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Heading to Delta Junction tomorrow. Joyce is legal starting Saturday. Temps are dropping. Should be interesting. Have gotten a lot of intel. I'll throw up an update when we get back. She's using her Ruger Hawkeye African in 9.3 x 62. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7vieA694oY Jim ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | ||
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Good luck Jim & Joyce!  GREAT choice of both caliber and rifle.  | |||
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Good luck Jim. I have no doubt you and Joyce will enjoy the experience. Delta Meats for process your buffalo and make sure you get a case or two of the pepper sticks. If you get to wander too far and end up in Fairbanks, give me a call. Mike | |||
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Thanks Mike, Joyce would love to see your beautiful home for sure. Might not have a chance after her Bison hunt but we likely will go aurora hunting up the Dalton this winter as well and will pass through FBX then. Cheers Jim ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Good luck guys!!! Don't get gored on the bikes!!! 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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Geez Dude!! Juju, you are screwing up the Juju. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Good luck. I have friend that lives in Delta Junction he works at the base there. | |||
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Good luck. That's a lot of meat. Gave most of mine away. Dave | |||
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We generally share most everything we hunt as do the households we mostly share with. According to the AK F&G website a mature Bull may yield 680 pounds of net meat. That would be over 10 pounds of meat a week to eat for year.  Sharing rocks!! Cheers J&J ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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If all one ate for meat was Bison for a family of two that is 13 pounds a week 1.8 pounds per day or .62 pounds per meal. Add two more people .31 pounds per meal or about 5ozs per person. Have a family of 6 one bison is not enough. If one had a tribal group of 40 would be just over 2 weeks with no waste no feeding dogs. Yes for a modern family with a good freezer one bison represents a lot of meat. If one has lots of friends you could be looking at running out shortly. | |||
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Woo hoo!! | |||
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Interesting. In Colorado, we cannot share meat from wild game, unless that person has a like license. Is that the same in Alaska, or can you share with anyone you want? | |||
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No way CO enforces that...an obscure law like that is there so you don't catch a guy with a freshly butchered elk or deer in their cooler saying he didn't kill it...some dude gave it to me....as an excuse for poaching. If you have legally taken and processed game meat at home you can absolutely share it. | |||
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Technically MT has similar law Too many laws Step out of your house and you break some kinda law So there are two kinda people in this world Lawmakers and lawbreakers " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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Agreed. Dave | |||
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In Alaska we can legally give meat away. There is form on the back page of the game law book that you just fill out and keep with the meat. You don't have to send it in or notify anyone, it's just a "note" that travels with the meat to state that the hunter was licensed to take the meat and you are lawfully transferring it. That form stays with the meat until it's processed. After that, eat it up. Really though, I take meat and fish over to my neighbor all the time and he's an Alaska State Trooper, he hasn't arrested me yet. I might add, I don't give my hard won meat and fish to just anyone, he's a great neighbor. | |||
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You mean CO doesn't have something like this?
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Crap, double tap. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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Good luck to Joyce on her Bison Bull hunt. I volunteered for the Artic Warfare School at Fort Greely back in the 1970’s while in the Army, but we ran out of travel funds before I could go. Are you driving fron Anchorage or flying? That’s a pretty long drive, but it makes hauling all that meat back more econot. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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all the best for your hunting trip. | |||
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Interesting hunt with lots of fun moments but no Bison for us ——- yet. We will be back up for another try or two since Joyce’s Tag is good till March 31. If you are on Facebook here is a public link to some daily details. All I have is my phone and can’t put up pics here. https://www.facebook.com/14087...ts/1908820562547357/ ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Texas is pretty much the same as NM on donating game meat to others. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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When I was at Rich it was mandatory for all officers who were taking a company command to attend that school. What a blast. Two weeks of snowshoeing, skiing, building snow caves, learning how to assess avalanche dangers, etc, all taught by NCOs who took great pride in their knowledge of arctic fieldcraft. And the little O Club they had was a real treat. | |||
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Heading back up to Delta Junction on Monday.    ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Good luck and have fun. Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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Nice journal mate. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Any one that puts in for this Tag we recommend the “either sex” Tag. Still after a bull and could have dropped Bison the last two days easily. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Jim & Joyce, These hunts are not near as easy/successful as they were 20 years ago. These herds have all been hunted and the bison are wise to our ways. When I got mine a few years back I heard the success rate was only 36% overall. I know you two put the effort in, all that's needed is a bit of luck. I have confidence you guys are going to be eating buffalo steaks soon. Mike | |||
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Wish you guys the luck you need! Skip Nantz | |||
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Good luck The success rate from last year is at the link below, but you have to choose the "drawing" dropdown: 2017 Bison drawing hunt success rate . "Listen more than you speak, and you will hear more stupid things than you say." | |||
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I think all the permits were “either sex” that year, thus the high percentage of success. If you go back through the years and they list DI404 separately, that is either sex and DI403 is bull only. If Joyce had either sex we would be home by now. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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What is the foot ware? Looks nice and warm! | |||
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Northern Outfitters for Joyce. Bunny Boots for me. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Thank you. I need to check out a pair for the Wife. | |||
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No longer available sadly. They were really popular with Iditarod mushers in the day. If you check out EBay or Alaskalist you might get lucky on a used pair. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Looks a bit chilly, lovely country. Good luck on the meat getting. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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