HELLOOOOOOOOO JUNEAU, AK!!!!!!!!!!
In three days, I'll be starting my way across country to move to Juneau. As you can see, I can't wait to get there. We got a nice place right on the water south of Auke Bay.
I'm hoping to stretch a 2-year tour into 4 or 5. We'll see how it goes.
I know there's an archery club up there...anyone from around there?
Take it easy.
Adam
Congrats! Always had AK on my "dream sheet", but never got it. Guess that's why they call it a dream sheet.
Congrats on your dream tour can't wait to hear about your adventures.
Sounds like the start of a grand adventure. I'll look forward to your stories.
Congrats. I escaped from NJ last summer. Hope it is everything you expect it to be.
Good luck Adam,
I have to wait about 6 more years to get out, it's almost like a prison sentence. With a little luck I'll win the lotto and get out early for good behavior.
It's too bad the liberals made it a miserable place to live, because it's mostly nice.
Good luck to all you guys that made it out.
Enjoy! I did a tours with the USCG in Kodiak, Juneau and Ketchikan. Those three assignments were, by far, the best 10 years of a 24 year career that also included Washington DC and Rockaway NY.
Enjoy every moment. AK was on my wish list, so they sent me to NM and TX.
good luck and happy hunting. :archer: 5
Congrats! Good hunting and stay safe...
Randy
be safe and hopefully we will see you in about a year
Don't forget your galoshes! :biglaugh:
Lucky S.O.B! I still gotta few years to go before I can defect.
OH..Good luck too!!!
Best of luck to you.
Good luck and you might try to hook up with "The Jack-in-the-box" Steve...lol
That young man is a bow hunting fool!
God bless,Mudd
Thanks all.
Things I'm NOT going to miss about Jersey:
Taxes
Potholes
Taxes
Crazy hunting regs
All of the REALLY nice people...
There are people that just love it here...I'll never understand it.
More good news...as soon as I get up there, the kings should start running. Hopefully my stuff gets there in time...
Take it easy all, and thanks for the wishes. I'll post pics as often as I can.
Adam
"It's too bad the liberals made it a miserable place to live, because it's mostly nice."
Why do you have to get political? If you're miserable, well, it sucks to be you, but no one else is to blame but you.
We have one of the longest bow seasons in the country, LIBERAL bag limits, now we have Sunday hunting & 150' perimeter, and there's plenty of deer.
Don't get me wrong, Alaska will be spectacular, and Palin won't be around!
He's entitled to his opinion. It does have long bow season and liberal bag limits for deer. Other problems too numerous to count. Obviously he counts liberals as one of them, although that might be better discussed on the political forum.
Tried the same when I was in the Corp. Had some orders cut then ended up in Kuwait. Big climate change there. Good luck to ya and enjoy.
Good hunting, enjoy your time in AK.
congratulations and good luck!
Lucky you! Enjoy it and keep us informed of your adventures. I've been trying to get out of Jersey for awhile too, and someday I will. Glad you are making it.
Congrats for getting outa this place.
Hopefully I will be in your shoes one day.
Good luck, Alaska has always been one of the places I always wanted to go. I hope you enjoy it.
Seems like a lot of unhappy Jersey guys here. Guys that I know that live and hunt in Jersey say the hunting is pretty good. No comment about the politics.
Yeah, NJ is everybody's favorite place to leave.Personally I feel the hunting seasons are too long,too much emphasis on total kill, too many young bucks and shed bucks getting killed.
Geographicaly, NW NJ, where I live and have spent most of my life, is a great place. And,being the 7th generation to own and tread on my hunting land makes it tough to leave.
2011 marks the last year I will buy a resident bowhunting license-MT here I come, again. Lived there in the 70's. Liberals are trying to ruin the hunting there too, with wolf re-introduction... but at least the rest of my daily life won't be over-regulated like it is here.
Enough about me, Good Luck in AK Bro, and Thank You for your service.
Congrats and good luck in AK. Plan to head that way myself by summer of next year. Shane
Good luck! Going to AK is on of my dreams. Hope to read your AK stories soon. Since I live in NJ I make the best of what is here. I enjoy our woods and the time I get to spend in them.
Every state has its perks and pitfalls, like they say at the carnival games "pays your money, takes your choice" NJ does the best with what it has to work with. I agree the state does not have the pristine beauty or the bountiful resources that Alaska has but then again we don't pay 7.00 a gallon for fuel either.(give it time!) Good Luck
I've been to Juneau and New Jersey. I loved Juneau. New Jersey...... not so much! Congrats on the good move.
Thanks for your service.
Good luck over there!
Hey... If you happen to meet a guy named Rashid could you tell him John Kelley says hi?
Rashid is a rescue swimmer. Last I heard....5-6 years ago he was stationed there.
Thanks
And again good luck!
QuoteOriginally posted by Recurve50 LBS:
Good luck! Going to AK is on of my dreams. Hope to read your AK stories soon. Since I live in NJ I make the best of what is here. I enjoy our woods and the time I get to spend in them.
Well said Recurve50 LBS. I have lived in NJ all my life. We have a pretty amazing state here if you are into the outdoors. This place isn't all refineries and landfills. There are a lot of deer in North Jersey. Too many to be quite honest. That's why we have long seasons and large bag limits. We have approximately 65 deer management zones here, each tailored to the specific needs of the herd per zone. Don't get me wrong it's not perfect. However deer management isn't an exact science and doing it in the most densely populated state in the US makes it all the more difficult.
Thanks for your service and good luck in AK. I've been there and it's a gorgeous state. You will love it. And that's coming from a liberal :jumper:
good luck,been here my whole life,can't wait till I leave
Good luck with the move. I hope it's all you want it to be. My brother runs a charter boat out of Ketchikan in late spring, summer and early fall. Then wimps out and moves back to Seattle WA. Hopefully if you run into him it's for good stuff.
Butch L
Man, I loved living there! Some of my most memorable hunts happened in Southeast Alaska. Don't let the rain get to you, get the best quality rain gear you can afford and definitely make friends with someone with a boat, or buy one.
If you don't ski, learn. Eaglecrest is a hidden gem. If you don't duck/goose hunt, definitely give it a try.
There is enough to do there, besides work, of course, to keep you more than busy.