Thanks for the flattering comments, guys. It's hard to believe that 25 years ago, hunting in Alaska was just a far-fetched dream. I have been extremely blessed in many ways. This past year I spent just over 100 days in the bush, and most of those hunts can be seen on my Season 5 DVD.
Season 4 is my 2010 DVD. 4 and 5 are 2-disc sets filmed in HD, each being 4.5 hours long. 4 has 10 hunts, 5 has 9 hunts, both are for Dall sheep, grizzly, brown bear, moose, and caribou. I would definitely consider these 2 DVDs my best.
The average hunter will never go to Alaska. My goal when filming and creating my videos is to teach those hunters, and make them feel what it is like to do so. And for the guys who have hunted in Alaska, I think the videos will bring the memories back. I have guided in Idaho for 8 years, and Colorado for 1, and hunted personally in Nevada, and Colorado, but Alaska is where my heart lies.
Being in the bush of Alaska, is a unique life changing experience that, for me, is like nothing else. If you can imagine combining your emotions when you go in a church for a worship service, go to a funeral, get married, and watch a child being born, then you have a pretty good idea what it feels like to spend a couple months in the bush of Alaska.
I have never killed any animal in Alaska for myself, and I honestly don't care if I ever do. For those of you who haven't taken an inexperienced hunter into the field(not that my clients are inexperienced, but using this as an example for others), for me it is far better than actually hunting myself. It has allowed me to acquire a much deeper appreciation for nature than I would have had I been the one pulling the trigger. 10-foot bears, 70-inch moose, and 40-inch rams are exciting to see and harvest, but the greatest aspects of Alaska lie beyond the revelation of a tape measurer.
For those who have hunted there, I am preaching to the choir, to those who haven't, beg steal and borrow to get there (and be sure to hunt someplace remote). It guarantee it will change your life.