Hey guys, finally got out again tonight with the bow. Had an excellent set up on eight big bulls, 2 giants, but another hunter walked right in the wide open between me and the bulls and spooked them. I was paying attention to the bulls, who were 150 yards out and walking right to me, and they all looked in his direction at the same time and bolted seconds later. I looked over, and here he is standing straight up, 200 yards from the caribou glassing them. Dang, guess I' ll have to give it another go tomorrow night.

Brian, good to hear from you again! It doesn' t look like I' ll have time this year to go whitetail hunting, but I might take you up on that next year. Thanks for the offer. I wish I could help you with those units, but I really don' t know if the caribou are going to be in those areas in August and Sept. or not. I pretty much stick to 26 for caribou, and for the most part it is bow only. I' d love to go up the Yukon and get into the porcupine herd though, is that what you guys were thinking? You could try fish and game as they could help you figure out where the bulls will be at around that time.

I' m pretty much over the hunters ed course. Just still blown away at how bad it was. It was real entertaining when the instructor explained to us how he shot himself with a 22 pistol while rabbit hunting.

Phish, I think SEAK killed all the geese up here, didn' t see a one tonight. Of course all the ponds, lakes and most of the river is frozen up already, so that might have something to do with it. I' ve got goose feathers all over the place though, guess he wasn' t lying to us! He said that next time he comes up north, he goes straight to Juneau after he leaves here, so he can bring some of this bou meat I have in the freezer down to you guys. Hopefully I' ll have some more by the time he gets back up at the end of the month.

I was glad to see I walked nearly 3 miles tonight and didn' t even start to feel tired. Hope I can do the same at 10,000+ feet elevation next month!