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partisan1911

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Although the look of a knife is important for the reason of craftsmanship but I think we need more posts of the knives in action. Knives getting used is much more important in my eyes than the look of a knife. The competitions started by esee is a great idea to push this idea but how about some pictures of them skinning animals or being used to practice the "survival" techniques.
 
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Have you ever butchered your deer and not removed the guts until last? Alot of times I find it keeps the area cleaner and the predators away longer? You may not have the same issues down your way. On Kodiak island deer hunting you need to quarter your deer and pack each quarter away as you go along, otherwise a bear may want to come and join you. Might as well take what you can get and let the bear have what he wants.
 
partisan1911 said:
Have you ever butchered your deer and not removed the guts until last? Alot of times I find it keeps the area cleaner and the predators away longer? You may not have the same issues down your way. On Kodiak island deer hunting you need to quarter your deer and pack each quarter away as you go along, otherwise a bear may want to come and join you. Might as well take what you can get and let the bear have what he wants.
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Never. Here in Missouri we are a mixed blessing. The most dangerous predator we have are coyotes and for the most part we do a good job of thinning them out. I definitely have no fear of coyotes. Man is the top predator around here. We also have no game large enough to require quartering. Well this buck was a good sized buck and if he had been out in the middle of nowhere I might have had to quarter him and hump it out but it's not the norm around here. We drug this one about 50 yards and drove the truck down the lane to pick him up.

We field dress them, drag them to where we can get a truck and load them up whole. Put a stick between the ribs to help them cool and get back to hunting.

As I've said there are times I envy Alaskans. Around here all the land is either privately owned or public and hunted by everyone who doesn't have private ground they own or have permission to hunt. Most of Missouri is agricultural ground. The place we hunt is probably one of the biggest stands of woods in the area and it's only there because it is too hilly and rocky to level to make farm ground out of.

I was watching Jim Shockey on the hunting channel today. Walking withing 20 yards of bull moose and dumping them. I could get used to that. :D My drive for hunting has died out a lot since I was a youngster but putting a nice buck on the ground and having a close encounter with another sure gets the heart pumping.
 
I can't seem to grow up. I work so I can hunt.....sometimes I am lucky and get to hunt for work! I have done the whitetail hunting but could never get good at it. a buddy of mine gets 150pt+ bucks every year but he has made a science out of it.

The one bad thing about hunting Alaska is that everyone is a hunter. There is a lot of competition unless you spend a lot of money and time to get away from the crowds. I have been fortunate enough to spend very little on my hunts other than gas money but even those are in excess of $300 in gas receipts and license money.

This year I am too busy with college work but I was still able to do one caribou hunt with my bro-in-law.

For the most part every hunt in AK can turn into a survival situation. When I get time this Christmas I plan on writing up a couple of short stories about some of my adventures up here.

I truly believe that if you are a real outdoorsman and hunter you should save your pennies and plan on an AK sometime before you get too old. Save your money to pay for the tags and license, use your credit card to pay your mortgage every month and then pay it off so you can get airline miles, rent a car and drive to a hunting area...start walking. It is possible and a guaranteed positive experience.
 
Congratulations on a beautiful buck and terrific pictures. I missed out this weekend on the opening weekend of rifle season in OK as we took my mom to Branson for our annual trip there. Did you hunt on public or private land?
 
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Did you hunt on public or private land?
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Private ground owned by a family friend. It's not Boone & Crockett buck territory for the most part, but I was just looking for meat for the freezer. About 2 hrs. before I shot that buck, 2 does walked behind my stand. If I could have taken one or both of them I would have. It was just luck that Mr. Bruiser was my first shot opportunity.

I've been lucky enough to take a few decent bucks, probably the largest of which was my very first one about 15 years ago. I don't consider myself much of a sportsman, I'm a shooter. I like to shoot and mainly hunt for meat. Sitting in a treestand all day doesn't peg my fun meter any more but it's the most effective method for these parts as far as I'm concerned.

Partisan, I'd love to hunt AK some day but don't know if it will ever be in the cards. Lot of expense involved coming from the midwest. Seems expensive compared to a $17 buck tag and unlimited doe tags at $7 each. :D
 
Brief look at costs. Some species like caribou and black bear you can get more than one. As you can see a resident can hunt pretty cheap and get a lot of meat. Resident spends $48 and can get a lot of red meat, trap and sell the bounty to pay for more hunts, catch a ton of salmon, halibut etc, and even dip net for salmon which gets you 30 salmon a person in one day, more if you have family. Fairly lucrative for a resident. Non-residents a little more cost but hey, you are paying for the experience of Alaska right? Military can get breaks in some of these costs.

The hunting regs are no doubt complex because Alaska is affected by the entire country. ie aerial wolf hunting. Then you have to add the subsistence priority as established by ANILCA. Don't get me started on that. Watching someone drive a brand new 2010 truck, unload brand new atv, then go hunting off a subsistence permit in a special designated area because their wife had native relatives makes me pretty peaved.

Resident:
hunting $25
trapping $15
hunting&trapping $39
hunting&sport fish $48
hunt&trap&fish $62

non-resident hunt $85
then you have to buy tags:
black bear $225
brown $500
bison $450
caribou $325
sheep $425
moose $400
goat $300
wolf $30
wolverine $175
 
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