We've dropped a lot of deer over 150lbs. I've never put them on a scale but I sure can't pick them up! Packing one out figure about about 60-80lbs on the bone of a big buck. Usually comes in around 50ish for a boned out buck. I've weighed hind quarters of 20lbs on the bone. Had clients that have...
I wish I could think a bull like that would make it with all the airplane traffic we have nowadays. It I see a moose like that having someone camped on him for weeks prior to the opener. Or maybe the night before the opener?!
If that was today they woulda confiscated that moose and the...
I used to run guided trapping trips for my clients. It was a riot! Started trapping as a little
Guy and it's by far a passion! If I had a smaller litter of kids I'd do more
Of it!!
Sat with butch king riding backseat quite a bit and listened to some of the polar bear action as well. Luckily I've got one little Eskimo boy who would like him a white bear someday...
I've fallen outa the sky in a cub and that wasn't my favorite day. But both pilot and I walked away....a good landing....
It's great to see and hear old stories and photos of alaskas guiding history, so many residents are trying to crack down on the guide industry that in certain circles it's a...
When I get clients that start ripping off stories I tell them I've already heard them all and that only thing they need to do to impress me is shoot
Straight when it's time.
Aside from the client that shot a croc in a park that had a poacher half hanging out of its mouth.
Or the hunter who had...
Havalon for everything! If you can't field dress a moose with one your not using it properly. I carry a fixed blade just in case but it's only cut bagels in the last three years and a couple dozen alaska animals later.
One of my children is alaska Eskimo and polar bear is on his list locally. After seeing quite a few of them in the wild a fair chase on foot spot and stalk hunt would give these animals the respect they deserve. No way could I shoot one surrounded by dogs. Seen several videos of this style...
One thing that rarely gets mentioned when discussing bear back up handguns is the purpose of a side arm. It's not there to pile drive that bear, or pole axe him, not to face plant him or knock him tip over tea kettle, it's to prevent bodily damage from happening to you or those around you. To...
I guide for grizzly and Kodiak brown bear here at home. But dang. If it was my personal choice I'd still skip over Africa for a big bear of my own! No animal
Is as amazing as the grizzly/brown bear for me!
It was last light, bear came into a gut pile from a caribou some guys had shot the day before. We got to about 80 yards with just minutes of light left and dropped her. Left it till the next morning. Squares right at 7'. Very fat and the hair was amazing good!
Sometimes, you can go to the most crowded hunting area you can find, and sometimes come out looking good, sometimes you can outsmart animals acclimated to human activity, sometimes drop them 800 yards from the tent, give them a ride home with you and go home happy....
But.....ya gotta go try....
Client made three good hits with the Berger and we got fantastic tissue damage. But zero broken bones, it was almost like those bullets exploded but because the fragments were
So small they didn't have the power to destroy bone. I found a few pieces here and there. All flat and flimsy. Massive...