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Caught Alaska Outdoors for the first time yesterday (Dall Sheep episode). Wanted to give it and the two guys who were in it a big thumbs up. I'm not a huge fan of hunting TV & videos for a numbers of reasons and don't generally watch them. That being said, this show reminded me of those done...

Been snooping out used aircraft and found a number of Champs for sale as well as some Cubs. One Champ is only 180 miles from my place with a price tag of $14K. The highest price I saw for a Champ was $25K, compared to the price on Cubs that started in the mid $40Ks and went up from there. The...

Tell me about your moose stories, funny, odd, dangerous, whatever they/you did. Strangley enough moose are fairly common here in north central ND, and I have a couple stories to share myself...

Another of my possibly dumb questions in regard to my quest to move to Alaska... Where do you shoot? If you live out of city limits, can you shoot pretty much anywhere, as long as it's public land or you have landowner's permission (like here in ND), or is it more restricted? ND is a very...

May not exactly be "hunting forum" stuff, but I didn't know where to ask this... From what I have gathered, a short barreled 12 gauge of one sort or another (make mine an 870 thanks much, an 18" barreled 870 stuffed with 4 buck is our "house gun") probably the most relied upon bear defense...

This one has had me curious for some time. Do you have to go to Anchorage or Fairbanks to buy your guns, ammo, & reloading stuff, or are necessary shops scattered further around? Are guys who live close to a smaller town, like Wasilla, have a gunshop they can buy from? I've wondered if my...

OK, If I get up there, I can't help but think my 15' War Eagle would be useful as it's tough, has a shallow draft, and can carry a pretty good load. The transom is deep enough that I need to use a long shaft motor on it, currently that a 30HP Evenrude. Would hate to get rid of it, have killed...

Have a PPL/SEL but haven't flown in the last 18 years (divorce forced me to sell my 1/4 interest in the 152). The reason I learned was with an eye to moving to Alaska, life just didn't let me. I'm looking at changing that. No reason I couldn't pass a medical and get back into the left seat...

OK, here's the drill. My wonderfully accurate 7.5" Bisley Hunter is a PITA to carry and practically requires a hand over hand draw, so I have pretty much talked myself into trading it in one a 4" S&W 629 or a 4"-5.5" Ruger Redhawk. THis is being done with an eye towards moving to AK with...

The bear threads always start me thinking... Like most everyone who hunts with his heart & soul, I wonder and dream about hunting dangerous game. In Alaska now days, that means brown/grizzly and to a lesser extent black bear and maybe moose. I know many don't consider blacks to be in the same...

Thanks, I will search up that thread. I am a big buck hunter and thoroughly enjoy looking at deer pictures. Here in ND we have possibly the best deer hunting in the lower 48. We have both big prairie whitetails and mulies out in the western part of the state. Last year I was extremely sick with...

Watched Csonka hunt Sitka Deer on North To Alaska last night. Had never really given them much thought but I love to hunt deer of any type and that looked like a doable hunt for a NR. It also looked like the kind of hunting where a NR like me could get in bear trouble fast. I noticed...

In the planning phase of moving to Alaska. I currently own a 15' War Eagle pushed by an Evinrude 30 HP Long Shaft, 14' Crestliner jon boat (pushed by a 15HP but usually rowed), and a 14' Carstens Mallard Marsh Boat. The War Eagle is pretty a heavy duty jon boat designed for big water diver...

Another question I've wanted to ask you guys who live it, how many use & hunt with the 45-70 Marlin 1895 or Guide Gun? I've had three over the years, an 1895 and two Guide Guns, one blued & poprted (Ouch!) & one SS with a big loop. I never had a rifle that killed deer so hard up close ! Found...

This one has had me curious for awhile. How actually useful are bellyguns for hunting & critter defense in AK? I should start this with my usual disclaimer that I share Metthew Quigley's view on handguns. Carry one professionally for 30 years and a person develops an opinion what they are good...

Het, NDT from ND here. haven't poted on the AK Forums since 07' but have been lurking. I figure I now may never get to move to the Last Frontier, but maybe I can live it vicariously through you lucky residents who post here... Any Tradition archers/bowhunters here? I have my share of...

Howdy fellow gundog addicts. NDT from Devils Lake ND here. Posted a bit on the hunting forums in 07' and have been lurking a bit since. I am an am gundog trainer, prefering to work with labs. Being in DL my girls Josie (Jacie's Dakota Gold) and Sunny (Gabbriella's Dakota Sunrise) get a lot...

Hey you lucky Alaskans, A very jealous NDT here. Wanted to live & hunt in Alaska since I saw "This Is My Alaska" at the age of 11, in 68'. Got my PPL in the late 80's with that in mind. Have made several seroius attempts to get up there, but I'm not going unless I can land work first, and all...

Anyone ever use mouth blown predator calls to bring in bears? We do a lot of predator calling down here in ND (coyotes & fox), and I've wondered if there's any reason this wouldn't work just as well on bears. Calling dogs can be exciting, but I bet bears would take the rush to a whole 'nother...

Purely curious, if you could add/change one Alaska hunting reg, what would it be?