What's available and how hard are the permits/tags to come by?
Might be in those parts later this summer.

Foir late summer/early fall the area is really good for Sharptail Grouse and Ruff Grouse. Also Sandhill Cranes, Geese, and ducks.

The buffalo permits have been ruduced to only 65 permits due to way less buffalo.There are still only 10 permits for the Delta Management area.There is a new cow hunt for the Delta Area 75 permits for residents only.There are still alot of moose in certin areas but its the land on Fort Greely that holds them.Mostly the bombing range .It depends on when the army is training to weather you can hunt Fort Greely or not.I see around 150 moose a year during the season.There are not as many bigger bulls but alot of bulls.

IIRC the odds of drawing a Bison tag up there are worse than the odds of drawing in many places in the lower 48. Put $50 a month away in a mutual fund and you'll be able to pay for a guided hunt well before you will ever draw an Alaska Bison tag.

JMHO,

John

Hes right I know friends who applied 26 years before they get one.I know people though that are high up that get them every other year.There are only about 400 buffalo .

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dgr416:
Hes right I know friends who applied 26 years before they get one.I know people though that are high up that get them every other year.There are only about 400 buffalo .

They got one? THEY GOT ONE?!!!! Some day maybe, but the chances get less and less every year with less tags issued. I say it every year, but I don't think I'll give them the satisifaction of turning me down this year. Greg

I know some 10 year old kids that got permits their first try.I had a friend in Delta on the ag project that the buffalo stayed on his farm every year.I walked into a large hern once by accident thinking they were moose.Its a real experence to get a herd to running all around you.They knock down 12" trees and snap them like twigs.They also run through bobwire fences like its nothing.If you ever do get a permit stay at the Sawmill creek lodge cabins .They are $55 a night and the best bargin in Alaska.

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Originally posted by dgr416:
I know some 10 year old kids that got permits their first try....If you ever do get a permit stay at the Sawmill creek lodge cabins .They are $55 a night and the best bargin in Alaska.

Barring the luck of a 10 year old, I still think it's quicker and easier to simply save for a tag elsewhere or, perhaps more rationally, too save for a tag elsewhere while still applying in Alaska. There should be an article in the next issue of B&C's "Fair Chase" magazine detailing the options...and the author is sure a handsome devil.

Best,

John

I was stationed at Ft. Greely many, many years ago--in fact, I was there when the pipeline was being constructed. Interesting times.

There used to be good hunting in the area but of course I have no recent knowledge of game availability.

I used to pack in on horseback down the road a ways, at Dot Lake. Good hunting up on the McComb Plateau. I drew a full-curl sheep permit one year, but didn't manage to fill it.

Unfortunately, most of the land I hunted on that was then open to the public was "returned" to its rightful (?) owners by Jimmy Carter, and is now closed, or perhaps requires a fee.

There are tons of people who hunt the mountains on 4 wheelers now.You hardly ever see anyone hunting on mules or horses.It seems the moose are in the areas that stay closed the most.In hard hunted areas you hardly see any moose.There is still good hunting but lots more people.