Back from Oregon and heading to the airport in two hours to go back to Alaska. I'll be chasing moose for a few days then back to work until late October. I shot a fork horn mule deer on the last day of my Oregon hunt, and got on elk everyday. It was just a matter of time before it all came together, but that's the downside of a 5 day hunt. We got on some monster bulls, and I passed up a cow on the second day being a little greedy.

Dalli, good to hear from you. Keep us posted on how your hunts are going.

Nimrod, congrats on your sheep. Sounds like you are becoming the regular rescuer on the Ivishak, you should start charging! It looked crowded up there around the end of August, so we didn't bother motoring up. I got your note, and Tom and I searched around but couldn't find you or your truck. We were down the road when you left the note on my desk. Sorry we missed you. We had a grizzly break into the lab last week, he tore up the garage pretty bad. He managed to unlock and lift the garage door! Big old boy too as far as my alternate mentioned. He was collared, and spent the night in the garage. MCC and North Slope Security couldn't get him to leave. My alternate also saw a good sized boar down the road about 15-20 miles from town lumbering around on the bank of the Sag.

Time to leave 100 degrees.