Roksliders,
I'm at it again. A few of ya know me, more don't. AK resident who hunts recreationally self guided. I like to hunt bears.
Soon I'll be launching my boat from Ketchikan and running among the islands of South POW island, a aprox 100 mile run. I'll be crossing the broad southern end of Clarence Strait with the goal of rounding Cape Chacon to access the islands and bays of the designated South POW wilderness. I don't have a specific camp location in mind. I'll be reading the weather and waters as I go to find a centralized location that will provide five days of quality ocean based bear hunting. The tactic is to be withing striking range of broad swaths of coastline with a favorable wind. I use the windy App to strategize and adapt to the daily flux in wind orientation. The camp is a light 12 p Tepee with wood stove and it will be on a peninsula or island, a skiff run away from any primary hunt zone, scent management and all! I use a pair of light weight pack rafts mostly, so hiking deep into tidal zones or river flats is on the table. Sometimes I'll do a mid day hike with a poor wind strait into an estuary....Wait/fish/nap, then pack raft out late evening into the good wind to sneak in the back door of high quality estuary. Walk in the estuary on the waterway! I'll be archery hunting and my partner will have the boom stick. Anyhow....I wanted to start a thread like I did last year for Kodiak kinda building interest and look forward to sharing with like minded hunting folks when I return. I'll get back on Rokslide after I return and share how reality lined up with best laid intentions. Should be a fine excursion and the spring here in SE is shaping up nicely. We chose later May to ensure grasses had popped and we'd have a better opportunity at nice weather. Type with you bear hunters later!
I'm at it again. A few of ya know me, more don't. AK resident who hunts recreationally self guided. I like to hunt bears.
Soon I'll be launching my boat from Ketchikan and running among the islands of South POW island, a aprox 100 mile run. I'll be crossing the broad southern end of Clarence Strait with the goal of rounding Cape Chacon to access the islands and bays of the designated South POW wilderness. I don't have a specific camp location in mind. I'll be reading the weather and waters as I go to find a centralized location that will provide five days of quality ocean based bear hunting. The tactic is to be withing striking range of broad swaths of coastline with a favorable wind. I use the windy App to strategize and adapt to the daily flux in wind orientation. The camp is a light 12 p Tepee with wood stove and it will be on a peninsula or island, a skiff run away from any primary hunt zone, scent management and all! I use a pair of light weight pack rafts mostly, so hiking deep into tidal zones or river flats is on the table. Sometimes I'll do a mid day hike with a poor wind strait into an estuary....Wait/fish/nap, then pack raft out late evening into the good wind to sneak in the back door of high quality estuary. Walk in the estuary on the waterway! I'll be archery hunting and my partner will have the boom stick. Anyhow....I wanted to start a thread like I did last year for Kodiak kinda building interest and look forward to sharing with like minded hunting folks when I return. I'll get back on Rokslide after I return and share how reality lined up with best laid intentions. Should be a fine excursion and the spring here in SE is shaping up nicely. We chose later May to ensure grasses had popped and we'd have a better opportunity at nice weather. Type with you bear hunters later!
