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Looking for some information on DIY moose hunt will be a few years. We have looked into 40-mile air out of TOK, looking to do a fly in hunt vs a float hunt.

Any idea where else to start looking?

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I'm looking for the same sort of opportunity. Fly-in Wilderness area, roughing it.

Most of the air carriers have said they'd need to charge for two trips to take out the whole moose. Is this possible? I'd be doing it solo or with a friend. I guess it depends on the size of plane...


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The better fly-in moose hunts are often booked by repeat customers for years in advance.

Yes, flying a moose out in a Cub can take 2+ loads.

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Originally Posted by John_Gregori
I'm looking for the same sort of opportunity. Fly-in Wilderness area, roughing it.

Most of the air carriers have said they'd need to charge for two trips to take out the whole moose. Is this possible? I'd be doing it solo or with a friend. I guess it depends on the size of plane...

It depends on the size of the plane for sure and where you want to go won't/should not be a place to land a bigger plane. wink

Also, do not do a moose solo for many reasons.


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Originally Posted by ironbender


Also, do not do a moose solo for many reasons.


^ Listen to this man. He's the first, best advice so far. Moose are NOT subject to ground shrinkage.......ever.........at all!


(FWIW, I have done a few moose solo and they have always involved the use of boat and/or "honda" and/or snowmachine, and a permanent home base. I am definitely glad I never tried it alone prior to "learning a few times" with good company.)



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Originally Posted by Klikitarik
Moose are NOT subject to ground shrinkage.......ever.........at all!



I'll never forget the first moose kill I was in on up here. After the initial excitement wore off, the next words were......WTF did we just do? That hurt.

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Originally Posted by Ptarmigan
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Moose are NOT subject to ground shrinkage.......ever.........at all!



I'll never forget the first moose kill I was in on up here. After the initial excitement wore off, the next words were......WTF did we just do? That hurt.


Same here. Damn glad me and my pard were 20 year old GI's, with far more muscle than brains. It was a humbling experience!

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Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
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Originally Posted by ironbender
Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
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Originally Posted by akjeff
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Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
wink


grin

Sometimes it's easier to build a cabin, and just eat it there where it falls!


Hunted moose this fall with your old co-worker Juan... had a great time and butchered 4 moose. But we drove the gin pole right to them. I will never do another laying down...


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Originally Posted by Sitka deer
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Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
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grin

Sometimes it's easier to build a cabin, and just eat it there where it falls!


Hunted moose this fall with your old co-worker Juan... had a great time and butchered 4 moose. But we drove the gin pole right to them. I will never do another laying down...


Damn, it's a small world. He said it was a good season. Sure miss him on the crew. One of the toughest, hardest working men I've ever met.

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Float hunt, shoot one on the bank

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Originally Posted by ironbender
Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
wink


I wondered one winter, without any regret BTW, if the one I passed up - safely ensconced in chest-deep snow in a huge willow patch, and just above the 40-foot crest of an ancient river bank was going to be my only opportunity. I put 700 miles on my sno-go that winter looking for the next opportunity. I had plenty of time to think about that big dude standing all alone. But I never wished I had taken him.


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The story I hear is that if there is water within 400 yards of where you shoot them they wind up in the water. any truth in that?

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Sometimes they even get shot while IN the water!


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Anyone hunted with 40 mile air?

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I've not, but if I did, I would get in the best shape of your life. They have a good reputation for putting folks in the right neighborhood, but a ridgetop landing moose hunt is exactly that; you need to be prepared to pack the animal a mile or more uphill to the airstrip.

For that hunt, as much as any other hunt in AK, I think that fortune will favor the physically prepared.

No big deal hunting moose solo, for some. If you need help putting your carryon in the overhead bin, maybe it's not for you. I put "don't hunt moose solo" right up there with "don't hunt elk solo in the Madison or NW Wyoming because of the grizzlies".

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Originally Posted by akjeff
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Pard says "Don't shoot one you can't ride up to!"
wink


grin

Sometimes it's easier to build a cabin, and just eat it there where it falls!


Hunted moose this fall with your old co-worker Juan... had a great time and butchered 4 moose. But we drove the gin pole right to them. I will never do another laying down...


Damn, it's a small world. He said it was a good season. Sure miss him on the crew. One of the toughest, hardest working men I've ever met.

Jeff


To back your experience... Juan and I, along with another that is the major ringleader of the group went in early to set up camp. While two of us hauled rounds back to camp in a Polaris 6x Juan split it faster than we could get it back. Then he split kindling by the bushel... then he dug a new latrine hole that was perfectly round and deeper than the shovel handle and my arm! I accused him of climbing down in the ~16" D hole and chucking the dirt out!

We averaged 63 years old and had camp set and three bulls hanging before the "kids" showed up.


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Was on AK Outdoors, Canoe section and found this neat Pic of
Ted (Yukoner) in the Yukon several years ago.

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Alaska 7 months of winter then 5 months of tourists
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