If anybody is interested in going let me know? I have made arrangements to go to Kodiak Island over thanksgiving to hunt deer. This will be my fourth time going to the same place. (Larsen Bay) As of now I am going by myself. I am going with a transporter not a guide. They provide a place to stay in Larsen Bay, good food, and drop you off and pick you up by boat everyday.
This was last year.
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That's I hunt I've always wanted to make. Thanks for the invite but not gonna happen this year.
Good luck and I'll be watching for the pics and story.
bretto
It's going to happen one of these days!
Great buck, awesome photo....
Sounds like a great time, and what a fantastic offer...
MMMMMMM,...... those deer are TASTY!!!
When I talk about hunting them my wife says,.... GO, I'm hungry for venison, can I help you pack?
Bump up
TTT Dang it just back from an elk hunt or I'd be all over this. Please keep me in mind in the future :pray:
Looks like a great Hunt! Not in the cards for me this year but It is definitely somethinmg I would love to try.
wow. what a dream.
ChuckC
What a beautiful photo
Marty
Did you go and buy a Lynx? Wish I could go this year.
I was a transporter captain for this outfit for three years. Affordable, cozy place and Terry makes some great food. You get breakfast in the morning, go out with lunch and come back to a warm homecooked meal. Her blacktail stroganof is outstanding!
For those interested you can also fish halibut and pull crab pots for tanner crab.
AK residents can also hunt mtn. goat via registration hunt.
Best of luck sir...
Keith
Can you give us a clue what a hunt like this would cost once we got to Alaska ?
I would love to someday do this hunt.
ChuckC
Got that one planned for 2015. Been wanting to do it for a long time. Good luck, wish I could go this year.
Yes I bought a Lynx off off here. It is a prototype.
A non resident license is $85 and the deer tags are $150 each you are allowed 3 deer. The cost of transportation from Anchorage to Kodiak will run you around $400 round trip, Kodiak to Larsen Bay $250 to $300 round trip depending on how much gear you have. And probably $1,500 to $2,000 for Monday to Saturday at Larsen Bay.
Marty, Wish I could make it but am going under the knife Mid October for a new knee. Good luck on your hunt and keep us informed
A dream, good luck!!
What kind of temperatures are normal in November ? Are they rutting then ?
The average temperature is usually in between the mid 20's to low 40's. So it is not real cold. It can be pretty windy, with snow squalls. The weather can change several times during the day. I have had problems getting in and out of Larsen Bay due to the weather but once I have got there I have always been able to get out and hunt everyday. It seems to me like the peak of the rut is about the third week of November. I would have actually preferred going a week earlier than I am but my work schedule would not allow it.
Takes some big brass one's to walk around on Kodiak alone with trad gear!
holy crap man now thats teasing!!! Its a place I have yet to explore...wish I could make it I'd be in!!! I'm putting in for leave for 2014 already as of tonight. If you need a deer partner holler. I have 4 day weekends every other week normally. Getting vacation is tough last minute though I think I have an 8 day break in nov 2014.
I'm off in dec this fall but have a trip to the east coast planned.
I have been making this a yearly trip. So I plan on doing it again next year. So far I like the 3rd week in November the best. That is when I would have went this year but it did not fall in my work schedule.
I really need to get up there and see that Lynx work!
The Lynx has worked well for me. Thanks for parting with it.
Wow! That's crazily pricy for deer hunting!
It is pricy to fly instate in Alaska. I don't think that the hunt itself is that pricy as it covers everything a place to stay all your meals prepared for you, a place to hang for you to hang and cut your deer, and daily boat drop off and pickup.
Wish I could make it happen this year but this late in the game I'm definatly out. The govt shut down means no pay, and I don't have time off to pull it off between now and the end of deer seasons.
2014 is a different story. Lets chat this winter. We just started putting in our leave schedule for next year and if you go your usual time in 14', my off dates should line up perfectly.
I usually make a few trips down your way throughout the year. I need to make one after xmas time to meet up with a bamboo rod builder.
Saw you bought a lynx, I have an inflatable kayak also I've used. Unfortunately my bladders are toast and they don't make the model anymore. I'm curious what you think of yours, I was looking at a lynx II to replace it ironically, it looks like a pretty sweet ride. I have the 16' aire cat, she's a beast, if the lynx is built with the same durability in mind I'm thinking its a sweet ride! I do have a propioneer so if I don't end up with a lynx by than I have something to bob over to Russia on ;) .
The Lynx I was referring to is a Toelke bow that I bought on this site. The only raft I have is an Alpacka pac raft. I am planning on going again next year. But I think am going to try to do it a week earlier than I am going this year.
How is the deer population? I heard they got hammered last winter and lost a lot?
a week earlier would put me out. I just got my sched for 2014 and managed to leave it at the shop. I'll bring it home this week. If I go mid nov I wont have to mess with vacation time (8 day break). Right now we're planning a fly out moose, hike/fly sheep, spring turkeys, and I'm sure a trip back south December/jan 15' depending on how next summer goes. I'm hopefully helping out with a move mid summer, if that happens the dec/jan trip is out.
TFG, I heard the same depending on where on the island you were, I don't know if it was a total crash. Something to look into here once winter kicks in.
man you had me excited on the aire lynx....I have a sevylor svx200...before anyone laughs I've put this thing through the ringer and back including a 140 mile sheep float. She's done really well. Only damage was when a bear decided to make a chew toy of it in 02 on said sheep hunt. Patched her up and she's good to go, this year dry rot killed the inner chamber. I really dislike pvc rafts for this reason!
The deer population did get hit pretty hard in some places a couple of years ago. Prince William sound was hit real hard and I think that some parts of Kodiak got hit hard more on the north end of the Island. Last year I seen fewer deer than in previous years but I was still seeing 10 to 20 a day.
Dang, and I had time off right then too. I snoozed, I loosed.
(So how did it go?)
Steve, I am pretty sure he posted some beautiful pics of his hunt.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=133875
What a beautiful place.
Some great pics ... still on my bucket list
steve im setting one up for next year as well. same ball park area but last week of oct. the deer will be much higher and not as rutty BUT goats are open and brownies will be for the last 4 days
jrchambers- im in for a hunt this next year,been meaning to get on down there.