The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4

Posted By: white17

The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/17/09 04:54 AM

Go for it.

Posted By: newhouse114

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/17/09 05:24 AM

OK Alaskan, it was your fault this time!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/17/09 07:04 AM

Well, and we're off!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/19/09 03:26 AM

But we sure aren't running!!! lol

How's everyone's summer so far? Decent weather?

Posted By: allyn71

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/19/09 04:45 AM

So what was the reason for the demise of #3? Size or content. I like the rambling nature of these threads.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/19/09 04:47 AM

size....it matters

Posted By: allyn71

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/19/09 05:07 AM

Thats what she said.

Posted By: TrappinAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/19/09 11:20 PM

Having a good summer here in Fairbanks. Was real fortunate to get in on a '93 honda fourtrax w/ just 1,000 for a $1,000. I've always heard of folks getting deals, guess it was my turn. Now if I just wasn't working 6/10's maybe I'd get to use it! We've had amazing weather. If it's not raining Sunday I think we'll go wet a line on the Chena for father's day. Hope to hook a few nice grayling! Just a couple of weeks and we'll be landing halibut in Valdez, wife wants to catch some yellow eye (it's been her passion the last couple of years).

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/20/09 03:07 PM

How much do those wooderwood and wondercoal stoves go for up there ? I bought mine 11 years ago and never used it , never hooked it up. Now, I am trying to sell it and don't know what I will get for it.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/20/09 07:24 PM

I haven't heard of them CB, but that does not mean they are not here! I googled and there are a lot of articles about them.

Why not check ebay and see if anyone is trying to sell one there?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/20/09 08:15 PM

Thanks !!

I already got 32 bids so far on mine. Hoping to get at least 200 or 300 for it.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/20/09 09:27 PM

Has anyone heard from Wayne & Scarlett lately? I heard a rumor (and we know what those are like) that Eagle wasn't getting anymore help from FEMA? (Not that it surprises me) But if that's the case I'd like to try and send some sort of help that way to the community.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/20/09 09:34 PM

I just got back from fishing in Mexico, it is sure nice to get back to Alaska weather.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 01:12 AM

You guys have been hiding this from me !!!

Anchorage TOPS the list of best places to start over !!!!

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/06/0611_cities_to_start_over/2.htm

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 01:20 AM

That's true if you're a gang banger.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 01:30 AM

What's a couple thousand gang members in a city of over 200,000 ? LOL

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 02:01 AM

They're mobile.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:10 AM

Hey CB, I just got back from ANC and I thought I spotted your house on Muldoon. I wish I would have brought my camera because I could have given you a better perspective.

Have you seen Joe Dirt? If so, it looked a little like Joe's parents place.

On another note, I accidently cut off a middle aged lady somewhere near the Hilton. She promptly gave me the finger and honked her horn. I rolled down the window and yelled, "Sorry! I'm from Bethel!"

I hate Anchorage.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 01:44 PM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Hey CB, I just got back from ANC and I thought I spotted your house on Muldoon. I wish I would have brought my camera because I could have given you a better perspective.

Have you seen Joe Dirt? If so, it looked a little like Joe's parents place.

On another note, I accidently cut off a middle aged lady somewhere near the Hilton. She promptly gave me the finger and honked her horn. I rolled down the window and yelled, "Sorry! I'm from Bethel!"

I hate Anchorage.

I googled that Muldoon rd. 4 lane rd , moderate amount of traffic , some businesses and mix of houses. not a bad area. A bit more crowded than I would like, though.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 07:17 PM

Yeah, it's not a bad area. I'd move there in a heart beat.

Posted By: ret25yo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:24 PM

BB .. where did you go fishing? we are leaving for cabo in 3 weeks I'd like to get some fishing in.. anywhere around cabo?

we just moved to tolsona lake so busy here..
finally got 3 blackies between my wife and I ..

uhh and thats it here..

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:40 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

A bit more crowded than I would like, though.

This coming from a man who resides in NY.......

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:41 PM

I was at the East Cape, about 60 miles north of Cabo. I keep a small boat and pickup there. Bring lots of sun screen.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:43 PM

Originally Posted By: Alaskan

Originally Posted By: canvasback

A bit more crowded than I would like, though.

This coming from a man who resides in NY.......

I live in a Town of 3,500 people. Don't have 4 lane roads here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:45 PM

Alaskan:

How much is bagged Coal in Nome ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/21/09 08:56 PM

HA !

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 05:04 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Alaskan:

How much is bagged Coal in Nome ?

You'll have to ask Santa.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 06:11 AM

Last I knew, Alaskan was getting small bags of coal for free from Santa....

-TJ

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 06:39 AM

Yup...I don't understand why people complain about the cost of heating...Santa brings me the good every year and all I have to do is be my joyous self....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 01:17 PM

I take it that there is a COAL MINE near Nome and you probably work there or know somebody who works there. Hense, you get it for free or at a DEEP DISCOUNT!!

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 03:54 PM

Guess again.....

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 06:47 PM

"makin a list....checkin' it twice....trying to find out who's..........."

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 09:45 PM

A little shake , rattle and roll in the Great White North today !!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/22/national/main5104236.shtml?tag=stack

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 11:23 PM

notice nothing broke???
if it was california, there would be wrecked buildings and riots in the streets, looting, gangs, civil unrest....the earthquake causes 1,000$ in damage, the foul human vermine cause the other 20 million

I just had to hang on to my monitor...... seems the higher up in the building you are the more it wiggles...
I was starting to think about moving towards and exit..

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 11:35 PM

The building shook pretty good here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/22/09 11:58 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

The building shook pretty good here.

Did not feel anything here. Must be we build it stronger here than over there !!

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 12:51 AM

[/quote]

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Hey CB, I just got back from ANC and I thought I spotted your house on Muldoon. I wish I would have brought my camera because I could have given you a better perspective.

Have you seen Joe Dirt? If so, it looked a little like Joe's parents place.

On another note, I accidently cut off a middle aged lady somewhere near the Hilton. She promptly gave me the finger and honked her horn. I rolled down the window and yelled, "Sorry! I'm from Bethel!"

I hate Anchorage.

I googled that Muldoon rd. 4 lane rd , moderate amount of traffic , some businesses and mix of houses. not a bad area. A bit more crowded than I would like, though.

I took a picture of the place for you CB

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 01:00 AM

That building owner should be fined for letting such a fine property get so dilapidated!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 01:01 AM

Building has a bit of a tilt to it !!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 01:56 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

The building shook pretty good here.

Did not feel anything here. Must be we build it stronger here than over there !!

You just wait til that major fault along the Adirondacks opens up!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 02:30 AM

Blue Mountain lake already had it's little hiccup

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 09:19 AM

Originally Posted By: martenpine

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Hey CB, I just got back from ANC and I thought I spotted your house on Muldoon. I wish I would have brought my camera because I could have given you a better perspective.

Have you seen Joe Dirt? If so, it looked a little like Joe's parents place.

On another note, I accidently cut off a middle aged lady somewhere near the Hilton. She promptly gave me the finger and honked her horn. I rolled down the window and yelled, "Sorry! I'm from Bethel!"

I hate Anchorage.

I googled that Muldoon rd. 4 lane rd , moderate amount of traffic , some businesses and mix of houses. not a bad area. A bit more crowded than I would like, though.

I took a picture of the place for you CB

[/quote]
That building is the old Village store here in Mountain Village.....Kusko..thats where Tom H used to live,and I did also at one time..I bet it could be had cheap

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 10:21 AM

That may be nice, but I have a feeling it may end up a little more like this

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/23/09 02:48 PM

That looks cold !!

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/25/09 04:03 AM

I thought you would notice that jeff

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/25/09 04:20 AM

LOL..MP..hard to miss that eye sore...but in fact that building was the store for Sheperd trading company that had a cannery and bought fish in the summer,and fur in the winter,my friends went to that building and bought a sack of candy with a muskrat skin,there dad gave them when they asked for money to go to the store....

..they even had there own money as in tokens,good for $ trade at his store LOL..he did speak fluent Yupik and took care of the people,they all had new outboards and later four wheelers and snowmachiens,and unlimited credit in the winter as long as they fish for him in the summer...times were good then.
it was bought out by the local corporation and still bought fur up into the 80s...I used to sell fox there for a $56 average,right before the bottom fell out
but the building is condemed and going to fall...on the other side in spray paint it reads.."any day now". LOL
the junk trucks are waiting for a ride on the Barge,out of the village,to be recycled..

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/25/09 06:37 AM

I was in MTV in Late may, I had some time to kill in St Marys so we went and checked it out. I didn't know all the historic features of the building but I did get a kick out of spray paint job so i took a pic. Thanks for the history.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/25/09 06:42 AM

I remember that building about 15 years ago. Was even in side it. Wow, it doesn't look any better.

-TJ

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/25/09 03:28 PM

Well next time, you guys come...look me up..I will give you a tour of the building...dont forget your hard hat

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/26/09 01:19 PM

Rise and Shine: It's Breakfast time!!!!

Or, in Alaska's case, 4:19 AM

AND FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE !!!!!

(CRANK THE SOUND UP !!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGnZxcS7VKA&feature=related

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 03:32 PM

you all still sleeping ????

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 03:51 PM

yeah

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 04:49 PM

Well , who would have guessed that Wild Turkeys would be in Alaska !!!

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/773141.html

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 04:57 PM

I'll bet they don't last long.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 05:13 PM

WOW I hope they survive. That's right near my daughter's house. I can take the grand daughters turkey hunting in their back yard!

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 09:37 PM

Yah, and I'd like to see some video of you using that wing bone call that you handed down to old George and got back in his will.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/28/09 11:24 PM

That wasn't a wing bone. It was fossilized protoplasm that I found on the shore line of Lake Agassiz while fishing.

Posted By: newhouse114

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/29/09 02:43 AM

I always thought that Alaskan "wild turkey" came in a bottle.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/29/09 03:21 AM

Would those old Blake & Lamb # 2 1/2 Single Long Spring traps be of much use to trappers in Alaska ? It's a #3 with one longspring.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/29/09 05:50 AM

I used them on Lynx,but not the best trap..will get alot of toe catches,and the jaws pop easy
here are a few Grayling and a Dolly I caught today.

Posted By: Bucktales

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 06/29/09 01:31 PM

When I got to go to Alaska a few years ago, the main fish I wanted to catch was a Grayling. Tasty buggers on the grill. Nice catch Jeff.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/01/09 12:48 AM

Jeff, did you catch them in the yukon?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/01/09 07:20 AM

Yes...BT..they are tasty buggers...I like em on the fire as well,still wiggling

and no MP..the Yukon is too muddy you have to get on the smaller rivers,to get them to bite.
this dolly was 20 inches,and getting aged as we speak

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/01/09 08:14 AM

Tasty critters Jeff. Those Dollies are spectacular on the fire with a little butter, salt and pepper.

Are your tributaries as low as ours. Wow, we took a ride today and I've never seen them that low.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/01/09 02:33 PM

Yes they are Kusko....this particular one is getting aged for frozen fish...(the best)
and our tributarys,are the highest I have ever seen still...we have flooded willow,looks just like after breakup...the first time I ever saw this so late...there is still snow melting in the hills,causing it.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/01/09 11:00 PM

those are some nice grayling....

I have seen flocks of turkeys in 2 different spots down on the peninsula. Almost got 4 with a motor home one day....

there are also some around eagle river and when i try to hunt them in the spring they seem to know they are safe in residential yards....

one day I will catch them suckers where they shouldn't be..

also seen pheasants along the highway kasilof, deep creek way.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/03/09 12:49 AM

white17:

In that Alaska Commercial Store in Mcgrath, do they sell woodworking magazines ?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/03/09 02:17 AM

Hi CB,

White is not accessible right now. But I can answer that, no, the AC does not sell woodworking magazines.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/03/09 03:08 PM

GOOD MORNING FELLOW ALASKANS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: trapper ron

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/03/09 03:35 PM

canvasback, by your post I take it that you finally made the move ? Congratz, look forward to reading your posts of your Alaskan adventures, trapping and other life experiences up there.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 03:01 AM

Where did everyone go ?? Oh, wait, you are all getting the welcome to Alaska , Canvasback Committiee going in High Gear !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 03:04 AM

Alaska's gonna be a rockin when Canvasback comes a Knockin !!!!

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 04:53 PM

4th of July weekend CB! Everybody is out in the great wilderness with the bugs!

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 06:37 PM

Might as well not move up here now CB....Your favorite Governor Sarah just quit!!! I'm not sure if Alaska can survive without her!!! On another topic though, it was quite clear today and I could see Russia from my house.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 07:49 PM

Alaska will need my help now, for sure !!!!!!

(If you all don't mind, I will tellicommute to work in Alaska from the Sunny WARM beaches of FLORIDA!!!

)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/04/09 07:53 PM

Originally Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Might as well not move up here now CB....Your favorite Governor Sarah just quit!!! I'm not sure if Alaska can survive without her!!! On another topic though, it was quite clear today and I could see Russia from my house.

And I could see Canada from my house !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/05/09 03:24 PM

GOOD MORNING, ALASKANS !!!!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/05/09 03:26 PM

Where is Banker Jimmy ?????

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/05/09 06:04 PM

Around. It is too sunny to spend much time on the computer.

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/05/09 10:35 PM

So, Anchorage has a few gangs......

Article in the local newspaper that Buffalo has 6,100 gang members!

Take that, Alaska !!

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/06/09 08:47 PM

Hey Ken, you send Barb out to get that griz running around McG yet?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/07/09 03:31 AM

.....'too scared of the skeeters to go outside!

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/07/09 07:32 AM

You got that right, bugs are terrible here also.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/07/09 02:12 PM

Bearbait,

Your replacement at the lodge wandered off.....

Caretaker Disapears

-TJ

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/07/09 03:36 PM

Originally Posted By: takotna

Hey Ken, you send Barb out to get that griz running around McG yet?

I just got home late last night and found out about it. Yeah I'm keeping a paper bag handy.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/11/09 07:49 PM

Still have that Griz roaming around town ?

Poor little guy, he's so misunderstood...he's just looking for a picnic basket!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/11/09 08:16 PM

I have my doubts that there ever was one.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/11/09 10:09 PM

By George, I spotted the elusive McGrath Grizzly Bear !!!!

http://www.solarnavigator.net/animal_kingdom/animal_images/Brown_bear_rearing.jpg

Dang , what are you guys feeding those fellers ???

LOL

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/11/09 10:14 PM

New Yorkers.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/11/09 10:30 PM

YES !!

Had 6 Black Bear sightings in the area in the last 2 months. Latest one was today .

Just a little one, 200 pound or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71c1BvNQJM&feature=related

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/12/09 01:03 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

New Yorkers.

HEY don't lump us all together!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/12/09 02:19 AM

See that white17, now you got the New York Alaskans upset !!

I bet there are plenty of "Alaskans" that are from the Lower 48 . Why,..... that means they are not true born in Alaska, Alaskans, but Lower 48 Alaskans !!

We Lower 48 Alaskans are a scrappy bunch!!!!

LOL

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/12/09 03:12 AM

I have actually been away from New York since 1981 when I joined the Army and came to Alaska. That is when I decided i would someday come back here. 18 years later I did make it back, being an Alaskan is not always a native born thing, sometimes it just comes from the heart.

I've been here for 9 years now and have only left once to visit my parents. I may visit outside again, but I am here to stay and die.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/12/09 03:39 AM

wofwoman: I was checking out that website of yours again and I was wondering how many pelts does it take to make either a hat or a pair of those mittens ?

Thanks,

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 12:45 AM

How many pelts of WHAT?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 02:20 AM

Red Fox

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 02:54 AM

For a hat, medium to large red fox normally takes one. If there are lots of holes or rubs, I'd need two. Mittens take two good ones.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 06:45 AM

Dog Days Of Summer

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 06:59 AM

Yeah, the pups have a rough life in the summer

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/15/09 03:25 PM

oh man, that makes me want a 'dog yard' again. Sweet looking pup ;o)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 01:26 PM

A new idea for that Alaskan Auction>

( Now, white17, don't laugh, !!

