Day four of our Kodiak adventure was very enjoyable. If only we could have figured how to reel those silvers in quicker, we could have caught a plane load – all with fly rods.
In addition to silvers, we even caught a couple dolly vardon, but no steelhead. The fishing was everything Alaska fishing can be, [...]
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Kodiak Part 4: Loud Snoring Has Its Advantages – Keeps the Grizzlies Away
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Salmon fishing, grizzly bears, outdoors, tagged grizzly bear encounters, hunting sitka blacktail deer, Kodiak Island on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kodiak Part 3: Just Another Day on the Ayakulak
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, blacktail deer, grizzly bears, outdoors, tagged grizzly bear encounters, Kodiak Island, hunting sitka blacktail deer, Ayakulak River on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On day three of our Kodiak adventure I awoke quite stiff and sore. Upon our return to camp on day two, Rob had wrapped his deer in a plastic bag and buried it in the dirt a few yards from our tent to keep the bears from it.
Wrong! When Rob checked on it in the [...]
Kodiak Part 2: Sitka Blacktails on the Ridge above the Ayakulak River
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, grizzly bears, tagged grizzly bear encounters, Kodiak Island, sitka blacktails on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my previous post about Kodiak Island, the presence of grizzly bears was one of the most dominent overtones of hunting on Kodiak Island.
It wasn’t just that we knew they were there, they were visible. And, occationally you could smell them.
A big disadvantage to foot travel in grizzly country was the danger [...]
Kodiak Part 1: Blacktails, Silver Salmon and Grizzlies on Kodiak Island
Posted in Alaska hunting, Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, Salmon fishing, blacktail deer, fishing, grizzly bears, outdoors, travel, tagged fishing for silver salmon, grizzly bear encounters, Hunting in Alaska, sitka blacktail deer on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the top hunting trips of my life took place about ten years ago in Alaska. The original trip was based upon a caribou hunt I purchased at the MDF Convention in Sacramento.
Ironically, it was the self-guided blacktail hunt on Kodiak Island (which followed the caribou hunt) that topped the list for excitement.
We arranged [...]
Hunting Along Alaska’s Pipeline Haul Road
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, grizzly bears, outdoors, tagged Hunting in Alaska on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On September 11, 2001 Rob and I were packed and ready to fly to Fairbanks. As we approached Oakland Airport, we came to realize that our trip would be delayed. It was four or five days later that we finally boarded a different plane and flew to Fairbanks.
Our trip was to be a self-guided archery [...]
