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Ovis maybe this will help get some people interseted in going in 2008.
I don't travel much so I tooka pictures of our plane leaving Seattle. Apparently Jimmie Hendrix is the Official Mascot for Alaska Air. I thought this was a great shot with the space needle in the background!
We meet my two buddies from New England in Anchorage and we all landed in Kodiak by 5:30 pm. WE were staying at the Best Western and kept trying to get their shuttle van to come pick us up. Well so were 12 other hunters. The Hotel clerk had been trying to call the driver but couldn;t find him. We were flying out on Servant air in the morning to since we had time to Kill we walked over to their office. The owner(?) said we could leave some gear there since we were flying out with them the next day. WE mentioned we were still waiting on the hotel shuttle as were the big crowd outside the terminal. He told us to throw the rest of our gear in their van and he drove us over to the hotel. Talk about great customer service.
After checking in we took TB's advice and walked over to Henry's for a beer and some freash seafood. Good call bud!!!!. The four of us polished of some smoked salmon, Four cups of halibut chowder and 4 Captains plates ( Halibut, prawns and scallops). We hit the rack by 10pm to be ready for a dawn flight to Larsen Bay.
We sat at Servant air for a while waiting for a group of four to show up and fly with us. Well they had cancelled and forgot to call the airline. So we sat there for an hour for no reason.
This small fly flight was worth the whole trip. Here are some shots from the plane. First is of the cockpit and the little plane we passed to get on the runway. Snooze ya Looze!!!!
looking down the runway towards the ocean. Hope the flaps work!!!
Some of the peaks we flew over. The wind was blowing pretty good and the plane was sliding around.
Everybody needs a wing main. That Dark spot in the clouds is a float plane we passed.
One of the bays we wound up hunting in!!!
Here we go!!! coming in for a Landing in Larsen Bay. I thought the runway in Kodiak looked short!!!!
We landed no problem. 10 minutes later all our gear was loaded in a beat up van and we on our way to the boat. We meet our catptain and immeaditely could tell he was a great guy. He told us right off what we could do and not to to screw with the Deckhand. Good times to be had!!.
We loaded onto the deck started up the engines and pulled out of the Harbor. We had our safety meeting, ( where the life vests are what to do incase of a fire, dead bodies float) you know all the important stuff. WE took care of Licenses and steamed over to our first hunting area. Within in two hours of getting on the boat we were anchored up and heading in for our first hunt. I was definitely ready for the steepness of the terrain and elevation but not for how THICK the vegetation is. WOW. the grass is over chest deep and the Berry bushes are brutal. The older guy that came with us just couldn;t do it. He had a Bull elk roll onto him in Idaho and tore ligaments in his knee. He made it about a quarter mile and that was it. So he stayed on a knoll and I kept climbing. There was sign everywhere. But with the thick alders and vegetation none were to be seen. I kept climbing higher and decided to take a break. Here is the veiw I lloked at for awhile.
About 10 minutes after taking this picture I saw my first deer. A doe was walking in the scrub rose bushes just up hill from me. I followed her inand when I crested to ridge and started glasssing there was a large patch of brush about 400 yards away that looked great so I glassed that way. Well smack dab in the middle was a Huge Brown bear. The Rose bushes near me were over my waist high. The bears chin was over the tops just standing on all fours. Birds were flying around and it looked like it was feeding on something so I decided this was his mountain and after watching through the binos for awhile decided to back out of there and head back for the boat. I had heard a rifle shot soon after from the area my buddies from back east headed. When we got back on the boat we had the first buck hanging. Heavy 2x2 with eye guards. Prettty good since since our hunt didn't really start untill the next day.
I don't travel much so I tooka pictures of our plane leaving Seattle. Apparently Jimmie Hendrix is the Official Mascot for Alaska Air. I thought this was a great shot with the space needle in the background!
We meet my two buddies from New England in Anchorage and we all landed in Kodiak by 5:30 pm. WE were staying at the Best Western and kept trying to get their shuttle van to come pick us up. Well so were 12 other hunters. The Hotel clerk had been trying to call the driver but couldn;t find him. We were flying out on Servant air in the morning to since we had time to Kill we walked over to their office. The owner(?) said we could leave some gear there since we were flying out with them the next day. WE mentioned we were still waiting on the hotel shuttle as were the big crowd outside the terminal. He told us to throw the rest of our gear in their van and he drove us over to the hotel. Talk about great customer service.
After checking in we took TB's advice and walked over to Henry's for a beer and some freash seafood. Good call bud!!!!. The four of us polished of some smoked salmon, Four cups of halibut chowder and 4 Captains plates ( Halibut, prawns and scallops). We hit the rack by 10pm to be ready for a dawn flight to Larsen Bay.
We sat at Servant air for a while waiting for a group of four to show up and fly with us. Well they had cancelled and forgot to call the airline. So we sat there for an hour for no reason.
This small fly flight was worth the whole trip. Here are some shots from the plane. First is of the cockpit and the little plane we passed to get on the runway. Snooze ya Looze!!!!
looking down the runway towards the ocean. Hope the flaps work!!!
Some of the peaks we flew over. The wind was blowing pretty good and the plane was sliding around.
Everybody needs a wing main. That Dark spot in the clouds is a float plane we passed.
One of the bays we wound up hunting in!!!
Here we go!!! coming in for a Landing in Larsen Bay. I thought the runway in Kodiak looked short!!!!
We landed no problem. 10 minutes later all our gear was loaded in a beat up van and we on our way to the boat. We meet our catptain and immeaditely could tell he was a great guy. He told us right off what we could do and not to to screw with the Deckhand. Good times to be had!!.
We loaded onto the deck started up the engines and pulled out of the Harbor. We had our safety meeting, ( where the life vests are what to do incase of a fire, dead bodies float) you know all the important stuff. WE took care of Licenses and steamed over to our first hunting area. Within in two hours of getting on the boat we were anchored up and heading in for our first hunt. I was definitely ready for the steepness of the terrain and elevation but not for how THICK the vegetation is. WOW. the grass is over chest deep and the Berry bushes are brutal. The older guy that came with us just couldn;t do it. He had a Bull elk roll onto him in Idaho and tore ligaments in his knee. He made it about a quarter mile and that was it. So he stayed on a knoll and I kept climbing. There was sign everywhere. But with the thick alders and vegetation none were to be seen. I kept climbing higher and decided to take a break. Here is the veiw I lloked at for awhile.
About 10 minutes after taking this picture I saw my first deer. A doe was walking in the scrub rose bushes just up hill from me. I followed her inand when I crested to ridge and started glasssing there was a large patch of brush about 400 yards away that looked great so I glassed that way. Well smack dab in the middle was a Huge Brown bear. The Rose bushes near me were over my waist high. The bears chin was over the tops just standing on all fours. Birds were flying around and it looked like it was feeding on something so I decided this was his mountain and after watching through the binos for awhile decided to back out of there and head back for the boat. I had heard a rifle shot soon after from the area my buddies from back east headed. When we got back on the boat we had the first buck hanging. Heavy 2x2 with eye guards. Prettty good since since our hunt didn't really start untill the next day.
