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Coastal black bear + fishing guide/outfitter recommendation and tips?
Some areas in SE are draws and some are OTC. There are very good OTC areas to hunt. Most of SE is remote and will require logistics and hunt planning. In AK a Guide & an Outfitter are basically the same thing. A Transporter (is Licensed) offers transport for you your gear & your game to and from...- muskeg
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- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Does anybody really regulate outfitters on USFS lands?
A call to his USFS permit administrator would be in order. Followed up in writing, to the permit admin and CC the district Ranger.- muskeg
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Hello from Oregon.
Another welcome from the Central Or Coast. After 40 years in SE Alaska I'm trying to learn how to hunt this coastal jungle. It's not an easy hunt. -
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Goat hooves?
If the ankle & lower leg bones are still attached hang, over a railing and you can use gravity to your advantage. But still a tough job.- muskeg
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- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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MT Goat size?
I would, in a low density area, take the first available shot. But probably not a Nanny with a Kid. And fog & clouds do make smaller Goats look bigger.- muskeg
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Goat hooves?
A pair of pointy vice grips to grab and twist the toe bones, while you use a scalpel knife to get down in there. Sometimes I broke several blades per toe. Those toe bones are not easy.- muskeg
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- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Black bear question
Charlie, one of my hunters & good friend, always said "there is one thing predictable about Bears, they are unpredictable."- muskeg
- Post #5
- Forum: Fitness, First Aid, and Backcountry Survival
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POW Sitka Blacktail 2021 DIY
Looks like a nice day for a ferry ride. Good luck.- muskeg
- Post #47
- Forum: Live Hunts
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POW Transporters?
In Ak to transport a Big Game hunter by vessel you must licensed .. you can search the data base. Program is 'Big Game Guides and Transporters' License Type is 'Transporter' City is Ketchikan https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/Search/Professional I don't see any currently licensed vessels.- muskeg
- Post #7
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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POW Sitka Blacktail 2021 DIY
Yes ... felt soles are illeagle in Alaska.- muskeg
- Post #31
- Forum: Live Hunts
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POW Sitka Blacktail 2021 DIY
Climbing thru the POW jungle is hard with a rifle sticking up in most pack type carry systems. I used my rifle as a walking stick a lot. I like the late August hunt. Some bucks can still be in velvet. The deer have begun leaving the open alpine and have moved into that upper lush green forest...- muskeg
- Post #25
- Forum: Live Hunts
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DIY SE Alaska Combo Hunt Recap
Nice .... SE Alaska is a special place.- muskeg
- Post #12
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Alaska Mnt. Goat?
You are correct, Aug 1st Goat do have short hair. But you are also correct in that it is much better weather than late Sept into Oct. But in SE Ak even August can be wet with no hunt days because of visibility. But the days have longer daylight hours. I've done plenty of August hunts where I was...- muskeg
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Sitka Blacktail 2020 questions
You are correct ... Sitka Blacktail hunts are OTC ....- muskeg
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- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Administration Removing Protections from Tongass National Forest
This is a link to an article published 10 years ago in the B&C magazine ... it is about the issues over Deer that have been happening on Prince of Wales Island .. GMU #2 The Blacktail populations have not fared so well in the wake of the boom and bust logging activity on POW Island...- muskeg
- Post #65
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Washing meat
If the meat needs cleaning some I use paper towels and white vineger ...- muskeg
- Post #15
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Alaska for the paranoid
You can hunt Bears, Blacktail in SE Alaska without having to fly in a bush plane ... many guides depart in vessels from the jetport town you flew into. There is also a few guides that you can hunt winter Mt Goats with that depsrt from jet port towns in vessels. Look for Guides that work out of...- muskeg
- Post #42
- Forum: Hunting in Alaska
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Vacuum Seal
I guided hunts in SE Alaska ... years ago we started vac-sealing just about everything. Cuts down on size and keeps it dry till you open it up. The empty bags are nothing to pack out .... I like putting my clothes up in small portions ... like a set of long johns; one t shirt,underwear & socks...- muskeg
- Post #24
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
