Well, I am within a week of Alaska! I can harldy take it!!!!!
Going to POW, to hunt blacktails!
Never been to Alaska, and I hope this isn't my last trip!
This will be my first wilderness hunt since 2001 when I spent 3weeks alone in Montana, elk hunting
We are packing into the alpine for 6-7nights. Hopefully all the running/training I did this summer was enough!!!
chris <><
good luck up there and post a lot of pics ok :readit: :bigsmyl:
PLEASE post a hunt report :pray: when you are back. I want to do this hunt in the next 2 years! GOOD LUCK!
Sounds like it is going to be a Great Trip,have Fun and Good Luck,
Kurt
Chris Good luck my friend. Can't wait to hear the stories
Oh man, there better be a good thread coming out of this one! :readit:
Take lots of pictures bud, and share with the rest of us! Good luck, and have a great time :thumbsup:
Good luck to you sir! :thumbsup:
Awesome, yeah lots of picts please. Good luck and stay safe.
sounds like fun, never been to pow, did some charter fishing by kuiu, wish I had more time to hunt it!
Are you getting a bear tag? Heck I dont even know if bears are open this early LOL....might be something to look at if they are being you can then have the option of a bear OR a deer on that same tag.
I've been there Bear hunting. It's a beautiful place. Good Luck
Good luck man! I was blessed to be able to live in AK for three years and loved it. Unfortunately, my wife didn't.
I would love to go back sometime with my son who was born in Anchorage.
Looking forward to hearing about it.
Gary
Brother,have fun and luck.keep all of us posted.This is the time of the year that many of us migrate to the wilderness.
Play safe and have a great hunt. Looking forward to your adventures.
Good Luck :thumbsup:
relax and enjoy your hunt, no pressure but to have a good time.
"We are packing into the alpine for 6-7 nights."
Chris, those few words say a lot. You are making a hunting trip most of us would sure like to make some time. You go and have a great time there, and report back to us flatlanders. Good luck, and like everyone else says, take lots of pics!
:clapper:
Have a great trip...Safe journey...enjoy the view
My dream hunt would be in Alaska.
Hey Chris, lets hope for good weather. A touch cloudy right now and been raining a bit. Don't forget your raingear.
Some dandy bucks have been taken so far. Looks like most are out of velvet. My youngest scored a double the other day, I've get fresh backstrap waiting. Looking forward to meeting you guys.
I have always wanted to go to Alaska to hunt, you better take some pics so I can at least think i am there.
QuoteOriginally posted by Whip:
Oh man, there better be a good thread coming out of this one! :readit:
Take lots of pictures bud, and share with the rest of us! Good luck, and have a great time :thumbsup:
Ya looking forward to a great thread when you return...Best of luck to ya!
Hope ya have a great hunt. I used to live in Valdez and deer hunted the islands of Prince William Sound. Fun stuff! Good luck.
Wish you the best of luck.remember just take it all in and enjoy yourself.
I hope you have a great trip!!! keep us posted
Best of luck for a safe and fun hunt :thumbsup:
Looking forward to read the story!
Margly
Good luck. Take some pic's
Good luck, have fun, and stay safe!
Wow......you've got a lot of envious hunters on this site!
Have a great hunt...and remember......we need a detailed adventure description.....with lots of photos!
Yeah, I'm one of the envious hunters here. We'll need photos and a lot of 'em. Hope you have a fun and successful hunt.
Good Luck to you. Please post lots of pics. It is my dream to one day make it there.
Looking forward to having Chris and Todd come up. Hope I can show them a good time and the weather and deer cooperate. Here are a few pixs to fuel the fire... (first try at photos on here)
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a few more...
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Make sure you get a black bear tag, too. There are some biguns on POW.
Good luck and watch out for those bears! ;) :thumbsup:
I envy you. It's always been a dream of mine. Congratulations on your trip and the best of luck to you. :wavey:
Good luck :thumbsup: and shoot straight - arrrows and pictures.
good luck, god bless. be safe.I am going to do something like that with my boys one day.It is a matter of timing .they have to be old enough an I cant be to old.tell us all about it when you get back.take lots of pic.
Were BACK!!!
WOW!! Can't say enough about this trip!Many very rough (and I mean rough!) miles were hiked/marched.
Many deer were seen, along with a number of bears. A boat was "lost"! We got soaked, used hot rocks to dry our boots.
Venison steaks were cooked over the open fire above treeline (had to use sticks b/c somebody forgot his backpack grill!).
Most importantly a new friend was made. Can't say enough good things about Rich (POW BOW)!
(Thanks again Rich for the great time!)
My camera went on the fritz just before the hunt!
