dukxdog
Lil-Rokslider
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I just returned from 15 days in the Arctic. It was light 24 hours each day.
Eskimos, dog sleds, seal hunting, foxes, Ptarmigan, Narwhal, Ski-Doo's, extreme camping, icebergs and much more!
Main objective was the white bear, apex predator.
This was something I have longed to do then booking it in February made it reality.
I travelled about 1000 miles by snowmobile. Took lots of photos for documentation of memories.
We found several seal kills and blood trails made by the hunting bears. some the bears dug down 6 feet in the ice to dislodge dead seals for meals. The bears can smell food under 5+ feet of ice. They dig through ice as we can dig through beach sand. They invade the seal dens for pup and adult Ringed seals.
We camped in Alaska Arctic Oven tents with Coleman stoves for heat and cooking.
We used sled dogs to bay the bears. Caught three bears during the hunt. One sow, one smaller male I passed on then the bear I got at the end. I saw six females each having one to three cubs.
I used a Rem 700 AWR rifle in .375HH with a Bushnell 6500 1.25-8X scope. One Swift 300gr A-Frame bullet hand loaded.
Some new gear I bought for the hunt was a Rokman waterproof duffle and waterproof gun case. These were perfect.
It is truly amazing how all of the animals survive and are adapted to this harsh environment. The people who live here are also survivors. I constantly thought about how they lived before we had our mechanical inventions. Tough life. They hunt what they eat...cooked and raw. This was a real adventure.
Eskimos, dog sleds, seal hunting, foxes, Ptarmigan, Narwhal, Ski-Doo's, extreme camping, icebergs and much more!
Main objective was the white bear, apex predator.
This was something I have longed to do then booking it in February made it reality.
I travelled about 1000 miles by snowmobile. Took lots of photos for documentation of memories.
We found several seal kills and blood trails made by the hunting bears. some the bears dug down 6 feet in the ice to dislodge dead seals for meals. The bears can smell food under 5+ feet of ice. They dig through ice as we can dig through beach sand. They invade the seal dens for pup and adult Ringed seals.
We camped in Alaska Arctic Oven tents with Coleman stoves for heat and cooking.
We used sled dogs to bay the bears. Caught three bears during the hunt. One sow, one smaller male I passed on then the bear I got at the end. I saw six females each having one to three cubs.
I used a Rem 700 AWR rifle in .375HH with a Bushnell 6500 1.25-8X scope. One Swift 300gr A-Frame bullet hand loaded.
Some new gear I bought for the hunt was a Rokman waterproof duffle and waterproof gun case. These were perfect.
It is truly amazing how all of the animals survive and are adapted to this harsh environment. The people who live here are also survivors. I constantly thought about how they lived before we had our mechanical inventions. Tough life. They hunt what they eat...cooked and raw. This was a real adventure.
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