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That sums it up after 30 years!
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Yep, that wouldn't be bad.
I'm good easily through thanksgiving. But I'll be coming back some in December to hunt here. Though I"d like to hunt blacktails there in December.
I'm thinking whenever she decides to head south I wont' see her until March again is my guess.
I"m fairly sure I could be good year round.
But like the answer to the question, would you shoot someone attacking you or invading your car or house? I like to think I know that answer, but in the end, you won't know unless you have to.
I notice that June and July are out. Tourists? Heat? Bugs? All of the above? Tourists, heat (of course it will be hotter in the south). There ain't nothing to shoot in July and not much I want to shoot in June. Steelhead/rainbows are great in the spring, along with bear. August is great for salmon/hunting. Really not much I want to do in June/July. In fact, I found June/July and February the worse months.
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December is really too late for blacktails. On Kodiak they start dropping antlers by about the 10th. Days are also too freaking short for much hunting. First three weeks of November are best, getting into the rut and finding good bucks.
June is one of my favorite months here. Just getting the black bears out of the dens up high and the smolt migration with the lake trout and rainbows tearing them up.
July is sockeyes...
Easy for me to get away from tourists...
December, January, and February are my three longest months...
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Yeah, December deer are all rutted out, I don't want them.
December/January ain't bad if you're running a trap line. We didn't really have many sockeye in my part of SE, though the cutt fishing is great in the lakes.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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One of the big problems after you turn 65 up here is our health care rates are too high for Medicare, my tentative plan is to play outside for few months and get my health care done outside at a lower cost.
Just heard our medical costs are 2.76 times higher than nat. average!
And some of the non profit Hospitals make the most profit! Some thing to consider when AK is your home.
Our reasons for staying in AK seem to be eroding fast!
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Yeah, December deer are all rutted out, I don't want them.
December/January ain't bad if you're running a trap line. We didn't really have many sockeye in my part of SE, though the cutt fishing is great in the lakes. INteresting on the deer, had done them on Montague just before Thanksgiving and it was getting good... figured move it forward a bit and would be better. Good to know that info. Hate to hear about medicare costs and such, but being we'll likely be out a month or three in the winter I suspect we can make it work. I'm just hoping I can find a fairly close EMT job when we get up there, close to the Delta area anyway and if have to run into FBKs, that I can at least manage to find a 48 hour shift instead of 24s...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Wahnsinn, you might check this Alaskan site for information about many things, especially hunting, fishing, recreation, etc., in Alaska. Almost all the people who post there are Alaska residents and most are very helpful. http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/index.phpL.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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Wahnsinn, you might check this Alaskan site for information about many things, especially hunting, fishing, recreation, etc., in Alaska. Almost all the people who post there are Alaska residents and most are very helpful. http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/index.phpL.W. Sadly, that website imploded from a ridiculous dose of over-moderation from the way left-wing owner/idiot. The few remaining posters are GIs new to AK looking for advice, but posting their own "great" advice anyway. Absolutely truthful negative feedback on anything is verboten...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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But, but....they gots a ballistic engineer!
lol...
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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A couple of weeks ago marked my 48th year here. The secret to Alaska is to get into Alaska. Summer is easy; fish, clam, Kayak, hike, camp or Get yourself a boat, UTV, quad or airplane. Before you know it- it's hunting season. In winter XC ski, downhill ski, Snowmachine or put your Bird on skies. That way, you are always looking forward to your next upcoming adventure. If you happen to have some "real money" you can get some horses. If you are a shooter, there is lots of that up here too. Rifle, Pistol and scatter gun. You just have to keep an open mind.
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A couple of weeks ago marked my 48th year here. The secret to Alaska is to get into Alaska. Summer is easy; fish, clam, Kayak, hike, camp or Get yourself a boat, UTV, quad or airplane. Before you know it- it's hunting season. In winter XC ski, downhill ski, Snowmachine or put your Bird on skies. That way, you are always looking forward to your next upcoming adventure. If you happen to have some "real money" you can get some horses. If you are a shooter, there is lots of that up here too. Rifle, Pistol and scatter gun. You just have to keep an open mind. lol....
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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But, but....they gots a ballistic engineer!
lol... And he is almost as real as their Moose Whisperer Poster of the Year! Between someone claiming to be a ballistics engineer while proving to know nothing and someone claiming to make moose die where he wants them to die it is hard to pick a bigger loser...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Wahnsinn, you might check this Alaskan site for information about many things, especially hunting, fishing, recreation, etc., in Alaska. Almost all the people who post there are Alaska residents and most are very helpful. http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/index.phpL.W. Sadly, that website imploded from a ridiculous dose of over-moderation from the way left-wing owner/idiot. The few remaining posters are GIs new to AK looking for advice, but posting their own "great" advice anyway. Absolutely truthful negative feedback on anything is verboten... I didn't know that, Sitka Deer. I look at that site about once a month, mainly at the Hunting Forum and the Float Forum. Hadn't noticed much else. I've always enjoyed the pictures of the hunting scenes and the beautiful Alaskan scenery. L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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LW
No problem, just pointing out the killing of a site. There are some serious idiots over there. Some have strolled through here and tried the same stuff but their boats failed to float when they actually had to answer real questions.
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One of the big problems after you turn 65 up here is our health care rates are too high for Medicare, my tentative plan is to play outside for few months and get my health care done outside at a lower cost.
Just heard our medical costs are 2.76 times higher than nat. average!
And some of the non profit Hospitals make the most profit! Some thing to consider when AK is your home.
Our reasons for staying in AK seem to be eroding fast! Hospital care in Alaska is one of the worst and most expensive in the nation. It's pretty bad in Fairbanks, specially heart issues. Alaska is a great place for younger people who can work hard and are in relatively in good shape, but not so great for retiring-age folks unless they have lots of money or a good health insurance that allows for traveling to the lower-48 for medical care. Not a bad idea to have Medical evacuation insurance.
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