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I'm going to start planning one of those stupid adventures of driving the ALCAN Hwy from California to Alaska and I want to hunt caribou while I'm in state. I'll be driving up with my brother who drove from Kodiak Island to California in the 80's. So, can anyone tell me what the general seasons are for Caribou in different areas? I've driven from Anchorage to Fairbanks to Tok to Valdez and back to Anchorage so I'm a little familiar with the areas. Would anyone have a recommendation for an area that a couple of us to hunt accessible with a 4WD truck? The Alaska F&G website seems to have all the information except that I can't seem to find the season dates. Thanks for any help. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | ||
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It'll be an August thing. A little bit into September is fine but mid and late September the bulls get rutty and not edible. Howzabout you drive up and do a short fly out from tok or Fairbanks or something like that? | |||
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A caribou for a nonresident on the road system really kind of narrows it down. The 40 mile herd has a registration hunt. You won't be alone. You'll also be totally subject to the caribou moving to one of the roads you can access the area from. It's also likely if the caribou are near the road, the hunt will shut down within days. The hunt from the Steese highway closed in 3 days this year. The other is the Haul Road (Ice Road) for the Central Arctic Herd. 5 miles either side of the road is bow only. If you want to hike outside the 5 mile corridor then rifles are a go. Almost anywhere else for caribou either requires flying, a draw tag, or being a resident. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Thanks guys, I'll talk to my brother about doing the drive up there and maybe a fly in or rafting trip. It's been over 20 years since I rafted up there but we had a blast the last time we did it. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sta...lations_complete.pdf   | |||
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Great! Thanks Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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It's possible that a fly out could be fairly easy. If the airplane puts you in the path of the caribou, I can just be a matter of hanging around camp/ the drop off spot, and shooting one or more as they pass by. I've had caribou travel past me by the hundred while I just stood there. It's a magnificent sight, but in those cases it's pretty easy to just dump one or more and get to butchering. After that's over, you are still at or near the pick up point so you get to just load the plane when it gets there and get on with the trip. | |||
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I agree with Scott; when I lived in AK I always flew, starting by flying Space A to Kotz on weekly C130 from Elmendorf, then flying to Kiana commercial, then flying out from there (except once when I rented a boat from the pilot and hunted the Kobuk). That area is now closed for non-residents and think non-local residents. | |||
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If you bring the girl that is under your signature, I'll pay for the hunt! Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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^^^^^  That’s some funny stuff right there!"These are the times that try mens souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Thomas Paine winter of 1776 | |||
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Cal, I started using this gif about 20 years ago, she's probably bouncing them off her knees by now. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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When she takes her bra off the wrinkles disappear from her face! Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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Age does that | |||
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Caribou 'combat hunting' with the Chuke: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rSRC-hWO9Wo Chuke knows! All The Best ... | |||
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This dude missed so bad he killed another animal he wasn’t trying to shoot. Phew. | |||
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