folks have a ditty bag. Doesn't mean a thing.
Maybe it's just how they carry themselves, I'm no expert. But for me none of this really...
I've had thought that I could use the 8x12 generator shed for a walk in cooler since I built it. The walls are 2x6 and r-19 insulation with 6 mil visqueen. I got a small sized window air conditioner out there and was going to mount it on the outside of the shed and blow cold air in. Put a couple...
A moose diet will dictate where you can find more moose. Favorite foods are fireweed, willow, cottonwood, birch, poplar, spruce. A lot of alder in places goes untouched. Biologists have determined that alder produces a defense mechanism that makes it toxic to moose. An area covered in green...
There are several different vocal moose calls that hunters use for different reasons.
Earlier in the season I'm using cruising looking for cows. Go slow , moose are always grazing so strip leaves or break a small branch. Stop a lot. Sound like a moose, not a bear.
I believe that a cow...
I found this site just a bit ago. And really enjoy it to. I just came upon the oller folks place. Hope I don't get annoying. I'm just waiting on getting healed up enough to get out again and have some time. Great stuff from great folks
We had a couple 3' snow falls this last winter. The effects on the moose calfs is starting to show up. We have a down calf just appearing next to our driveway. And another I've been watching a quarter mile down the road. I would expect that further out where there is too many wolves it was much...
My beautiful wife taught me a good life lesson. If you wait until you have the time and money to go and do what you want to do in life. You probably won't get there.
Seems to me anyhows that when I'm working extra n have extra bucks, no time. Or time n need the bucks to live on. It's kinda...
I was doing cow moose calls, long bellows. I usually get pretty aggressive with this call. If you're a farmer and have heard a cow in full estruss you know.
. We had set up on the edge of a small pond in front of our cabin. It didn't take but a few minutes and we see a huge bull walk out from...
A moose hunt. We lost our home to a forest fire and I was busy busy building a new home. A long time hunting buddy stops by to convince me to go out. And my beautiful wife strongly suggested it.
It was near 4 in the afternoon and a beautiful day. 65 n sunny. I grabbed my rifle n loaded up...
There is a a little pond out in front of our cabin that I named Mom's pond after my beautiful wife.
When I first found our 20 acres of remote recreational land that the state was offering in a lottery. Myself and a friend searched for 3-4 days on snogos for the perfect place. Was cold...
I've kinda noticed that I do things a bit differently when it comes to hanging game meat or groceries around camp. For me , I've always kept the moose or whatnot kinda right where I can see n protect it from bears. Closer to camp.
Seems most recommendations say hang it a hundred feet away...