)

Seeing as White17 has got the courage to take a Lower 48'er on his trapline for what is it , 10 days or so ?? , How about someone come up with a nice fishing trip in Alaska when the weather is not so, how shall I say this ??? So DANG COLD ???!!!?? LOL

Who is up for it ? There could be 2 separate trips to bid on . One for Salt-water fishing and another fishing trip for Fresh-water. I see a 5 to 7 day fishing trip with lodging and all meals provided... Winner would just have to pay for their round trip air fare and bring their own gear for fresh water , and/ or the salt water trip.

Anyone want to volunteer???????

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 03:32 PM

There could be a few legal complications in that proposal. Fishing and hunting are looked at differently than trapping. It's possible but I don't know if anyone would want to jump through the legal and financial hoops to offer that.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 04:48 PM

I agree with White, if you could find a licensed guide to do it, then it would be ok. But not just anyone that knows where good fishing it.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 04:52 PM

OB here ya go.... LOL

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 05:42 PM

I never seen such blue eyes on a dog!! What breed is it ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 05:56 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

There could be a few legal complications in that proposal. Fishing and hunting are looked at differently than trapping. It's possible but I don't know if anyone would want to jump through the legal and financial hoops to offer that.

I checked out the ADFG website in regards to guiding for fishing. They DO have a lot of regulations for it.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 06:29 PM

She's just an Alaskan Husky

Here' she is a little older....

Posted By: Danial Boone

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 07:37 PM

Canvasback look in the background and you'll see the beer cags. So i'd guess the donuts boxes are close

DB

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 07:40 PM

What's a 'cag' ?

Posted By: Danial Boone

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 07:41 PM

Wolfwoman
great looking pups you must be prode

DB

Posted By: Danial Boone

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 07:43 PM

sorry im not that good at spelling

cag = barrels

Posted By: mitchell

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 07:56 PM

good pic

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/17/09 08:31 PM

OH ok KEG...LOL I just couldn't figger it out

Thanks

The black and white one was a littermate, I only have the white one.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 12:09 AM

I thought that was a dry town ..

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 12:17 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: white17

There could be a few legal complications in that proposal. Fishing and hunting are looked at differently than trapping. It's possible but I don't know if anyone would want to jump through the legal and financial hoops to offer that.

I checked out the ADFG website in regards to guiding for fishing. They DO have a lot of regulations for it.

I have been a licensed fishing guide for about 15 years now in Alaska, I'm not sure about how a auctioned trip would apply. But if the trip involves a boat, the captian at least needs a 6 pack license, insurance probably would also be on the list, I had 1,000,000 imdemity insurance. The auction if it was for a slatwater trip would be a pretty costly one especially if lodging ect.. was involved. I was getting 1200 a day for 4 people/ day without lodging. If some-one can do it that would be great but who-ever it is; will be really spending some serious coin out of there own pocket for the cause.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 12:55 AM

Would the same guide rules apply to stream fishing ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 01:02 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

OB here ya go.... LOL

wolfwoman: where did you get those pups ?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 03:54 AM

They are REALLY cute!

Isis looks like a very alert dog. Does she pull in a harness?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 05:41 AM

She would if I had the time to train her more. With the store and the fur sewing I'm afraid all the dogs get to be spoiled rotten pets

I have a couple others that pull for hauling wood and water and garbage and I'm hoping this winter with us closing down a couple days a week I can get into them more. I've got Norman to help me teach, so that will be a great thing :)(

She's VERY alert and VERY smart. The things I taught her as a pup (6-8 weeks old) she has retained for 2 years without a lot of in-between prompting.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 06:13 AM

The other two littermates...

And all of em together... 10Feb07 was when they were born

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 02:50 PM

Got another idea !!

This one would not require any special permits , licenses, airfare, etc, etc, etc,.....

Up in Fairbanks, there is a place called the Great Alaskan Bowl Company. A nice gift box of items might be something worth bidding on, or a nice wood turned bowl .

What do you all think of it ??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 03:50 PM

That might work but you'd need to see them "hands on" to appreciate them. I have one and they are nice. There are also some made from burls that are really cool but very time consuming to make. They get very expensive very quickly. Some people carve spoons from burls also. Really neat. Sounds like it would be right up your alley.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 05:36 PM

Hubby cleans up some of those burls on occasion, the ones we have are going into the new cabin. They are VERY time consuming. He hasn't done any bowls yet, just cleaned up some larger pieces for decoration.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/18/09 08:39 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Hubby cleans up some of those burls on occasion, the ones we have are going into the new cabin. They are VERY time consuming. He hasn't done any bowls yet, just cleaned up some larger pieces for decoration.

Your Husband is a Woodturner ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/26/09 02:08 AM

Went to a garage sale today. Actually it was an estate sale of two old folks who had lived here since the early 20's. Man you can't believe th old stuff that was available. Anyway, while I was there I found the handles for the mauls I was asking about two days ago. One of them I have been looking for for at least 5 years. or longer. It was like shopping in a museum.

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/26/09 04:00 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

It was like shopping in a museum.

I didn't know that things where older then you. Weren't you the one that invented the wheel????

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/26/09 04:07 AM

I knew I shouldn't have said that !

The wheel came much later. I invented lightening.

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/26/09 04:09 AM

You should know better in this crowd.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/26/09 04:17 AM

For sure!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/28/09 11:55 PM

Well, look at this, they still have that job available in Unalaska for ME !!!!

CITY OF UNALASKA
Planning Director

Salary: $66,000 to $80,000.

You know , I would jump at that job if it were not so...FAR FROM THE MAINLAND OF ALASKA!!!

Hum.... Wonder what would happen if I DID APPLY FOR THAT JOB???

It's been open since 2008, I bet they would jump at the chance to get someone with my tremendous knowledge of Planning !!!

They will need 5 Professional references. Anyone want to vollunteer ?

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 12:03 AM

Take that job and you could show up on Dangerous Catch.....

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 12:16 AM

It looks like such a nice place to work. ( If it weren't for the cold, snow, drunks, and 1,600 mile round trip flight every week to Anchorage to get fresh food !!)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 12:17 AM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

Take that job and you could show up on Dangerous Catch.....

-TJ

For $80,000 a year with full benefits it might be worth it !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 02:44 AM

15th Ave & Cordova St in Anchorage, anyone been down that way recently ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 01:38 PM

You all still sleeping ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 02:28 PM

GOOD MORNING ALASKANS!!

It is currently 63 degrees here in cloudy Talkeetna, AK !! Don't ya love the smell of Alaskan Cedar trees in the morning ?!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 03:15 PM

No cedar in this area or any other area I've ever seen. Maybe waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down in SE AK.

80K won't go far if you're living in Unalaska and traveling to Anchorage very often

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 03:24 PM

From Anchorage it costs less to fly to Europe than to Dutch.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 03:29 PM

There ya go Canvasback; You should look for a job in Stalingrad. They loved planned communities and economies.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 04:10 PM

RUSSIA ????

Talkeetna looks MUCH nicer.!!!

Sort of a mix between Lake Placid , NY and Lake George, NY.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 05:03 PM

You have fun there in hippie town.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:09 PM

Looks alot like Lake Placid / Lake George area

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:15 PM

I think CB should be able to see Russia from Talkeetna.....

Come to think about it, CB can probably see Russia from Placid Lake!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:19 PM

YEAH! There's all those high rise buildings

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:29 PM

In Talkeetna, what's "high" is not the buildings.....

Cannot speak to how it works in Kamchatka.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:29 PM

At least it's on the Road System !!

"Trucking off to Talkeetna......."

That's a catchy tune !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:31 PM

You say that as though it's a good thing.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 08:38 PM

The phrase "moving to Truckin' Talkeetna..." is probably what you actually heard!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 09:59 PM

God knows the cost of living HAS to be cheaper in Talkeetna than in Dutch Harbor !!

OHHHHHHHHH!!

Looks like a Resort Town !! Lots of Tourist attractions !! I could set up my wood shop there and make a ton of money off those Summer Tourists !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:01 PM

You might. It is a tourist trap for sure

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:06 PM

Dutch is actually a neat place in the summer. A small run of sockeye right in town. Gets pretty green and things slow down. But then the other 11 months its brown, white and windy. And yeah, expensive. Can't buy alcohol on sundays except with a meal, so everyone goes to the airport bar for the 50 cent corndog special on sunday.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:30 PM

Well, things DO look better up there in Talkeetna !!

They will sell me land at LESS than Fair Market Value !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:33 PM

Right !

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:35 PM

Everything looks good in Talkeetna through the rose colored glasses and puffing on the stink weed.....

Place is a dirt road dump as far as I was concerned.

-tJ

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/29/09 10:40 PM

Same here. Reminds me of Podunk Junction, West Virginia. The town planners have gone for that early Appalachia motif.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 12:05 AM

They need to update their Comprehensive Plan! I can help them with that!! Put an Eastern style on the City!! LMAO

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 12:09 AM

Oh, I forgot about the river flooding each Spring . There goes the Eastern look.

Now, if someone proposed opening a DONUT SHOP , they would be given the KEY TO THE CITY !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 12:10 AM

CB: We don't want anything Eastern. Come on guy, get your head straight .

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 12:12 AM

Not even a Donut shop where you can buy fresh made Donuts??

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 06:19 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

15th Ave & Cordova St in Anchorage, anyone been down that way recently ?

I live at 15th and Cordova in Anchorage....Outlook Apartments.... What about it?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 06:29 PM

I was reading they have a Farmer's Market around there. What's it like ?

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 06:39 PM

Just a small group of Valley farmers selling potatoes, herbs, carrots, cabbage and whatever else grows up here. I think most everybody at this market are organic. There are several other farmers markets around town. One of the vender's at 15th and Cordova is Arctic Organics. I buy a lot of veggies from them. They usually have potatoes, cabbage and carrots and such all winter long at there farm in Palmer. My favorite is Yellow Fin Potatoes. They grow several different varieties.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 07:29 PM

Does Talkeetna, Alaska have a Town website ??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 08:34 PM

Try these;

http://www.dopersandyuppies.org

or

http://www.talkeetnachamber.org/

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 09:07 PM

LOL White!!!! OMG!

And I have a question for you. Have you heard of wolves killing bears in the winter while sleeping in their den? Either here or elsewhere?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 09:21 PM

Not while in the den. I found one a few years ago though that wolves had killed in the woods. About a 2 year old brown bear.

I would find it an incredible feat to kill one in the den. I don't see how they'd get in and there is usually not much room. I would really doubt it happening.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/30/09 11:47 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Try these;

http://www.dopersandyuppies.org

or

http://www.talkeetnachamber.org/

Thanks!

After doing some more checking out of Florida, it's not for me !! TOO MANY PEOPLE !!

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 12:06 AM

Wolves do kill black bear in their dens here on the Kenai. Never
have saw where they tackled a brownie. A groggy black bear probably isn't much of a challenge for them, and a young brown bear may not be either, but I've never seen where they went after one.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 12:48 AM

No kidding! Is it in the spring or fall usually ? Every black bear den I've ever seen has been too small to even allow a wolf to get in. I remember the first one I ever saw. I could not figure how that bear got in inside.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:03 AM

two year old grizzly in september. ( the one on the ground before anyone asks)

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:14 AM

A lot of black bear den up in the canyons northeast of my place,
usually just hole up under a root wad at the base of an alder or
spruce. Most don't make a very deep hole like the brown bear do. Wolves hunt those canyons off and on all winter. When they kill one they don't leave much but a few little pieces of hide and some hair. I don't know how they go about it, if they rip the throat out and stand back or just drag him out on top and team tag him or just how they do it. It's always too beat down and
cleaned up to read much sign.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:20 AM

That looks pretty fresh, did you scare them off the kill?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:28 AM

There were still using it in the evenings. It was across the river and I could stand on the bank in the evenings and watch them come out to get a drink and then head back in for some more chow.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:39 AM

Thats interesting. Get any guess as to how many in the pack?
Looks like that little fellow should have still been with the sow.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:58 AM

I think it probably was with the sow but she got away.

I would guess 3-5 in the pack, based on voices in the night.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 06:55 AM

That would have been something to watch. It would take some guts and quick feet to mess around with a mad sow like that and STILL have time to kill the cub.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 08:45 AM

Thanks guys

I needed the info to pass on

White, I may be picking your brain more as time goes on

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 01:06 PM

Yeah I would like to have seen the confrontation. Heck even the young bear must have been a handfull.

Brain is pretty well picked over Bonnie. Speck has the supporting info. Hard to believe they can do that.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 04:42 PM

I know when the wolves were thick around here bear meat always worked best as bait.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 04:49 PM

Killing a black bear in the den some how doesn't amaze me as much as taking a cub away from a sow grizzly. A mad sow is like
*ell unleashed.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 05:55 PM

How much does it cost to do a Real Estate closing in AK, Generally speaking ..

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 06:28 PM

Depends on the agreement and time of year on pro-rated property taxes, but usually if you split the closing cost with the seller
it runs around 300 to 400 dollars.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:07 PM

What happened to the Mat-Su website ? Trying to get in contact with the Assessor up there .

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:31 PM

Hey CB, why don't you rent before you commit totally???

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:40 PM

Anyone else get a May sale Top Lot Certifacate in the mail

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:44 PM

I didn't think you got a top lot cat?????

Hey, and BTW,your roast is still in my freezer. One of these days I'll send it up to MTV.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:45 PM

MTV ? Is that Moron Television?

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:53 PM

Mountain Villa......it's in the Alps, don't you remember???? When you were with Easy Company, you found Hilter's Hideout up there....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:56 PM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Hey CB, why don't you rent before you commit totally???

Once the house is sold, I will have to buy something right away. That's why I am doing all the research online first !

Isn't it fun having me pester you all with questions about Alaska ???

After I got done talking to the folks down in Florida, I was completely turned off with moving to Florida!! Awful taxes!!!

There is a suprising amount of property available up in AK. Just have to weed through the bad stuff.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 09:58 PM

You live in NY and you're complaining about taxes in Florida?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 10:03 PM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

I didn't think you got a top lot cat?????

Hey, and BTW,your roast is still in my freezer. One of these days I'll send it up to MTV.

I didnt think I did either...it was only for a $220 cat and I know top was higher than that..perhaps one of the guys in the know could explain that....but it did make me feel all warm and fuzzy

and Thanks Kusko....if I was ever in Bethel I was going to stop in and Bug you for a piece

And White is too old to ever have watched MTV

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 10:06 PM

LOL ! White has good taste and judgement !

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 07/31/09 10:58 PM

yukon, thay now break top lots into more then one cadagory for the same species. it will say on the cert. what it is for.

Posted By: garyalaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 01:44 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

What happened to the Mat-Su website ? Trying to get in contact with the Assessor up there .

they shut the site down cause we have no more land for sale last property sold last week!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 02:31 AM

Originally Posted By: chessielover

yukon, thay now break top lots into more then one cadagory for the same species. it will say on the cert. what it is for.

All it had was the lot number and Alaska Lynx...looks official..LOL

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 06:08 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I didnt think I did either...it was only for a $220 cat ....

Whoa whoa whoa!!!!! I'm pretty sure I had one trickle in at that price too...... COULD THERE BE A CHANCE??????????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 12:33 PM

Originally Posted By: garyalaska

Originally Posted By: canvasback

What happened to the Mat-Su website ? Trying to get in contact with the Assessor up there .

they shut the site down cause we have no more land for sale last property sold last week!

Found the current site. Apparently, I was viewing the old site.

Plenty of land for sale for an Eastern Entrepreneur !!

I can see I am going to fit right in!! Why , some of those areas look just like home !!!

You all can spare a few acres for me.

Right????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 01:01 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

You live in NY and you're complaining about taxes in Florida?

