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  1. AlaskaHunter

    Cold and Hot

    A couple of cow moose photos. The first in our backyard at -40 degrees. The second on a float at 90 degrees F.
  2. AlaskaHunter

    Mid-Winter Scouting

    I am blessed to live in an area with so many potential spots (Montana). Spent yesterday looking at some new areas I had not yet hunted. Good exercise for me and the 1-year old pup. I covered 8 miles, the lab probably 25 miles. Flushed some cattail roosters and also found some new spots for...
  3. AlaskaHunter

    Six Principles To Building A Great Dog

    I think this would be a fantastic book for anyone with their first dog. Advanced trainers might find this book too elemental because they learned these six principles years ago. I found this short book ($9 on Amazon) an easy read. There were not many specific examples, but the reader can think...
  4. AlaskaHunter

    Silence

    A daily solo puppy walk helps with bonding and for future upland hunting. Pup learns to boldly explore new scents, sights and sounds and also learns to pay attention to the human companion. I am usually silent and pup learns to pay attention to my movement and naturally come in. Silence is...
  5. AlaskaHunter

    Winter Blues

    We now winter in Montana, after spending 30 years living near Fairbanks. Ten day forecast for Fairbanks. The cold snaps never bothered me as no wind, low humidity, so fairly comfortable as long as I was moving. But hard on equipment, especially plastics. All vehicles have plug-in heaters for...
  6. AlaskaHunter

    Winter Indoor Training

    It is too icy at our place to train outdoors. So I train 1-year old pup inside in our carpeted living room. We run hunt tests and field trials in the summer, so train for these events: 1) Multiple marking mechanics where I teach pup to return with perfect spinal alignment in relation to my foot...
  7. AlaskaHunter

    Glass bedding over-under shotguns

    I have a friend who specializes in fine stocks. He always glass-beds over unders. Last year I met up with him in eastern Montana for our annual hunt. He looked at my 40 year old Citori and told me I should have it bedded. I did not. The next month I slipped on ice and cracked the stock exactly...
  8. AlaskaHunter

    Lost birds

    One thing I strive for is minimal loss of cripples. 2023 was a great year for me...zero lost birds. Got to hunt my pup 46 times, starting in September on MT grouse in the high country, then mostly wild MT roosters and ending with huns. Lots of memorable retrieves.
  9. AlaskaHunter

    A good year

    The unemployement rate in the US was less than 4 percent for the year. The S & P 500 gained almost 25% for the year The inflation rate dropped substantially and is approaching the Fed's target rate of 2% and is less than Canada, Mexico, much of Europe, Russia, etc. Gas is less than $3 per...
  10. AlaskaHunter

    Inexpensive Camera Shots

    My hunting partner is a professional photographer and takes awesome photos. I have only cheap cameras but sometimes I get lucky. This grouse was taken with a 20 year old digital camera from our upper deck, I was lucky as the grouse was only 5 feet away. And this grouse was drumming in our...
  11. AlaskaHunter

    Solo hunting

    Solo hunting in the cattails can be challenging. I've been lucky to be in the right place at the right time more often than not. Usually quick-stepping to get in front of the lab crashing path.
  12. AlaskaHunter

    When to declare MT residency in transition from owning a home in another state and in MT?

    We currently own our house in Alaska with intent on selling it this summer. We purchased a home in MT 1-Nov-2023. We are registered to vote in AK, AK driver's licenses, AK resident hunting license. We paid for non-resident MT hunting license in 2023. We have 2 vehicles registered in AK, 1...
  13. AlaskaHunter

    Bird Dog PSA Releasing your dog from snares, traps

  14. AlaskaHunter

    Lighted collars

    I found these LED collars handy when airing my black labs in the back pasture during these dark Montana nights. $8 each on Amazon. Easy to customize fit with a pair of scissors. Novkin 2-Pack LED Dog Collar, Light Up Dog Collars,Rechargeable USB, LED
  15. AlaskaHunter

    Heavy Pack Loads

    I know several backcountry hunters that hurt their backs and a couple that hurt their knee hauling 100+ loads. My hunting partner and mentor taught me long ago to limit my pack weight to 60lbs. With a 60-lb pack there is a better chance of recovering balance when a foot snags on an alder or a...
  16. AlaskaHunter

    Post-pandemic US GDP rate compared to G20 countries

    The US economy expanded an annualized 4.9% in the third quarter of 2023, the most since the last quarter of 2022 https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth Consumer spending rose 4%, the most since Q4 2021 Exports soared 6.2% Private inventories added 1.32 pp to growth, the first gain...
  17. AlaskaHunter

    Unconventional Water Blind

    Shot a double here in MT with 9-month old pup. She retrieved the first mallard, so I figure I would send her on the second she did not see fall for her first water blind. Square entry, easy open water swim, what could go wrong? Fortunately pup learned the value of persistence and after about...
  18. AlaskaHunter

    Morning Fog

    Living on a ridge at 1,000 feet elevation, we always appreciated being above the famous Fairbanks ice fog. I always hated morning fog hunting...cold and unable to stay upwind since no wind. Ducks not flying and if they are, I can't see them flying. The only time I got lost was duck hunting in...
  19. AlaskaHunter

    Responsible Breeding

    For potential puppy buyers, CHIC certification is a good indicator the breeder responsibly factors good health into their selection criteria. Both the Bitch and Sire should be tested prior to breeding. I've seen Hip Displasia and Exercise Induced Collapse over the years in labs where the owner...
  20. AlaskaHunter

    Caribou at 20 yards

    I learned a long time ago the futility of trying to catch up to caribou. Every bou I've shot, I was positioned so the bull was walking towards me. Shot this double-shovel bull at 20 yards. My hunting partner had shot a bull and we were working on his bull, when this lone bull showed up 200...
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