Hunt'n above the Arctic Circle.Part I

[Daniel in Ak]

Thought I'd take a power run up north for 'bou last week,since it opened July 1st and I heard of some nice bulls migrating thru...
So after work on Thursday I loaded up and headed out and stopped at the Circle for a self portrait

After about six hours of driving I stopped just shy of the Brooks Range where I took a three hour power nap on my power run and this was about as dark as the sunset got.

Finally got into Caribou country and I saw squat for the next 140 miles......until I had a flash back of the Ice Age.......

Saw this lone bull Musk Ox and man what an absolute thrill it was to see such an animal.Let alone sneek up to it and smell the same odor that the Ice man surely did 10,000 years ago.

I snuck up to about60 yards from him and he paid no nevr mind to me,and walked over to the bluff over looking the river and majestically stood there observing his country.

Well in all I saw 54 adult Musk-Ox infour different herds and I swear I saw one cow with twin claves.And on my retrun leg from Prudhoe Bay I finally spotted a meat bull which I freaking staklked and missed at thirty yards ( long story and it gets my blood boiling,ratt'n-fratt'n no good argh!)

 

[Daniel in Ak]

Part II

Good thing I missed him as I found this bull 4 miles up the road 80 yards off the road.

Long story short,after a two and a half hour ring around the posey and stalk,not to mention I belly crawled 173 yards to get 50 yards from him and was unable to do anythinig else except whatch him mosey along into oblivion.

Maybe he was headed of into the hills to escape the wrath of the knats,skeeters and the likes of me.

Well,so much for that.I might as well head on home and spend one day with the family before heading back to working six days a week,and this was my camp from that night.This picture was taken about 9 pm.

And I thought I'd show ya the pipeline and what type of country we deal with up north.

And lastly here I sit atop the Brooks Range in Atigun Pass looking south towards the pipeline.

And thats how I ended my trip.Saw some beautiful country,had great weather,saw a beast that survived the Ice Age and got to play with the Caribou.......man you gotta love it? I sure did.

 

[Moosie]

I love it.. Just wish the Red X's didn't show up

 

[Daniel in Ak]

WTF! man I previewed and they all came up just fine.Dang help a brother out here moosie.Im not going thru this posting shi...stuff again,Im to tired Come to think of it them red x's sure are purdy!

 

[Daniel in Ak]

om Moosie I closed out and came back in and all the pictures save number two came up this time.Try refreshing.....Daniel

 

[Ovis]

Ahhh...home. Thanks for the pics Daniel. Brings back plenty of memories.

 

[T Bone]

Very nice pics. Those Musk Ox are some great looking animals.

 

[Daniel in Ak]

Thanks fellas.....sure was fun.Maybe come Sep I'll have more.

 

[Delw]

Daniel
I will fix the pics for ya.

leave them there o I can dload them, cool pics

Delw

 

[noharleyyet]

Thanks Del, I wanna see em. Sounds like a great trip Daniel.

 

[Daniel in Ak]

Del.........Thanks a million bud.Daniel

 

[Pygmy]

Daniel..Great pictures..Thanks for sharing...

They make me want to get back up there...Last time I visited was in '02..

I'm planning a trip for '07, and there is a possibility I will make it up there next year also ..Still in the "negotiating" stage with my "chairman (woman) of the board".... ....