cgasner1
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You should have waited to get pizza in anchorage
Caribou drop camp report
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SwaggyD
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This is awesome!!!
BoulderBulls
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Oh man I got caught by the cliff hanger too!!
Dougfirtree
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Was awesome, until this cliffhanger
okie archer
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I want to do this sooo bad!
SwaggyD
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Makes it more fun. Something to look forward to tomorrow while I scroll through loan files!!
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Salmonchaser
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Lot of bone there
seeth07
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This thread is tipping on the verge of too much tease. You get to a point where the reader just doesn't give a crap anymore and I'm almost there. So let's finish this and move on!
MITCHMO
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Ok at the airport again so I’ll wrap this up.
When I crawled up over the small gravel pile I pretty much had a mental breakdown. All I saw was a sea of antlers. There was about 30 caribou tightly packed together in a small depression. Right in front of me was a massive bull, tines going everywhere, huge back scratchers, and super tall beams. I leveled off on him and took a quick second to survey the herd. I looked behind him and saw another bull that was obviously bigger. He turned his head and it looked like he had a comb on each front. I immediately put the crosshairs on his chest and sent one. The entire herd took off and he started slowing down. I sent another that missed over his back. I may have been a tad excited. He slowed to a stop and I hit him one more time. He reluctantly went down. He was trying really hard to get back up so I sent one more to seal the deal. I wasn’t taking any chances. A good portion of the herd disappeared over the rise, but some stayed on the skyline long enough to snap a pic.
As I walked up to my bull, I was in awe. What a beautiful animal. I have tremendous respect for these animals that can survive out here.
The first trip back was brutal, winds picked up and so did the rain. I took a front, hind, back strap, and loin back to camp. It was 2.5 miles of up and down. After making it back to warm dry camp, it was hard to get back out but my buddy convinced me to do one last trip. So out we went.
Camp was about as far as you can see in this picture. Those hills are bigger than they look!
Back at camp, we stashed the rest of the meat and called it a night. We were so tired PB&J was all we could handle for dinner. I let the transporter know that we were wrapped up and they said they could get us in the morning. I was conflicted on going out so early but there was no fly days and weather coming so it was now or never. That would also allow me to get home in time to hunt our youth season with my kids so we told them to grab us. The next day was decent weather for the first half of the day so out we went. Absolutely beautiful bush flight.
I’ll post some more info when I get time. I’ll try to lay out specifics for people looking to go and information about the transporter. I hope this story inspires some of you!
BTW, this trip started as a frustrated email after not drawing a tag and emailing a transporter. They just so happened to have a cancellation so we jumped on it. I’m sure glad we did.
When I crawled up over the small gravel pile I pretty much had a mental breakdown. All I saw was a sea of antlers. There was about 30 caribou tightly packed together in a small depression. Right in front of me was a massive bull, tines going everywhere, huge back scratchers, and super tall beams. I leveled off on him and took a quick second to survey the herd. I looked behind him and saw another bull that was obviously bigger. He turned his head and it looked like he had a comb on each front. I immediately put the crosshairs on his chest and sent one. The entire herd took off and he started slowing down. I sent another that missed over his back. I may have been a tad excited. He slowed to a stop and I hit him one more time. He reluctantly went down. He was trying really hard to get back up so I sent one more to seal the deal. I wasn’t taking any chances. A good portion of the herd disappeared over the rise, but some stayed on the skyline long enough to snap a pic.
As I walked up to my bull, I was in awe. What a beautiful animal. I have tremendous respect for these animals that can survive out here.
The first trip back was brutal, winds picked up and so did the rain. I took a front, hind, back strap, and loin back to camp. It was 2.5 miles of up and down. After making it back to warm dry camp, it was hard to get back out but my buddy convinced me to do one last trip. So out we went.
Camp was about as far as you can see in this picture. Those hills are bigger than they look!
Back at camp, we stashed the rest of the meat and called it a night. We were so tired PB&J was all we could handle for dinner. I let the transporter know that we were wrapped up and they said they could get us in the morning. I was conflicted on going out so early but there was no fly days and weather coming so it was now or never. That would also allow me to get home in time to hunt our youth season with my kids so we told them to grab us. The next day was decent weather for the first half of the day so out we went. Absolutely beautiful bush flight.
I’ll post some more info when I get time. I’ll try to lay out specifics for people looking to go and information about the transporter. I hope this story inspires some of you!
BTW, this trip started as a frustrated email after not drawing a tag and emailing a transporter. They just so happened to have a cancellation so we jumped on it. I’m sure glad we did.
Rzrbck918
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Stellar bull, thanks for sharing!
MITCHMO
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BTW, as luck would have it, I’m nearly 100% sure that’s the bull from day 1 picture. Shot about 1-1.5 miles from where we saw him two days prior. I never would have believed we’d get back on that caribou.
Caseknife
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Wow, great bulls and very good story, thanks for taking us along for the ride even though we were barely hanging on by our fingernails
CRJR45
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Ok , I forgive you for jerking my chain and teasing me , what a stud Boo . Good job !
Dougfirtree
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Congrats on a great trip and a bull!
bull!
SCliving Outdoors
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Holy Smokes! That is a monster bull! Congrats man. Sounds like an awesome trip.
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Wow, that ended up going really well. Congratulations!
