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Offline Kevin Dill

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Alaska Reality Show
« on: July 07, 2016, 05:10:00 PM »



Who really gives a wild fart about television reality shows? Not me. I'll take the real thing. Nothing is more real than hunting in Alaska. This thread is for the guys who either are going soon or want to go soon. Got plans? Need a plan? Favorite animal?

Who's in for a dose of Alaskan reality hunting? I'm at 8+ weeks and counting down. Details to follow. You?

Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2016, 05:59:00 PM »
I love AK.  One of my best hunting trips I ever took was snowshoe hare hunting with my brother when he was stationed in Anchorage.  It gets your blood pumping when you're chasing hares in thick brush with your recurve knowing there is an 8ft and 10ft grizzly in the area.  Good luck on your trip Kevin!

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2016, 05:59:00 PM »
Alaskan moose is on the top of the bucket list. Daughter in college now is putting a damper on those dreams for a while though. I'll be watching this one. If you don't mind could you give a ballpark figure on cost of a DIY Alaska hunt?(PM that info if you like) Need to know how much I have to save between Elk hunts. By the way where do you live in Buckeye country?
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2016, 06:02:00 PM »
Good luck Kevin. It's on my list of things to do.

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Offline The Night Stalker

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2016, 06:13:00 PM »
Looking to go for moose in 2017.
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2016, 06:55:00 PM »
On my bucket list also, moose. Will have to wait until kids are finished college.
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2016, 07:35:00 PM »
Best of luck on your up coming hunt.......I would love to hunt there someday.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2016, 08:08:00 PM »
Great stuff! when I was a resident (13 years) I hunted rabbits a lot and bear from time to time. I have never taken a moose. That would have been awesome!  Perhaps in the upcoming months!


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Offline Kevin Dill

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2016, 08:14:00 PM »
I had a funny sort of thought the other day. I was thinking about St Charles, Bear and their cronies. They did 3 years of hunting from the trapper cabin on the Little Delta. This will be my 9th consecutive year to hunt Alaska for moose, caribou and black bears. Same for my hunting partner, though we are not hunting together this year. My second consecutive solo trip is coming up. When it's done I will have hunted 5 different areas, with 2 of them being solo endeavors. But there is more to the story when I have time.

Who is going? Anyone?

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2016, 08:36:00 PM »
Would love too but the $$ is the problem maybe I just need a better job...lol!!or a possibility when my boys are outta the house but that will be a while
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2016, 08:37:00 PM »
Will be on Kodiak in just over 3 weeks hunting Blacktails!!!!
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2016, 08:39:00 PM »
Alaska is on my bucket list also, want to hunt caribou with my longbow, been a dream for many years for me. Would love to do a drop hunt.
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2016, 08:40:00 PM »
Alaska is on my bucket list also, want to hunt caribou with my longbow, been a dream for many years for me. Would love to do a drop hunt.
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2016, 02:13:00 AM »
Getting married August 6,two weeks off for that.. Decided to try and push my luck, August 1st off too, opening day, try and get a blacktail!
The bears are out in force around here, usually out on the trails on the weekends, get further back and higher up when possible, see where the mountain goats are!
Good luck on your trip!

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2016, 06:43:00 AM »
I will hunt for sitka blacktail deer and caribou someday...

I'll be following this thread for sure.  And I'll admit, I watch some of the shows.  Strictly for the scenery mind you.

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2016, 07:16:00 AM »
i would absolutely love to but i'm not allowed to DIY.
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2016, 02:48:00 PM »
Just got back from AK, but I was up there killing King salmon   :gold tooth:
 
saw moose and fox no bears, we were fishing the Nushagak River in the northern Bristol Bay region out of Dillingham
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2016, 02:52:00 PM »
My Alaska reality show will start this year on the 12th of Sept.  John and I will fly into Anchorage and gather our stuff.  Head over to Tok on the morning of the 14th and fly into moose camp on the 15th.

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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2016, 06:27:00 PM »
I hunted Nelchina.  Took a Toklat grizz with a rifle.  A couple blacks and a brownie down on the coast-33 years ago.  Want to do it with a longbow.  they just doubled non res fees! ouch
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Re: Alaska Reality Show
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2016, 10:16:00 PM »
Like many, Alaska is on the bucket list. 2017 I'll be putting Africa in the pail......then, maybe, Alaska in 2018.
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