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Posted By: SLM Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
Would love to see some pics. of Alaska area. I was born and raised in the desert SW. and have always dreamed of going to Alaska but won't be any time soon. Have gone through all the topics looking at as many pics. as I could find, all pics fishing, wildlife,hunting landscape etc. would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance Scott
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
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Posted By: Bluedreaux Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
Wheres abouts parts of Alaska were those taken? SE?
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
steelhead those are AWESOME pics. thank you very much. Looks like some very good times.
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09

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Posted By: ready_on_the_right Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!


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Jealous in Georgiagrin

Posted By: passport Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
Originally Posted by ready_on_the_right
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!


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Yea, no chit! Where are you now Steely? Did I hear LA of all frigin places, hows that working for ya?
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
I always land on my feet. Off to meet a teacher, have fun.
Posted By: 340boy Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/09/09
Good to see those pictures up again, Scott.
I especially like the ones of the Killer Whales...
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Posted By: OCSarge Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Steelhead,

Will you adopt me? I'm a 48-year old male white, straight, with my my own gun collection. I drink single-malt scotch and smoke good cigars, which I'm always willing to share. I'll come with a great retirement plan in 2-years. I can pick up after mysself and I'm handy in the kitchen. I'm not afraid of hard work and only reqire a small place for all my habits, collections and a place to lay my head. I'll even sleep in the shed, "Dad". What do you think?

OCSarge
Posted By: Savage_99 Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Thanks again, I use to think I wanted to go, now I know I am going!!
Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Well you have some awesome SE Alaska pictures. I will give you a few SW Alaska Pictures now.

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Posted By: DaddyRat Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Great pictures from both you guys, I am jealous as well.

What is the deal with all the dead walrus in the 2nd to last pic??
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
skudrunner Thanks for the pics. they are AWESOME, you guys truly live in paradise.
Posted By: 1OntarioJim Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
SH - the observation platforms shown in the 3rd picture in your second posting, are they in or near Ketchikan? They look like a location we visited during one of the side trips the wife and I took while on a cruise last summer.

In any case the location I am thinking of is where we saw some eagles as well as black bears. Very pretty location.

Jim
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Thank you for the excellent photographs of Alaska. Can you tell me about this rifle?

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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Yes, there are a few 'town' pics of Ketchikan in there
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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Posted By: DJTex Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
I'll say this...mighty fine pics, Scott - mighty fine, indeed.

You catch those bucks on a fly rod or spinning gear? Grin...

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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
It's easy when the subject inspires ya.....
Posted By: gotlost Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Great Pic's Scott, makes me wonder if your home sick yet.
Posted By: DJTex Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
How true...for most anything a man does well.

Thanks for posting the pics - they're a feast for the eyes.

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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Still ain't seen one of mine top a pic of your kid's smile.
Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Posted By: DJTex Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
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Still ain't seen one of mine top a pic of your kid's smile.


Speaking of subjects which inspire...

I think I know which of these is your favorite...but since you raised the topic...grin!

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Sorry for the departure from topic - just imagine these guys with a Moose or bear or an orange antlered buck with an unmistakably Alaskan backdrop...grin.

One of these days...we'll be taking some, Lord willing!

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Wow....!

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Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
A week ago. Leaves are coming on the birch and aspen now..

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A month ago, about a mile from my house.

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Seldovia, on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Posted By: gotlost Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Nice view
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Caribou hunting Tustemena lake area:

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Posted By: slideaction Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
I got to move to Alaska. How I envy you guys laugh.
Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Dirt naps.

Just saving the bait, PETA... smile There were 5 or 6 or these guys shadowing us 20-30 yards out in heavy trailside brush... until this one made a mistake.

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Son Ty's T-bull the next year.

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On the way to the ridge-tops - Tustemena

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On the way down, with loads - first water... we are pooped- only 7 miles to go...

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Non-typical bull....

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/10/09
Thanks agaian to every one for the pics.
Posted By: TR405 Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
great pics thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: brownbearhunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
Great pictures from all you guy's.
Posted By: ingwe Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09

REALLY neat pics, I especially like the dog getting to be in on everything, Ive got one of those, and she hasn't missed much in the hunting/fishing department in her 11 yrs....
BTW, that moose lying in a low spot looks like WORK! laugh
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Posted By: 1minute Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
There is more view property in Alaska than one could ever dream about.
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Posted By: GuyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
Awesome photos guys - thanks for sharing! I'm only a visitor to Alaska every few years. These were taken last September:

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Like the bears, I show up for the salmon run! Someday I'll have to scan in my photos from my first trips, 30 years ago.
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Some of my favorite pictures of Alaska. Hunting Brown Bears in this kind of cover makes you realize
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Posted By: Klikitarik Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
And a little farther north,

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Posted By: kenaiking Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/12/09
Yup AK sucks............. smile

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Posted By: Bluedreaux Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/13/09
Well, you had me til ya posted the thermometer pic...
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Posted By: DanInAlaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/13/09
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Collecting glacier ice.....
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Sun setting on Mt. Redoubt (the volcano that's currently acting up):
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August sheep hunt:
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Anchorage skyline:
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Denali, from the highway:
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Denali, from 14,000 feet:
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Denali, via snowmachine:
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Pipeline shot, north of the Brooks Range:
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Valdez Silvers:
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Haul Road Caribou; my first archery kill:
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Posted By: Sitka deer Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/13/09
That sure is a good looking tent on your sheep hunt...
Posted By: Sitka deer Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/13/09
Bet the two of you had to snuggle right together in it... wink
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/14/09

Turnagain pass from the top, with Turnagain arm in the background. I think this was early fall.

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Top of the world (only half counts as part of this pic is probably Canadia).
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The city of Boundary. Hard to read, but the sign claims to have the best coffee in boundary.
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A very cooperative fox from out that way.
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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/14/09
And yes, that tent was cozy... Apologies for the lingering fart smell.
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/14/09
The pics are AWESOME keep them coming.
Thanks again Scott
Posted By: Romo Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/14/09
Cool pics!
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Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/15/09
You never heard of primacord and TNT?

The fishing generally gets pretty good downstream too, if you have a landing net.
Posted By: oldtrapper Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/16/09
Indeed, a big thanks to all who posted these pics. What a treat.
Posted By: CDN_DUCKNUT Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/16/09
Excellent pics!!

I like the one of your dog sleeping in the bow of the canoe...

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He looks dead tired...
Posted By: southern_hunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/17/09
I love this thread. Thanks for posting all the pictures, fellas.

I've lived in New Zealand for the last four years, and people back home in South Carolina often ask me if New Zealand is really the most beautiful place in the world. I always reply that while New Zealand is beautiful, it is not nearly as pretty as Alaska. What an amazing place. Truly the jewel of the United States.
Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/20/09
A few more.

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/20/09
skudrunner, those pics. are awesome thanks alot. Have you lived in AK. your whole life?
Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/21/09
No, since I was 14. So about 13 years now.
Posted By: Duc1198 Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/21/09
Wow, some of these photos make me want to go! Some beautiful areas, plus the salmon crab and big game!
Posted By: writing_frog Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/23/09

Thank you dear friends for make dream with your wonderful pictures of the wild.
That's really really good footage that let me feel the spirit of your marvellous country.
Regards
Dom

Posted By: Barkoff Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/25/09
What kind of fish am I looking at, looks like that one and a few earlier posted, are they a Mackinaw.?

Thanks to the both of you for taking the time to post all these.

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Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/25/09
That is an Arctic Char.
Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/25/09
Sometimes confused with a Dolly Varden.

Dolly Parton is something else again!
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/25/09
Easy to tell apart. Grayling have big dorsal fins. Dolly Parton has big pectoral fins.

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Posted By: Grogel_Deluxe Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/25/09
Your dog looks tired.
Posted By: Barkoff Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/26/09
So let's here the story on the cabin.

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Posted By: Barkoff Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/26/09
So are the char good eating?
Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/26/09
Stop you guys are making me pack my bags
Posted By: JeffA Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/26/09
The cabin looks like one we use to lock-up unruly outsiders.
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Posted By: JeffA Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/26/09
The frames look odd posted here, they were added to match back gounds for my webpages I have them archived on....

