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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Great question! We talked this over after the hunt. We were overall very happy with our choices. If we were to return we would have a better spotting scope, our topped out at 35x and made it hard to tell on some of the further deer. We had a gerber exchange a blade folding saw and it almost...- D-Mac
- Post #48
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
The next two days were marked with poor weather, it was either rainy or foggy for both of them. We still spent most of our time out hunting, but honestly we probably should’ve just rested at camp. This is the dilemma of hunting, can’t do it from camp and we went all the way to Alaska to hunt not...- D-Mac
- Post #39
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
We had been advised to “avoid the alders, they are very hard to walk through”. Easy, we thought. We were wrong. There are alders everywhere. 3 foot tall alders that are a pain to get through and then 8 foot tall alders that a nigh impossible to get through. We quickly learned that the areas that...- D-Mac
- Post #38
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Honestly, I’m not sure if our boots were just too wet, too much humidity in general or what, but they did not dry them. I think they did help and they were dryer than they would be otherwise, but it was still damp boots each morning. Maybe in a less humid environment they would work better.- D-Mac
- Post #36
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
We started the trip flying from all across the US. I was coming from Denver and my buddy from Orlando. This was going to be a multi day event just getting there. My buddy was arriving in Kodiak the evening before our float plane ride and I had a 7 hour layover in Anchorage which would put me in...- D-Mac
- Post #34
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Sitting in the Seattle airport waiting on my flight back to Denver. This hunt was an unequivocal success! Absolutely amazing and a bucket list check off for sure. I can say this will be my first Alaska hunt not my only one. I can’t wait to get back already. I’ll post up a more detailed report as...- D-Mac
- Post #32
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Well, after a slight annoyance of my first leg of the flight being American Airlines and not Alaska, I am ready to leave Denver and start this out! The problem is that I can check 5 bags for free on Alaska, but I can only get 5 for free on American if I’m on orders. Not that I have 5, but 3 and...- D-Mac
- Post #30
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Leaving for this hunt tomorrow, bags are packed, podcasts downloaded, and a book ready. Tomorrow is all flights and then Sunday we will fly out with SeaHawk Air to what I’m convinced will be the adventure of a lifetime. I’m fairly certain we’ve overpacked, but we are still under our weight...- D-Mac
- Post #25
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
I’ll go with the chest waders then, better safe than sorry!- D-Mac
- Post #23
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Only about a week out from this hunt, about halfway packed. I have everything weighed out and ready, I need to restock some cafe bustelo instant packets into each day though, (had to steal them for another trip earlier this month). I’m torn between chest waders and hip waders, only planning on...- D-Mac
- Post #20
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Alaska Caribou
Way to tough it out! I’ve never had a burn that bad, but I’ve been around folks who have and there’s no way they are rucking that far like that. Good work.- D-Mac
- Post #93
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Colorado Cow Moose weight/size?
Welcome to Hunt Talk. I was not in those units, but I’ve spent plenty of time in those areas, sounds like you already have seen some bulls, so I’d say concentrate on the areas you’re seeing them in. Good luck!- D-Mac
- Post #18
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Colorado Cow Moose weight/size?
Lol, I’ll expect a silly remark from one of them on the hunt success recap thread also! Haha!- D-Mac
- Post #10
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
The DIY boot dryers worked great overnight, we keep our bedroom at 63 (so a bit warmer) they drained a 10k battery pack down to 75% (although this battery pack just shows 25, 50, 75, 100. So I’m not sure exactly how much but somewhere north of 75% charge left on it). I’m think at 4 oz and $4...- D-Mac
- Post #19
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Getting started with bears
I’ve only shot 3 in Colorado. Two were some of the best meat we’ve ever had, one was nasty. I’d say, shoot them as far away from houses and campsites as you can. I will say a bear roast cooked like a Mississippi pot roast is about as good as it gets!- D-Mac
- Post #30
- Forum: Other Big Game
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Commercial flights are also booked, an extra day on the front and two in the back. Should provide a worry free arrival and enough time for meat care on the way back and maybe a fishing charter in there as well. This trip is going to be epic!- D-Mac
- Post #17
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
Ok, you got me intrigued. And I certainly like a DIY project. I’m going down this rabbit hole now!- D-Mac
- Post #16
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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2024 Kodiak Blacktail hunt!
I’ve heard good thing about the Graaksaw boot dryers and hot tents. But at $90 it seems a little steep, so I went on Amazon and found a usb fan with the same specs. About a hour of work later I had two pairs for $8 total. I soaked a set of boots in the sink, and threw them in. I’ll update with...- D-Mac
- Post #15
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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NM Barbary Hunt
Rough to hear about the truck, glad no injuries! Awesome sheep hunt! Really cool looking animals in a neat place! Thanks for posting the pictures and sharing the stories.- D-Mac
- Post #31
- Forum: Other Big Game
