Well I am glad he still remembers that..lol if you ever get a chance to go in the winter its a trappers paradise wolves wolverine and marten better than what I have here anyway.

And we were going in with in a 172 and that was scary I cant imagine going in with a caravan! Dave had a 180 so he was ok..perhaps they upgraded that strip since I have been there last.

Grant Funk was living there then and he shot a wolf right outside the house.

Yep, the deer got whacked pretty hard, especially on this end of the island, I did see a nice forky on the way in Wednesday, and quite a few tracks near where I shot the goat. It will take a couple of mild winters for them to bounce back good. I'm deer hunting next week and into the first week of muzzleloader season. Should be able to find something.

And yes Jeff... the bears are a pain sometimes, but it adds a little element of adventure...lol!

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Yep, the deer got whacked pretty hard, especially on this end of the island,
[/quote] Parts of the south end were bad too. My son counted 16 carcasses in a small area back in June.
APP, Many years ago I got to do a late goat hunt at Crown Mt. Unsuccessful. Typical tho- went from clear to white out on top in minutes, then got dark,etc.

PawPincher:
Impressive goat hunt.

I found dozens of carcasses when I started hitting the trails in April. They were laying all over the beaches too. One of my friends has a cabin over at Eagle Harbor. His neighbor had three dead deer under his cabin, crawled in trying to get warm.
It's been a tough weather year for goat hunting (and deer too). A lot of folks came in to town to hunt and never got out of the hotel. I would have preferred to go a little earlier myself. That would have given me the opportunity for a couple of trips into different areas. Worked out ok though. I'm a little sore today, but should be good to go for deer in a few days. I worked off 20 pounds prepping for the hunt so I need to keep at it to keep it off.

Awesome akpp. Goat hunting is no joke and with the snow, it just adds to the excitement. So what is worse, the snow or that snot covered green?

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Good question! The worst is the snow covered snot... lol! Footing was pretty good for the most part. The ground was frozen just enough to give good purchase under the snow. I tried some side hilling and that was treacherous. Never lost control but had a few interesting slips and slides. After that I tried to stick to game trails and safer routes. I'm not ready to make my wife a rich widow just yet... although she already has plans for the insurance money!

...besides thats not somthing what you want written on your tomb stone." he died looking for a Goat" R.I.P. A.K.P.P....lol

Nice! I have 9, yes 9!!! goat hunts under my belt without a goat. Mostly weather-related, with a few injuries thrown in. A successful goat hunt has to rank right up there with one of the most difficult achievements in the hunting world. Congratulations.

Nice job. You aren't old enough to give up goats and start chasing sheep.

If there was snow when we went, Alaskan would have certainly been killed by a frozen banana peel.

A friend shot a unicorn goat over in old harbor. Saturday

The bear berry plants on the side hills were the worst Their slick little leaves and frozen berries, coupled with the fresh snow on top would have made the sheep hunters curl up in a fecal position. This is the best weather we have had all fall. Not sure how long it will last but I'll take it. I'll bet a lot of goats (and some deer) were taken this week. Had goat burgers for lunch. Really good!

AV, That's a tough lot there! I've been pretty lucky here, but I can sure understand how things can work against you. There is a registration area here that has a ton of goats and high success. The bio's want the herd thinned bad. Let me know if you are interested and I can put you in touch with the bio who does the aerial surveys and has the scoop. He's an avid archery goat hunter as well and likes to help when he can.

Fecal position? Now that right there is funny!

That must be when after you slip, you end up sliding far enough that when you finally stop, you find out you have browned your skivvies?!!!

Yep, you essentially $@!# a brick right there... lol!

Yes!! Our river froze up and stopped last night!!

we've had ice on part of the sound for a week now. last friday we went hunting spotted seals and got 14 total. i have the skins soaking in a hole i made the other night out on the ice. had my fourwheeler out on it last night on it reopening the hole and dunking the skins to try to get the blood out. they are looking good so far. we might have a couple more days to hunt here and then everything gets sent off to the tannery. i'm trying alpha this year after trying sitka tribal last fall big mistake.

Nolluk the guys here reported good results with Moyle on their spotted seal skins I think it depended how much oil was left on the skins or batch that they were in with.

I dug my spuds the other day..had a layer of frozen ground to get through but there they were.. I call them tator tots

Jeff, those end up making some of the best tasting spuds there are!

Yes they do tend to be nice and tender when they are small like that... they will go good with some moose and gravy over top of them.

And will be the freshest vegies I will have all year other than the wild spinach I picked this spring.

This was shot last night in Monashka (just outside of town) on Otmeloi Dr. raiding a chicken coop...


Photo by Kathy Johnson

My buddy had one on his front porch last night about the same size. Season starts on Thursday.