I can see you have never lived in the land of taxes, taxes and more taxes. LOL

Now, truth be told, that Florida retirement thing was NOT MY IDEA !! I was talked into it . Once I checked into it further and talked to the Assessor down there, those cheap foreclosed properties were not so cheap after all!! Give you all an example:

I checked out one property down in Lee County , Florida. A REO property. The bank was asking $58,000. I checked the assessment on that property and it is assessed for $170,000.00. I called the Aseessor down there to see if the Assessment would get reduced since the property is only going for $58,000 . They said NO !! Then, I took another look at the tax bill for that property. Tax for this , tax for that. .. They got more taxes and fees than I do !!

That last thing that threw out the Florida move , was when I looked at a 360 degree street map view of the neighborhood!!! Houses built so close together it is unbelievable !! Almost every backyard seems like it has some sort of canal running through it! I did not mention the 4-LANE ROAD the house is on!! What was that Realtor thinking ???

All I need is a house with 2 bedrooms, good sized front and back yards, not too close to neighbors so they don't complain about my tablesaw running!! :), House on a road that is open all year and PLOWED ! I've lived on dirt roads before, that is no big deal. I can handle a well and septic , although a house connected to Public Sewer would be ideal !!

The more I look at it, the more I understand why people live in Alaska!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 03:33 PM

Better weather> We had about 35 degrees this morning around 0430. Still not up to 40 yet at 0730.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/01/09 06:37 PM

I can handle it. I am a New Yorker !! & I can see Canada from my house !!

Not all of Alaska is -70 degrees

Got to go.. Buried in SUP'S for the rest of the week!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 03:39 AM

Read the article in the news tonight about the King Salmon fisheries in AK having some real hard times. One part of the story made me take notice of how high the prices can get in some of those Interior Villages...

"That means instead of making between $20,000 and $30,000 in the 1970s, fishermen are making just a few thousand dollars now, and that in villages where fuel costs $8 a gallon, milk is $15 a gallon and a T-bone steak costs $25, he said. "

I've known and heard about Gas going for $8.00 a gallon for some time now, but Milk at $15.00 a gallon and a T-Bone steak for $25. That was news to me!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 08:14 AM

Welcome to my Nightmare LOL...although gas just plunged to $5.65 a gl

...good thing we dont burn milk

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 03:01 PM

It's got to be cheaper living down in the Anchorage, Palmer, Talkeetna areas!!!

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 04:06 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

It's got to be cheaper living down in the Anchorage, Palmer, Talkeetna areas!!!

Yes it is but if we lived there we might just as well live in NY

Posted By: UgashikBob

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 05:19 PM

I was a pavement pounder in Alaska and really don't know if its more expensive being a bushrat or not. With all your recreation at your doorstep a lot of money is saved but it is taken by the extremely high cost of shipping things. The fact we have no real estate taxes and there are zero options for spending money other than phone or internet orders is hard to compute. My point is no temptation about driving into town for a night out or a quart of milk.
I'm amazed at the amount of people in the bush that consider themselves bush rats but spend a lot of time and a considerable amount of money traveling back and forth to the big villages. Airfare to the big village is almost $800 now and doesn't include the cost of getting to the nearest village.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 05:35 PM

Canvasback, sounds like you need to do a "boots on the ground" for you can make up your mind.LOL

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 08:16 PM

Originally Posted By: takotna

Canvasback, sounds like you need to do a "boots on the ground" for you can make up your mind.LOL

You mean that I should NOT buy a house in Alaska "SIGHT UNSEEN "??? lol

( Yes, I know I should , make that HAVE to visit the particular areas in order to really get an idea of what they are like !! )

This is part of a letter I got from someone who not too long ago visited Alaska and the Talkeetna areas...

"VERY small tourist town. Its near Mt McKinley . We took a small plane and flew around McKinley , in and around the glaciers etc. Saw some bears and moose. It was a great experience but I would not want to live there. Everything is VERY expensive as it all gets trucked in from a long way off.
BTW you spoil your dog ! Got those pics. "

Posted By: TrappinAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 09:34 PM

I'm sure this is not news to anyone but man are there a lot of blueberries this year! We've really enjoyed filling the pails this year. The blueberry goodies have been rolling out of the kitchen for a couple of weeks now and the freezer is starting to fill up with bags of frozen goodies!

Couple of weeks until the low bush cranberries are ripe but it appears there will be a good supply of them as well.

Hope to put some silvers in the freezer over Labor Day after our annual trip to Valdez. A few dozen grouse and a caribou by Oct. and we'll be in good shape.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 10:32 PM

Definitely a bumper year for berries.

CB: that letter has to be referring to Talkeetna

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/03/09 10:37 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Definitely a bumper year for berries.

CB: that letter has to be referring to Talkeetna

YES !!! They flew on the Talkeetna Air Taxi (Think that is what it was called.) while they were up there .

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/04/09 11:05 PM

Blue berrys are not ready here yet..but lots of these

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 12:44 AM

Looks good!

Posted By: Minker

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:21 AM

are those salmon berrys ?

'heard of them , don't think i've ever seen them .

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:38 AM

Cloud berries.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:39 AM

Minker You can tell by the way they swim.

Went out today and the blue berries look bleek, salmon berries were descent earlier but they are about done for the year.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:46 AM

They are Salmon berrys, here out west....they do look like salmon eggs ..
not hard to fill a 5 gl bucket here this year

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:53 AM

They're cloud berries on the Kenai peninsula. The salmon berry here grows on a big bush. (Google each of the above and look at
wikipedia's definition.) Of course different areas sometimes call
things by different names. Nagoon berries and dew berries is
another good example. A lot of people call the dewberry a nagoon
berry.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 02:57 AM

Any of you all get your mail through the Elmendorf or Ft Richardson Post Office ? They are on the list to close/

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 03:23 AM

Those are military bases. I can't imagine they would close those.

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 03:26 AM

no they are not going to close. If anything they are getting bigger

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 04:46 AM

More on the berries. From "Discovering Wild Plants" by Janice
Schofield. (This is technical stuff.) "Rubus chamaemorus is generally called cloudberry in Southern Alaska and salmonberry in northern areas. Since salmonberry is also a common name for the tall rubus spectabilis, use of the botanical name is necessary to eliminate confusion." (end quote.) Sounds confusing

Since the photo was taken in "northern area" Jeff and Takotna are correct, them cloudberries are salmonberries.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 01:54 PM

How are Blueberries in Alaska , for those that buy them at the farmers markets ??

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 02:50 PM

I will be really surprised to find that there are people that cultivate blueberries in Alaska. There are so many blueberries that grow in the wild, it seems like it would not be a good business.

The people in the very rural villages pick gallons of berries and send them to relatives in the 'big villages' (Anchorage and Fairbanks). Some people in rural villages pick berries to sell to those who don't have the time or the inclination to spend hours picking wild berries.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 03:22 PM

I paid $6.00 for a little pint of Blueberries on Monday. They were GOOD !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 03:25 PM

Blueberry Jam, Blueberyy Yogurt, Buleberries on Ice Cream, Blueberries on Pancakes, Blueberries in my Cereal.....

I LOVE BLUEBERRIES !!!!!

There is a HUGE market for them in NY !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 03:51 PM

That's because there is a HUGE population.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 08:31 PM

That is the point !

You all could be making a TON of MONEY with ALASKAN BLURBERRIES shipped to , say for instance .. NEW YORK !!

Vermont has their Maple Syrup (New York Maple Syrup tastes better !!)

Wisconson has their Cheese

Florida has their fresh Oranges

A State as big as Alaska could supply the whole Lower 48 with all the Blueberries it could ever need. Might be able to EXPORT them to of all places ... CHINA!!!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 08:34 PM

I don't think ya get it CB. We don't don't want to waste our time picking berries or growing berries for a bunch of folks who haven't enough sense to move. Let'em do without. I can pick and eat my own.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 08:43 PM

Ok, I tried !LOL

I got to go eat Supper.

Got a Blueberry Pie for Desert !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 08:56 PM

Hope it's good. Don't over-do it.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/05/09 11:46 PM

Canvasback when we sell berries up here we certainly do not do it for a measly pint it is done in quarts minimum and salmon berries ( cloud Berries for those who have both) this year being a bad year for them are going for $100 a gallon on a normal year tehy run $300 a 5 gal bucket picked and cleaned and cleaning them suckers can be a PIA.
Jeff if my wife was there she would be going nuts our salmon berry crop got burned up in the heat this July

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/06/09 12:20 AM

Sorry to hear yours burned up...its hit or miss here too...but this year was exeptionaly good...we had rain and cool temps all summer...just a few 70 or above days...perfect berry weather...I bet they are even thicker on the coast.
and if you pick them,when they are still too hard ...yes then you have to pluck them...(no fun)
I picked another gallon last night in about a half hour

..they are soft but not white and [Please excuse my language... I'm an idiot] looking yet..next rain they will be too soft....then Blueberrys

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 06:34 PM

Well, the stuff really hit the fan last night with my move out of NY. Found out that the Florida idea was to get me to buy a Condominium !!!!!

I BLEW UP AT THAT ONE !! Told the person that it would be like living in an Apartment again!! They said "EXACTLY"!! "NO WORK, NO UP KEEP , THEY MOW THE LAWN FOR YOU, ETC!! "

I TOLD HER , "I CAN MOW MY OWN LAWN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!

"

SHE SAID : "Florida IS NOT LIKE NY , YOU HAVE TO GET A SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND WATER THAT LAWN EVERYDAY !! '

I then said, "WHAT ABOUT ALL MY TOOLS ??

SHE SAID "YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM ALL DOWN THERE!! SELL THEM!!!!!!!!!

Now, at this point , I was a bit ticked off !!!

I said, "LOOK, GIRLY, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN MOW MY OWN LAWN, BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANY HELP AT ALL FROM YOU!!.

2ND: I AM NOT SELLING ANY OF MY TOOLS JUST SO YOU CAN GO LIVE IN A CONDO!!

3RD: I AM NOT GETTING RID OF MY GSP !! (

WITH THAT, SHE HUNG UP THE PHONE ON ME !!!

Mosquito,,Snake,and Rat infested God awful State of Florida....

Yeah. I would really like living there !! NOT!!!

Looks like I will be living by myself when I get out of NY!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 07:12 PM

Who was the 'girly' ? A salesperson ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 10:15 PM

My Sister ! SHE is the one who has been pushing me to move my hobbling butt down to Florida!! Apparently, she can't seem to convince her Husband to spend his money to move down there . ( He carted her junk down to Florida when she had the BIG new Job!!.. She lasted less than a month down there, when her Husband had to fly down , load her belongings onto a U-Haul and drive that thing all the way back to NY. )

She is one BIG HEADACHE !!!!!!!!!

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 10:17 PM

"She is one BIG HEADACHE !!!!!!!!!"

So she is a woman?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 10:18 PM

Depends on the time of the month !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/14/09 11:01 PM

Florida = the great American graveyard.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/15/09 02:23 AM

I am emailing a picture of Dutch Harbor , AK to her. Telling her that I got that Planner job in Dutch Harbor. Going to really yank their chains and lay it on so thick, they just MIGHT believe me !!

LMAO

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/15/09 02:53 AM

Send her a picture of Adak in the winter

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/15/09 05:44 PM

Dang, she didn't fall for it !

Told her about the job in Dutch Harbor and this is what she said:

"You go ...you will probably love it there cause your such a country boy!!! Me, I love the beach and the night life, shopping etc..."

Posted By: trapper ron

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/15/09 11:50 PM

Originally Posted By: Alaskan

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I didnt think I did either...it was only for a $220 cat ....

Whoa whoa whoa!!!!! I'm pretty sure I had one trickle in at that price too...... COULD THERE BE A CHANCE??????????

Not a chance. I sent Dave Bewick your end of the year picture and told him you were a fur buyer.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/16/09 09:03 AM

Caught a few whitefish today in my 5 1/2''

plus blue berrys= Ice Cream

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/16/09 02:28 PM

NICE !

Posted By: akdan747

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 02:10 AM

Between baseball and hunting season I've been trying to keep a brown bear out of this. Any ideas that don't require me to spend long cold nights across the river would be appreciated.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 02:53 AM

Electric fence with solar panel.

Where do you have that set?

Posted By: akdan747

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 03:08 AM

I'm in the Copper river at Copper Center. I was not wanting to have to do that cause i'm kinda "respectful" of electricity; but that may be my only choice.

I just want more of this before the winter.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 08:21 AM

Get Ya a Gaurd Dog

Nice Strips

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 10:03 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Get Ya a Gaurd Dog

Nice Strips

Thats a cute pup there Jeff !!...

TxLady..

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 01:24 PM

What do these places all have in common? Hint: The years are IMPORTANT!!

Anchorage, 1956, 1965, 1984-85, 2002
Fairbanks, 1968
Kenai, 1992
Ketchikan, 1957
Kotzebue, 1980-81
Seward, 1963, 1965, 2005
St. George Island, 1988
Valdez, 1965, 1981-82

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 02:33 PM

They're all places you've wanted to live?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 03:11 PM

Dan: probably the best thing you can do is send those strips out here. I can watch them for you.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 07:05 PM

Originally Posted By: Okiekajun

They're all places you've wanted to live?

No!

I thought you would know the answer to this right away!

They were all Past Winners of the All-America City Award from the National Civic League

Anchorage got the award 5 times !! for being America's most Livable City!!

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/17/09 08:36 PM

They've never lived there.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 03:13 AM

A Realtor told me Anchorage is a great place to retire!!

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 03:44 AM

They will tell you anything. They need to make the sale to get paid.

-TJ

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 03:49 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

A Realtor told me Anchorage is a great place to retire!!

It is. For him.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 04:13 AM

st. george and Kotz...... ah ha ha....
I would hate to see the places they beat out...

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 05:27 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

A Realtor told me Anchorage is a great place to retire!!

I've got a snowblower to sell you in Florida. PM me for details....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/18/09 12:56 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: canvasback

A Realtor told me Anchorage is a great place to retire!!

It is. For him.

See !!! Even White17 agrees with me !!

I wanted warm weather, but last night was brutal !!! 81 degrees at Midnight with humidity at 80 % . I opened the bedroom windows to get some cross ventilation. Oh, I got cross ventilation alright !!!!

2 skunks both decided to spray at once !! One in the backyard and the other Skunk in the Side Yard. Eyes were watering, I was coughing, All night long it stayed in the bedroom !!!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 04:57 AM

I got this small bull yesterday,its been nice weather,so thought I would make meat

note...the fireweed still in his mouth...a neck shot with the -06,dropped him mid chew...hope its not too graphic.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 05:38 AM

Good shot Jeff and a good supply of winter meat. You dress 'em a bit different than I do though.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 05:42 AM

Jeff good deal. I love early fall moose and nothing wrong with those young ones. Most of our crew heads up tomorrow for the Thursday opener here. I have to wait to go until Friday evening and figure if things go well by then I will just get to relax in camp for the weekend

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 06:48 AM

Thanks Guys,...and he was suprisingly Fat for a youngster..
and hard to beat August meat..nice and tender.

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 09:41 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks Guys,...and he was suprisingly Fat for a youngster..
and hard to beat August meat..nice and tender.

Way To Go Jeff !!...

TxLady..

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 01:45 PM

Good deal. You're right about August meat. The fatter the better.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 05:40 PM

Well, look at this !!! Even expanding the Road System in Alaska !!!

9. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Towns include: Wasilla
Job growth (2000-2008): 58.5%

Is this a hot place for jobs? In the words of its most famous resident, you betcha! Employment in the borough (Alaska's equivalent to a county) has grown an average of 5.5% each year for the past decade.

While many residents commute to nearby Anchorage for work, locals are thriving from the tourism trade. With 2,000 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding trails and six rivers designated for rafting, canoeing and salmon fishing, Matanuska-Susitna offers plenty of reasons to keep visitors coming back.