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Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/27/09
Char isn't my favorite, but it's not to bad.
Posted By: 1akhunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/29/09
sorry Barkoff was outa town for a bit at my cabin, spring breakup was a rip snorter.

flooded my first floor, wood everywhere, along with everything else that wasn't nailed down.


anyhoo the cabin you asked about is a pretty well hidden cabin on one of the rivers in the Interior. really hard to see from the water, but spied it we did and went to investigate. Hadn't been used in quite some time, some interesting stuff in it, specially the journal entries.

like lots of remote cabins it's bearproofed with the addition of metal shutters and door protector.

depdending upon how remote your cabin is, tis a prudent thing to do.
Posted By: DPhillips Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/29/09
I love living here...

But, funny no one has shown pictures of the rain, blizzards or the fact we have as much (or sometimes, MORE) snow on the the ground as green/brown grass...

Alaska is no doubt the greatest place on earth for some of us, but it ain't for everybody...

Those that live here, we give up a lot to those on the outside, we do feel it is worth it, but you have to admit, we are all kinda strange...
Posted By: 1akhunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/30/09
DP, that was accurate and well put from my perspective, well put.
Posted By: zeNII Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/30/09
Wow, amazing pictures, I had forgotten how much humans have screwed up the place:)
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Posted By: Klikitarik Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/30/09
Originally Posted by DPhillips
I love living here...

But, funny no one has shown pictures of the rain, blizzards or the fact we have as much (or sometimes, MORE) snow on the the ground as green/brown grass...

Alaska is no doubt the greatest place on earth for some of us, but it ain't for everybody...

Those that live here, we give up a lot to those on the outside, we do feel it is worth it, but you have to admit, we are all kinda strange...



You mean "pictures" of blizzards such as this?....

Gone Missing

It had all the signs of being a case of "coulda-shoulda-woulda" and "too little; too late." But then, this would have been a memorial rather than the good lesson that it might be. It turned out well and it might not have, but as with so many things in life where mistakes are made, there are lessons to be learned - and have been learned well already. And there are lessons to share.


One rarely thinks, when going for a short walk, that they are beginning a journey that might spell their own end. Such was the case, no doubt, when one such person began the walk from their village home to the new school building in Saint Michael. It was a stormy day in early March 2009. A blizzard was in progress with snow swirling in virtually impenetrable walls of whiteness. Visibility, if one could face the storm with unprotected eyes, was close to zero. Winds were being recorded at sustained strengths of 40, 50, and 60 miles per hour with gusts reaching even higher speeds - and it was snowing.

Waiting out the Storm

School was "out". Well, all the students had been released in a technical sense anyway, if a last bell ever has any meaning. But no one was allowed to leave. So, everyone stayed. Oh, there were a few brave parents who ventured out to try to retrieve their children. Mostly that simply added more to the numbers of caged souls though. Few who arrived wanted to leave again. So we all stayed. Impatiently.
And we waited. Wishfully. But every now and then someone would venture out to "look" just to prove once again that it was indeed as white as their mind knew, but refused to recall, that it could be.
"Surely it is getting better, isn't it?"
It wasn't, but that doesn't deny the power of positive thought. So, one hardy pair ventured forth to get prepared for what was to come -hopefully; the safe delivery of the hundred-plus young charges which the staff was responsible for.
A quick run home on the snowmachine, following the road, seemed like a safe enough attempt, and it was. The snowmachine returned its rider along with some fuel. The other half of the pair would return on foot.
Back at "camp" -well, school, (but it was beginning to look like a grand camping adventure....and not unwelcomed by some of those of lesser physical stature), things were still rolling along. Tension levels were still well-contained, but the uncertainty of what was yet to be was easily felt, and the smell of frozen pizza, baking, wafting through the halls gave testament to the fact that we really were stuck, at least for awhile.
And while some adults gave the appearance of patient indifference to the storm's fury, others had the almost palpable look of fear in their eyes, the knowing look of those who have experienced the task of sleeplessly guarding doors. The excitement of the storm was beginning to wear off. And in the waning light; perhaps in part because of the waning light, visibility began to improve.

Getting Home

It was time to move. And we did. Sleds, trucks, Hondas, and snowmachines; the process - not yet an easy one- was begun. But it was started, and in spite of snowy, frosty, icy facial adornments, it carried on, with new tactics being tried to keep things rolling. Come in, thaw out, plan a new delivery list, go again.
And finally it was over, some thirteen hours after the first bell of the day, all one-hundred plus students of every size had been returned to the safety of home.
And so the staff went as well. All but one. One whom all had seen, but one whom none had seen recently.

Has anyone seen him?

"Where did you last see him?" Dan, the principal's, voice querried through the phone.
"He was at school. I thought he was one of the two who was out getting a snowmachine going."
"He was, but no one knows where he is now."
Still in a state of disbelief (and denial) I asked, "Did you call ______?"
"Not yet. I'll give them a call and let you know."
Well, he's somewhere. How could so many people miss him for several hours without noticing? But then those girls were asking where he was in the evening. Hmm? Well, he's probably somewhere.
The phone rang ominously once more, "No, he isn't over there. No one knows where he is. He's missing."
"Alright, we'll go have a look."
It was hard to overcome the feeling of disbelief that anyone could be missing. It was hard enough to think that anyone would get lost in such a short distance. Then again, the short distance might be just the reason why a person might think it would make sense to try to walk a straight line. "There is the straight, hard-packed trail afterall. That might seem like the smartest way to go." Well, we can run some parallel paths across that area and hopefully won't find any snowy lumps. Thankfully the snow is crusted so any tracks might show in spite of the wind.

Tracks

No one wants to hear nor believe that a person, so much alive one moment, might be gone so quickly. The recent fury of the now-waning storm, however, left but one probable conclusion; for a person minimally protected, survival would be unlikely.
So it was that the search, already begun, was joined.
We'll make a few passes, we'll do a thorough sweeping search, check all the nearby beach lines. We won't find anything. He'll pop up somewhere. Everyone will go home and enjoy some much-desired relaxation. That's how things are supposed to be. It's what we expect and take for granted.
But tracks there were, right on the first sweep, and heading straight away from school.
Too simple; can't be his. Wrong heading anyway....completely wrong.
Well, lets' see how they look when we make another pass.
There they are the second time by. Hmmm? Sure enough, they're not in a straight line either. And they're rather close together.
No one spends any time walking aimlessly in this winter-time-featureless expanse. Those who do walk across here- and they are few- do it with purpose; striding with direction. These tracks spell confusion.
He must really be out here somewhere!
Tracks must be obeyed, and obey we did. We followed, and where they led was neither surprising nor especially reassuring. The tracks found and followed a hard packed trail. Then they disappeared. So, of course, there was only one thing to do and that was to follow the trail. But following this trail meant two things: whoever was following it was heading away from safety - and right toward or past the resting place where lie the remains of many of the local departed: the grave yard. The irony was hard to avoid, but the possibilities were too horrible to contemplate for long.
The fact that the trail led uphill would seem logically not to make sense, not to one who hasn't known the directionless confusion of white-out conditions anyway. But anyone who has "been there" will understand the meaning of the confusion which is real in a blinding storm. Simply being confused doesn't prove you have "been there", but being there does guarantee some awareness of the confusion. There is no sense of direction, every direction is the same; up is down and down is up; one can as easily be "falling" as standing still as near as one's senses can detect. It is deception, distortion, and confusion of reality. Pilots know and trust their instruments- or follow their erroneous perceptions to disaster.
And so we followed the tracks which led away from safety, and uphill. The only sense of reality their maker had was probably the hardness of the well-packed trail- little realizing that the trail was climbing, a clue that would have been helpful. But, of course, staying on the trail that could only be felt with the soles of the feet would mean occasional deviation from it. And the tracks did deviate, appearing at times to the side, sometimes wandering quite a ways off the trail. And then there were the meandering tracks pointing back along the trail, the rather obvious sign that their maker had been looking for something familiar, a way that might lead to some place safe. And finally the tracks, both going and coming, led to an ending, a point where they simply circled in a meaningless confusion as they met up with the heavy drifts of a road they cut across. But the reality was sinking in fast, and it was a hard reality. There was work to do, very urgent work.
Back-tracking might not seem helpful, but maybe there would be clues about the certain identity of maker. In another twist of irony, the tracks, followed backwards, led back nearly to the school, right to (from) the snow heaps piled along the access road by the building. So who would leave the safety of the school and walk away in a storm? Or who might get so close, yet miss it? But the school building itself was creating its own "weather space." The building, like any big obstacle to the wind, caused the air to be turned and twisted, creating eddies and whirlwinds, both causing the blowing snow to settle into drifts and to be lifted into greater blinding whiteness.
Perhaps one who was using the wind as a guide might become confused because of the very object which offered safe shelter? If they were his tracks, he probably had no clue how close he had come...


