I am getting some e-mail questions on the tag verses license thing and also on the bow verses gun shooting areas.....
IN Alaska, you first have to buy an $85 hunting license, then can purchase the tags you wish to buy. The Carribou is $325 I beleive and the black bear are $225.
The Haul Road is an old mining road, hence the name...."the haul Road"....it extends to the far north. The area is tundra type terrain, mostly flat with what the locals call "nigger-heads" and plenty of bogs......
There is no hunting within 400 yards of the road as of this year....but beyond 400 you can bowhunt, and the animals are literally right on the road at this time of season. Rifle hunting is legal from miles out and beyond. This 5 mile peramiter is known as the "5-mile corridor" by the locals are simply the corridor. If you choose a rifle hunt and go beyond the corridor......you want snow so sledding the carribou is relatively easy on the mostly flat ridges. They have killed the bou in the corridor in the earlier season but said they thought twice before harvest the second animal and opted out
It is not uncommon to see record class carribou even close to the road.
It is one of those hunts that can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. Rifle hunting will demand a minimum of 5 miles hiking both ways not counting the distance you travel once your in the corridor......so some of you may wanna start practicing with the bow
..and yes, you do have to have a bow safety course to bow hunt up there.
Some essentials up there is a good sturdy backpack and frame, I have the Alaskan II which works great. Wet weather clothing is a must, as it may rain any and everyday, a rangefinder is real handy on the open tundra and animals you aren't used to judging, and a GPS will also be worth it's weight in gold.
DS