But it's not all fun and game fishing. Development of a large prison, Olympic ski resort and $80 million of new road projects are all underway, bringing many more construction and service jobs to the area.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 06:27 PM

Olympic Ski Resort? good one...

Ha...they've been talking about Hatchers Pass about as long as the Devils Canyon Dam and the Knik Arm bridge. I, for one, hope none of them ever get built.

But maybe Obama will decide to stimulate us some more...

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 08:14 PM

I've been stimulated about as much as my sphincter can stand.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 08:40 PM

I hope that quote doesnt come back to bite you White

I'd hate to see that one used out of context!!

Otherwise, I agree

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 10:14 PM

Florida is out, Alabama is off the list, Arizona and Nevada are way too hot for even me !!

2010 ALASKA, I AM MOVING IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Break out the Porterhouse Steaks , Apple Pies, and don't forget
to have the WELCOME WAGON with the "WELCOME , NEW NEIGHBOR" banner hanging out at the City limits waiting for me when I get there !!

The way I see it, what's one more New Yorker in Alaska ??

Checked all the places in Alaska to set roots in, it's a BIG State, you know !! Thought about Bethel, then I watched that YOUTUBE video of it and just about fell off the chair!! ( Loved that song in the video. The words to it could have just as well been about Florida !! ) Thought about Nome and took a look at the City. I said "As soon as I get to Nome, I will want to head back home !!" There were other places that looked nice, but were too far away, cost to much to live there and just did not interest me.

So........

I settled on the Anchorage Borough. Not City , but yet not too far from City convienences .1 to 1 1/2 hour drive to Anchorage when I need to get to the City . AND IT IS ON THE ROAD !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 10:36 PM

so you are moving to sutton, talkeetna, hope or willow???

I think you would fit in well in Talkeetna....

you might want to do some more research on other states, like Oklahoma or Nebraska.... they would welcome you for sure....

Besieds the doctors in AK aren't taking any more medicare patients ( no joke). that is how we keep out the old people...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 10:39 PM

There is no Anchorage Borough. It's Mat-Su Borough.... make sure to go up the Parks Highway.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 10:42 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

While many residents commute to nearby Anchorage for work, locals are thriving from the tourism trade. With 2,000 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding trails and six rivers designated for rafting, canoeing and salmon fishing, Matanuska-Susitna offers plenty of reasons to keep visitors coming back.

Crap and BS is what that is. I have a tourist store and I'm down 65% from last year.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/19/09 11:08 PM

I will do good up in Alaska. People LOVE ME !! like Bees to Honey !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 12:13 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Originally Posted By: canvasback

While many residents commute to nearby Anchorage for work, locals are thriving from the tourism trade. With 2,000 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding trails and six rivers designated for rafting, canoeing and salmon fishing, Matanuska-Susitna offers plenty of reasons to keep visitors coming back.

Crap and BS is what that is. I have a tourist store and I'm down 65% from last year.

maybe you should get some signs...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 01:54 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

so you are moving to sutton, talkeetna, hope or willow???

I think you would fit in well in Talkeetna....

you might want to do some more research on other states, like Oklahoma or Nebraska.... they would welcome you for sure....

Besieds the doctors in AK aren't taking any more medicare patients ( no joke). that is how we keep out the old people...

I don't think the Talkeetna Air Taxi runs during the Winter.

MEDICARE ?? I will take the Public Option!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 02:05 AM

You're in the wrong crowd for that attitude I think.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 03:05 AM

TAT flies yr round..... you can drive to anch too..

you could move into a vacant school bus.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 05:14 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Originally Posted By: canvasback

While many residents commute to nearby Anchorage for work, locals are thriving from the tourism trade. With 2,000 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding trails and six rivers designated for rafting, canoeing and salmon fishing, Matanuska-Susitna offers plenty of reasons to keep visitors coming back.

Crap and BS is what that is. I have a tourist store and I'm down 65% from last year.

maybe you should get some signs...

Well there's the problem, I took your advice and there's signs all over and NOW there's NO where for the darn tourons to park!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 05:15 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

TAT flies yr round..... you can drive to anch too..

you could move into a vacant school bus.

OH HECK NO. We got enough of those around here!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 11:17 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

You're in the wrong crowd for that attitude I think.

It will never pass anyways.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/20/09 11:18 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

TAT flies yr round..... you can drive to anch too..

you could move into a vacant school bus.

OH HECK NO. We got enough of those around here!

No junkyards to take them to ? They pay by the ton here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/21/09 10:24 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

TAT flies yr round..... you can drive to anch too..

you could move into a vacant school bus.

What is the deal with all those abandoned buses ?

Got more info sent to me from Florida. God, that is one big traffic jam !! 4 lane highways through new subdivisions, high tension power lines less than a 1/4 mile from the new neighborhood. Old fuddy duddies all over the place. Spanish spoken everyplace I called. BARF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, can't forget all those houses built with CHINESE DRYWALL!!

It was 102 degrees at 11 AM down there !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/21/09 10:42 PM

Got 2 people possibly interested in the house. Time will tell.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/21/09 10:58 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: white17

You're in the wrong crowd for that attitude I think.

It will never pass anyways.

We may live to find out you're wrong there.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/21/09 11:22 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: white17

You're in the wrong crowd for that attitude I think.

It will never pass anyways.

We may live to find out you're wrong there.

I don't think they have enough people in favor of it to get it through...

Now, back to my 2010 move !!

Since you all seem to know Anchorage so well, what are some of the safer areas around that City or a short distance (20 to 40 miles) from Anchorage ?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/21/09 11:35 PM

Parks Highway.. go to Wasilla.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 01:31 AM

South. up on the hillside

Posted By: akdan747

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 01:47 AM

Wasilla is ok but out toward Palmer or Eagle River is better.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 02:10 AM

Yup any of those places would work just fine, Wasilla, Palmer, Eagle River.

Posted By: Bobby G

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:11 AM

[/quote]
Spanish spoken everyplace I called. BARF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was 102 degrees at 11 AM down there !! [/quote]

Don't even think about Texas then. It's hot and you can go for days with out hearing English being spoke.

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:20 AM

Time to give Texas away to Mexico

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:16 PM

Originally Posted By: akdan747

Wasilla is ok but out toward Palmer or Eagle River is better.

Didn't Eagle River get flooded out ? Great , send me to a flood zone !!

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:24 PM

Gotta work on your geography.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:35 PM

That's what the map maker is for !!

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:44 PM

Believe it was Eagle. Long way from Eagle River.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 03:46 PM

Well just because I can draw them doesn't mean I have to read it for you. How are you gonna find your way to the store?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 07:12 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Well just because I can draw them doesn't mean I have to read it for you. How are you gonna find your way to the store?

Google

GPS

Compass

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 07:25 PM

They'll never catch on.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 09:35 PM

I know the location of every Kmart, Sears, JCPenny, Walmart, Costco , McDonalds, Burger King and Sams Club from Anchorage to Wasilla. I think I could manage very well !!

Might even find a Donut shop or two !!

That house is still for sale on Ressurection Drive !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 11:06 PM

I don't see any good restaurants in that list.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 11:52 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

I don't see any good restaurants in that list.

I shall Revise and Extend my list

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/22/09 11:57 PM

There ARE no Kmarts in Alaska anymore.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 12:08 AM

Sharp eye there WW.
Eagle River,isn't that where the bears are doing human population control, since the humans won't do bear population control?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 03:44 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

There ARE no Kmarts in Alaska anymore.

Wolfwoman:

Whereas: Kmart bought out Sears back in 2004 and replaced all of the people on the Board of Directors at Sears with Kmart people. & Whereas there is technically not a Kmart store in Alaska, all of the Sears stores are owned by Kmart.

Therefore, Kmart is in Alaska.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:04 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: white17

I don't see any good restaurants in that list.

I shall Revise and Extend my list

white17:

While in Anchorage , try these establishments:

1. Peggy's

2. Marx Brothers Cafe

3. Village Inn

4. Snow Goose Restaraunt

5. O'Brady's Burgers and brew

6. Glacier Brew House

7 Sullivan's Steakhouse

8. Club Paris

9. Crow's Nest

10. Settler's Bay Lodge

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:08 AM

and Simon & Seafort's

& the Suite 100 Bar and Lounge.

I can always find a good place to eat !!

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:12 AM

Club Paris is a fantastic place to eat.

The crow's nest is overpriced and not as good as Club Paris.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:18 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

TAT flies yr round..... you can drive to anch too..

you could move into a vacant school bus.

OH HECK NO. We got enough of those around here!

No junkyards to take them to ? They pay by the ton here.

It is called the Alpine and is in sutton.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:22 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

and Simon & Seafort's

& the Suite 100 Bar and Lounge.

I can always find a good place to eat !!

I think CB would like Mad Myrna's... that is alaskan and TJ's favorite place to dine in Anch...

Eagle river is where the wolves and bears are doing population control...
wolves eat the dogs and the bears get the hippies....

CB your GSP would make a nice snack for a wolf.....

I think you would like the Butte......maybe even Houston

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:29 AM

They bought them out and closed them down. I used to shop at Kmart, I do not shop at Sears as do NOT a lot of other people. So no, there's no Kmart here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 04:33 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: canvasback

and Simon & Seafort's

& the Suite 100 Bar and Lounge.

I can always find a good place to eat !!

I think CB would like Mad Myrna's... that is alaskan and TJ's favorite place to dine in Anch...

Eagle river is where the wolves and bears are doing population control...
wolves eat the dogs and the bears get the hippies....

CB your GSP would make a nice snack for a wolf.....

I think you would like the Butte......maybe even Houston

Looked at a aerial photo of Houston, AK. What's with all the junk in everyone's yard ?? It's like a big ole garbage dump !

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 03:27 PM

Club Paris is really the only place to eat IMO.

That's not junk, those are spare parts.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 06:12 PM

I wonder how hard finding some spare parts are going to be after all the vehicules that were destroyed for the "cash for clunkers" BS in the future. May become spendy also.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 06:30 PM

I think that's part of the plan. No parts so you can't fix it.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 06:30 PM

Splurge a little!! Buy a NEW truck !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 06:44 PM

Are you going to pay the freight to get it here?

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 06:48 PM

Or a mechanic to fly out and work on all the computer crap under the hood?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 07:30 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Are you going to pay the freight to get it here?

Won't need to pay freight, I will be on the road system !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/23/09 07:31 PM

Originally Posted By: takotna

Or a mechanic to fly out and work on all the computer crap under the hood?

A mere technicality

& I leave the dirty work to the Auto Mechanic

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 01:52 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Club Paris is really the only place to eat IMO.

That's not junk, those are spare parts.

$9.50 for a BLT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 02:06 PM

Welcome to Alaska.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 05:53 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Welcome to Alaska.

I thought Anchorage had prices similar to the Lower 48 ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 06:06 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: canvasback

and Simon & Seafort's

& the Suite 100 Bar and Lounge.

I can always find a good place to eat !!

CB your GSP would make a nice snack for a wolf.....

Now, no picking on my GSP ! Yesterday, I had to go out and buy the old feller an Orthopedic bed . Got it placed in front of the couch so he can watch HIS TV !!

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 06:11 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: white17

Welcome to Alaska.

I thought Anchorage had prices similar to the Lower 48 ?

You thought wrong....

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 06:16 PM

$24.99 for a 52 Pound bag of Pedigree dry dog food in NY ( Tractor Supply ) & $30.99 for the same stuff in Anchorage.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/24/09 11:02 PM

Wrong. We buy that and it's $22.99 at Costco for it. Or it was when we were there a week ago. I got nine dogs, I buy 4 bags at a time, I gotta know cost.

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 01:33 AM

everything is shipped up here canvas so depending on fuel costs things get pretty spendy and you dont work on your own cars that could be a problem up here bud especially in the winter

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 01:58 AM

Originally Posted By: scotty144

everything is shipped up here canvas so depending on fuel costs things get pretty spendy and you dont work on your own cars that could be a problem up here bud especially in the winter

There are plenty of new car dealers in Anchorage. I have always taken my vehicle back to the dealer for any repairs. Anchorage is a City of over 200,000. They are well supplied for those sorts of things !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 02:14 AM

your GSP will surely be anice snack, especially if he is gimpy and old.... Wolves really like the elderly and sick, weak ones...

there are some nice old age homes for you out in Wasilla....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 02:22 AM

I read that the Alaska Permenant Fund checks are going to run out by 2025.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 02:25 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

your GSP will surely be anice snack, especially if he is gimpy and old.... Wolves really like the elderly and sick, weak ones...

there are some nice old age homes for you out in Wasilla....

Gimpy,? Old ? Elderly ? Sick ??

My GSP has 23 National, Junior, Field Trial, Show, , American and Canaidian Champions in his family tree!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 02:38 AM

so will that be like the wolves eating kobe beef??

fatten him up will ya..

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 02:43 AM

Gimpy,? Old ? Elderly ? Sick ??

My GSP has 23 National, Junior, Field Trial, Show, , American and Canaidian Champions in his family tree!!

this means nothing to a wolf

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 03:31 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

your GSP will surely be anice snack, especially if he is gimpy and old.... Wolves really like the elderly and sick, weak ones...

there are some nice old age homes for you out in Wasilla....

Gimpy,? Old ? Elderly ? Sick ??

My GSP has 23 National, Junior, Field Trial, Show, , American and Canaidian Champions in his family tree!!

In otherwords he's a pampered pooch that would make GREAT wolf food cuz he wouldn't have a chance!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 01:17 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

your GSP will surely be anice snack, especially if he is gimpy and old.... Wolves really like the elderly and sick, weak ones...

there are some nice old age homes for you out in Wasilla....

Gimpy,? Old ? Elderly ? Sick ??

My GSP has 23 National, Junior, Field Trial, Show, , American and Canaidian Champions in his family tree!!

In otherwords he's a pampered pooch that would make GREAT wolf food cuz he wouldn't have a chance!

Don't think they would like the taste of New York Dog.

"Pampered Pooch "??? Just because I buy him a box of new dog toys and he gets a bowl of whole milk in the morning with his breakfast , does not mean he is "Pampered"

He is well loved and well taken care of.

How many dogs do you know that have their own Medical Insurance ??

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 03:30 PM

medical insurance never seen that before how about life insurancce make some money up here 3 dogs got ate about 1/4 mile from my house last year if only they had insurance on them

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 03:38 PM

You best keep him down there. I don't recall seeing a pet cemetary up here although there easily could be one in Talkeetna.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 04:46 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

You best keep him down there. I don't recall seeing a pet cemetary up here although there easily could be one in Talkeetna.

I am sure Pete would be glad to take the dog to the pet cemetary for CB..

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 05:23 PM

Bait.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 06:35 PM

Considering the state of the Educational system in this Country, I am quite sure that my dog is smarter than the average High School Graduate ! LOL

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 06:47 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Considering the state of the Educational system in this Country, I am quite sure that my dog is smarter than the average High School Graduate ! LOL

Must be if he has you waiting on him hand and foot like that. Doesn't say much for the owners intelligence, though.......

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 07:43 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Considering the state of the Educational system in this Country, I am quite sure that my dog is smarter than the average High School Graduate ! LOL

i would not go so far as to blame the system.
I place more blame with parents...
parents who
a. never read to their kids or help them with homework or engage with them other than giving them a movie or nintendo.
b. who have no right raising off spring in the first place

my friends have many children and one can go from family to family and see the difference in childrens level of intelligence, and draw a direct correlation to said intelligence by observing the home life of the children. seems the ones who are "smarter" have parents who read to / with, do homework with, take their kids to museums and educational trips, and answer the kids questions,

to those who let their kids run rampant, do not do homework or spend time teaching their children and give them games and tvs so they are out of sight out of mind...
and yes, they ALL go to the same school....and are or are near the same ages.......heck one guys 7 yr old is 10x's smarter than another 12 yr old....

