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That's a beaut Art! Congrats to you and the Jeff for taking out the deer muncher!!
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Does it get crowded out on Kodiak? How many hunters would a guy like Rohrer take on a 10 day hunt?
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Rohrer has a very good area in that it actually accesses three hunt areas from one camp (East Arm, Uganik Bay, which locals call Mush Bay). IIRC he gets to market three spring tags for the main area, three more for Mush Bay/Uganik Lake, and two for the head of South Arm. I think he gets one less in each for fall tags.
You must have a signed guide contract to apply for the hunt so you, as a non-resident, have a 100% chance of being drawn. Residents may go for years without drawing...
The actual hunt is any 15-day stretch the hunter chooses from April 1 to May 15... It is always a gamble as to which is best and weather tends to trump all.
It looked like Dick had two hunters when we saw him, but we only saw him well away from his base camp and there may have been a lot more hunters in camp.
The hunt area is huge however... we were just competing for the best seat in the theater...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire Kahuna
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That's a beaut Art! Congrats to you and the Jeff for taking out the deer muncher!! Actualy,Pam at the lodge told us about watching a bear catch a swimming deer and tearing it up in front of them. I think they are not a significant predator on deer, especially when fish and berries are timely.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Congrads fellow Monster Killer!!! Enjoyed the story and pics!!! success all around it looks like...Sweeet!!!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The only thing better (from the armchair, anyway) than a good bang-flop yarn is a good bang, not-so-flop yarn which turns out well. Sort of "added-value". With pictures.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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Campfire Outfitter
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That hunt is sooo much fun. Just need a damn tag!
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Campfire Tracker
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Excellent tale Art! Got to make that trip one of these days. Probably a bad time to advertise an old A-Bort in the classifieds.
Brian
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Campfire Kahuna
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Not sure there is a good time to advertise an A-Bort!
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire Tracker
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Not sure there's ever a bad time, if one's in your safe!
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Campfire Oracle
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There is, and I'd be happy to sell it to you!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Campfire Tracker
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That would be a trick..grin.
Nice bear and cool story guys. Hope the taxidermist treats you well...
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Campfire Oracle
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Campfire Tracker
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Thanks for the story and thumbs up on that Rem 375.
I retired from the Johns Manville asbestos pop tart factory in ‘59, and still never made the connection.—-Slumlord
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Campfire Outfitter
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Missed this... No, it was absolutely a "youthless" hunt... Tee hee! AMERICA, FARK YEAH! Thanks for that, and congrats. Be thankful the cannery wasn't a honey distributor. You boys'd never hear the end of that...
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Campfire Tracker
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Not sure there's ever a bad time, if one's in your safe! A stainless lefty in 300WinMag no less. I'll clean it up, and trip it next time home. I'd hate to have it stolen, and get sued by the thief. Now if someone pays good money for it...
Brian
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Campfire Kahuna
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That would be a trick..grin.
Nice bear and cool story guys. Hope the taxidermist treats you well... It is at Knight's and I seriously hope they do a decent job... Jeff is still on the bubble for a rug versus life-size.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Missed this... No, it was absolutely a "youthless" hunt... Tee hee! AMERICA, FARK YEAH! Thanks for that, and congrats. Be thankful the cannery wasn't a honey distributor. You boys'd never hear the end of that... Last time I saved a set of paws for a Chinese guy and the cook said they were very sweet and he was sure the bear had LOTS of honey... Yeah, I suppose that is honey to a bear when salmon rots to the point of dripping...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Not sure there's ever a bad time, if one's in your safe! A stainless lefty in 300WinMag no less. I'll clean it up, and trip it next time home. I'd hate to have it stolen, and get sued by the thief. Now if someone pays good money for it... Heard about one left in a rig and the rig got broken into. When the guy looked for his A-Bort he found two...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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