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09-16-2009, 07:30 PM

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AK NIMROD

Typical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: SOLDOTNA, ALASKA

Posts: 832

AFTER RETURNING FROM MY ANNUAL HAUL ROAD CARIBOU HUNT, EARLY BECAUSE MY SON AND FRIEND WERE INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. I GOT AN INVITE TO ACCOMPANY MY SON , BETH (HIS GIRL FRIEND) AND GOOD FRIEND, MIKE ON A CARIBOU HILLS HORSEBACK MOOSE HUNT. I HAD 2-1/2 HRS TO PACK .
MY SON LEFT EARLY WITH THE PINZGAUER ( DRIVES SLOWER) AND I RODE WITH BETH TO THE TRAILHEAD AND MIKE HAD TAKEN THE FOUR HORSES ( NORWEIGN FIORDS) IN THE DAY BEFORE.

PINZGAUER WITH MOOSE RACKS FROM 2008 2 WITH BOW AND 2 WITH RIFLE
BETH & I WERE TO PICK UP THE 4TH SADDLE ALONG THE WAY. BUT MIKES BROTHER HAD ALREADY GOTTEN IT AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ABOUT ONE HOUR ON THE TRAIL AND WE WERE AT THERE CABIN (NEW SINCE THE FIRE). MIKE USED A PACK SADDLE WITH BLANKET ALSO HAD TO MAKE A BRIDLE.
CARRYING A COMPOUND BOW ON A HORSE THROUGH BRUSH IS A REAL CHALLENGE. MY BOW WOULD NOT FIT INTO THE COMMERICALLY MADE SCABBARD. I HAVE A PRIMOS BOW SLING AND IT WORKED PRETTY GOOD BUT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT DAMAGING THE ARROW REST OR SIGHT.

PAT ON BOONE , A NORWIEGEN FIORD
I WAS BOWHUNTING AND BETH WAS USING A RIFLE , ROB AND MIKE WERE JUSRT CATERING TO US AND WILL BOWHUNT AFTER WE HEAD HOME.
FIRST MORNING SAW A BULL COUPLE MILES FROM CAMP . A “TWEENER” 32 INCHER ( NOT LEGAL TO SHOOT HAS TO HAS A SPIKE OR FORK ON ONE SIDE OR 50 " ANTLER SPREAD OR 3 BROW TINES ON ONE SIDE) . WAS WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EVEN WITH SOME RAIN AND HAIL ONE DAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY BULL WE SAW IN 5 DAYS. SAW A NICE CHOCOLATE BROWN, BROWN BEAR. TWICE 2-3 DAYS APART IN SAME AREA ABOVE TREELINE. GUESSED HIM AT 8-1/2 FOOTER.@ A MILE OR MORE AWAY
I AM NOT A HORSEMAN AND ALWAYS AMAZED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO. LAST NIGHT WE CALLED OUT 4 COWS AND HAD 1-2 BULLS AND COW IN BRUSH. GOT DARK WE WERE 2-1/2 TO 3 MILES FROM CAMP. THESE GREAT STEEDS TRIP/ STUMPLE LESS IN THE DARK AND FOLLOW THE TRAIL WE TOOK COMING IN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. TUSSUCKS, DEADFALL TREES AND BRUSH WITHOUT AN ISSUE, IT IS STILL UN-NERVING WHEN YOU CAN NOT SEE YOU ARE RUSHING THROUGH THE TREES. LIMBS ARE AN ISSUE BUT WE TRY TO SNAP THOSE OFF AS WE RIDE IN. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET THE BEST HORSE ,BOONE, BUT ALL WERE VERY GOOD. BUCKY LIVES UP TO HIS NAME OCCASIONALLY.

MT. REDOUBT-ROB AND BETH ON BUCKY AND BJORN
MY SON AND MIKE WILL BE UP,THERE FOR ANOTHER 5 DAYS.

FROSTY SUN RISE ON LAST MORNING WE HUNTED
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