There's Just Something About Alaska...
Contributors to this thread:Moose
From: standswittaknife
27-Jan-18
Once you go...You can't stop but wanting to go back... My hunting partner reminded me how much I love elk hunting.. was a good reminder..
From: t-roy
27-Jan-18
I couldn’t agree more, Danny! My buddy and I are headed back again this September
From: t-roy
27-Jan-18
From: Mule Power
27-Jan-18
T Roy I’ll never forget that bull in the water picture. It gives me the feeling of lots of hard wet work ahead. So why do I wish I was there? Haha
From: t-roy
27-Jan-18
It’s certainly one on my favorites, Mule! It definitely made things more complicated, but I loved every minute of it. The fulfillment of a dream I’d had since I was kid!
From: dm/wolfskin
27-Jan-18
Yes, there is.
From: HUNT MAN
27-Jan-18
It gets in your soul. That’s for sure. All I think about is how To get back up there . Hunt
From: buc i 313
27-Jan-18
Majestic
Embedded in my mind and in my heart.
From: Nick Muche
27-Jan-18
Truly a wonderful place to live and hunt!
From: cnelk
27-Jan-18
I sure hope to go back!
From: TravisScott
27-Jan-18
Truly a place where the wild is out your front door!
From: Zackman
27-Jan-18
It’s not bad...
From: The last savage
27-Jan-18
Agreed. My wife tells people,,," he's going to leave me for a state" lol. Man I wanna live there,hunt there,get rained on constantly, Mucheland!!!!
From: IdyllwildArcher
27-Jan-18
It's an incredible place
From: IdyllwildArcher
27-Jan-18
This was day 1 of freeze up on the Chukchi Sea near Point Hope. There hadn't been any time for snow to land or blow onto the ice. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The temp dropped in a day from 10ish to well below zero when the wind switched from the south to the north. You can see the coast line, which is north-south showing the northern wind that froze the ocean solid and almost like it happened instantly, trapping the waves for the winter.
From: The last savage
27-Jan-18
Great pic Ike...
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
28-Jan-18
It definitely gets to you...
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
28-Jan-18
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
28-Jan-18
From: pav
28-Jan-18
North Slope of the Brooks Range.
From: Pete In Fairbanks
28-Jan-18
Glad I left the East Coast and moved there when I was 20 instead of just talking about it. In retrospect, it makes more sense than growing old and posting on SM how much I would "like to live there, but I have obligations...!"
Pete
From: Nick Muche
28-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
28-Jan-18
I thank my lucky stars every day...
From: caribou77
28-Jan-18
Fine...you guys have convinced me I should go. :)
From: Hugh
29-Jan-18
Not necessarily hunting related, but great hiking here too. The Summit of the West Butte as conquered by my 6 year old at the time.
From: OFFHNTN
30-Jan-18
Agreed!!!
From: Southern draw
30-Jan-18
Great waterfowling to after sheep season of course.
From: Beav
30-Jan-18
Think about it almost every day!
From: Beav
30-Jan-18
From: Beav
30-Jan-18
From: Shiras
30-Jan-18
Yup, Danny...Went there 6 years ago for my once in a lifetime moose hunt. Booked for my 4th one in 2019. It gets in you.
From: 76aggie
30-Jan-18
I absolutely love that State. I have told my wife we ought to retire there. A week into winter I would probably be crying to come back home. Guess the ducks and geese are pretty smart after all.
From: Panhandle Bob
30-Jan-18
From: Steve H.
30-Jan-18
Goat hunting in the cliffs by braille, awesome.
From: Steve H.
30-Jan-18
More braille goat hunting.
From: TrapperKayak
31-Jan-18
Been to AK four times, going again August. Fishing mainly, but hunted caribou for 10 days in Lake Clark area. Truly a wilderness experience. I too moved from the east coast at 22, but only made it as far as Montana (for 10 yrs), then to WA/OR (for 20 yrs). AK should have been my next stop.. but wife would not like it. I can always visit. Moose and sheep is on the agenda. I'd move there if single.
From: Stekewood
31-Jan-18
I’m a five timer to Alaska including a summer fishing job on Kodiak when I was in my late teens. If I hadn’t been so close with my girlfriend (now wife) I don’t think I ever would have left. Been back ro Kodiak for Blacktails, sheep in the Kenai’s, moose on the Koyukuk and bou on the Selawik. By FAR my favorite destination.
From: South Farm
31-Jan-18
You guys keep posting these awesome pics and I'm liable to take out a loan on my 401k! lol!
Seriously, keep 'em coming!
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
From: Stekewood
31-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
I took this photo my first spring in Alaska and dreamed about bow hunting wild bison.
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
From: Nick Muche
31-Jan-18
One of the happiest days we've had, our first day in Alaska. We've been able to do and see so much since then.
From: PMcGee
31-Jan-18
From: Beav
31-Jan-18
From: Beav
31-Jan-18
From: Beav
31-Jan-18
From: bowonly
31-Jan-18
The "Something about Alaska" is the brown bear on the far hillside. It's about 2 o'clock above my left ear. You probably can't see it, but I see it in my minds eye every time I think about this trip. Bow hunting with these guys around is "Alaska" to me.
From: bowonly
31-Jan-18
Denali from a cub. Pretty Alaskan.....