Fearing the Worst

Dead ends. It seemed like only dead ends. But one cannot accept dead ends when searching without also accepting an almost inevitable unacceptable outcome. There had to be something we had missed. As any tracker knows, it is easy to miss details. So, like any hunter might, we circled around, both in the hope that some sign had been missed, or that perhaps our victim - it was hard not to be thinking in those terms now- had missed comfort, but found safety anyway, that somehow one of the outlying structures had been encountered. So, recalling how difficult it was at times during the height of the storm to see, we circled the school and looked for signs around the nearby places of shelter, but with no results.
The nagging fear of the frozen sea was a gnawing question mark though. Built on the memories of those whose lives had previously been claimed locally, and unthinkable though it was, it was a question that needed to be answered. So the beach needed to be examined. But doing so had its own perils even for searchers as the strong south winds had created exceptionally high tides. And it became clear that anyone unfortunate enough to have ventured blindly into the slushy expanse of overflow extending well up onto the beach, would have been in certain trouble in minutes as feeling and then mobility would have been lost.
But thankfully, the beach was free of any evidence. So a circling path was cut to include the road on which the tracks had ended, to verify, one way or another, the possibility that the road had somehow been followed even farther from safety. It seemed like a long shot, but it needed to be considered since it was one of the few tactilly available paths which had been encountered in the blinding whiteness. Upon our approach, the snow berms left by the plow were evident so we slowed, but not before teetering across the top of the near side and sliding into the drift pocked groove between two berms, more closely spaced than expected. We were now stuck. But it was also evident, in the headlight of the machine, that we had discovered a mine-field of tracks.

Snow Caves Save Lives!

Things were looking up. Little did we realize how much, and for whom. I had no more than spoken the word "tracks" when we heard "Hey" as an arm erupted from the drifts scarcely six feet away. And in another very brief moment, the subject of our search burst out of the snowy hole and was up, very much alive and seemingly hearty, more than happy to accept a less than luxurious sled ride, for the mile or so it was back to warmth and safety.

Posted By: Barkoff Re: Alaska Pics. - 05/31/09
Originally Posted by 1akhunter
sorry Barkoff was outa town for a bit at my cabin, spring breakup was a rip snorter.

flooded my first floor, wood everywhere, along with everything else that wasn't nailed down.


anyhoo the cabin you asked about is a pretty well hidden cabin on one of the rivers in the Interior. really hard to see from the water, but spied it we did and went to investigate. Hadn't been used in quite some time, some interesting stuff in it, specially the journal entries.

like lots of remote cabins it's bearproofed with the addition of metal shutters and door protector.

depdending upon how remote your cabin is, tis a prudent thing to do.


Tell me about the journal, was this the owners journal, or is it a journal that is left in the cabin?

Are cabins like this private property or do many different people use them and leave entries in the journal?
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Posted By: 1akhunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
nice pics, whatcha doing with Rick Grant's airplane? (grin)


Barkoff cabins dot the landscape here, many on what is now deemed FED land have been burnt by the Park Service.

In days gone by, no one locked their cabin, folks traveling were free to use it whether the owner was there or not. but folks had etiqutte back in the day, if you burned wood you chopped it, and refilled the wood box and kindling bucket.

if you consumed food, you made arrangements to replace it either by leaving some you had with you or jottin down in the journal when you would pass that way again better supplied or leave notice how for the cabin owner could get hold of you in town so you could repay them.

thus the journal, it was the way of communication concerning that particular cabin.

I've never been to a cabin that didn't have a journal, some of the old ones, volumes of them. but I'm sure there are cabins without them.

my cabin neighbors still leave their cabin unlocked, though the rest of us lock ours. they have a journal on the kitchen table as you walk in.

they staked that land in the early 70's to my knowledge they've only been ripped off a few times. Couple of times in the last year or so.

We held a memorial service and they buried the ashes of his father this last Sunday out in front of his dad's cabin. I truly couldn't have any finer back country neighbors.

Sadly even the country isn't what it once was.


tis interesting reading some of those old cabin journals.


a candle, an old journal, a good fire in the stove on a cold winter night, makes for good entertainment for me.
Posted By: Idared Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
BW

Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.
Posted By: KC Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09

1akhunter:

Rick was our taxi driver in '04.

KC

Posted By: Barkoff Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
Originally Posted by 1akhunter
nice pics, whatcha doing with Rick Grant's airplane? (grin)


Barkoff cabins dot the landscape here, many on what is now deemed FED land have been burnt by the Park Service.

In days gone by, no one locked their cabin, folks traveling were free to use it whether the owner was there or not. but folks had etiqutte back in the day, if you burned wood you chopped it, and refilled the wood box and kindling bucket.

if you consumed food, you made arrangements to replace it either by leaving some you had with you or jottin down in the journal when you would pass that way again better supplied or leave notice how for the cabin owner could get hold of you in town so you could repay them.

thus the journal, it was the way of communication concerning that particular cabin.

I've never been to a cabin that didn't have a journal, some of the old ones, volumes of them. but I'm sure there are cabins without them.

my cabin neighbors still leave their cabin unlocked, though the rest of us lock ours. they have a journal on the kitchen table as you walk in.

they staked that land in the early 70's to my knowledge they've only been ripped off a few times. Couple of times in the last year or so.

We held a memorial service and they buried the ashes of his father this last Sunday out in front of his dad's cabin. I truly couldn't have any finer back country neighbors.

Sadly even the country isn't what it once was.


tis interesting reading some of those old cabin journals.


a candle, an old journal, a good fire in the stove on a cold winter night, makes for good entertainment for me.



Thanks for the explanation, that's pretty neat stuff.
Posted By: BW Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
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BW

Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.


Pretty much the typical Sitka picture...

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Posted By: skudrunner Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
KC what is your budy behind you in the blue 180 trying to say? Did you shoot his caribou or what?

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Posted By: KC Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09

skudrunner:

I never noticed that before. That's the pilot. He got one over on me.

KC
Posted By: KC Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09

I found one more good one.

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Posted By: Gringo Loco Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
Very cool thread.
Posted By: Idared Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
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BW

Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.


Pretty much the typical Sitka picture...


Thanks for posting BW. It is the first thing that come to my mind when I think of Sitka, although I do enjoy the totem poles also.
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/02/09
All the pics. are awesome thanks again.

Scott
Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/03/09
BW that is such B.S. you guys get 2 days a summer that look like this and then the rest it rains.Hell that is probably 3 year worth of pics.If Sitka looked like that all summer I would move.


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Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.


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Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/03/09
They are very cool pics though.
Posted By: Idared Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/03/09
Originally Posted by elim
BW that is such B.S. you guys get 2 days a summer that look like this and then the rest it rains.Hell that is probably 3 year worth of pics.If Sitka looked like that all summer I would move.


Awe, surely a person can get a photo like this 150 days or so out of the year, can't you? laugh

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Posted By: Wilrobnson Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/03/09
Originally Posted by Idared

Thanks for posting BW. It is the first thing that come to my mind when I think of Sitka, although I do enjoy the totem poles also.


Funny, when I think of Sitka, I think of standing at attention in the rain, wondering if anyone would notice I was trying to sleep with my eyes open wink
Posted By: High_Brass Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/15/09
Awesome pics guys, simply awesome!
Posted By: MNdeerSNIPER Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/15/09
I got through the second page and I just absolutely can't stand this! I want to go to alaska SO bad!
Posted By: 257Bob Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/16/09
well damn!!!!

looks like a tourism brochure

very nice, thanks for sharing!
Posted By: Bringitbig Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/13/09
You guys have some major B@LLS to post those lousy pictures. Oh sure, I'm certain it was terrible and not fun and all getting them.
YOU ALL SUCK!!!!!

Great job fellas!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Ready Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/14/09
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With these parting shots I would like to say "Good bye" and "Fare well" to all of you guys till end of september - ish.

More pictures need taking - I will drag myself of the puter now and head to AK to get some more.

I will report.
Posted By: ingwe Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/14/09
Have fun my friend...will look forward to posts in September!
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Posted By: Joel/AK Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/14/09
I didnt think the skies were ever clear in sitka...learn something new everyday.

some pics from a different part of the state. great day to be in the air.

