AvidIndoorsman
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Hey everyone, been on the forum for 2 years now (mostly being super opinionated on various threads) and I figured it was time to share a hunt and some pictures. Hope you enjoy, we had a blast!
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I am an adult onset hunter, but have had the Alaska bug since I was a little kid. In 2012 my now father-n-law got me started hunting and I have been obsessed ever since. This past year my dad died at 59 after being diagnosed with cancer just three months earlier and seeing my 30th birthday approach I decided that hell or high water I was going to AK and wasn't going to put off it off till I "had the time". I have a buddy from growing up, also an adult onset hunter, who lives up in AK and we started planning. We quickly ran into issues with cost, time off, Non Resident restrictions, and scheduling and determined the only way to make this hunt go on short notice was to do a backpack caribou hunt on Adak, followed by a quick bear hunt in the Chugach.
In Feb I got the AK airlines card, and in July we booked tickets for an Aug hunt.
Bags packed, 2 checked and 2 carry-on
Flew to Anchorage, met up with my college roommate, my buddy in AK and his girl friend and the four of us jumped on the plane to Adak.
First glimpse of the island!
We landed, picked up our rental vehicle, and drove straight to the gas station to fill up our MSR fuel bottles to run our stoves for the week.
Great weather the day we landed.
Fueling Up
From the gas station we headed to the trailhead, but got a bit waylaid by a stream inlet bursting with salmon...
Needless to say we got a little distracted and got a bit of a late start on the trail.
to be continued...
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I am an adult onset hunter, but have had the Alaska bug since I was a little kid. In 2012 my now father-n-law got me started hunting and I have been obsessed ever since. This past year my dad died at 59 after being diagnosed with cancer just three months earlier and seeing my 30th birthday approach I decided that hell or high water I was going to AK and wasn't going to put off it off till I "had the time". I have a buddy from growing up, also an adult onset hunter, who lives up in AK and we started planning. We quickly ran into issues with cost, time off, Non Resident restrictions, and scheduling and determined the only way to make this hunt go on short notice was to do a backpack caribou hunt on Adak, followed by a quick bear hunt in the Chugach.
In Feb I got the AK airlines card, and in July we booked tickets for an Aug hunt.
Bags packed, 2 checked and 2 carry-on
Flew to Anchorage, met up with my college roommate, my buddy in AK and his girl friend and the four of us jumped on the plane to Adak.
First glimpse of the island!
We landed, picked up our rental vehicle, and drove straight to the gas station to fill up our MSR fuel bottles to run our stoves for the week.
Great weather the day we landed.
Fueling Up
From the gas station we headed to the trailhead, but got a bit waylaid by a stream inlet bursting with salmon...
Needless to say we got a little distracted and got a bit of a late start on the trail.
to be continued...