Hey All,
It looked like things were kind of slow on this thread lately and so I thought I'd add a little spice to the winter humdrums. I had pulled a permit to hunt for moose on Ft. Rich this year and I went out last weekend to give an attempt at taking my first big game animal by bow. Hunted the afternoon on Friday and then all day Saturday and had about three stalks but nothing to show for it except frustration. For some reason those moose were very skittish. Could be the hunting pressure or even the local wolves as signs of them were everywhere. One stalk was blown by a diesel pickup that drove by just as I was closing in at about ten yards on a cow. Needless to say, that ended that. Anyway, Sunday I took off into the woods paralleling a ridge that overlooked a flat covered with willows. Just about the time I was getting tired of bucking waist deep snow, I saw a nice cow feeding below. I followed her for about two and a half hours at 0 degrees and was rewarded for it when she came up the rise at about noon, probably to bed down. Anyway I crawled within range and placed an arrow completely through her from about 35 yards. The shot took out both lungs and I have to say that I was quite impressed with the blood trail left to follow. Not much trouble tracking it for the 150 yards to where she went down, deader than a doornail. What a feeling!

Arcticbowman, you may remember me as Aleutian Archer. I wrote back and forth with you last year. I was living in Dutch Harbor at the time but have since moved to Soldotna where I intend to take advantage of more bow hunting opportunities. AK Nimrod, I wouldn't mind connecting with you here in Soldotna sometime to learn about local clubs, shoots or other hunting opportunities that exist. Anyway, my best to all, hope you looking forward to many hunts planned in this New Year.