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Posted By: Ready Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/20/09
Update from AK,

just arrived. will head out in to the Talkeetnas today.

Keep it up. Be back in September.

Posted By: bonefish Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/24/09
Steelhead, Those are some awesome pics. Would not have expected that from a Gator fan.
Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/25/09
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Posted By: tom7416 Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/25/09
Great pictures, reminds me of my time up there Moose hunting north of Galena on a river that flowed down to the Yukon River.
Posted By: Sam1 Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/10/09
This is an absolutely great thread although I couldn�t find Alaska's greatest natural resource, where�s Sarah smile
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Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/10/09
Here's one you won't see everyday wink

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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/10/09
A scan of a much younger me..

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Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/11/09
Bear?
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/11/09
Polar, 2 each.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/11/09
Originally Posted by Sam1
This is an absolutely great thread although I couldn�t find Alaska's greatest natural resource, where�s Sarah smile
Sam

All ya gotta do is ask................

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Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/12/09
Originally Posted by Steelhead
Polar, 2 each.


That's what I thought smile Still got em?
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/12/09
Weren't mine, just hanging outside of town (Point Hope), seemed like a good photo opportunity.
Posted By: slg888 Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/12/09
Really nice pics from Steelhead,KC,& Skudrunner. Floating bucks tied to a boat line from Steelhead is a really cool pic.

Thanks to all the members who posted these pics. Drinking a beer on Friday night and slowly going thru these pages was enjoyable.
Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/12/09
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Posted By: slasher Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09

I'm freakin blown away by all these awesome photos.

I had thought my Florida beaches and 12 Carribean islands were the end all. Maybe I went in the wrong direction.

Too old now.
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
Never too old for Alaska. Everyone should experience her at least once in their lifetime.
Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
Yupppers, come experience it, spend your money here and go home gringringrin
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
...And feel free to adjust the attitude of any PITA locals.
Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
Originally Posted by cwh2
...And feel free to adjust the attitude of any PITA locals.


I think you need to insert the word TRY somewhere in there... lol

Besides, you know that Anchorage really isn't part of Alaska! gringringringringrin
Posted By: HoundGirl Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
Took me ten minutes to count all those smiley faces.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/30/09
Now that's mean!
Posted By: tzone Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/01/09
A guy can dig that sled pic, jumping the hill.

The rest are cool, but for some reason the jumping sled caught my eye.
Posted By: Kimber7man Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/02/09
Glad I don't have dial-up. Pretty awesome pics - thanks from a flatlander!
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/02/09
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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/02/09
Getting checked by Fish and Game...

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/20/09
Thanks again, any more????
Posted By: Bluedreaux Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/22/09
This should soooo be a sticky.
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Posted By: AlaskaFE Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/24/09
A while back someone asked about pics of Alaska during not so good weather conditions.

Here's one for ya...but it's still beautiful. grin

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Posted By: 1minute Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/25/09
That is wonderful weather! It's the horizontal 5-day rains that I find unpleasant.
Posted By: BW Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/26/09
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/26/09
All the Pics. are awesome, Thanks.
Posted By: Bocefish Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/27/09
All great pics. Would love to hear the story behind this one:


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Posted By: TR405 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Once again thank you to all those who posted these beautiful pics!!!!!!! Some day I'll get there!
Posted By: UKdave Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Is that a wolverine caught in the trap?
Posted By: Ready Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Sir,

between your sigline (great) and you avatar ( grin ) I do find it hard to stay on topic.

I also would like the story of that pic - trailcam or an out - off - tent surprise ?
Posted By: hunt_ak Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Steelhead, whats with the deer on a stringer in the water?

Secondly, HOW MANY RIFLES DO YOU HAVE!!!!???
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Kept there to keep them kept, lots of folks in SE do it, plus it keeps the ravens off them (folks hunting from a boat for a few days)

Only 1 rifle now, I've sold all of them.
Posted By: hunt_ak Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Good tip on the ravens...

Not a fan of the McSwirly are ya?
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/01/10
Might have been known to have one or three.....
Posted By: SU35 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
These pictures just blow me away.


Super Thanks!
Posted By: Reloder28 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
Originally Posted by ready_on_the_right
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!


Signed:
Jealous in Georgiagrin




You mean, LEAVE there?
Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
SteelHead, I just finished viewing your wonderful pictures,and was wondering about the Boat Name Shoal Cove #7.Were you stationed at the Loran Station or is that a lodge name? I took my brother in law out there in 83 for a Black Bear hunt,he got a real nice one.

Fair Winds Following Seas.
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
I spent 3 tours there, pretty nice place out there isn't it?

I take it you were in, yes?
Posted By: shrapnel Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
You need to click on the picture, then wait for the photobucket screen to load. Make sure you have your sound on, there are a bunch of fish swimming here...

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Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
Ya, 21yrs 6months,last duty station MSD Ketchikan. 12 of those years in AK. T'is a beautiful place. I belive I seen bigger and nicer Black Bear there than either Prince of Wales Island or here in Prince William sound.

Its been said you can't go to one Place in Alaska and say I've seen Alaska,but the pictures on this thread sure captures a lot of it.

Fair Winds and Following Seas.
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Posted By: 358hunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
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Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
When did you retire? I just hit the 26 year mark, I was also on a 180 in Kodiak, saw LOTS of stuff on that boat.
Posted By: Ready Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/10
358,

schrapnels pics show fish that were taken quickly from great depth. The organism reacts to the pressure change. The second pic i.e. shows a rock fishs swim bladder greatly expanded.
Posted By: shrapnel Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/03/10
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What are these pictures showing?


The top picture is the mouth of a "Ratfish", This is what it looks like from the side...

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Posted By: hunt_ak Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/03/10
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Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/05/10
I Retired in 1985, I had tours on Sedge in Cordova ,and a tour on the Ironwood in Homer and a tour on the Sedge again in Homer after her Rehab.

Did you know the C.O. from Shoal Cove that took his Sea Dory from Shoal Cove to Kodiak, I believe he had a 70 horse outboard and a 35 horse Kicker?

I'll be getting some pictures up after my Mrs. gets things in order, she takes the pictures I just drive the Boat.
Posted By: muskrat Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/10
someday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/10
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Posted By: Carolina Shooter Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/04/10
Awesome,

This is what brought me to the Campfire. I was searching for info on living in Alaska. Somebody had asked the question prior to me and I found it on an AOL search early 00-01.

Not sure how I'm here and still not there.
Posted By: Notropis Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
A few from 1971.

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Posted By: Wolfwoman Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
Originally Posted by Carolina Shooter
Awesome,

This is what brought me to the Campfire. I was searching for info on living in Alaska. Somebody had asked the question prior to me and I found it on an AOL search early 00-01.

Not sure how I'm here and still not there.


It's quite simple, you haven't moved yet! lol
Try these if you haven't found them yet...
http://bb.bbboy.net/alaskagoldforum
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/15/1/Wilderness_Trapping_and_Living.html
Posted By: ropes Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
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Posted By: Sitka deer Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
It hurts just looking at that diving picture!!!!!!!!!!!!! wink
Posted By: DanInAlaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
Two wolverines? THAT'S cool!

The diving pic; yeah, you'd better get enough launch on your take off. grin
Posted By: ropes Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10

Actually there were 3 Wolverines but couldn't get the '3 some' shot. We see them on our Goat hunts in the Misty pretty often.

The water is a lot deeper than it appears. That was the client. He is tough. That water is cold and froze up most of the year.
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/05/10
Thanks again to everybody, the Pics. are awesome.

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Posted By: 175rltw Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/09/10
Here's to being homesick.
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Posted By: Bluedreaux Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/26/10
All I've got is 23 red Xs.
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/26/10
Well schitt, I hope I didnt screw something up. That was a PITA. Just for future reference is this how it looks to everyone?
Posted By: Ready Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/26/10
Fine.
Posted By: Bluedreaux Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/26/10
I see 'em now. Very nice.
Posted By: 175rltw Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/28/10
please tell me you got those hogs swinging. Awesome Grayling, I am never quite happy with how the grayling pictures come out. Beers up to you man.
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/28/10
This one looks familiar Ropes

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Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10
The big Rainbows were on the "spring swing". Steelies were dead drifting. Grayling were all on top, that was one of my favorite trips in AK. We landed none under 18" the three days we fished, with the largest at 23". Beautiful fish.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10
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This one looks familiar Ropes

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Posted By: ropes Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10

No float planes in that one ......
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10
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sorta figured that, but the scale is tough to determine from the photo.
Posted By: 358Norma_fan Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10
[/quote]Can you get a float plane in there? [/quote]

You can get one in there, it's flying out that may be the problem.
Posted By: ropes Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10

Yea 358Norma you got that figured out. I don't believe that a twin jet Otter would even make it out of that one.

Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/01/10
Maybe a stripped out 180hp cub with a good headwind. I've seen them take off at Merrill Field and Lake Hood like a chopper. Damn near verticle with a strong enough headwind. I'll pass on that ride.
Posted By: BW Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/02/10
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Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/02/10
She is a good dog, if she had balls they would be BIG!
Posted By: Maarty Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/13/10
I've just spent a couple of hours sitting here looking at these pics and I have to say you guys are really lucky.
We plan on getting there some day and the more I look at pics like the ones on this thread the more I want that some day to be today.

New Zealand is beautiful but for scenery, wild life and outdoor fun you guys have us beat.
Posted By: 65BR Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/14/10
Makes my recent 2 wk vacation in SE AK pale.....WOW. Thanks to all for the posts.

Scott, how long were you there?
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/14/10
Float hunt north of the Brooks Range.


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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/11/10
Had to look one more time, all the pics. are awesome. Any more?

Thanks
Posted By: GSSP Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/11/10
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Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/20/10
Bump this one back to the top and keep it alive.

The reason my son could not go sheep hunting with me. Within a week of my finding out I drew a sheep tag in April, he was offered an 8-day gig working with the Tracy/Endicott USFS Park Ranger. I did not try to sway his decision (too much). Since this was a volunteer job with no pay, I figured it would look pretty good on his resume (and his photo collection!)

He got to do quite a bit of kayak paddling. I think they spent 2 days up Tracy Arm and 3 days up Endicott Arm. All the big cruise ships have to go up Tracy, while the smaller boats have Endicott to themselves.

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Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/21/10
Every time I see these pics it makes me want to pack my bags and move.I may move, I will find out in a few weeks.I will need a place to rent.Would prefer Eagle Rive three bedroom secluded.I have me my wife and 2 young kids ( 5 and 6 1/2) so need a good neighborhood. I have been looking on craigslist.Any other ideas where to look.
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Posted By: DPhillips Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/23/10
Originally Posted by elim
Every time I see these pics it makes me want to pack my bags and move.I may move, I will find out in a few weeks.I will need a place to rent.Would prefer Eagle Rive three bedroom secluded.I have me my wife and 2 young kids ( 5 and 6 1/2) so need a good neighborhood. I have been looking on craigslist.Any other ideas where to look.


http://www.alaskarealestate.com/search/property/PropertySearch.asp

http://www.fsboalaska.com/search.php
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/24/10
Awesome Pics.everybody, I am going to have to get there someday.

Thanks to everyone.
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/23/10
Had to look again, any more?

Thanks
Posted By: rong Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/24/10
just courious,when the thermometer reads -50 what do you do for fun?oh wait that pic of Sarah explains it,lol i have to say that was the most enjoyable post i have ever seen thanks to all of you who shared ,,,
Posted By: Reloder28 Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/24/10
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Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
Noatak River country. And I'veonly been 25 miles up so far. Then there is the Kobuk, the Kelly, the Wulik...I could go on..... I think I'm in love....

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Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................
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Originally Posted by Big Stick
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................
Welcome back Stick, glad to see you back on the 'Fire. I've seen a lot of your photo's and you do got skillz, though i'm sure you knew that already.
Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
I've a good eye and am out enough,that I manage to catch some nice light now and again.

Should focus more on Landscape type stuff,but remain a sucker for Critters and action......................
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
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Got any pics of that knob from the river? Looks interesting!
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
Originally Posted by Big Stick
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................


Would love to see some of yours.
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
Originally Posted by Big Stick
I've a good eye and am out enough,that I manage to catch some nice light now and again.

Should focus more on Landscape type stuff,but remain a sucker for Critters and action......................
Agreed, hard to pass on good critter shots, though i've seen some damn good landscape shots with critters in them. One would think working on the slope that landscape shots would be quite easy to do with critters, though i'm thinking the summer months would best.
Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
I'm a sucker for the extreme weather side of the Slope...though that neverending summer pastel lighting,can't be passed up.

None of it sucks...............
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/25/10
Come on, give this guy from the desert some pics. (grin)
Posted By: RLTW Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/26/10
Fellas,
Just have to say; this Alaska thread has kept me sane. Have only been up hunting with an old buddy who lives in Wasilla about six or seven times, but man do I love it there. Will move to either Montana or up your guys way after next one or two tours. Sure beats the h$ll out of the blowing moon dust and lead...
Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 10/31/10
Tough to take killer pixels and crunch them to postage stamps.

It hurts...........................
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
Had to go through it again. Thanks to all. Surely somebody has some new ones to add.
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
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just courious,when the thermometer reads -50 what do you do for fun?oh wait that pic of Sarah explains it,lol i have to say that was the most enjoyable post i have ever seen thanks to all of you who shared ,,,


Not all parts of the state hit -50, I don't think we've hit under -20 in at least 10 years, and some years barely go sub zero in the bannana belt.

Light and sound do some weird things when it gets to -40, so being out and about to enjoy it isn't a bad plan. Specially if you have a nearby cabin with a roaring wood stove laugh
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Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
Pappy shot this last Hitch with my camera and I thunked it purty good................

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Posted By: 379 Peterbilt Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
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Posted By: 1minute Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
My pictures are not of the quality of others here. I am no photographer to say the least. But here are a few.
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
Beautiful country and pics everyone, I am going to have to get there someday soon.
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/11
Montanacreekhunter,

Those are darn nice photos. You have the basics down of good photos. The compositions are good, in focus and you held steady when you took them. Lighting conditions are the key to amazing photos. Learn to play with the f stop on the camera, it's amazing how a bit of fiddling can yield improved results. Early morning and late day flat light photos are the best. One of the advantages of being in the far North is the sun is close to the horizon for extended periods of time. Play with post photo editing, it's not hard to adjust the exposure a bit to darken the photos that are overexposed.

Pretty tough to take bad photos in AK.

Here are a few from a hike we did at the end of last summer. Also a reminder to me to get in shape if I plan on hiking 26 miles in a day this summer. Not very good pics, and mostly overexposed from a point and shoot that has seen much abuse and needs to be updated.

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Posted By: AKBoater Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Originally Posted by MontanaCreekHunter
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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Thank you 458 Lott. The camera I used to take those pictures is a Sony DSC-N1. Fits in my shirt pocket. I don't have an fancy camera's. I don't even know how to use all the features this camera has. I point and squeez. LOL
Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
AKBoater I will PM you.
Posted By: trouthunterdj Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Originally Posted by MontanaCreekHunter
AKBoater I will PM you.


pm sent


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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
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Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
From our 3 week trip this past summer.

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Mr Wolf and Marmot (the shadow is from the park shuttle bus, he trotted right past us and on up the hill to the den.
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Denali NP from Talkeetna
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Returning to Seward after fishing out to Montague Island for the Halibut and Lingcod, the Silver Salmon from near shore by Excelsior Glacier
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It was just as I feared, the whirlwind trip just wetted the appetite and we have to go back for more.

Mark


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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Classic.

I think I have one of you flipping me off... I'll see if I can find it.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
We watched 4 bears and a deer on this hillside one morning.

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Posted By: MissTreated Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Originally Posted by cwh2
Classic.

I think I have one of you flipping me off... I'll see if I can find it.


I think I can count how many pictures of you I have flipping me off on more than one finger. wink
Posted By: DanInAlaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Originally Posted by m_stevenson
It was just as I feared, the whirlwind trip just wetted the appetite and we have to go back for more.

Darn the bad luck! grin
Posted By: DanInAlaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
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Another iceburg shot:
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A blacktail deer out for a swim:
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Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Originally Posted by cwh2
Classic.

I think I have one of you flipping me off... I'll see if I can find it.

That's classically ironic. When I was putting your tickets in the mail last week, my son asked "who is that?" After I told him, with some context to make the connection, (I'm not sure you've met him?), he said "Oh, he's the guy that's always flipping you off on the camera."
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Posted By: JDK Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
I just spent my lunch break looking at these pictures. Absolutley beautiful country and great pictures.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Wow... that made me laugh, and everyone is wondering what I'm laughing at now. Pretty much guaranteed that I spilled a beer within 30 seconds of that picture being taken.