Frankly, I could care less about the "dumb" ones, as the kids whose parents teach them are going to have a nice adavantage in life... they can't all be brain surgeons, we need ditch diggers and garbage men too..

Keep all your NY ideas there.... fix your own backyard instead of moving your junk to ours...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 07:58 PM

Nice Rant Hup!

...here is a fox pup I saw ..not quite prime yet LOL..

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 09:12 PM

CB...when you get to AK,....stop by...I have New York food...we shall do lunch

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 09:19 PM

That fox doesn't look too bad. Gonna be a nice color.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 09:38 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

CB...when you get to AK,....stop by...I have New York food...we shall do lunch

Is the cream cheese just to hold those single eggs so you don't drop them while baiting the hook dolly fishing????

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 09:54 PM

That fox was just having a bad hair day...he will be a nice dark red in decemeber.....and we dont feed good food to fish...thats crazy

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/25/09 10:21 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Considering the state of the Educational system in this Country, I am quite sure that my dog is smarter than the average High School Graduate ! LOL

i would not go so far as to blame the system.
I place more blame with parents...
parents who
a. never read to their kids or help them with homework or engage with them other than giving them a movie or nintendo.
b. who have no right raising off spring in the first place

my friends have many children and one can go from family to family and see the difference in childrens level of intelligence, and draw a direct correlation to said intelligence by observing the home life of the children. seems the ones who are "smarter" have parents who read to / with, do homework with, take their kids to museums and educational trips, and answer the kids questions,

to those who let their kids run rampant, do not do homework or spend time teaching their children and give them games and tvs so they are out of sight out of mind...
and yes, they ALL go to the same school....and are or are near the same ages.......heck one guys 7 yr old is 10x's smarter than another 12 yr old....

Frankly, I could care less about the "dumb" ones, as the kids whose parents teach them are going to have a nice adavantage in life... they can't all be brain surgeons, we need ditch diggers and garbage men too..

Keep all your NY ideas there.... fix your own backyard instead of moving your junk to ours...

Now, Huperduper...

Did I say ANYTHING???? about bringing NY ways of living to AK ??

The answer is NO!!!!!!

Yes, I have the vehicle repaired by a mechanic. Those blasted things have so much computerized gizmos in them and so much junk piled on top of the engine, that a mechanic is a necessity! (My mechanic charges $85.00 an hour! So, I do know the high cost of some important items!! )

When I leave NY, I leave the NY way of living back in NYS !!

AS FOR MY GERMAN SHORTHAIR POINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!.................

What can I say... I am my dog's Humble Servant!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/26/09 03:41 AM

Anyone read the book called " The Wilderness in the Denali " ?

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/26/09 05:58 AM

cool looking dog all we are saying about the mechanic thing is you have to drive a long ways to get anywere and a tow is real spendy here so knowing how your vehicle works is a must i was a mechanic up here for quite a while and we charged $120 an hour and we were one of the cheaper places.

jeff
yum row on a cream cheese bagel you get that yourself or store bought.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/26/09 06:04 AM

The Cream Chease and Bagel is from the AC,..but I brine the roe myself...it is good

Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/28/09 01:33 AM

Teach that dog not to slouch like that.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/29/09 01:32 PM

He's guarding the refrigerator !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/30/09 04:37 PM

WAKE UP , ALASKANS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 08/30/09 04:58 PM

shhhh. not so loud

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 05:20 PM

What's the deal with that house for sale in Mcgrath for $92,000 with about 15 acres ? Is it a McGrath MANSION ??? lol

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 06:11 PM

Is that the one your buying?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 10:42 PM

I don't know about that house but I suspect I know which one it is. Nice place if it's the one I think.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 11:26 PM

Originally Posted By: frozen okie

Is that the one your buying?

Cough, , Cough,, Cough,

(Bites lip !! Feels Gran- Mal Seizure coming on at the thought of living in COL-COL - COLD McGrath, AK!!!!!!)

Besides, somebody in McGrath (we KNOW who !!

) , might want that DONUT SHOP opened up !!!

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 11:31 PM

If you build it they will come!!!

It would be warm inside yer donut shop in the winter.You and OL'Blister could sit around and wonder/talk about how white is doing out on the line.Probley be great fun.In the off season you and white could sit around and shoot the s#@$ and eat donuts sounds like fun HUH?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/06/09 11:44 PM

I'm telling you a bakery would do a good business here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:00 AM

I thought there was less than 1,000 people in McGrath ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:03 AM

Fresh Cherry Cheesecakes in Mcgrath ,Alaska...

HUM.....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:10 AM

Now, wait a minute....
LOL

McGrath , AK is INTERIOR ALASKA!!! NO ROADS!! Those FRESH Bakery items would have to be priced higher to allow for the increased cost of shipping the raw materials !

Then again, I could just price them the way they are priced here in NY. That would pretty much even everything out !

There can't be that many people in McGrath with a hankering for baked goods to make a profit, can there ??

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:36 AM

No roads,BUT its on the river system and thats a good thing.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:47 AM

Right there's only about 320 people here. That's 318 too many. But seriously CB, I'll bet you could make a profit. Do you know that Alaska is the largest per capita consumer of ice cream in the nation? true story.

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 12:57 AM

Fresh donuts,bread,and cheese cake MMMMMM!!! They would come up,down river for some of that.Beside's during moose season you can get all the rich hunters that come through there.You will know them when you see them they are dressed in camo from there heads to the bottom of there feet LOL

Do they still have the coffee shop?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 01:24 AM

Yep you can still get coffee and something sweet to eat also I think.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 02:31 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Right there's only about 320 people here. That's 318 too many. But seriously CB, I'll bet you could make a profit. Do you know that Alaska is the largest per capita consumer of ice cream in the nation? true story.

I can vouch for that! I sell more ice cream than almost anything else here!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 03:17 AM

I think I'm mostly responsible for that statistic.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 03:50 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Right there's only about 320 people here. That's 318 too many. But seriously CB, I'll bet you could make a profit. Do you know that Alaska is the largest per capita consumer of ice cream in the nation? true story.

A PROFIT ?? Are we taking McGrath, or Anchorage ?

Does McGrath have an official Business District ? What about Special Use Permits, SPEDES regulations, and possibly having to go before the ZBA ?

Wetlands Survey ?

Flood Zone ??? (Don't want the product to get wet!!)

One thing you have not mentioned, is all the people that come in on the Penn Air flights each day . That adds to the population count !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 04:26 AM

None of that alphabet crap around here. We don't care how they do it outside. We beez living free !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 04:37 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

None of that alphabet crap around here. We don't care how they do it outside. We beez living free !

SPDES:

State Pollution Discharge Elimination System

ZBA:

Zoning Board of Appeals

I did find out that in McGrath, they require a Development Permit for any new Business. A mere technicality

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 03:25 PM

They try to require it. It's no problem to just ignore them.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 04:25 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

They try to require it. It's no problem to just ignore them.

Yup kinda like a building permit here you want to make a addition build a shop whatever just do it and no we will not see a building inspector of any kind if we did get a permit

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/07/09 06:41 PM

That is so ....

Un Lower 48'ish

LMAO

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 12:46 AM

Ok, guys, need some help here !!

Got the tour guide book sent to me from Florida about the different towns to check out. Sent out for the SC Book and the Tour guide book from AZ. What I am looking for now, is a book on the different towns in Alaska to move to. Is there such a book ? Would Alaska department of Tourism ( or whatever it is called) have something like that ?

Thanks,

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 12:57 AM

I think I found it.

Is this it ??

http://www.travelalaska.com/Planner.aspx

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 06:39 PM

Good morning

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 07:04 PM

Nice pic. there WW.Is that your back yard?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 07:06 PM

Front

Thanks!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/09/09 07:07 PM

Here's the back..lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 07:14 PM

The leaves are turning already ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 07:32 PM

How long does it take to send media mail ( I think that is how it will be mailed ) (Travel guide book ) From Soldotna to NY ?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 07:38 PM

Not turning, TURNED.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 08:26 PM

Ours are almost completely gone off the trees. Remember CB, we had killing frosts 3 weeks ago.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 08:30 PM

Got cold enough here last night, I had to break out the Wool Blankets !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/12/09 08:32 PM

No frost here yet. but we sure didn't have anything near what I would call Summer. More rain this year than in almost any year that I can recall.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 12:05 AM

Hupurest!!!!

Price check, aisle 9

Stuffed Pork Chops $3.75 a pound. ($1.00 off )

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 12:33 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Ours are almost completely gone off the trees. Remember CB, we had killing frosts 3 weeks ago.

Strangely enough we still have them on the tress, the wind has been unusually quiet the past week or so.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 12:34 AM

Do your own price checks!

http://www.fredmeyer.com/Pages/default.aspx

Use zip code 99501 for Anchorage and 99645 for Palmer.

Posted By: TrapperDave

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 08:56 AM

Wolfwoman,

Our color is just starting to appear here in Northern Lower Michigan. Definitely seems to be coming early this year.

Look forward to the color tour as we head for Valdez on the 9/22. Ten days and counting. :-)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 05:58 PM

Trivia question for the day!! (Let's see how SMART you Alaskans think you are and how much you all know about your State !!

)

Question:

What Town in Alaska has.......

6 Hotels w/ 290 rooms
6 Bed & Breakfasts
7 RV parks w/ 400 spaces
1 Laundromats
3 State campgrounds
5 Restaurants
3 Lounges
2 Liquor stores
1 Grocery stores
2 Quick stops
8 Gift shops
4 Gas stations
4 Auto.teller machines
1 Beauty shops / barber
6 Churches
2 Building supply stores
4 Notaries
Auto parts store
Jeweler
Sporting goods store
Bank
Post office
United parcel service
Building Supply store
Notary

2 Chainsaw repair shops
Welding shops
Bulk fuel & propane
Contractors (all)
Therapeutic massage
Eyeglass repair
Job service

Hardware store
Courthouse
Fax service
Airport
Chamber of Commerce
U. of A. extension
Library
Newspaper
Senior recreation center
Real estate office
Power & phone conpany
2 Visitor Information centers
Espresso shop
2 Greenhouses
2 Video rental stores
German, spanish translators
Tax services
Well Drilling
Air service(commuter & flightseeing)
Snowmobile sales & repairs
Freight services
2 Saw mills
Dept. of Fish & Game
Dept of Motor Vehicles
Dept. of Transportation
Tetlin Wildlife Refuge headquarters
Head Start program
School K-12
Ballpark
Ski trails
Bike paths
Mechanic Shops
Airplane inspection services

Medical clinic (doctor, dentist, AA, chiropractor & mental health office)

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 06:05 PM

Wherever it is, I'm glad I don't live there

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 06:32 PM

Coulda been a few different places but Tetlin headquarters is the giveaway. Some guys on here from there. Many years ago I watched a guy get shot (not fatal) in the parking lot of the gas station. Was only 20 feet away, 2 local guys arguing over a pickup truck, then POP....POP. Crowd of tourists scattered, then returned in a big circle with camcorders around the shooter face down in handcuffs,still yelling at the victim. Was quite a show.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 06:44 PM

Nope.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 06:58 PM

Tok

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 07:14 PM

YES

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 07:20 PM

that would be a good place for your move it sounds...
plus the animals near there jump into any trap..

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 07:21 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Nope.

?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 09:54 PM

God , the mail is SLOW !!! from Alaska !!! 3 WEEKS !!! to get a relocation guide from one of the local Chamber of Commerce's up there !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:00 PM

they do it so they hope you forget about moving here....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:01 PM

This .... CAN'T ........ BE..... RIGHT .......!!!!!!!!!!!

"TOK’S winter temperatures average -30/-70ºF."

-30 DEGREES on a WARM day in the Winter???????

No one will eat when it is THAT cold !!!!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:04 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

they do it so they hope you forget about moving here....

But I come bearing Baked Goods !!!

Where is that warm, welcoming Alaskan spirit??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:23 PM

that is right. a good day is -20....

baked goods??? how about some sicilian NY pizza, or real bagels...

So unless you are an orthodox italian I don't think your services will be welcomed.

there is no krispy kreme here, bakerys open and close all the time.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:30 PM

You like ITALIAN FOOD ????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:31 PM

BAGELS ?????????????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 10:41 PM

Been a while, but I do recall some good Italian food that my Sicilian Girlfriend used to make!!

Spaghetti Parmesan

pasta garlic & oil

Rigatoni

Fettucini Alfredo

Homemade Garlic bread

Tramezzini

Vitello

Pollo

canoli

Spumoni

Cassata cakes

and an incredible Tuscany Salad !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/13/09 11:05 PM

Send her up.

That's right on those temperatures by the way. That's nice weather. Clear skies, not a lot of traffic. Everyone inside waiting for fresh donuts and coffee, the stove cherry red. Great time to be alive.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/14/09 01:06 AM

Must be a lot of Diabetics in Alaska!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/14/09 02:00 PM

As a matter of fact there are. I don't know how it compares with other states but it is a very common affliction in Alaska.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/14/09 04:03 PM

NY, Particularly the WNY region, has a very high Diabeties rate. In my opinion, 2 major causes of it are the food that people are eating and the lack of exercise. There are a lot of overweight people in the County.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/14/09 04:24 PM

Well diet has a lot to do with it here also I think. But I also think that alcohol abuse is a large contributor here .

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/15/09 07:50 PM

You guys have been pulling my leg!! Those Alaskan Chamber of Commerce people are a nice, friendly group of people !! Very eager to send info on relocation to Alaska!!

Why, even the Bethel people are happy to send me info !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/15/09 10:32 PM

you should check out the Umnak chamber.... then we can all come visit you to hunt reindeer, and artic fox.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/15/09 11:08 PM

ON AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ???

AND AN ACTIVE VOLCANO ON THE ISLAND , BESIDES !!!

NO WAY !!!!!!!

Not Donut friendly !!

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/15/09 11:20 PM

Sounds like you need to find a community with alot of cops

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/15/09 11:50 PM

World class halibut fishing in the passes out there. Just jump on one of the many charter boats out of Nikolski.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/16/09 07:16 AM

Originally Posted By: Pittu

Sounds like you need to find a community with alot of cops

LMAO!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/16/09 02:37 PM

I see Bethel even has a relocation brochure from their Chamber of Commerace

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/16/09 03:55 PM

Yeah, they give it to you AFTER you get there

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/17/09 03:56 AM

Uggggg. To windy to get into moose camp today. Going in first thing in the morning now. Sometimes weather sucks.

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/17/09 03:59 AM

man it was bluebird here...

the tough life of a fat cat banker..

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/17/09 01:26 PM

Probably had to eat NY Strips and drink scotch with a hooker at the hotel last night while on weather hold. Prayers sent.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/17/09 10:59 PM

Got My CITES tags today...Lynx are black,otter white,and tan for wolf.

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/17/09 11:18 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Got My CITES tags today...Lynx are black,otter white,and tan for wolf.

Hey Jeff...

Don't forget I still want a dropdead gorgeous Lynx..
Hope all has been well in MTV !!..

TxLady..

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 06:35 AM

Hey Mary Lou...I will have a nice one for you any time this winter.
life is peachy here in the vilage...trees are turned and cool weather,and plenty of geese and moose,and fish..life is good

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 08:28 PM

White17:

Did you get your snowshoes fixed ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 09:26 PM

Got my first banch of relocation brochures in the mail today !!

Thank You Alaska !!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 09:38 PM

What snowshoes? Are you thinking of the ones the wolverine ate or are you talking about bindings?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 09:42 PM

Oh, The bindings .

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 09:44 PM

Yeah I'm good to go!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 09:50 PM

Just got my braces back from the shoe repair place I mentioned about before. They did an excellent job ! 2 new leather straps 2 inches wide 1 foot long each. 1/8 inch thick leather. new velcro sewed onto both pieces. 2 new rivits and rounded off the edges. Only paid $20.00

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/18/09 11:26 PM

Pretty cheap !

