My 2025 Alaska Caribou Hunt

[Silas_Norris]

Great write up! I'd take a look at your spreadsheet if you're willing to send it over. My brother and I will be doing our first hunt up there next August and are slowly working on pulling our camp necessities together.

happy to! Send me a message and I will send it to ya

 

[Silas_Norris]

Nice write up! I will have to keep the fishing rod you mentioned in mind next time I am up there. Think that was the one thing I wished we would have had after we tagged out early in the trip as well.

Yeah, The tenkara rod is what I had! Only 4 ounces I think (maybe 6 ounces with lures and line etc). Worked great and was a lot more fun and effective than I thought it would be.

 

[Silas_Norris]

Great write up! I'd take a look at your spreadsheet if you're willing to send it over. My brother and I will be doing our first hunt up there next August and are slowly working on pulling our camp necessities together.

Happy to send to you. Send a private message and I can send the list

 

[Joshk358]

Wow. Congrats, great write up. Enjoyed reading it.

 

[sniper61]

Thanks for sharing with us. The artic was my 1st hunt in ak. In 2001. Now I am planning my last, in the artic. Taking the grandson on a caribou hunt for his high-school graduation present, before he goes off to collage and jumps into the rat race .

 

[jlrichesin]

Great write up. Thank you for sharing!

 

[C Bow]

Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed reading this

 

[Dexter Grayson]

Awesome trip Silas! That bear was a biggun!

 

[Dielk]

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Whit-w]

Great write up thank you!

 

[selbyt31]

Having hunted Alaska before, this is the greatest write up I’ve seen. Congrats guys

 

[chimaygr]

That was really fun to read, thank for taking the time to share everything! Really brought back the memories of our last arctic bou hunt from four years ago. We're putting together a hunt in '26 now, I sure hope it comes together! If you wouldn't mind sending me your spreadsheet, I'll send you a PM too. Thanks!

 

[Silas_Norris]

That was really fun to read, thank for taking the time to share everything! Really brought back the memories of our last arctic bou hunt from four years ago. We're putting together a hunt in '26 now, I sure hope it comes together! If you wouldn't mind sending me your spreadsheet, I'll send you a PM too. Thanks!

anyone who sends me a pm I am happy to send the spreadsheet too! Just dont want to send it on this post though I could do that if that is easier

 

[Silas_Norris]

Having hunted Alaska before, this is the greatest write up I’ve seen. Congrats guys

Very kind of you! I gained a lot of knowledge from guys on here for this hunt and other hunts so I hope that is it helpful to someone else! Passing it on!

 

[Silas_Norris]

Awesome trip Silas! That bear was a biggun!

Appreciate all the help and advice you gave me prior to the trip!

 

[medvedyt]

thank you for the share of your history and hunts.

 

[2tuna]

Absolutely fantastic story. Thanks for posting!

Grayling hand over fist on the tenkara us the kind of gravy I like

 

[COCowboy]

As many others have said: Great write up!
I haven't finished it yet, but will soon.
I'm attempting to plan a hunt for 2026... I have the luck of knowing a competent, resident pilot/hunter.
Forgive my ignorance as I'm drinking from a firehose to get up to speed. My question is: what tag did you put in for? Were you lucky enough to draw or did you buy a registration tag?
I'll be happy to pm you when I've cleared the waiting period for new members.

 

[Silas_Norris]

As many others have said: Great write up!
I haven't finished it yet, but will soon.
I'm attempting to plan a hunt for 2026... I have the luck of knowing a competent, resident pilot/hunter.
Forgive my ignorance as I'm drinking from a firehose to get up to speed. My question is: what tag did you put in for? Were you lucky enough to draw or did you buy a registration tag?
I'll be happy to pm you when I've cleared the waiting period for new members.

Hey there! I think you might of private messaged me but in case anyone else is reading this I wanted to reply publicly as well. This is an over the counter unit. This unit has a quota of I believe 100 bull caribou and was filled sometime by the end of the first week of September if i recall correctly. Usually when you book with a outfitter or pilot they will try to make sure you are flying in prior to when the quota is likely going to be hit in that area but that may be something you also want to research independently.
We originally planned to go in September. I prefer hard horned animals and also knew that meat care would be easier in the cooler temps! I also did not want to deal with as many bugs etc. Because we believed the quota may not last much into September we decided that the end of August would be best for us. This was sort of a "in between" time. Some bulls were shedding while we were there and had their winter coats while others appeared to show no signs of shedding or winter coats. It was overall a great time to hunt and I would hunt the end of August again! Because some were completely shed and others completely not shed, it would also be a great time if you had some people that had different preferences. While you may not be able to be TOO picky depending on how many caribou are around, it would not of been to hard to find a bull that was shed or one that was not depending on what you are looking for. That was not a deal breaker for us at all but I know that people have their preferences. If you end up booking I am happy to jump on a call or exchange private messages with anyone to offer any advice I can!

There was a few guys on here that really really helped me for planning my trip! Dexter Grayson is on this forum and he happily answered all my dumb questions for several weeks! He has hunted Alaska for many years and was a great resource for me! He also has a few youtube videos out there to watch some of his hunts.

 

[Silas_Norris]

That was really fun to read, thank for taking the time to share everything! Really brought back the memories of our last arctic bou hunt from four years ago. We're putting together a hunt in '26 now, I sure hope it comes together! If you wouldn't mind sending me your spreadsheet, I'll send you a PM too. Thanks!

How was your experience in the arctic hunting them? To me, it seemed like it was really hit or miss in the arctic. How was the weather? I also saw that some folks were getting flown right into other hunting groups. Was this your experience too? I would love to go hunt up there again so would love to hear about your experience more. PM me if you would?