I have not 'Bender Jr, but I've heard some stories...

MT, I was wrong... the picture I was thinking of was a moon, not a bird.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Yeah, sorry about that pic Chris.

It makes you look crazy......er than usual. smile
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Chris and spilling beers, I give them a case of Alaskan amber and he manages to spill 3 of them before tasting a drop ';)
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
So, you're saying it's not the way I talk with wavy hands? crazy
Posted By: 1minute Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Again, BC, the NWT, and Alaska have more view property than a person could see in 5 life times. If I could do life over again, I'd be up there. Great pics everyone,
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?

Thanks in advance scott
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Kiana.
Posted By: 379 Peterbilt Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/27/11
Ruby, Galena.......Or Bethel wink
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Originally Posted by SLM
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?

Thanks in advance scott


For a DIY trip, hard to beat flying into Anchorage, Driving North up the parks highway to Fairbanks, then head S down the alcan to glennallen, keep going all the way to Valdez. Put your vehicle on the ferry, take it to Seward. Drive from Seward to Homer, then from Homer back to Anchorage. You'll see alot of Alaska, from coastal rainforest, moutain ranges, tundra and everything in between. Plenty of opportunities for world class freshwater and saltwater fishing.

Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.
Posted By: 379 Peterbilt Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
458, that is a pretty good tip! I've never though about incorporating the ferry.

BTW, the drive from Glennallen to Valdez in my opinion, is one of, if not the most, scenic drives in Alaska.
Posted By: 379 Peterbilt Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
These pics aint on par with others', but what the heck..

Final aproach into Galena
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First beer in 2 weeks after a moose hunt. Man did that one taste good!
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Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
The nice thing about that path is you get to boat through PWS, hence getting a feel for SE type terrain. I've never taken the ferry that route, but have boated the waters and flown over them enough to know it would be a good way to go.

The drive from Anchorage to Seward isn't too shabby, even after 17 years I still enjoy it.
Posted By: AKBoater Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
The drive is pretty nice, but the train ride from Anchorage to Seward is even better. Worth the day trip IMHO.
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Originally Posted by 379 Peterbilt
458, that is a pretty good tip! I've never though about incorporating the ferry.

BTW, the drive from Glennallen to Valdez in my opinion, is one of, if not the most, scenic drives in Alaska.



One thing that struck me about how scenic the drive from Glenallen to Valdez was, nobody that has been there or lived there ever said anything about it.
Maybe trying to keep it a secret? smile

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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Originally Posted by 458 Lott
Originally Posted by SLM
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?

Thanks in advance scott

Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.


AMEN to that.
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Originally Posted by 458 Lott
Originally Posted by SLM
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?

Thanks in advance scott


For a DIY trip, hard to beat flying into Anchorage, Driving North up the parks highway to Fairbanks, then head S down the alcan to glennallen, keep going all the way to Valdez. Put your vehicle on the ferry, take it to Seward. Drive from Seward to Homer, then from Homer back to Anchorage. You'll see alot of Alaska, from coastal rainforest, moutain ranges, tundra and everything in between. Plenty of opportunities for world class freshwater and saltwater fishing.

Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.



Something like that is exactly what I am wanting to do. Thanks again to everyone. Keep the pics coming.
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Originally Posted by MontanaCreekHunter
Originally Posted by 458 Lott
Originally Posted by SLM
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?

Thanks in advance scott

Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.


AMEN to that.


My point was that even though that loop will have you going through the major population centers of Anchorage, Palmer/Wasilla and Fairbanks, it is a drive well worth doing.

When we were planning to come up and camp in Alaska for our honeymoon, I said I didn't want to drive the whole time. Somehow once I got in the car, I managed to drive from Anchorage to GlenAllen, up the Alcan to Fairbanks, down the parks and all the way to Homer and back to Anchorage. ~1500 miles in 6 days. Our hearts never left the state and we were fortunate to be able to move up 3 years later.
Posted By: MissTreated Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Awesome pics, Dan!!!
Posted By: MissTreated Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
I think we could start a thread that's about as big as this one, "CWH2 Flipping us off" or something like that.

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I took this one on the Denali Highway. He was sitting in a small tree that just came up to road level and I snapped a few off as I rolled by.

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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Bender, MT you guys are great photographers... you make me look good!

Showed this to the wife, and she says "I have so many pictures that look like that..."
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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
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Posted By: 257STEW Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
What town is shown in the second picture?(pic with the fellow looking thru binos on a bluff) Looks like a nice area.
Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
That Would be Juneau.
Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11

BTW - that "fellow" would be me! cool

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Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Looked like it was a nice summer day. By the tan legs anyways.
Posted By: 257STEW Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
Thanks for the reply. View looks like it is worth the hike. Stew
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/28/11
So we're doing the muscle pose now?

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Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
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Digging the SE pics... the dark blue ice ones rock.


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Posted By: MissTreated Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
Originally Posted by cwh2
So we're doing the muscle pose now?


I thought my last post of you was a muscle pose... smile
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
Awesome pics. everyone.

Thanks
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Posted By: dconrad Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
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Posted By: BW Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
Muskegman, is the train pic of the CR&NW engine east of Cordova?
Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
Originally Posted by BW
Muskegman, is the train pic of the CR&NW engine east of Cordova?


It's taken up near Nome.
Posted By: MontanaCreekHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/29/11
MuskegMan you have some nice pictures. I wish I knew where the hell I put a box of old paper (film) pictures from back in the early 1980's. I have one picture of the Mendenhall Glacier when it was a heck of a lot bigger.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/31/11
Originally Posted by MontanaCreekHunter

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Posted By: skyridgeman Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/31/11
thanks to all, for posting the great photos!!!!! this fella appreciates it!
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/31/11
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Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/31/11
Not sure of the first one, but I do know this'n.

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Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11
Hatchers Pass, Summit Lake would be pic number 1
Posted By: kk alaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11
Our old hunting trailer, always was a little nervous!

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Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11
Originally Posted by ptarmigan
Hatchers Pass, Summit Lake would be pic number 1


Ding Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Was a ton of fun driving a 24ft Class A motorhome up and over from Willow to Palmer. Wife and daughter were just a little nervous when we had to back up to a "wider" spot in the road to let a Ford F350 Super Duty by, our mirrors were only 6" apart at most. smile
Posted By: jay007 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11
quote: " Our old hunting trailer, always was a little nervous!"

Nice looking rack on the trailer - congrats! What was the spread?
Posted By: tkinak Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11
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Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/01/11

Love the "drop kick"!
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Posted By: 1234567 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/14/11
Those big, flat looking fish, some look to be about 4 feet long? Are those halibut?

Are they good eating? How big do they get?
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/14/11
Flat, black and white, and cross-eyed! They are good eating. Some don't rank them too high as it's a very mild fish. AK state record is 459# IIRC.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/14/11
A couple from Saturday, south of town.

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Awesome pics., keep them coming.

Thanks again to all.
Posted By: Tom264 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Love these pics.
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Chris, would this be North or South side of Turnagain Arm?
Or somewhere else close by?

Mark
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Mark-
That would be along the arm. Sheep are a frequent sight there. I saw them last Thursday, but didn't have time to stop and snap.
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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct... between ANC and Girdweird, and you really only see sheep on one side of the road, because the other side is filled with water... smile

Really wish more of them would have turned out, but I was forced to focus manually, as the AF froze on my lens. Need to stop packing that one around in the winter I guess.

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Posted By: rost495 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
hm, I actually prefer manual focus most times.

Nice shots... girdweird is about right.... had a mean pizza there though in November.
Posted By: SKane Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
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Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Originally Posted by cwh2
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct...

Mr Bender?

I'm compressed!
Posted By: slg888 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Beautiful pics people. Thanks for posting.
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by cwh2
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct...

Mr Bender?

I'm compressed!


Sooo.....Who was sittin' on ya? grin
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/15/11
Thanks Chris, is that the Canon S3IS?
Nice sheep, it's making me antsy to get back. Next time will be much more localized, we won't be driving 2600 miles in 3 weeks, although it's pretty much mandatory for a first timer. smile

Mark
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Somewhere along the Colville River.
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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Mark,
These were all with my new Camera - Rebel T1i. A guy has to be careful what he gets into camera-wise, they can get more expensive than guns.

