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Author Topic: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt  (Read 1759 times)

Offline vintage-bears

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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #60 on: October 05, 2014, 07:09:00 PM »
Incredible hunt and a hardy congratulations!
Thanks for sharing it.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #61 on: October 05, 2014, 07:16:00 PM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #62 on: October 05, 2014, 07:30:00 PM »
Congratulations on a nice caribou, heartfelt story and pictures. Sweet dreams are made from such hunts.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #63 on: October 05, 2014, 07:46:00 PM »
Great story Don, thanks for sharing your great adventure with us
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #64 on: October 05, 2014, 08:03:00 PM »
Don,Great story telling and what a fantastic shot on a tremendous bull!   :clapper:    :clapper:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #65 on: October 05, 2014, 08:25:00 PM »
Congrats!!!
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Offline Greg Szalewski

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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #66 on: October 05, 2014, 08:57:00 PM »
An outstanding story to go along with an outstanding animal. That was quite an experience. Thanks for sharing it Don.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #67 on: October 05, 2014, 09:34:00 PM »
I'm glad you all enjoyed it...I'd love to tell another one about a big Whitetail this year...I'll keep you posted!    ;)  

Mike; you will be trying the Kaiser Kustoms soon, John told me your shafts arrived already...

Thanks.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #68 on: October 05, 2014, 09:39:00 PM »
Don,

Congrats on a wonderful bull and a hunt of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #69 on: October 05, 2014, 09:59:00 PM »
Applause and Congrats....thanks for sharing!   :thumbsup:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #70 on: October 05, 2014, 10:01:00 PM »
Hi Don-

Thanks for sharing your story. Just awesome- great story too! For those of us who dream of such a thing -or even if we never can- can you post some of the prep and how a guy coordinates something like this. I would love to know how guys pull this off, costs, etc. . .

I have asked in the past for a TG forum where guys could educate us on this stuff. Until then. . .

Any input would be great and appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Rudman

  Nutshell Breakdown...
Cost of Caribou Tag & Alaskan NR Hunting License--$410
Flight to from Anchorage--$1,000 (give or take)
RAM Aviation Air Service/Drop Hunt charges (rental of tent/cot/stove/Mt. House meals)-- <$3,200
Flights from Anchorage to Kotzebue & back--around $700

***Hotels, shipping of antlers/meat, satellite phone rental, and any number of other money-hemorrhaging charges may also be incurred...
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Offline don kauss

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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #71 on: October 05, 2014, 10:25:00 PM »
I also, want to thank Kevin Dill for taking the time to answer my questions prior to this hunt...Kevin gave me a ton of great advice, and went above and beyond the call of duty to offer some of his wisdom...Thanks! I sincerely appreciate it...

Lots of great folks on this site...we all are really fortunate!

   :campfire:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #72 on: October 05, 2014, 10:47:00 PM »
Wow! What a grand experience!
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #73 on: October 05, 2014, 11:15:00 PM »
Awesome!
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #74 on: October 05, 2014, 11:36:00 PM »
one thing to consider as far as drinking water up here is concerned, I didn't (and still don't) want to hijack the thread..but for those coming up here there is 2 waterborne issues we have.  Both are no game when you're miles out in the bush at best, many with no sat phones/spots or any contacts with the rest of the world!  Giardia is the more frequent of the two, but the next is cryptosporidium.  A guy I used to teach with picked this up one year early in a long hunt and was lucky to make it home in one piece.

I just don't want the general populous believing you can just drink water anywhere up here.  Its not a chance I'll take ever again!  I did ONCE in 19 years and paid for it!  It hit me right before I was headed out to guide moose hunters that fall.  If my partner wouldn't have called I wouldn't have found out until I hit camp.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #75 on: October 05, 2014, 11:37:00 PM »
Very fine story and a great caribou, they are my favorite spot and stalk animal.

Congrats on a fine adventure    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #76 on: October 06, 2014, 04:16:00 PM »
Ok, I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous!!!

Congrats!!!
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #77 on: October 06, 2014, 06:38:00 PM »
Don, You are a very open person and thanks for sharing. I will be thick into whitetails soon. I saw 9 buck and 15 does during the last two sits, so those fresh arrows may come in handy. Ha!

Thanks for the cost info too.
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #78 on: October 06, 2014, 06:54:00 PM »
It doesn't get any better than that, congrats on a fine bull!    :thumbsup:
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Re: 2014 Alaskan Caribou Bowhunt
« Reply #79 on: October 06, 2014, 08:16:00 PM »
Very nice caribou, congrats!
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