Aleo; uneventful. I was asleep at the time and not wearing them. I had to add the last because Kusko was sure to ask anyway.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/20/09 01:26 PM

Guess what arrived in the Mail yesterday from SOLDOTNA, ALASKA ????

Only took 6 days to get here instead of the 2 to 3 weeks that they said it would take !!!

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/20/09 02:51 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

What snowshoes? Are you thinking of the ones the wolverine ate or are you talking about bindings?

Was the last guy you took on your line still wearing the snowshoes when the wolverine ate them??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/20/09 03:30 PM

I don't remember. Could be.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/20/09 05:27 PM

Every once in a while I stumble onto it. Same here. Never been really lost but have been pretty confused for a week or two.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/20/09 06:29 PM

I hear they have a pill for that !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 04:35 PM

Starting to snow here @ 0830

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 06:55 PM

We had a few snowflakes here..but it quikly turned to rain

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 07:16 PM

I got termination dust this morning!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 10:43 PM

we ended up having some real heavy snow showers go over today.and still off and on...it was 0-0 at one point and I was driving in it..felt good

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 11:12 PM

Trying to break up here but I don't think it will succeed. We have snow down to about the 350 foot level on the hills.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/21/09 11:27 PM

Castle Mountain has decided to disappear for awhile, I suspect that when she resurfaces, there will be more than just dust up there!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/22/09 02:48 PM

WAKEY WAKEY !!!!

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/22/09 08:41 PM

Mixed snow and rain here.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/22/09 09:01 PM

Ground is white here. 4" in Shag this morning.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/22/09 09:33 PM

89 and raining.
I had all the yard cut and looking good last Friday. It needs cut again today. It's down to twice a week cutting instead of three times. Mid to late October I can go back to once a week.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 10:41 PM

Mail service is pretty fast these days !!

Got relocation packages from Talkeetna, Juneau, Anchorage, and Homer, AK in only 6 days !!

Far less than the 2 to 3 weeks they said it would take !!!

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 10:50 PM

CB, Homer is almost as infested with earth muffins as Talkeetna.
They eat veggies and granola bars so you would have to make whole wheat donuts in order to sell any.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 11:14 PM

Where can I buy a sweatshirt with the name of a particular City in Alaska sewed onto it ? All I can find is ALASKA sewed on all the clothing items .

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 11:22 PM

Usually in the little shops in those places....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 11:26 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Usually in the little shops in those places....

Is that a hint or was that free advertizing ? LOL

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 11:29 PM

BOTH! lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/23/09 11:31 PM

Got any long sleeve shirts or sweatshirts in there ??

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 01:05 AM

Nope.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 02:19 AM

Originally Posted By: Spek Jones

CB, Homer is almost as infested with earth muffins as Talkeetna.
They eat veggies and granola bars so you would have to make whole wheat donuts in order to sell any.

yeah but there are more hot chicks in Homer for sure....

and Homer is a quaint drinking village with a fishing problem,

whereas talkeetna is a climbing town with a dope problem...

CB, you need a skinny dickks shirt...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 04:48 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: Spek Jones

CB, Homer is almost as infested with earth muffins as Talkeetna.
They eat veggies and granola bars so you would have to make whole wheat donuts in order to sell any.

yeah but there are more hot chicks in Homer for sure....

and Homer is a quaint drinking village with a fishing problem,

whereas talkeetna is a climbing town with a dope problem...

CB, you need a skinny dickks shirt...

And you would know this about Talkeetna and Homer how ??

Posted By: akdan747

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 04:57 AM

he read it on a tee shirt at the mall

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 05:28 AM

The "Quaint Village" thing is a bumper sticker on about every other car in Homer, or used to be. The fads kinda fading now.
Was slightly witty at first but after you see it a couple thousand times it starts to sorta wear thin.

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 06:04 AM

That bumper sticker is also available for dang near every town in South East. I've spent a lot of time in Cordova, which would be a decent town to check out. Their bumper sticker and sweatshirts say NO ROAD since they don't want to be connected. They say all kinds of shady people will move in. I've had to break they news to those people and tell them they're all ready there. Maybe they're more scared that everyone will move out. While working over there, I managed to slay some ducks. The hunts only lasted about 30 minutes for 8 ducks. Stocking up on ducks and trap bait. It was blowing about 40-60 and rainy in my face...hence the expression.

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 06:06 AM

And here's another pic with my friend's dog and his limit of birds they day before.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 04:27 PM

Taken two days ago. They are starting to change !

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 05:13 PM

Yup, I saw one the other day with white on it. I'll get some pics of the mountains here posted later.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 05:24 PM

Bet white was on that first one too right after he took the picture.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 11:32 PM

Only took 3 days to get this !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/24/09 11:33 PM

And I got a bunch of stuff from some little town in NC

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 12:31 AM

He has a 22 caliber eye.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:07 AM

nice, i was wonderin if they were changing yet....
only the back of the ears??
were the feet changing too????

CB,

You must not have gotten the right one...
Alaska is not very ADA friendly..

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:27 AM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

nice, i was wonderin if they were changing yet....
only the back of the ears??
were the feet changing too????

CB,

You must not have gotten the right one...
Alaska is not very ADA friendly..

I think I can handle Alaska. White17 handles it well with his bum knees.

How is this for a name for the Donut shop!!

Limpy and Gimpy's Donuts

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:28 AM

At least I can laugh at myself!!

I have learned to have a wicked sense of humor !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:30 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

How is this for a name for the Donut shop!!

Limpy and Gimpy's Donuts

Hobble on Down.......... would be a good slogan.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:51 AM

Yes his feet were just like his ears.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:54 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

At least I can laugh at myself!!

I have learned to have a wicked sense of humor !!!

I spent 13 months in the hospital with a bunch of different guys. There can't be any group that is more cruel and less forgiving. It was great therapy and the lessons stuck with me.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 03:00 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: canvasback

At least I can laugh at myself!!

I have learned to have a wicked sense of humor !!!

I spent 13 months in the hospital with a bunch of different guys. There can't be any group that is more cruel and less forgiving. It was great therapy and the lessons stuck with me.

Bet you built up a thick skin because of it !

13 MONTHS ????????

What happened with the knees ? Shrapnal ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 03:08 AM

Yep thick skin.

Bullets

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 03:54 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Yep thick skin.

Bullets

That's what happens when you mess with the McGrath Mafia.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 12:36 PM

You're not far from wrong there.

Posted By: mudtracker

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/25/09 01:13 PM

Was probally something he said to the wife before the wife training program was finished/perfected. You know something like jeez hun looks like your putting on your winter weight early this year lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/26/09 09:41 PM

Well, look at this !!

"Census Bureau statistics show that fewer Americans are uprooting. And when they do move, they're favoring D.C., Alaska and Texas."

Did you read that?? ALASKA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/26/09 09:56 PM

Well you can bet that the ones moving to AK & TX want nothing whatsoever to do with the ones moving to DC.

Posted By: mudtracker

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 12:26 AM

I sure can't understand why anyone would move to DC

Posted By: Bobby G

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 01:25 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Well you can bet that the ones moving to AK & TX want nothing whatsoever to do with the ones moving to DC.

Amen

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 03:20 AM

Thank God for Google Street View !!! Ever since I decided to move, I have been SWAMPED !!!!!!!!!!!!!! with relocation info . Mail Box is stuffed every day !!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 03:29 AM

Florida is nothing but a huge City !! The latest bit of junk mail I got from there, was for some place that is less than $55,000 1/4 acre lot, Well and Septic. Oh, I had to check that Gem out !! I did the Street View thing, and the lawns are all burned up from to much sun and not enough water. Houses one after another, so close, if I fell down, I would be in the neighbor's yard!!

Now, how in the heck can a Septic System pass inspection on a 1/4 acre lot?

Posted By: trapperjoeAK

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 05:25 AM

Snowed a couple inches on us last night in unit 13. Melted when sun came back out in the afternoon. Shot a couple rabits before it melted though. Stuck out pretty bad had just started to turn.

And I got to go with Homer being a LOT better than Talkeetna. Heh.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 02:16 PM

Hey Joe! Good to see you're still alive. Is this just a break or are you home for keeps?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 07:13 PM

Anyone here in Fairbanks?? Please PM me it's quite important.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 08:02 PM

Is that snow in them there hills??

http://www.borealisbroadband.net/Vid-DTN1.htm

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/27/09 08:05 PM

Got another 4" or so here at the house last night.

Might be more out in "them thar hills..."

Now the rabbits wish they were all WHITE. Seems like only last week they were wishing they were still all BROWN.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/28/09 11:21 AM

GOOD MORNING !!!!!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/28/09 11:28 AM

Looks like everyone is still sleeping !

http://www.borealisbroadband.net/Vid-Sheraton1.htm

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 04:21 AM

As a spin to the "Quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem" bumper sticker, I saw one today in Juneau that read, "A quaint little drinking town with a GREENIE problem"

Yup, sounds 'bout right.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 04:36 AM

Speaking of Homer, AK... I got info today from the Driftwood Inn and RV Park in Homer, AK. and some Realtor from up there sent me some info on properties. Have not read it all yet, and I have no idea what that Driftwood place is like.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 06:24 AM

Kinda of a ramshakle old hotel down in the more hippie infested
part of town.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 12:44 PM

2 more emails this morning from Homer.. Prices are much cheaper than I thought for up there.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 03:08 PM

Don't worry, the price will go back up come Spring....

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 04:10 PM

So which realty company sent the info?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 04:22 PM

Bay Realty.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 08:55 PM

They're a good company.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 09/29/09 11:15 PM

by The Associated Press and Channel 2 News staff
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- A tsunami swept into Pago Pago in American Samoa shortly after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 shook the Pacific area.

Officials say at least 14 people were killed.

The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer issued a tsunami advisory for the coastal areas of California and Oregon from the California-Mexico border to the Oregon-Washington border.

The same message was sent for informational purposes only for coastal areas of Washington and British Columbia, and Alaska from the Oregon-Washington border to Attu, Alaska.

Closer to the earthquake's epicenter, Fili Sagapolutele, who works at the Samoa News, says water flowed inland about 100 yards before receding, leaving cars stuck in mud.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued a tsunami warning for American Samoa and other areas of the Pacific, including New Zealand. A tsunami watch was posted elsewhere, including Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.

The temblor hit at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday midway between Samoa and American Samoa. In the Samoan capital, Apia, families fled their homes for higher ground amid severe shaking that lasted for up to three minutes.

Federal experts had originally said the earthquake was not expected to produce a tsunami along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia or Alaska.

The quake occurred at 10:48 a.m. PDT Tuesday in the Samoa Islands region.

Tsunami awareness is much higher on the West Coast since a 2004 quake off Indonesia spawned a surge that killed more than 200,000 people. Signs pointing out tsunami evacuation routes are now common in coastal California.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/02/09 07:49 PM

More Mail from Alaska !!!

Post marked Sept 29, 2009 from ANCHORAGE , ALASKA !!!

3 DAYS !!!

THAT WAS FAST !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/02/09 08:04 PM

Gotta ask this :... Why is it called the Homer "SPIT" Road ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/02/09 08:16 PM

The Salty Dawg Saloon looks interesting ! LOL

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/02/09 08:53 PM

because its on a small point protruding into the ocean also known as a spit and the salty dog is a neat place also brew there own beer its all in old sobie bottles

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/02/09 10:13 PM

Yep. Sounds like Scotty has done some drooling around out on the end of the spit.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/03/09 08:39 PM

Since when did Homer , AK become a haven for Retirees??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/03/09 09:35 PM

Translate this for me ..

"Cosmic Hamlet By Sea"

That is what one of your fair Towns is known as...

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/04/09 05:07 AM

Coined by a local hippie guru the news papers and pony tailed Homeriods worshipped during the 70's, 80's and 90's. Wrote a lot
of flaky letters to the Homer "snoose" and always refered to Homer as the "cosmic Hamlet by the sea".

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/08/09 11:47 PM

I see that Bethel is going wet. Fish & Kusko, going to open up a bar or liquor store now?

-TJ

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/09/09 02:14 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

The Salty Dawg Saloon looks interesting ! LOL

Let's not forget Duggan's on Monday and Thursday, and the Alibi on Wednesday for karaoke...only the best thing ever!!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/09/09 02:16 AM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

I see that Bethel is going wet. Fish & Kusko, going to open up a bar or liquor store now?

-TJ

I know where you can get a package license!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/09/09 02:40 AM

you might out to move to anchor point... they are getting natural gas soon...

I was thinking a good Juneau sticker would be

A corrupt political town, with a snitching problem.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 07:16 PM

Question on bear claws. I know in certain units we can now sell bear stuff, but I normally just don't deal with it, too much PITA.

However, I have someone that is wanting me to make them something in trade for black bear claws they got in the states. I don't trade for things that I can't resell, so I'm asking if I do this, can I resell the claws made into jewelry as they aren't from here?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 07:52 PM

I would say don't. How do you prove where they are from???

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 08:01 PM

I agree. Not worth the hassle

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 08:24 PM

Kinda what I was thinking too, thanks for the confirmation.

Posted By: trapperjoeAK

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 10:22 PM

The thing about homer is that it has two quite distinct social spheres. Haha.

But yeah. I'm definitely in state for the forseeable future, definitely did not enjoy the whole Iowa grad school thing one bit. Actually going to be in homer this winter fishing.

Just don't spend as much time on forums anymore since I don't get paid to sit at a computer anymore. Allthough I got an iPhone so I've been spending a bit more time recently.

Did some beaver trapping though and on a sort of random note IF you have coverage from AT&T and IF google earth has decent maps for the area (long shots in much of the state) the iPhone is pretty freaking sick.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/11/09 11:42 PM

Most states down south that I'm familiar with have very strict laws about the sale of wildlife parts and trading for products would fall under "sales".

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 01:26 PM

GOOD MORNING FELLOW ALASKANS!!

(COUGH ,COUGH, COUGH, WHEEZE )

Feeling better this morning !!!

Some interesting Weather facts!!!

It is colder in actual temperature and Wind Chill in NY right now , than in all of Alaska !!

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 02:28 PM

Trapperjoe we missed u the past year, welcome home.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 02:44 PM

So Joe, are you still working on your degree?

-TJ

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 03:30 PM

Joe, did those Iowa boys show you some really tough trapping???

TJ, the jury is still out on the vote........

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 03:56 PM

Sure good to see you back Joe. Stick around !

CB: You must be feeling better.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/12/09 04:21 PM

Fever is down to a bit above 99 degrees.

They want me to put up a couple of sections of wood fence today so that I can enclose the snow blower outside instead of having to shovel the shed open every other day. Well, it's cold, damp and it's raining . The fence will have to wait till it warms up a bit !

Oh, since I got that new Dust Collector, not a bit of sawdust in the air or on the concrete floor ! No coughing up black crap anymore out of my nose and lungs since then !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 04:29 AM

Is the Entenmanns/Oroweat Foods Co down on Airport Rd in Anchorage the same as the Entenmanns baked goods back east ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 02:02 PM

Probably

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 04:39 PM

I don't think I have seen entenmanns here, maybe though. there is definetly no Freighoffers though...
No good hot dog buns like they make, and none of that DeItaliano white bread either..and no Hellmans

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 04:56 PM

Hellmans is the same as Best Foods

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 06:50 PM

Yes, Hellmans is known as Best Foods, West of the Missisippi.

Posted By: AKtrapper26

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 08:19 PM

No 'Tastycakes' to clog up arteries out here either...

miss those...AND D'Italiano bread...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 08:41 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Hellmans is the same as Best Foods

It isn't the same thing..

No one " Brings out the best foods and brings out the best"

In theory it is the same, but just the name Hellmans adds flavor to it.

Honey' I want some best foods on my ham sandwhich.....see, it is wrong.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 08:43 PM

Originally Posted By: AKtrapper26

...AND D'Italiano bread...

You know about the bread???

