Sheep.

Feed the horses first thing then haul wood and run traps for the rest of the day every day. Free gas and grub. Great opportunity for somebody. Use the horses for wolf bait. Save two for your escape with all the wolf hides.

Pete that was kind of my point just because a guy can catch something in condition they are accustomed too.
For example most guys trap coyotes down here a bit early imo , nice weather a joy to be out in50 to 60degrees for highs and catch coyotes but the same guy add snow to the equation.
It's on to snares pretty fast.
We can not use snare in Mt. For wolves so it's been a learning curve for most guys that trapped coyotes if they had always switch over to snares.
I like foot holds to me the switch over to snares is harder .

Well, that's all well and good, however, we on this forum get constantly plugged for advice on moving here, living off grid, the whole Alaska Dream.
For the life of me, I can't imagine a safer, more practical way of putting ones toe in the water, (or ice).

I arrived in Kodiak in '82 with $6.20 in my pocket, and a dog by my side. I'm still here. Juneau, now, but did what it took.
Bottom line, I really wanted it.

I'm thinking Pete might want to start charging Dreamers a consultation fee.

And rent out used canoes.....!

Pete

I prefer "active planner" over "dreamer". Ever here the phrase "A goal without a plan is nothing more than a dream"? Well, I'm a planner with goals. I repeat that to myself each and every day. Mostly because I know that I have some pretty ambitious goals (not dreams).

Either way, I'm sure you guys all get tired of the same old questions. I will try to find answers to questions on my own first. No better way to learn than to just figure it out.

Oh, and I already have canoe Pete...No need for a summer camp rental here. I haven't forgotten about the pics of that spruce burl either. Just trying to figure out how to get it to you.

I’m lower 48 and was thinking the same. I doubt I could trap a wolf with any efficiency but I can cut and process firewood with the best of them!

From what I can tell the timber is pretty sparse in that country.

I'm not sure where this lodge is in relation to the airport. Timber is sparse near the Horsfeld airport, but there is pretty good timber in the creek bottom half a mile or so East of the airport. Ray McNutt (guided out of Chisana ) used to winter his horses over at Horsfeld. Some winters they could get by without extra feed, and sometimes he had to fly feed in for them. It looked like pretty good trapping country, but I don't know anything about the current furbearer populations there. It's been a long time since I was over in that area, and then only in the summer time. Horsfeld is 25 or 30 miles East of Chisana.

Spek, Do you know if they access it overland from the Canadian side ?

Yes. Both horses and snogos come in from Beaver Creek, Y.T.

Pete

I don't know if they do or not, but anytime Ray would buy horses in Canada he would trail them in to Horsfeld from Beaver Creek, Canada. He said it was the easiest way to get them in to Chisana. There is a good horse trail between Chisana and Horsfeld. Not sure how it would be now dealing with the border stuff. Maybe have to have a birth certificate or pass port for each horse, haha. I'm sure all the health test, vet certificates and such has only gotten worse in the last 20 years.

Morning Pete. You had it answered before I even got my first cup of coffee down.

Is that the country Terry Overley used to operate in?

Yes it is AV, his outfit was at one end of the Chisana airport and Ray was at the other end.

If those are those Christmas tree spruce like these? Have fun!

Was just in there for a family trip(Chisana) great time working on the cabin and relatives cabins.

There's some thick timber in places down in the creek bottoms. Some nice cabin logs there too. Everybody seems to be looking for the worst possible scenario though, so carry on! lol.