I agree with your theory on visiting. My family made a 3-week trip from hell when I was a kid. Fairbanks, Anchorage, MatSu Valley, Seward, Homer, Soldotna/Kenai, then on the highway down to Skagway, on to Haines, Gustavus, Juneau, and then on the ferry down to Bellingham. A good trip, but tiring.
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
You guys did all that in three weeks? Wheew!
I thought Anc to Denali, back to Wasilla for RV repair, on to Valdez, Paxson, across Denali Hwy, back through Anc to Seward, Homer, Anc again, out to MatSu/Matanuska Glacier and back to Anc for the flight home was enough in three weeks!

So how do you like that Rebel Ti? I'm afraid to ask, the itch to get an upgrade from the S3IS is building. smirk

Mark
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Yeah, planes, trains, automobiles and boats, all in 3 weeks. (Dad got 2 weeks of vacation per year). Clark Griswold has nothin' on us!

Will send you a PM on camera stuffs, but I'm happy with it...

Posted By: Klikitarik Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
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Otter tracks

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Seal tracks

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Grass tracks

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February sunset

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Sunset over the Bering Sea - April

Posted By: ColsPaul Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
So?
How is the T!tie bar in Unimat?
Got many girls in those parts?

It would seem that you'd be gawkin at your cousins!

LOL
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
When I was in Umiat in 07 there was only 1 woman there and I would have paid her to NOT take her clothes off.
Posted By: rost495 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Originally Posted by cwh2
Mark,
These were all with my new Camera - Rebel T1i. A guy has to be careful what he gets into camera-wise, they can get more expensive than guns.

I agree with your theory on visiting. My family made a 3-week trip from hell when I was a kid. Fairbanks, Anchorage, MatSu Valley, Seward, Homer, Soldotna/Kenai, then on the highway down to Skagway, on to Haines, Gustavus, Juneau, and then on the ferry down to Bellingham. A good trip, but tiring.


Wife is now after a Canon 60D IIRC.. wtf its only money and its not jewelery or other crap thats worthless.... of course I'll probably cost us a multi thousand buck extra lense too if I was a betting man.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Photography is fun, even if you suck at it. I suck at shooting too, and I still have fun with that...

I cringe when I'm on a snowmachine that I consider expensive, and realize that I have more money tied up in the camera stuff in my backpack than the machine I'm riding.... and then I wreck. Guess I suck at riding too!

I don't regret any of the stuff I've bought though, and only wish I'd taken the plunge years ago.
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
cwh2, where do you usually ride and when?
Posted By: MontanaPH Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Here are a few from a DIY Caribou hunt my dad went on with a couple of friends this last fall, they had a good time and all 3 took nice bulls!

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I've spent some time in the Brooks Range as well as Wrangell Island, if only I could talk my wife into moving to AK, I think it is the only place I would like to live outside of MT!
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Friday-Sunday...:) Mostly Petersville, but sometimes Turnagain pass (down low). Headed up to Cantwell/Denali highway this weekend...
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Sweet.... 40-mile?
Posted By: AkMtnHntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
I've been trying to find someone to ride with on Friday, not having much luck. We are probably headed to Petersville or 131 on Saturday. Glad it's warming up.


That's a dandy bull MontanaPH!!
Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
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That's a dandy bull MontanaPH!!


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Posted By: MontanaPH Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/16/11
Thanks guys, I'll pass that along to my dad (haven't got him set up on the 'fire yet). I got to see the mount when I went home over Christmas, turned out great.

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If you looked into the moss and lichen on the pedestal, it is setup to look like water, just like walking in the fun stuff!
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Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/17/11
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Thanks guys, I'll pass that along to my dad (haven't got him set up on the 'fire yet). I got to see the mount when I went home over Christmas, turned out great.

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If you looked into the moss and lichen on the pedestal, it is setup to look like water, just like walking in the fun stuff!


As a rule I HATE pedestals,but gotta say...that is rather nicely done..............
Posted By: Sitka deer Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/17/11
You like the nice even rub? wink
Posted By: las Re: Alaska Pics. - 02/17/11
Originally Posted by ColsPaul
So?
How is the T!tie bar in Unimat?
Got many girls in those parts?

It would seem that you'd be gawkin at your cousins!

LOL


Not so funny as you might think.

When I first hit the Arctic about 40 years ago, one could pretty much tell which village an Eskimo was from simply by his or her features. With the advent of modern travel and better economic conditions, that is no longer the case.

Other problems persist......
Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/06/11
How about some more pics guys?
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/06/11
Sorry... been slacking.
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Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/06/11
Is this pick from down by Girdwood?I heard some guy got nailed for shooting some sheep down there.
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Sorry... been slacking.
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Posted By: 500MAGTHUMPER Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/07/11
Here are a few from the Brooks range

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Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/08/11
Elim, yes, right off the road, just south of Anchorage on the way to Girdwood. I was actually standing on the shoulder.

There have been a couple of cases of idiots shooting sheep along the highway. I think this is the one you're talking about.

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/08/11
500MAG. Those pics. are awesome, thanks for sharing.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/21/11
Couple more... the snow is going away, and the sheep are gaining altitude.
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Posted By: Big Stick Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/21/11
Last pass through..............

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/22/11
Beautiful pics.

Thanks again.
Posted By: Bootsfishing Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/23/11
Looking north from Galbraith ...

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Posted By: Bootsfishing Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/23/11
Oh well .... sorry for the pic size.
Posted By: hdjno83 Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/24/11
looks like some of those were taken in my backyard.
Posted By: atvalaska Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/24/11
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looks like some of those were taken in my BACKYARD.
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Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/27/11
stick that is one of the coolest pics I have seen.
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Last pass through..............

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Posted By: bigwhoop Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/27/11
Mag500, that is a great first pic of the Brooks! Makes my legs burn just looking at it.

cwh2, thanks for the Dall pics. Good to see them making it through the winter notwithstanding some a..hole shooting one!

Stick, those colors are just awesome. Must be an indicator of global warming.
Posted By: GotAmmo Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/27/11
That is awesome!
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yes 194'deg from my living room.


You are a lucky man.
Guys...

Those of us who are lucky enough to live here never get tired of looking why we live here.


Very nice!
Just spent the last half hour looking at Alaska country, very good pics from everyone.
I've never been to Alaska but maybe someday.

Huge, diverse landscape.
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yes 194'deg from my living room.


You are a lucky man.

Luck has nothing to do with it. Hard winters and sacrafice, might...
A few more from 1971. Some things have changed a bit since then. The pictures of Skagway show the greatest change.

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Have gunned some purty good Critter shots this pass through work,but left my card reader at home and have grown to hate my laptop. Nice to be able to transfer data in camera,from CF to SD media,as most work 'puters have a built in SD slot.

Been slammed all Hitch thus far,but will hopefully get a chance to do things justice................

Caught a trail cam pic of this critter dashing across the backyard.

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Front yard,from the other day.

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Have gunned some purty good Critter shots this pass through work,but left my card reader at home and have grown to hate my laptop. Nice to be able to transfer data in camera,from CF to SD media,as most work 'puters have a built in SD slot.

Been slammed all Hitch thus far,but will hopefully get a chance to do things justice................

Yesterday's sunrise and a Pooch from the day prior..........


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Just spent the last half hour looking at Alaska country, very good pics from everyone.
I've never been to Alaska but maybe someday.

Huge, diverse landscape.



hmmm

I hear tell there's free beer and whiskey awaiting your arrival Sam.

maybe even access to the Alaskan Redneck tour where you get to use some used campin gear access to a vehicle and a boat ride or two

better hurry though, the offer expires when the old bastid that owns the stuff does.....the clock is tickin whistle
I might be able to arrange for Sam to straddle a nag.
I'm not touching that one, but I do want to be on the call list when you finally get ready for a tour...

A 3 hour tour....

Ya ready, Gilligan? smile
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I might be able to arrange for Sam to straddle a nag.



If I can get a kitchen pass I'd like to go to the Bush co. with you boys. grin
Any more? Thanks again.
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Really like the bear pics.

