My 2025 Alaska Caribou Hunt

[Hornick]

Great write up. Nice bulls.

 

[DJLinoki]

I will PM you my pack list

Got the spreadsheet, you sir are a rockstar!!!
I actually learned a lot, not only the weights that are important but also seeing your items you bring. This will help me greatly on my trip in 2027. I really appreciate it and I hope the hunting gods look down on you for taking the time to help others.

One thing I learned on my trip to Adak, the best purchase I made was Sealskinz waterproof socks that I wore over my regular socks and my feet were always dry.

Again, thanks for the info!!

 

[DroptineNW]

Awesome story. Great influence for me. Congrats! Can you please send me your spreadsheet?

 

[wabowski]

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great trip. AK Caribou is on my hunting bucket list for sure!

 

[Rifleman1st]

Gread read. Thanks for sharing!

 

[WI_DOc]

Buddy and I are booked with Tok for 2027, such a helpful write-up man!
Congrats on the caribou!

Would love to see your spreadsheet if you don’t mind, been to SEAK on a boat transport hunt before but the 50lb limit in conditions with potential for really nasty/any weather makes things interesting.

I know rifles/binos are not included in the weight- did Zac weigh your bino harness/rangefinder separately or was that fair game with the binos? Not sure what to expect/how to organize for this unique hunt

 

[kurtgut]

I have a couple of questions for you on this hunt, can you send me a PM? Thank you!

 

[nn76858]

Epic adventure thanks for the writeup. Its an inspiration!

 

[Lori C.]

Excellent write up!!! Thank you for sharing!

Lori

 

[slyck68]

Yeah! The pilot advised we should not bring rods and so we almost didnt! I was standing outside the plane and he said we would be too high and the fish wont be there. I thought about it for a second and then thought, well we made weight so why not just bring them? I did mispeak on the rod set up! I brought a tenkara but my buddy had a small little ultralight spinning real! It did not matter what you threw at these fish, they wanted it all and were not afraid of your shadow or you walking right up next to them! I have never experienced that before! I compare them to trout fishing in these small streams but the difference was that trout are normally fearful if you get to close and they can see you! These fish really were not scared! You could catch a fish pretty much every cast. It almost got boring after a hour of that at at time so we really started targeting the largest ones we could find! I would of seriously regretted not having my tenkara.

That said, if weight is a concern for someone the tenkara is perfect. Mine weighs in at 4 ounces I believe. Some line and a half dozen flies only adds another ounce or so.

If even that much weight was a concern I would just bring some line and some flies. You could of taken a branch and made a rod that would of worked enough to catch some fish! At one point I grabbed the end of my line with my hand and just dropped it in the stream right below me and caught a couple! So, it did not take much to catch them! I am not sure if the grayling are always to friendly and hungry but they were for us.

I feel like they may have been trapped in the creek to some extent. It was very shallow and as we walked it it appeared that it may of trapped some of the fish in certain pools. Not sure though.

What a great write up! Similar to my lone AK caribou trip - over a thousand caribou one day, 12 the next, then two days of no animals at all. The faucet definitely turns off.

We are going again this year and you’ve inspired me to bring a Tenkara rod.

 

[Silas_Norris]

What a great write up! Similar to my lone AK caribou trip - over a thousand caribou one day, 12 the next, then two days of no animals at all. The faucet definitely turns off.

We are going again this year and you’ve inspired me to bring a Tenkara rod.

Man, i was glad I did. I cannot recall if I said this or not but out Pilot advised me not to bring it. He was trying to give good advice. He said the elevation we would be at likely would nave 0 fish! I was super happy I did not listen to him on that one as the fishing might have been more memorable than the entire hunt in many ways.