Haul road airboat hunt

[adam.jsmith]

We had a great trip up there. This was from two years ago but I’m just getting on this forum. Blown Away Airboat Adventures took us in. We went four for four on caribou with a bonus wolf.

 

[JJ1179]

Right on! Congrats.

 

[TAGPUNCHER]

I was checking them out as well. Did you just get dropped outside the corridor or a custom trip?

 

[adam.jsmith]

I was checking them out as well. Did you just get dropped outside the corridor or a custom trip?

Dropped outside the corridor. Feel free to reach out with more questions.

 

[TAGPUNCHER]

Thanks Man. I am in planning now.

 

[JoeB]

Looks like a fun option. Did they haul you back out too? or float trip/hunt out?

 

[adam.jsmith]

Looks like a fun option. Did they haul you back out too? or float trip/hunt out?

We got hauled out.

 

[dwhite0622]

Looks like a sweet trip! Congrats!

 

[CamoDup]

Awesome! Well done. My group did the haul rd last august. We put in with our own boats where the outfitters do. We talked to a lot of people that struggled. We even struggled ourselves. We had the luxury to move to find the caribou. We ended up moving a lot. I think we had 6 or 7 different camps. There were 4 of us and we ended up with 6 caribou. 4 cows for the guy that we went that was an Alaska native, one small bull for me and one medium bull for my father in law. Overall it was an awesome experience and I can't wait to get back up there!

 

[adam.jsmith]

Awesome! Well done. My group did the haul rd last august. We put in with our own boats where the outfitters do. We talked to a lot of people that struggled. We even struggled ourselves. We had the luxury to move to find the caribou. We ended up moving a lot. I think we had 6 or 7 different camps. There were 4 of us and we ended up with 6 caribou. 4 cows for the guy that we went that was an Alaska native, one small bull for me and one medium bull for my father in law. Overall it was an awesome experience and I can't wait to get back up there!

Sounds like a blast!

 

[thayerp81]

Awesome! Well done. My group did the haul rd last august. We put in with our own boats where the outfitters do. We talked to a lot of people that struggled. We even struggled ourselves. We had the luxury to move to find the caribou. We ended up moving a lot. I think we had 6 or 7 different camps. There were 4 of us and we ended up with 6 caribou. 4 cows for the guy that we went that was an Alaska native, one small bull for me and one medium bull for my father in law. Overall it was an awesome experience and I can't wait to get back up there!

We were up there Late August last year also, it was definitely tough... not many caribou at all and the airboat outfitters flooded the area near the 5 mile boundary. We were primarily bow hunting but had a rifle with us but didn't carry it until the last few days. we saw caribou every day but only two groups of bulls, one on the second day that boogered off when I drew my bow, and another group on day 9 (the last day) but the group that got placed a 1/2 mile downstream shot them before we could stalk over to them. (Thats a whole other story, we were roughly 700 yards when we spotted them in the valley we'd been hunting all week, was within 500-600 when we saw these guys pop up over the horizon and they must have noticed us because they started unloading on them at 700 yards+, presumably to get them before we did. we watched them shoot roughly 12-15 shots to get 2 bulls down, first one took 2-3 shots but it didn't suffer too bad, but the second guy just kept hitting it in the rump and legs and it just kept hobbling along until either it finally bled out or he made a decent hit, probably an honest 5-6 minutes, which is a long time to watch an animal limping along bleeding).

we saw more hunters than caribou most days (we saw caribou each day, but mostly cows/calves) we had 4 other camps within a mile radius and that was very disappointing. Our outfitter was great (Blown Away Airboat Adventures) but it doesn't matter how good your outfitter is if other outfitters just come in behind you and dump their clients right next door. I like the airboat option for being able to take in more gear, but if I did it again I'd have a real frank talk with the operator to make sure they could get me somewhere remote enough that I wouldn't be likely to have any neighbors.

 

[adam.jsmith]

We were up there Late August last year also, it was definitely tough... not many caribou at all and the airboat outfitters flooded the area near the 5 mile boundary. We were primarily bow hunting but had a rifle with us but didn't carry it until the last few days. we saw caribou every day but only two groups of bulls, one on the second day that boogered off when I drew my bow, and another group on day 9 (the last day) but the group that got placed a 1/2 mile downstream shot them before we could stalk over to them. (Thats a whole other story, we were roughly 700 yards when we spotted them in the valley we'd been hunting all week, was within 500-600 when we saw these guys pop up over the horizon and they must have noticed us because they started unloading on them at 700 yards+, presumably to get them before we did. we watched them shoot roughly 12-15 shots to get 2 bulls down, first one took 2-3 shots but it didn't suffer too bad, but the second guy just kept hitting it in the rump and legs and it just kept hobbling along until either it finally bled out or he made a decent hit, probably an honest 5-6 minutes, which is a long time to watch an animal limping along bleeding).

we saw more hunters than caribou most days (we saw caribou each day, but mostly cows/calves) we had 4 other camps within a mile radius and that was very disappointing. Our outfitter was great (Blown Away Airboat Adventures) but it doesn't matter how good your outfitter is if other outfitters just come in behind you and dump their clients right next door. I like the airboat option for being able to take in more gear, but if I did it again I'd have a real frank talk with the operator to make sure they could get me somewhere remote enough that I wouldn't be likely to have any neighbors.

After being in there , my opinion is that doesn’t exist. If one airboat can get there they all can. We had a lot of success but there is definitely a level of luck that factors in and I don’t like relying on luck.im happy to anwser any questions people may have. Just shoot me a message.

P.S. Rj did well by us as well!

 

[Cantshoot]

We had a great trip up there. This was from two years ago but I’m just getting on this forum. Blown Away Airboat Adventures took us in. We went four for four on caribou with a bonus wolf.

What tent is that?

 

[adam.jsmith]

What tent is that?

That’s the Seek 8 man tipi with a cheap tarp off Amazon.

 

[Jbon92]

My wife and I are booked with Blown Away this August. Great to hear you had a great trip. We went the DIY route up there last year and decided to spring the money for the airboat ride this time around. Hopefully the caribou are migrating the right direction this year.

 

[adam.jsmith]

Good luck!

My wife and I are booked with Blown Away this August. Great to hear you had a great trip. We went the DIY route up there last year and decided to spring the money for the airboat ride this time around. Hopefully the caribou are migrating the right direction this year.

Good luck!