Alaska 2026 8/26-9/9 Starts now

[Nuts]

Sent to me by a buddy. Lots of good info coming in from various scources. Thankful to have friends on the ground and in the air. As the hunt gets closer we will make the final decision which direction we will travel out of Fairbanks. But unless there is a late change it will be straight North. Some of our options have already been eliminated. And I am pretty sure the others will be prior to 8/26. So North it will probally be.

 

[Nuts]

Looks like another option/back up plan eliminated by fire. Gotta love it.

 

[cgasner1]

Alaska is all about audibles can’t show up with a plan

 

[Nuts]

Alaska is all about audibles can’t show up with a plan

True that. Started with solid plans and multiple backup plans. Down to one of the original plans. Plus a new back up that will cost a couple bucks.

 

[Nuts]

On our way to AK. We received a good location from someone who is in the Brooks range and seeing a ton of caribou . but its a 12mile 1 way hike. So now we need to figure out if we can do it. Lol. It would definitely be all eggs in 1 basket.

 

[Jofes]

Depending on terrain, my guess is if you killed at 12, two days of packing out for two people per 1 bull. That would be brutal

 

[Nuts]

Depending on terrain, my guess is if you killed at 12, two days of packing out for two people per 1 bull. That would be brutal

Yes it would. We have about 10days afield. Reports were this morning everything has a blanket of snow. And the caribou were there. Buddy has eyes on. So looking somewhere else is a tough call

 

[rogerthat]

Great thread. Following

 

[Nuts]

Just got word from our eyes on guy that 2 guys close to where we are going just got mauled by a bear. They were airlifted to Anchorage.

 

[Nuts]

The hike in was hampered by 8" of snow. Came back out after 7 hrs of hiking. Met up with a buddy. Headed to a new spot out of the snow. Saw 6 bull. 1 was a giant. Got him to 80 yards. Never stopped moving. Its wet and foggy. And brisk. Saw a couple foxes. Lots of wolverine tracks.

 

[Wild Bill]

Just got word from our eyes on guy that 2 guys close to where we are going just got mauled by a bear. They were airlifted to Anchorage.

Wonder if these were the fellas. Looks like somehow they ended up with not much more than some broken bones and scratches. Lucky guys.

Father bitten in face by bear during hunting trip: ‘I could hear all the bones crunching’

A father is thankful to be alive after he was attacked by a bear and bitten in the face during a hunting trip.

www.dakotanewsnow.com

 

[Nuts]

Yep. Thats the one. Ended up in Deadhorse to meet a friend and get some intell after all are other plans were hampered by fires, bears, weather and the state. Met with a friend. Met the hunting partners of the guys attacked. Dried our clothes and ate a good meal. Got our Intel and off we went. (For whatever reason my Starlink service did not work this entire trip. Weird) Headed down the road. Went to our new spot. Had 3 guys actually wanting to fill a Caribou tag. Ended up with 2 Caribou. Saw tons of Caribou as well as Musk ox, artic fox, wolverine, lots of waterfowl amd luckily only 1 grizzly. And that was sitting in the town of deadhorse. Caught some Grayling. Had fish tacos. I love cold. This is cold hits different with so much moisture in the air. Saw lots of snow squats. And below freezing temperatures. Glad we made the best of it. For the future we will stick to the raft trips.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Gotta love a great adventure.

 

[Lmartin5]

Yep. Thats the one. Ended up in Deadhorse to meet a friend and get some intell after all are other plans were hampered by fires, bears, weather and the state. Met with a friend. Met the hunting partners of the guys attacked. Dried our clothes and ate a good meal. Got our Intel and off we went. (For whatever reason my Starlink service did not work this entire trip. Weird) Headed down the road. Went to our new spot. Had 3 guys actually wanting to fill a Caribou tag. Ended up with 2 Caribou. Saw tons of Caribou as well as Musk ox, artic fox, wolverine, lots of waterfowl amd luckily only 1 grizzly. And that was sitting in the town of deadhorse. Caught some Grayling. Had fish tacos. I love cold. This is cold hits different with so much moisture in the air. Saw lots of snow squats. And below freezing temperatures. Glad we made the best of it. For the future we will stick to the raft trips. View attachment 416376View attachment 416377View attachment 416378View attachment 416379View attachment 416380View attachment 416381

Congrats on a great bull!