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    Suppressor alignment?

    I’m brand new to suppressors and just bought two .30 cal Dead Air Nomads. I saw on their website that Dead Air sells alignment rods that go down your rifle bore to make sure your suppressor is aligned properly. Is this really necessary if your rifles are properly threaded?
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    Alaska 2026 Caribou/Moose Hunt Air Charters

    A transporter in most cases charges you a fixed fee whether you are successful or not. There are sometimes additional charges for a 2nd caribou in areas they can be taken. To insure they make a profit, the transporter assumes everyone will be successful and builds the cost of transporting...
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    Alaska 2026 Caribou/Moose Hunt Air Charters

    Are you looking at the Sag/Ivishak/Echooka Rivers? If so then I think there around 5 airboat transporters operating in that area. It seems like more pop up each year.
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    Alaska 2026 Caribou/Moose Hunt Air Charters

    I don’t have any recommendations for anyone I have personally used. One of my coworkers did a hunt with Ram Aviation out of Kotzebue last year and they went 4/4 on nice caribou. He said it was a really well-run operation. If you do go out of Kotzebue stay away from Arctic Air - I can give...
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    Alaska 2026 Caribou/Moose Hunt Air Charters

    We used an airboat transporter up there last year and hunted from a camp on the Echooka River. I think the advice you have gotten thus far is very good. I would be cautious of any transporter that promises to “take you farther than the other guys” for more money. At the very least, I would...
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    Dalton/Haul Rd Caribou...affordable & easy??

    That sounds miserable. We were there in the beginning of September so bugs were luckily not an issue. The warmest temps we had were maybe 50 degrees and we had snow our last day.
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    Dalton/Haul Rd Caribou...affordable & easy??

    Same thing happened to us hunting off the Echooka last year. I had marked our camp on OnX and made some mental notes of prominent landmarks and the Brooks Range in the distance for navigation back to camp. Rain and fog rolled in and visibility dropped to maybe 200 yards. We were going in...
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    Experience with Yamaha RMAX side by side?

    I looked at the Kawasaki Ridge and it does seem really nice. My neighbor is actually a Kawasaki dealer. The only downside for me is the 4 seater is just too big. If I were looking for a 2 seat model I would most likely get the Ridge. Do you remember what kind of heater you had in your X4...
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    Experience with Yamaha RMAX side by side?

    One of the appeals of the RMAX for me is the cab can be fully enclosed too, with either soft or hard doors. I would plan to have a heater installed as well.
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    Experience with Yamaha RMAX side by side?

    Does anyone own or have personal experience with a Yamaha RMAX? I’m thinking of buying one of the RMAX 4 Compacts (has 4 seats of which the rear two can be folded down for cargo, doesn’t have a dedicated bed/box). I like the short wheelbase of this model for multiple reasons, and I don’t...
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    The caribou hunt that almost wasn’t

    Yeah, the area where we were dropped off was just tremendously crowded and overhunted. The transporter’s advice was to “cover ground” but everyone else had the same plan and the only thing hiking did was make you run into other hunters doing the same thing. The area could be good if the...
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    Anyone hunt with Unguided Alaska/Arctic Air this year?

    Unguided Alaska/Arctic Air canceled our trip 5 weeks before we were scheduled to leave. I then had to fight with them and threaten them to get my money refunded. I posted a separate thread on this saga. I’d strongly recommend staying away from their operation.
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    How to pick a spot to get dropped off for a caribou hunt?

    I’m hoping to plan another caribou hunt after the lackluster hunt that I had this year. Rather than using a transporter again, I’m instead leaning towards dealing directly with an air taxi service. I’m quite familiar with e-scouting for Western big game like elk and deer, but not at all for...
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    Salting on USFS w Game Camera

    Are there any cattle grazing in the area? I frequently find salt blocks left out by ranchers in that situation.
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    New Road In Alaska

    The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority that is tasked with building and maintaining the road has stated it will not be open to the public. They plan to recoup the $2 billion needed to build the road from truck tolls. As for the effect on the animals, especially caribou, the Red...
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