And…we are off!

[Gellar]

10/29 sunny 37 degrees SE breeze at >5mph, waves >1foot walked up creek at the head of the bay. glassed 10+ deer, 1 spike at 200 yards. One group of the Boat hunters went up east side of the head of the bay by where we went up a few days before they had arrived. The Other group of boat hunters went up south side of head of bay drainage. Half way up the hill my brother tells me his knee really hurts, but keeps going. He shows it to me at the first glassing spot and he has a huge infection on his knee from an ingrown hair or something. He continues on but in obvious discomfort. We saw 60-70 deer from 20 to 700 yards. None bigger than a spike. We spotted a Big boar bear at 4:00 pm. 527 yards se of our glassing point. Of course the bear hunter is not with us so all we could do was watch for 45 minutes before heading down the hill to home. My dad shot shot a spike a few miles away from the cabin on the beach for some meat and they also saw a single bear estimated at 8 feet but they couldn’t connect. A shot was fired but resulted in a clean miss over his back.

Panoramic view of where we were glassing.

A big Brown bear at 527 yards.

 

[Gellar]

After such a nice day on the mountain 10/30 was different it was 35 degrees and sunny but a wind from northwest at 40 mph sustained. When we got picked up our pilot told us Winds were Clocked 100 mph at Kodiak and they almost lost airplanes at the seaplane base. The Heater a Nordic diesel stove was struggling to stay lit. The Cabin roof sounded like it may fly off at any minute. Cabin day. To windy to launch boat from beach. Transporter was not launching hunters either. I Made backstrap stuffed with peak venison casserole wrapped in bacon and Heathers choice salmon chowder for a side. The backstrap stuffed with peak was excellent but the salmon chowder was no bueno, terrible, disgusting.

 

[duckhunt]

Great stuff so far.

 

[Gellar]

I just got home to Iowa. I’m going to hang with the family for a while then finish this up. Basically traveling for 24 hours to get home tires a guy out.

 

[Nick87]

I just got home to Iowa. I’m going to hang with the family for a while then finish this up. Basically traveling for 24 hours to get home tires a guy out.

Enjoy some time with the kids. Glad you made it safe.

 

[Jbotto]

I just got home to Iowa. I’m going to hang with the family for a while then finish this up. Basically traveling for 24 hours to get home tires a guy out.

We’ll allow those excuses here!