Thanks
CWH2, Hope thats not the bear I think it is, HAHAHA.... Hey man great pics and thnaks again....
Optimax... you must be thinking of this one?
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Yep!!! Thats the one..... Every time I close my eyes I see that bastard!! gives me more insentive to pad my hunting fund and get my ass back up there!!! DAMN, THATS A NICE BEAR!!!
DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!
I'm guessing that's a bear you saw personally and wish you had shot?
You guess well grasshoppa.

So much anger Optimax.... there's always next weekend. Errr... year. smile
Dat's Mr. Grasshoppa!
Don't push your luck... he DID dump your beer all over your feet if you will recall...
He even showed me what "lumpy" water looks like. wink
Posted By: byc Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/04/11
The pictures here are just awesome!

Thanks!!

Posted By: bobbyjack Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/04/11
My God Alaska is beautiful ,I'm sure people of the Alps feel they are there just without so many glazier lakes!

Great pics ! Some day if I hit the big lotto ,until then youre
pics will have to do !

Thanks Bob
Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/04/11

A sweet shot I got on Memorial Day.

I ran the boat down to the cabin and set the mooring buoy. Mom flew down on a 182 to stay for a week.

While waiting for the plane, I watched and took pix of a beaver swimming around in the salt charting new territory.

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Posted By: dawgdiesel Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/04/11
AWESOME PICS THERE!!
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Posted By: Squirrelduster Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/05/11
Great pics guys.
I spent a couple summers up there in the early 90's and never made it back. I was a fishing guide at the time and headed south for work during the winter and never made it back except on a cruise ship a couple years ago.
Amazing country.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/05/11
I've posted some of these previously. Need to get new material onto PB.

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/05/11
Really like the pic of all the eagles.

Thanks again to everyone.
Posted By: OldForester Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/06/11
Great pics guys! You are making me want to go back even more. Here are a few I scanned from last time I was fortunate enough to visit, 16 years ago.
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Posted By: OldForester Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/06/11
Well, I was expecting images, not just links to images. What did I do wrong?
Posted By: War_Eagle Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/06/11
Edit your post and delete everything between ".jpg" and "[/img]"

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Great pics guys! You are making me want to go back even more. Here are a few I scanned from last time I was fortunate enough to visit, 16 years ago.

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Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/06/11
Here ya go:

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Posted By: OldForester Re: Alaska Pics. - 06/06/11
Thanks Guys! Much better.
Posted By: McCake Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/03/11
Better Late, than Never. From September...

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Posted By: BooDude Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/12/11
Thanks guys for the pictures! My dad was stationed at Wildwood Air Force Station in Kenai. We were there from the late 60's to the early 70's when they closed the station. I have such great memories of what we were able to do there. I understand it is now a prison but if anyone has fished the Swanson River, Kenai Keys, or Rainbow Lake I would love to see pictures.
Posted By: ironbender Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/12/11
Wildwood is a jail now!
Posted By: smackerquacker Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/14/11
Awesome pics!!!! Someday I will get there I hope.
Posted By: salty444 Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/15/11
awesome pics.
Posted By: m_stevenson Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/11
Toklat River, Denali National Park

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/11
Some awesome pics, thanks to all for sharing.
Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/31/11
How about some new pics guys??????
Posted By: elim Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/31/11
come on guys I need a fix tonight..
Posted By: Whiptail Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/31/11
Here's a few from Yakutat.

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Posted By: coltchris Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/12
Above pictures just (8) of (400) I took last August during the cruise/tour to Alaska; our first trip there ever! Definately coming back if this old fart lasts long enough! Most of these were taken in Denali when we took the trip to the "end of road". Best trip ever for our 50th Anniversary. Excuse the (3) posts and narative, but I'm a novice at this picture stuff!
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/02/12
Crap cell phone pic from last week, but always fun to see up close.

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Posted By: kroo88 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/08/12
I'll try a few...

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Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/25/12
Don't recall if posted these before, high noon in Prudhoe

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Here a few from 1971 and one from 2011.

Near Haines.
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The pipeline pipes at Valdez.
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Deadhorse in the early days.
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Three from Skagway.
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I have put on a few pounds and a few years. Alaska has also changed a bit.
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Beautiful place, thanks again.
10 pic max per post.
Some incredible good photos on this thread.
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My father works up there as an electrical designer. He is always sending me pics like this. The last one he sent me in a text was a screen shot of the current conditions reading: -46F ambient with -80F windchill. I replied and told him just last weekend we set a record high for January with 78F on Saturday. He said he was over the cold and couldn't wait to come and "get some of that."

Great pics guys and thanks for sharing.
Up for more.
The Slope.

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Did you notice I drew "your" tag? Second hunt Bird Creek.

Beautifully composed pictures!
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Posted By: BW Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/03/12
Originally Posted by Sitka deer
BW
Did you notice I drew "your" tag? Second hunt Bird Creek.

Beautifully composed pictures!
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Awesome!

Going to need a packer? I'd have to check my schedule.
Posted By: Sitka deer Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/03/12
Starts about the 20th IIRC... Riley says he is going to help...
Posted By: Bigamhuntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/09/12
Brooks Range
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Posted By: Bigamhuntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/09/12
Cook Inlet/Redoubt Bay/Lake Clarke Pass
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Posted By: Bigamhuntr Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/09/12
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/07/12
Up for another round of pics.

Thanks again to all.
Posted By: eyeball Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/08/12
Great pics.
Posted By: 8Point Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/21/12
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Posted By: 8Point Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/22/12
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Posted By: starsky Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/22/12
extremely jealous of you guys up there... keep the pics coming
Posted By: RogueHunter Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/22/12
WOW What a great thread. The pix on here are worthy of Nat Geo.

Thank you for taking the time to post them.
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 07/22/12
Great pics, thanks again to all.

Guess I will have to get me some aviators before I go....
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/15/12
Up for some more pics.
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/15/12
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Posted By: dghuppert Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/16/12
I've been to Alaska twice and hope to make another trip someday.
This was Seward on our way out to fish for halibut.
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Posted By: mart Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/16/12
Here's a few of mine.

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One of my favorites. The lovely Miss Etta with a Kenai red.
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
Awesome pics. Thanks
Posted By: EricM Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
Great pics all round! I'd love to hear more about the seal pic!

Eric
Posted By: Ray Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
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Posted By: FishinHank Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
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Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
Looks like San John dock area.
Posted By: FishinHank Re: Alaska Pics. - 12/17/12
2 of them are San Juan, not there anymore though.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/13
Boredom got the best of me. Wife took these two this summer, and I never even looked at them till a few days ago.

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Never seen one blink like this, but I must admit I haven't been watching that closely.
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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/13
Awesome pics.

Thanks
Posted By: Bigbuck215 Re: Alaska Pics. - 01/26/13
This is one of the most unique pictures i have ever seen.

Thanks for posting.

Lots of great shots.

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Posted By: LeroyJenkins Re: Alaska Pics. - 03/30/14
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Posted By: RandyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/11/14
In Seward for some fishing.
EXIT Glacier:

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Posted By: RandyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/11/14
Seward Harbor:

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Posted By: RandyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 08/13/14
Silver Salmon.

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/08/14
Anybody got some more?
Posted By: 458 Lott Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/08/14
Snapped this one at lunch today.

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Posted By: RandyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/08/14
Port Ashton Lodge, wood fired hot tub, pink salmon video, cottages over looking bay.
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Posted By: RandyM Re: Alaska Pics. - 09/08/14
Sockeyes on the Russian river,

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Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/16/15
Anymore?
Posted By: MuskegMan Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/17/15

I dredged up a few from my hosting site

Float plane bringing folks down to cabin:
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Up Endicott Arm
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Sunset @ cabin:
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Devils Club @ sunset
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Ragfish
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I like big butts
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Turnigan Arm
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Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/17/15
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Posted By: HughW Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/17/15
A few from a trip to Kodiak
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hope you enjoy
Posted By: shrapnel Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/17/15


Cruise ship Ketchikan, Alaska...

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Posted By: 2legit2quit Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/18/15
Dang HughW, you got mad skills with a camera


those were excellent shots!
Posted By: SLM Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/18/15
Originally Posted by 2legit2quit
Dang HughW, you got mad skills with a camera


those were excellent shots!


+1

Thanks.
Posted By: HughW Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/18/15
Thanks guys A number of years back I wanted to improve the quality of pictures from our trips. Here are a few from a cruise into Glacier Bay

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Posted By: rong Re: Alaska Pics. - 04/25/15
That's some great stuff there folks,,
While I'm sure there's a dark and vicious side to Alaska,you've shown it's true beauty,
thanks
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