Nothing better than Capicola, REAL Mozz. cheese, D Italiano bread and HELLMANS..............

with some W P O P soda and Wise potato chips....

Posted By: AKtrapper26

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 09:50 PM

Oh, man....yah...DA bread..

You're not kidding..Capicola!!! How long has it been...meat places out west never even HEARD of Capicola, I swear...or sweet Lebanon Bologna...

The plain Wise Chips too, bluish/green bag wit the owl eye on it...

Noooow you're talkin'.. LOL

I'm not a New Yo-a-kah, though - grew up near Philly.

Ever been to 'Cheesesteak Corner'? Ninth and Passyunk Ave ?

Dere's good eats, man...though Geno's and Pat's are overrated...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/14/09 10:13 PM

Yuk, mayo. It's Miracle Whip boys

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 12:29 AM

Originally Posted By: AKtrapper26

Oh, man....yah...DA bread..

You're not kidding..Capicola!!! How long has it been...meat places out west never even HEARD of Capicola, I swear...or sweet Lebanon Bologna...

The plain Wise Chips too, bluish/green bag wit the owl eye on it...

Noooow you're talkin'.. LOL

I'm not a New Yo-a-kah, though - grew up near Philly.

Ever been to 'Cheesesteak Corner'? Ninth and Passyunk Ave ?

Dere's good eats, man...though Geno's and Pat's are overrated...

I got my Philly Wit....not Wit out.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 12:34 AM

I always get my gabagol mailed out. I picked up a nice log when I was back there, I got some good Sopressa and some good hard provolene too, some chicken speedies, the crushed red pepper hoagie spread and 2 bags of salt potatoes, and a bottle of Wisniowka.

I prefer the Hot, dry gabagol myself...

the Wise chips were the best, but I liked the Terrels ridge one, for dipping in the HElluva Good, Bacon and Horseradish Dip...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 12:39 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Yuk, mayo. It's Miracle Whip boys

You put Salad Dressing on a sandwhich????
You poor misguided soul.......

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 01:04 AM

Miracle Whip ? Fouhgeddaboudid !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 01:44 AM

huh??? you mean
fahgettaboudit

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 01:50 AM

Hup,

Which side of the river are you from? Philly side or Camden?

Pete

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 01:57 AM

I am from South of the St. Lawrence River and North of the Erie Canal (aka Clintons Ditch) that you and White helped DIG... not the Hudson.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:28 AM

Somebody needs to Flat Rate mail some decent New York food to Hupurest !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:30 AM

I will take salt potatoes and chicken speedies, and some helluva good cheese.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:39 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

decent New York food

Contradiction in terms !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:40 AM

Hupurest:

Your DeItaliano bread is on sale this week !!

http://www.topsmarkets.com/shareddev/interactive_circular/circulartest.html

Posted By: northway

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:40 AM

Salt potatoes and steamer clams! Now that is some real food from the fair's in upstate NY!!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:43 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: canvasback

decent New York food

Contradiction in terms !

We got the best Roast Beef sandwiches, best Beer battered Fish frys, Home of the Chicken Wing !!!!

And can't forget the New York style Cheesecake!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:46 AM

And really, can you get anywhere in Alaska a decent Donut?? LMAO

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 02:51 AM

Can't forget that NY corruption and disgusting accent either !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 03:01 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Can't forget that NY corruption and disgusting accent either !

Depends on which part of the State you are in . Different accents for different parts of the State !

Corruption?? I couldn't even get them to pay for my Friday Fish Fry. I never saw any corruption.

Posted By: AKtrapper26

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 03:39 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

And really, can you get anywhere in Alaska a decent Donut?? LMAO

Are you kidding? I can go down to the village store and get a whole dozen Hostess that are only like 3 weeks out of date. And, they've got the orange sticker, which means they're only like 7 bucks now...

And you guys are killing me wit da food!

Hup - You are right, you just HAVE to go wit...

Northway - Steamers and salt taters at the fair - followed by funnel cake....mmmmmmmm

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 03:43 AM

Originally Posted By: AKtrapper26

Originally Posted By: canvasback

And really, can you get anywhere in Alaska a decent Donut?? LMAO

Are you kidding? I can go down to the village store and get a whole dozen Hostess that are only like 3 weeks out of date. And, they've got the orange sticker, which means they're only like 7 bucks now...

And you guys are killing me wit da food!

Hup - You are right, you just HAVE to go wit...

Northway - Steamers and salt taters at the fair - followed by funnel cake....mmmmmmmm

You all REALLY need a bakery !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 03:57 AM

Northway, you can't forget the fresh corn on the cob...

here is a few few pics from this summer trip to NY.

and We caught the snot out of fish too.

CB, while I do miss the friday haddock fish frys, there is no other fish other than walleye that can beat fried halibut.....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:02 AM

this would have been an IGFA line class record pickerl, had I not cooked it

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:03 AM

Hup I have to agree about the walleye. Every time the wife or i go home we stock up on some walleye and then have a fish fry and eat old dutch potato chips. It is the Minnesotan coming out in me.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:12 AM

What does Halibut taste like compared to Haddock ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:30 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

What does Halibut taste like compared to Haddock ?

Better.
It is a lot "meatier". it is a white flesh, it is flaky, has virtually no fishy taste to it, no bones. I would say it has a texture or meatiness like swordfish does.

It is usually thicker too, unless you can get a small halibut filet.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:31 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Can't forget that NY corruption and disgusting accent either !

This from an Immigrant from Californiastan

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 06:44 AM

Originally Posted By: Aleo

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Yuk, mayo. It's Miracle Whip boys

Do you put it on your orange creamsicles?

Um no, do you know someone that does???

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 12:53 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: white17

Can't forget that NY corruption and disgusting accent either !

This from an Immigrant from Californiastan

Dat woud be Emmigrant from......

But we don't beez havin' dat accent.

That plate of spuds and corn above....Is that one of those 'spoiled New England dinners' ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/15/09 04:41 PM

i think you meant Emigrant... But those California schools are probably to blame.

We are both correct, however, I was correct first.

here is an example.
An emigrant leaves their land to live in another country. The person is emigrating to another country. An immigrant is a person who once resided somewhere else and now lives in your country.

For example, a Swedish woman decides to emigrate to America. To herself, and to the country of Sweden, the woman is an emigrant to America. To her new American neighbors, the woman is an immigrant from Sweden, implying she has been somewhere else, and now is here, wherever here happens to be. So she has been an emigrant, in coming to America, and now she is a Swedish immigrant.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/16/09 03:06 PM

WAKE UP, ALASKANS !!!!!!!

TIME TO RISE AND SHINE !!!!

2 INCHES OF SNOW OUT IN THE YARD THIS MORNING!!!

NO MORE H1N1 FLU TO COUGH MY GUTS OUT OVER !!!

Got the thermostat on the furnace set at a comfy 76 degrees!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/16/09 06:04 PM

More mail from ALASKA !!!

Homer, Alaska sure does want me to move up there to their fine City !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/16/09 06:29 PM

they don't have any natural gas...but they do have lots of hippies...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/16/09 06:34 PM

What is with all the hippies in Alaska? I thought they were all in California.

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/16/09 07:38 PM

It because it costs too much for a haircut up here.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/17/09 08:40 PM

HUP., Those nasty hammer handels arnt good for anything but bait...I cant believe you ate it....

YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should have cought perch!!!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/17/09 09:34 PM

Marcellus NY.. I believe I still have relatives there!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/18/09 03:26 PM

WAKE UP, NEIGHBORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISN'T IT A BEAUTIFUL DAY !!!

THE SUN IS SHINING , THE SKY IS CLEAR AND BLUE

&

I AM OVER THE SWINE FLU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/18/09 05:28 PM

well you are right except it is 22 outside, and a frost heavy enough to shovel

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/18/09 08:39 PM

'Cold here too.

I left some moose on the freezer out on the porch - to 'thaw' overnight (so I could grind it into hamburger today)
It's still rock hard!

It must have been about 15 at our house. It was officially 19 downtown and we usually go about 5 degrees cooler out here.

It sure is bright and sunny when it's cold like this. I guess winter really IS going to happen this year.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/18/09 09:32 PM

Sometime it might... lotsa ice in the puddles and lotsa frost that looked like snow this morning, now the frost is gone and the ice isn't...lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/20/09 04:02 AM

Heavy frost this morning. Leaves on the Sugar Maple trees are 3/4 gone.

Hupurest: Suprised that you can't get a simple thing like D'Italiano Bread up in Anchorage. Bought some today. On sale for $1.59 a loaf.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/24/09 12:32 AM

I just put a bunch of traps on the trap shed if anyone needs some users.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/25/09 01:17 PM

Needed a good laugh this Morning, so I was reading the ADN and WOW !! I laughed so hard tears were coming out of my eyes !!!LMAO

Little story about a Fire Chief getting in a bit of trouble !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/25/09 09:55 PM

I see the creek is starting to freeze up there!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/25/09 11:48 PM

Pretty heavy ice running and the current is starting to slow significantly.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 12:26 AM

That's not gonna affect my canoeing in is it??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 12:32 AM

Nah !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 03:55 PM

Ain't those lights neat !!

http://www.borealisbroadband.net/Vid-Sheraton1.htm

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 06:11 PM

white17:

Have you done much finish work with Mouldings ? A bit stuck on how to do a transition piece out of Red Oak that would divide the Kitchen and the Hallway. Hallway is Red Oak for the Hardwood floor and the Kitchen is Ceramic tile.

The dumb tile guy should have put the transition piece in when he did the floor, but left the job for me to do. He said " YOU FIGURE IT OUT !! " Not happy with him or this tile job !!

I got pictures of it to better explain it, if they would help.

Thanks !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 06:14 PM

Need pix. Are the two floors at the same level or different ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 06:36 PM

Just finished taking the pictures. I will have them uploaded in a few minutes. I measured out the drop from the top of the tile down to the Oak floor. Oak floor is exactly 1 5/16 inches lower that the top of the kitchen tile floor.

As soon as the picture get downloaded , I will post picts.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 06:52 PM

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 08:36 PM

Well I hope it isn't as irregular as your contour tool seems to indicate but ........What I would consider is put a piece of oak at the bottom,,90 degrees to the run of the hardwood floor.

Next I would make a piece of oak that has a 90 dapped out of the backside that measures 1 5/16"... less the thickness of the first piece I mentioned.. on the tile part of that piece run a bevel off so that it tapers to the tile.

I'll try to sketch it. You should only need a table saw and 3 cuts to do the job.

Posted By: FishinHank

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 08:47 PM

post #600 on this thread.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 08:50 PM

It looks like you need to remove some material at the hardwood level in order to get an end piece in there. If you can do that then the backside of the 90 would equal your 1 5/16. The end piece wouldn't be mandatory but I think it would look better in the long run

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 09:28 PM

Got a bunch of that thinset chiseled away from the edge.
(And I did not chip or break any of the tiles !! )

Here are the after pictures. Now, I know that it doesn't show up too well in the pictures, but the area that I chipped away at, is pretty much level now. One spot I might go back and take a 2nd look at , but I figured I would quit while I was ahead. ( And didn't break any of the tiles !! )

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/26/09 11:16 PM

The other thing you could do is to take a couple pieces oak and glue them so you have enough thickness, and then saw a bevel down to the hardwood level. Run it through the table saw until you have the height you need. 1 5/16"

That would also cover that excess thinset and the old vinyl.

Is it the photo or does that wood floor have a sag in the center of the doorway or a hump on the right hand side?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/27/09 12:02 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Is it the photo or does that wood floor have a sag in the center of the doorway or a hump on the right hand side?

Yes and no.

1. That sag is where they poured 6 bags of floor leveler . The "Tileman"

did not set that one tile correctly and I did not see it till the job was done.

They also left the Kitchen Cabinets half completed. I had to box in t2 corners that were left open. And on the one corner they left open, they put a 2x4 to brace up the tile counter top by the stove. I got sick of waiting for them to come back to finish the job, so I turned a spindle on the lathe and replaced that 2x4 with the Oak Spindle.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/30/09 05:32 PM

White17:

Got the heat cranked up ? It looks a bit chilly up there today !!

Got a foot of snow headed this way later next week !

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/30/09 05:59 PM

Nah it's not too bad. we have 18 degrees here today. Yesterday was not nice though. We had a north wind howling like a banshee yesterday.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 10/31/09 03:36 AM

We had that wind here too... was out of power for 12+ hours. Wouldn't bother me so much if we didn't have three freezers and a cooler in the store

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 03:16 PM

I've got minus 5 here this morning. Finally !

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 03:36 PM

-6 here

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 04:54 PM

+5 here the bay was full of ice yesterday

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 05:45 PM

Below zero in Willow the last 2 nights....its finally starting to feel like trapping season!!

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 06:42 PM

Any Snow yet Dave? 17 in Anchorage at 0500

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 07:27 PM

River here stopped about 48 hours ago.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 07:32 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

I've got minus 5 here this morning. Finally !

I guess it's not a good sign that my teeth are chattering from just reading that.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 07:41 PM

No it isn't. You may have to bring a wool insert for your Doctor's Nightguard.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 09:11 PM

Bout 18 degrees here and the wind finally stopped.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/02/09 09:22 PM

65 degrees and clear blue sky!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/08/09 09:14 PM

Well, I found a house to place a bid on and it's real CHEAP too !! $28,000 !! Think I am going to pass. Contains that CHINESE DRYWALL!! What a mess that would be to fix. Drywall, insulation, Copper pipes, Electric wiring ...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/08/09 09:37 PM

There's a place about a mile up the road from me that will probably be up for bid soon. Friends of ours had to let it go back to the bank, nice place, has electricity but no water. 2.2 acres I think, set up for a dog lot, but nice 2 bedroom log cabin.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 04:12 PM

Is that SNOW I see on the road at the Potter Marsh Weigh Station ???

Sunny and 68 degrees here today !!

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 04:17 PM

-10 here outside Squarebanks. No serious snow or cold yet. Must be that Global Warming thing we heard about.

Pete

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 04:20 PM

10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT 7:20 AM ALASKAN TIME ???

IT'S ONLY NOVEMBER 9TH !!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 04:38 PM

I had minus 20 yesterday and it's warmed up to minus 15 this morning.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 05:38 PM

Hey Woodelf, I missed that...We dont have any snow. south of houston got a few inches last night, but we are bare ground, just a trace of snow.

And the marshes just have the crust frozen over. Anyone on 4 wheeler ought to be careful in the marshes....Its a PITA once a quad falls thru that frozen crust!!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 06:02 PM

FINALLY got some snow last night... couple inches, but it's a start!!

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 06:08 PM

I heard on the radio this morning that this is the second latest we've ever had the first snow of the year in the Anchorage area. The latest was November 10th.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 06:41 PM

Snow for trappers only comes in two amounts:

Too much or too little.....!

Posted By: Eagle River Nick

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 06:59 PM

5 inches here!

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 07:18 PM

Originally Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Snow for trappers only comes in two amounts:

Too much or too little.....!

All I know is it'll be good to see fresh tracks on the ground again.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 07:35 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

I had minus 20 yesterday and it's warmed up to minus 15 this morning.

WOW.
And I'm out in shorts and tee-shirt tying down junk around the house before hurricane Ida hits.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 07:47 PM

Topic for the day !!

Why are Alaskans so dang picky about their Ice Cream ??

A. Because they can..

B. Because the cold has affected the neurons in their Brain

C. Because they don't care if it costs $6.00 a pint, when it's good, it GREAT!!!

D. With 6 months of darkness, they have nothing better to do other than to watch TV and eat Ice Cream

AND THE SURVEY SAYS????????

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 08:50 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

AND THE SURVEY SAYS????????

I like pie.

-TJ

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/09/09 08:52 PM

Originally Posted By: Okiekajun

Originally Posted By: white17

I had minus 20 yesterday and it's warmed up to minus 15 this morning.

