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Kodiak Double #11442285 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	Jeff (Talusinaz) and I just got back from Kodiak where we did a little fishing and hunting. We really had one day to hunt due to weather and transportation. We made it a LONG day! This is what I saw when I got back on the scope! Probably visible for a mile or two! NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

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Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442287 09/17/16
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna
Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA	Good job guys! Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442292 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	We shot from here to the mountain in the distance. Both were one shot kills. Jeff shot first, his buck cartwheeled down the mountain to the bottom of a rock slide. Mine got hung up on a spruce tree until I liberated it. I couldn't hang on and it ended up at the bottom of the rock slide (about 100 feet). Boned and hiked to closest road. Arrived at 1:00 AM. Saw bears driving out! We were quite a ways back in and the younger deer obviously didn't consider us a threat. This one and its partner walked up on us while were were hiking. We veered away and sat down to glass. They walked closer and bedded down 75 yards away. This one fell asleep. I got up and moved to a new spot about 100 yards away. I looked over and saw that she was standing up and very nervous. I whistled to her, waved to her and she laid back down- apparently satisfied that I was still a good guy! She was there for about an hour! Last edited by dennisinaz; 09/17/16. NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442310 09/17/16
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,405 C Calvin Campfire Ranger
Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,405	Nice! Going to go camp out tomorrow night on my first hunt of the year. You'll love eating them!

Re: Kodiak Double Calvin #11442333 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	Originally Posted by Calvin Nice! Going to go camp out tomorrow night on my first hunt of the year. You'll love eating them! I intend to!! NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

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Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442337 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,167 N.. Newaukum, Washington J Judman Campfire Ranger
Judman Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,167 N.. Newaukum, Washington	Nice work!! Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. Ain’t easy havin pals.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442340 09/17/16
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,822 Alaska/Texas A APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger
APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,822 Alaska/Texas	Congrats to you and Jeff! Kodiak Blacktail is my favorite deer meat. Ed "Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442442 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 69 PNW H hankharp Campfire Greenhorn
hankharp Campfire Greenhorn H Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 69 PNW	Great pictures and congrats!

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442457 09/17/16
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna
Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA	Originally Posted by dennisinaz Originally Posted by Calvin Nice! Going to go camp out tomorrow night on my first hunt of the year. You'll love eating them! I intend to!! I recognize the shop... Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442463 09/17/16
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,147 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter
MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,147 S.E. Alaska	A wee bit different than hunting in Arizona I reckon. Need fish pics or it didn't happen.

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Re: Kodiak Double Judman #11442585 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,579 Lake Iliamna Alaska waterrat Campfire Regular
waterrat Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,579 Lake Iliamna Alaska	Originally Posted by Judman Nice work!! Ditto,, Those blacktails are fine eating for sure, I did most of my deer hunting on Afognak, even in the nasty weather you could hunt in the forest. I would climb high and hunt the ledges and catch them from above. I tend to use more than enough gun

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442624 09/17/16
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny R rong Campfire Outfitter
rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny	Sounds awesome,great shooting ,how was the fishin

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442918 09/17/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	Regarding blacktail meat, I've never seen an animal that dressed out with so much fat with two exceptions: domestic hog and one acorn-gorged black bear in late October. There were sheets of fat on these bucks! And what a paunch! I don't think I could have gotten the paunch contents from one buck into a 5-gallon bucket. These critters are definately racing to put on fat before the snow. After quite a few eastern whitetails and coues deer, this buck was the biggest bodied deer I have ever taken. What a pig! We actually stalked these deer for 6 hours. After the shots, and climbing up the mountain, it had been a long day. I looked at the bucks and thought "Oh s76t!"! The hindquarters (femur in), neck and rib meat, and filleted shoulder meat alone on my buck weighed 66 lbs. It was interesting to note that these bucks were bedded on the same ledge as previous mountain goats. They absolutely could not be seen bedded from any angle except above, which is why we had to keep waiting and moving in until they finally began to feed again. When we shot them, they were standing just where we had first seen them 6 hours (and over a mile) earlier. Will post some fish pics when I get finished unpacking ... I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11442942 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	OK, here is my only decent fish picture. NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443065 09/17/16
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna
Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA	Originally Posted by dennisinaz OK, here is my only decent fish picture. That is a pig of a silver! Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443147 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,844 B bamagun01 Campfire Regular
bamagun01 Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,844	Very nice. Congrats! "If I couldn't laugh I would go insane." JB

Re: Kodiak Double bamagun01 #11443202 09/17/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Congratulations on a great adventure. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443390 09/17/16
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny R rong Campfire Outfitter
rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny	That's great,sure beats the hell out of workin, That stream doesn't look big enough to hold slobs like that..

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443480 09/17/16
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,156 Western Pennsylvania D donsm70 Campfire Outfitter
donsm70 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,156 Western Pennsylvania	Great adventure. What rifles/calibers were you using? donsm70 Life Member...Safari Club International Life Member...Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Life Member...Keystone Country Elk Alliance Life Member...National Rifle Association

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443762 09/18/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	I took a Remington Mountain rifle that I rebarreled in 260 Ackley using 140 Sierra Game Kings. Leupold Vari-X 3 2.5-8 with B&C reticle. Jeff used a Tikka in 30-06 with 168 TTSX and a 4.5-14 with M1 dials. Range was 400 yards, both bullets performed perfectly. Mine took out the heart and exited the shoulder, Jeff's took out the aorta cluster and exited as well. NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443816 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	Some Kodiak images: Words can't describe the brilliance of a perfect, fleeting, Kodiak day. I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443827 09/18/16
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 567 Tennessee T TNsavageman Campfire Regular
TNsavageman Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 567 Tennessee	Beautiful setting, great shooting, and good eating. Don't get much better than that. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443834 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443842 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	In the alpine: I know it looks staged, but we actually found the bucks from here, about 1.2 miles away. I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443878 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	As he lay: Dolly Varden were going berserk feeding on salmon roe. This is a smaller one. Shortly after this pic the 5 WT rod was destroyed by a pig of a pink salmon. This fellow and the dollies were caught and released: I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443886 09/18/16
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,158 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,158 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	T-shirt? Certainly not Kodiak. Fess up now! Congrats, fellas! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443905 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	We had to run to the Marine Supply store to replenish tippet material. And just in time: I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11443967 09/18/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	Oh, and I caught a ling cod on a Sabiki rig! As well as the unidentified rock fish above. Good thing I had the 900# test line. NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11444372 09/18/16
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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Well done, compadre's!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11444561 09/18/16
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ T Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker
Talus_in_Arizona Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,575 AZ	That line is hell to tie a nail knot with ... I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11444922 09/18/16
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 53,303 Southeastern AZ crossfireoops Campfire Kahuna
crossfireoops Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 53,303 Southeastern AZ	GREAT thread !!! Thanks fellas! GTC Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11445177 09/18/16
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna
Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA	The unidentified rockfish is actually a female kelp greenling. Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11445625 09/18/16
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,523 S Sako76 Campfire Tracker
Sako76 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,523	Looks like heaven! Congrats.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11447455 09/19/16
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RedRabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Flagstaff, AZ	Cool beans Jeff and Dennis ! Doug's Photo Gallery

Re: Kodiak Double RedRabbit #11447497 09/19/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter
OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ	Thought about you a time or two while we were hunting. Good times on Kodiak aren't they, Doug! NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11447745 09/19/16
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,647 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger
GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,647 Coues Country	Great job guys! - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: Kodiak Double dennisinaz #11447895 09/19/16
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger
SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest	Dennis, Well done man! WWP53D

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