Alaska tips and tricks

[Nuts]

Offering a couple looking to see what others have

1. I always get my tags prior to traveling. Way to annoying if someone is sold out
2. Groceries and misc gear. I order my jetboil fuel and anything else online for pickup at REI or Cabelas. Food as well for pickup. Allows better planning and not wasting time
3. Hotels around Fairbanks close 9/1. Coming out of the bush amd back to Fairbanks around the 17th can be difficult to find a hotel. And you dont know exactly which day you will be back in order to do it beforehand. As soon as I know we are headed back I text my daughter at home a date with InReach. She knows what it means. When I get phone service I will see a reservation for 1 of the few hotels open
4. Vehicle rental. For float hunts we get one of the Fairbanks taxi services to drop us off and pick us up. Cheaper then autorental and no worry about getting truck to take out

 

[kwyeewyk]

Offering a couple looking to see what others have

1. I always get my tags prior to traveling. Way to annoying if someone is sold out
2. Groceries and misc gear. I order my jetboil fuel and anything else online for pickup at REI or Cabelas. Food as well for pickup. Allows better planning and not wasting time
3. Hotels around Fairbanks close 9/1. Coming out of the bush amd back to Fairbanks around the 17th can be difficult to find a hotel. And you dont know exactly which day you will be back in order to do it beforehand. As soon as I know we are headed back I text my daughter at home a date with InReach. She knows what it means. When I get phone service I will see a reservation for 1 of the few hotels open
4. Vehicle rental. For float hunts we get one of the Fairbanks taxi services to drop us off and pick us up. Cheaper then autorental and no worry about getting truck to take out

Curious how far out of Fairbanks you hunt and what the taxi service costs for that?

Thanks

 

[Nuts]

Depends who you get to take you. $500-$1,000 1 way with a vehicle big enough for 4-6 guys, gear and rafts. Figure 3-4 hrs driving 1 way

 

[Robert N]

Alaska, tips and tricks…

#1: if the forecast say “Clear”, take rain gear.
#2: if the forecast says “Rain”, stay home. Or, take the serious rain gear…and a couple 45g trash bags.
#3: always bring extra ammo
#4: Alaska always, always, has the capability to be far worse than your imagination. Always.

Be Prepared. And then Pray it doesn’t go sideways.

And be prepared for the sideways.

 

[Nuts]

Alaska, tips and tricks…

#1: if the forecast say “Clear”, take rain gear.
#2: if the forecast says “Rain”, stay home. Or, take the serious rain gear…and a couple 45g trash bags.
#3: always bring extra ammo
#4: Alaska always, always, has the capability to be far worse than your imagination. Always.

Be Prepared. And then Pray it doesn’t go sideways.

And be prepared for the sideways.

Good post. If you get worked up by things not going as planned AK might not be the place for you. Lol

Also- if you are doing a DIY Caribou hunt like the 40mile. It opens and closes based on quotas. In the past the ways to find out we're limited in the bush. Troopers used to fly around and drop closure canisters to the hunters they saw. We have a spouse or friend track this. When we check in at the end of the day on our InReach they can respond yes, No or close. We know what it means. They may add the zone since at times we hit 2 zones.

 

[cgasner1]

My biggest advice is just don’t. Because then you’ll always be trying to figure out how to get back. I’ve gone as far as showing my wife some pretty great job offers that state has to offer. Every time i threaten her with one day I’m just gonna stay.