Husky yeah, I work on the slope sometimes. The timber industry hasn't been stable since I was a kid, so I take calls from the union hall to run equipment when times are slow

Do you like the job?

No. I was born to cut timber, but for political reasons Sealaska quit logging our land in 2020...not gonna delve into that. Let's just say the Tongass roadless rule isn't helping us any

I can believe that.
What would you rather do?

I spend as much time cutting as I can. I used to tramp around going where the work was, so I'd spend 7-8 months in SE every year at home, then go cut in WA, OR, ID, MT, or CA for a few months until I heard rumors of a good timber sale around home again. Nowadays I'm less inclined to leave AK for many reasons (the L48 has never impressed me, but it's only gone downhill. And I'm married now, so working out of state doesn't appeal to me or the wife). Working on the slope isn't terrible, it's just a lot of hours and a lot of dumb rules. The union does provide some good benefits though, my pension is very healthy

introduce them to the hordes of mosquitos!

Yea, the mosquitos are horrible up here!

very well said sharon, very well indeed, same here

Bad here in Maine as well.

You wouldn't stay long. Your Lone Star beer probably freezes at 40 degrees.

He will probably just rip it open with his teeth and eat the frozen beer

Some kind hearted Alaskan will most likely take you in after finding you half frozen in the windrow wearing a jean jacket half shredded by the local pack of stray dogs. Moving North and not being successful at it will forever be known as 'Pulling a Savell"

Kind of a cold thought having Ol’ Wilbur with the upper half of a Canadian Tux. Thank you for my first laugh of today.

Around here it is known as " Pulling a Steele".



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I've seen a lot of people move north and not be successful at it. Some of the best deals I've gotten on saws and guns were guys tramping out of camp and trying to buy a plane ticket back to wherever they came from

There are alot of guys who think they can make it here, but when they actually get here, the realize what living here really means!

The last few days have been spent adding traps to my own 10 mile trapline. Got a few more traps out yesterday and I hope to have a few more done today. The weather has warmed up to 20* today, so a very nice day to set some traps! It started to sprinkle some snow, so i hope it dosent get too deep.

Good luck

Just caught another marten!

Nice marten