I have a few pix, but most our of Luvthehunt's camera. Once I have those I will post.
POW island is a special place!!
chris <><
Lookin forward to the pics, I just got back from Kodiak a few weeks ago and miss AK badly.
Good luck!!
I wish you the best of luck...I guarantee you won't want to leave! :) Make sure to get lots of pictures.
Well, I finally have time to put some pix down!
It all started here on TG, with a invite from pow-bow for somebody's to come to his place on POW for a sitka deer hunt.
Once we were committed to go the summer was spent getting in shape anyway I could.
Here I am mowing my lawn apx. 1/2 acre, 65lbs on my back (Thanks Mike Mitten for the idea).
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Three days before I left, all my clothes airing out in the wind.
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Aug. 24th we headed to Ketchikan, Ak. We spent the night in the local hotel, then took the Interisland Ferry across the POW. (As a side not next time I would hire a float plane).
That night the 25th was spent at POW-BOW's house then in the morning getting gear ready to head out into the bush.
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We headed out to a very remote secret place (I am sworn to secretecy).
It took us a little better then fours to hike into our hunting area. This was one of the most diffucult climbs I ever made. We crawled our way through the brush. We would throw our bows up ahead then use both hands to hold whatever little plant would hold us, to pull ourselves up. All while wearing a 50lb pack. We hit a spot of karst (limestone coming out of the ground). This karst makes for deep holes. At one point two of us had to walk across a narrow strip (18" wide) between two deep karst holes. This area is so thick it is hard to see where you are putting your foot. Scary stuff. On top of all this the "devils club" keeps hitting you in the arms and hands (I am still picking thorns out of my hands).
Once we made it out of the karst we were just below the top. We found a small pond to camp by.
Now we were within 1/2 hour climb to the top of a giant bowl. Could not wait until morning!!
I have no pix of where we were, b/c my small camera broke just before the trip, and I was not going to lug my big Canon EOS D60 up to the top (once I have pix from luvthehunt I will post).
The first afternoon one buck was killed, the next afternoon another. We must have seen 100 bucks, many very large deer!
Because the weather was changing we decided we should head out. So with 75lb plus packs, we headed down the mountian. This was worse then coming up. The rain poured, everything was muddy, slippery and soaking wet!
Took about 6 hours of slipping, falling and crawling through the brush to make it to the bottom. I think we smiled almost the whole way!
We got everything back home, and dried out, meat put away, then it was off to another place. Due to the fog, rainy weather, we could not make it to where we wanted to go. So we hit plan B.
Truck camping this time, with a heater!!
We spent 2.5 days in weather like this.
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This was tough to hunt in. We could not see deer, but were sure they could see us.
Here is Camp #2
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We manage to get close to a few deer but nothing with horns.
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Saw plenty of these!
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All in all it was a great trip!! I would go back tomorrow (if I had the cash, and my wife said OK!)
Once I have the rest of the pix I will post.
chris <><
That looks like fun! Congrats on a great trip. I love those blacktails.
Great stuff Chris! Can't wait for more. Hurry up though - I'm leaving Friday AM! :readit: ;)
sorry whip, but I am not that fast!
chris <><
a few pixs from the trip.
camp from above
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couple bucks
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packing out
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For those who don't know Onions and luvthehunt they are a couple of great guys who always had a smile no matter how tough the going was or how bad the weather. It was great time, can't wait to get back up there.
Rich, all of us from Michigan are like that--anytime we can get out of depression central here, we are all smiles! Looks like you gave the fellas a great taste of Alaska :thumbsup:
Those are some incredible Sitkas you have taken!
Awesome! I love POW! I've been up a couple times and will be back next year.
Rich, if you don't mind please send me a PM. I'd love to ask you some questions.
Looks like you had a great time in and thanks for the pictures
Just pretty darn cool even if I do say so!!
Thanks for taking us along!
Sounds like a great adventure!!
Congratulations on an awesome hunt.
God bless,Mudd
Living my dream. Great story/pics
Thanks for sharing with us.
Terry
have a great trip many of use out here would love that hunt. :thumbsup: :) :clapper: :cool:
man....if I'm ever in craig I'll have to nock on your just to drewl over pics...great hunt and some awesome bucks!!!
that was a great story and some nice pics. Like the widerness a lot, nothing like the real stuff!
Thank you
Cheers
Good luck on your trip . Have fun and be safe. :wavey:
I guess I should have read the rest. Thanks for sharing.
Well-done! This adventure is too cool! Many happy returns of the day to you!
What a geat place and wonderful trophies.it is a dream of mine,shared with good friends is better too.I hope to be able to have such experience.