WOW.
And I'm out in shorts and tee-shirt tying down junk around the house before hurricane Ida hits.

Ida rather had the cold than the hurricaine.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 01:23 AM

Originally Posted By: Cazador

I heard on the radio this morning that this is the second latest we've ever had the first snow of the year in the Anchorage area. The latest was November 11th, I believe.

November 13th is what they said on the news... lol Too bad!! We needed the snow!

Business doubled at the store today!! Whoop!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 02:08 AM

been drifting down a little all day here but we're supposed to get 5-6 inches tonight.

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 02:46 AM

Got 38 degrees, occasional rain showers, an blowing 15, gusting 35 out of the SW. Forecast doesnt indicate much of a change for a few days- looks like rain and snow, maybe back to all snow on thursday.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 03:52 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: Okiekajun

Originally Posted By: white17

I had minus 20 yesterday and it's warmed up to minus 15 this morning.

WOW.
And I'm out in shorts and tee-shirt tying down junk around the house before hurricane Ida hits.

Ida rather had the cold than the hurricaine.

I think Ida gree.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:11 PM

So did you get any of the storm ?

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:20 PM

Nah, wasn't bad at all. Little water over a few roads, parking lot flooded, wind blew my hat off.

Gulf waters were too cool to allow her to strengthen.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:23 PM

Too bad! I was hoping it would push up the price of crude!

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:29 PM

W17,

Maybe that "water too cool" thing that he references is why you have so few hurricanes there in McGoo....

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:35 PM

Good chance you're right. I never would have guessed that.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 05:57 PM

I bet Pete's right. That may have a lot to do with the lack of Manatee's around McGrath too.

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 06:02 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Too bad! I was hoping it would push up the price of crude!

You may get your wish yet!

Since Katrina it's pretty much standard policy for companies to kill production, and evac workers when a storm hits the gulf.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 07:15 PM

Yeah there was a bump up early this morning but I think they realize there's not much danger from Ida now.

We have Manatees here.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 08:56 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

We have Manatees here.

Pics??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/10/09 09:18 PM

They're all old ones on paper. No digitals. Sorry.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 02:38 AM

I saw what I think was a manatee once in MCG. She was dancing in McGuires....

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 02:42 AM

There's lots of them!

Posted By: Okiekajun

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 03:06 AM

I think you may be confusing the "sea cow" with the more common "Wal-Mart cow".

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 03:19 AM

No. We don't have a Wal-mart here. They are definitely she-cows.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 05:47 AM

What a coincidence. You probably haven't been getting good answers either.....

Posted By: BAMM BAMM

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/11/09 07:33 AM

White is telling the truth. We have Manatee here in hook creek also. I have digital pic proof!!! One is even tagged from ADF&G from McGrath.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/13/09 10:18 PM

I just wanted to say that since AKtrapper26 and Nick have started journals, I think that it's a great idea to keep track of what folks are up to. Lots of good input to be had and good threads to check!!!

I'm hoping to start one up here shortly as well. That should keep me motivated to take pics as I'm usually pretty bad about that. Hope some more of us "small timers" do a journal this year!!

My seasons starting slow with the first 3 days lost to the flu, but did catch a nice cross last night in a 1.65 2 coil bedded in beach sand....below 12" of fresh snow!!!

I couldnt believe that...goes to show, there's always hope!!

No catch pics on that one...but will add to my journal when I get it up and running...

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 12:43 AM

Wow, got quiet on here. Everyone take their marbles and go home?

-TJ

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 07:12 AM

Originally Posted By: Pittu

Hope some more of us "small timers" do a journal this year!!

Now you know where my handle came from! I might do one, got a couple pictures to post from last couple days. Looking forward to pics of the cross.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 05:36 PM

Will do...boarded fur pics...no catch pics..due to some, ummm, entanglement issues...but as soon as I have enough pics and story to be of any interest whatsoever, I'll get a post going.

I actually thought of your handle when I wrote that, wasnt it you that had the "blonde marten rodeo"? I tried to get out again last night to get more sets out but overflow is a bi-atch.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 08:38 PM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

Wow, got quiet on here. Everyone take their marbles and go home?

-TJ

Because it is too bleeping cold to do anything!

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 08:54 PM

Sorry, not cold enough. Need me some ice!

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 09:39 PM

It was 56 here today.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 09:41 PM

What's with the below zero temps now in Alaska ? -44 degrees in November??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 10:04 PM

Not uncommon.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 10:04 PM

AH Ha!!! Did you know that there is a little known program that Alaska has that gives special incentives to New Yorkers that move to Alaska ??

It is called the "Sponsor Canvasback to Alaska" law

It was written into the code just this morning, in fact !!

Extreme Alaska Home Makeover is the lead program director !!

LMAO

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 10:51 PM

Oh it's not cold YET.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 11:03 PM

It was a bit chilly last night. Got down to 45 Degrees. Had to turn the heat on in the bedroom . Cranked it up to 75 !!

I was toasty warm !!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 11:07 PM

Here is a question for you all.

I woke up around 4:55AM this morning and there was not a cloud in the Sky !. I was looking out towards the West and noticed an extremely bright Star in the early Morning sky.

Anyone know what that was ?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/18/09 11:13 PM

I think that's the planet Venus or Mars, I can't remember.

45 degrees? Hmmf. Try 10 below here!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 12:10 AM

I'd be happier if it was 10 above!! lol

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 12:27 AM

I dont mind the cold, just need lots more snow to get out in the good country. tryed to go 2 days ago and just beat myself to death going only 20 miles.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 12:43 AM

I don't mind it too much myself, and it's not the cold, it's the brutal wind we have here that rips down the valley. I remember a time or two last year when the wind stopped and it was 30-40 below and it was quite tolerable... I zipped right out to play with the pups...lol

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 01:07 AM

I don't mind it either. Minus 20 here is warmer than 20 above in Anchorage. I hate that inlet.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 12:43 PM

I added up the difference in current temps, and it is 80 Degrees warmer here than in Alaska right now.

(I also have an electric heater set at 75 running in the office right now !! LOL )

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 01:04 PM

The winter temps in Alaska are our unique way of saying "Told you not to move up here....!"

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/19/09 01:12 PM

Pete:
Are you a member of the Fairbanks, Alaska Welcome Wagon Committiee ? LOL

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 11:49 AM

For some reason, my application to join the Welcome Wagon was rejected!

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 05:15 PM

Originally Posted By: Pete in Frbks

For some reason, my application to join the Welcome Wagon was rejected!

Pete
I heard you welcomed Tiffany with open arms!!!
What.s up with that?

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 06:06 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Pete:
Are you a member of the Fairbanks, Alaska Welcome Wagon Committiee ? LOL

Originally Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Originally Posted By: Pete in Frbks

For some reason, my application to join the Welcome Wagon was rejected!

Pete
I heard you welcomed Tiffany with open arms!!!
What.s up with that?

Pete
I feel I have to apologize for my last post. I should have been more sensitive toward your rejection. After some serious thinking about the underlying cause of your accepting Tiffany with open arms but rejecting CB, I've realized that it is simply because CB is from New York and Tiffany is from Iowa. Couldn't possibly be any other reason I'm sure.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 08:06 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

I added up the difference in current temps, and it is 80 Degrees warmer here than in Alaska right now.

(I also have an electric heater set at 75 running in the office right now !! LOL )

Good grief, we keep the temp on the thermostat in the store set at 60!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 08:09 PM

My thermometer says -42 right now at 11 a.m and some idiot is doing touch and go's in a cub.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 11:05 PM

We're actually having a heat wave, it's a whopping +5 degrees out there!

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 11:36 PM

I'm looking forward to a little bit of warming. This 25-30 below crap is getting old...LOL.

Looks like we'll be out cutting some more firewood next weekend!!

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/20/09 11:48 PM

No, it needs to stay cold and snow as well. Need some rivers to freeze so I can start trapping.....

-TJ

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 12:23 AM

We are freezing up good here too. Right now it's -10 with a 30 mph wind. I don't mind because I want things froze here too. I sure don't need White and MT to take a swim on their new line.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 12:24 AM

Well, i say that now, cause I was finally able to get out on my line yesterday..:)

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 01:04 AM

Yeah well it needs to warm up. My sewer froze last night.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 01:10 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Yeah well it needs to warm up. My sewer froze last night.

Don't you think it's time to dig a new hole??? Geez, that's kind of gross. LOL!!!!

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 01:13 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Yeah well it needs to warm up. My sewer froze last night.

You are starting to sound like an old woman. First it is too warm, now it is too cold. Can you never be satisfied?

-TJ

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 01:14 AM

sorry to hear it White, that is truly a PITA. Been there...do you know where it froze?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 01:23 AM

So glad I on't have one of those....yet.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:03 AM

Originally Posted By: Pittu

sorry to hear it White, that is truly a PITA. Been there...do you know where it froze?

Not yet. Still down around -40 and I'm waiting for Barb to get out from under the house. Sent her down there about an hour ago but it's been quiet for about 30 minutes now. I'm not the only one in town. I saw another place with a Herman-Nelson blowing under the house. I also heard that the three new NOAA houses are all frozen too.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:17 AM

white I have to ask, does this cold seem early this year? Seems to me at least, the past few years the really below zero temps waited until Jan/Feb... maybe it's just because we had such a great summer that it went from warm to cold so fast that I'm reading something into it... dunno.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:38 AM

Actually I think we are more back to the old days 'normal'. I can recall in the early 70's it was usually -40 by halloween. Lots of folks here used to drive their trucks on the river by then to get a last bunch of firewood.

I think it seems early because it's been a long time since it's been like this.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 04:01 AM

What strikes me as different this year is how long an autumn we had. Everyone kept talking about how long we had to get our yards cleaned up for the snowfall this year. Then we had a little snow. Then, WHAM! the temps hit bottom.

That's why we are all freezing up here.....no snow for insulation!

Posted By: alaska viking

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 04:29 AM

Y'all keep those temps up there were they belong! Mid 20's here....BRRR!

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 04:51 AM

I was going to warm up the shop and skin a fox out last night. Figured when I got done cutting up a load of wood the garage would be warm and I could get a start on the dog. Had a good fire and everything going. I had spilled some beer on the freezer which was pretty close to the stove. After about 3 hours I went to check on the fox to see if it was still froze solid or if I could get a start on it. Heck the beer that I spilled was froze to the freezer! SO much for heating my shop up in -25. Next weeks supposed to get to the single digits. Guess my wife will have to shower around some body bags in the tub the next few days.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 06:04 AM

Makes sense, we've only been up here 10 years and it seemed the cold temps waited til Jan/Feb or so. And the fall WAS very long, heck we got most everything picked up this year and won't have too many surprises when it melts in the Spring.

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 06:14 AM

I dont know but every year it seems I have to hang christmas lights at -20 the day or two after thanksgiving,so this seems normal.

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 06:36 AM

Ken- How much snow do you guys have? how deep is your sewer line buried? or did it freeze under the house?

I dread hearing about these events b/c that means its not far away and work will get CRAZY here soon if the temps keep up and we dont get much more snow.

good luck getting it thawed out!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:30 PM

We have maybe 8 inches of snow and I don't recall how deep the line is. I think it's about 3 feet but could be more....or less. I'm hoping it froze right where it goes into the ground but I doubt that's the case. Too steep an angle at that point.

Here is the weather pattern that I have become used to. Cold October/November. Big snow dump just before Thanksgiving. Then a warm spell of 4-5 days, might even thaw a little. Week before Christmas gets really cold and hangs on through mid/late January with continuous small snow storms. February is nice. 40-60 below at night 10 below to zero during the days. Sunny and bright....except at night.

Your results will vary.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:44 PM

See what happens when you use too much toilet paper !! LMAO

Time to call in a Plumber !! I wonder how much it would cost to fly one in from Anchorage ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 03:45 PM

How deep is your frostline up that a way ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 04:53 PM

I don't know at this time of year. I think the problem originated from cold temperatures with little snow cover.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 05:13 PM

Is your sewer tank buried or are you on piped?

I've come back from a trip to the Dr. in December to a house with my entire sewer frozen. Is does suck.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 07:02 PM

-33 here at the house, waiting for a few more degrees + before I head out to check a snare line I have out.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 08:55 PM

Well, the situation just reminds me that an outhouse makes much more sense!
The rabbits have been visiting ours quite regularly, judging by the tracks.
The styrofoam seat still works like a charm ;o)
We are just waiting for a little more (relative) 'warmth' to clear the ice from the pipe and be functional again.
BTW, I have NOT been under the house. That is White's domain!
Kusko, we have a buried log crib.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 10:04 PM

OB the outhouse we had at our other cabin had a foam seat

Much squishier and comfy than Styrofoam and just as warm!! lol

Here at the store we can either run from the cabin to the store or use our 'Luggalbe Loo' for "can't quite make it" trips!! lol

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 10:19 PM

Well where the Ol' Blister is concerned I guess I have to say it all Depends.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 10:52 PM

Now THERE'S an option!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/21/09 11:31 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Well where the Ol' Blister is concerned I guess I have to say it all Depends.

That was just wrong!! LMAO!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 12:01 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

We have maybe 8 inches of snow and I don't recall how deep the line is. I think it's about 3 feet but could be more....or less. I'm hoping it froze right where it goes into the ground but I doubt that's the case. Too steep an angle at that point.

Here is the weather pattern that I have become used to. Cold October/November. Big snow dump just before Thanksgiving. Then a warm spell of 4-5 days, might even thaw a little. Week before Christmas gets really cold and hangs on through mid/late January with continuous small snow storms. February is nice. 40-60 below at night 10 below to zero during the days. Sunny and bright....except at night.

Your results will vary.

Well, I can see you have a few options :..

1. Are you hooked up to the City Sewer or private Septic System ?
If it is a City sewer , I would call the DPW and tell them to start digging . Think "HEALTH & SAFETY" !

that usually is the only way to get the DPW to do anything this time of the year.

2. If you can get into the frozen in pipe area where it is under the house, assuming you have a Crawl Space with enough room to get around in, you might try wrapping the frozen pipe with electric pipe heater tape to warm up the pipe and free the clog.

3. Got any RV Antifreeze to pour down the drain ? That MIGHT work.

4. In the Spring or Summer, dig up that area , wrap the pipe with insulation and that electric heater tape and bury it 1 Foot below the Frost Line. That is really the only way to prevent frozen Sewer Pipes that are buried underground.

5. Another option would be to use Spray Foam insulation around the buried pipe. In the Summer, dig up that pipe and spray the foam insulation in the trench where the pipe tends to freeze up. Spray enough of that insulation in the trench so that the pipe is completely covered . I would say at least 12 inches of insulation would work well around the pipe.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 12:32 AM

City Sewer ?? Whats that ? Private septic.

The pipe is insulated and has a heat tape on it. It's too cold to do any good. Just a waste of electricity.

No room to pour anything down the drain.

Pipe in the ground is insulated and heat taped. Can't dig much deeper or you're into the water table.

The insulated pipe also has blue 2" styrofoam over it prior to burial.

This is the first time it's ever frozen.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 03:31 AM

K : Always pump prior to vacation. If frozen, get a _hit stick from Shorty and it will thaw in several hours, since it's just the top layer that's frozen. Don't ask how I know - ok I tell you. Arizona doctors who don't listen .

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 04:33 AM

Originally Posted By: Ol' Blister

we have a buried log crib.

Oh , my GOD!!!!

Please tell me your Septic Tank is made out of Concrete and not LOGS!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 04:48 AM

9er; I doubt that the crib itself is frozen, just the pipe leading in. I'll bet you were happy with that guy.

CB:

At over $500 per yard for concrete no one has a concrete septic tank on the west side of the Alaska Range.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:06 AM

I was thinking of those Pre-cast Concrete Septic Tanks. I would look at it purely from the Health and Safety aspect, I.E. protecting the well water from contamination, that would be the way to go.

A 1,000 gallon one compartment tank would weigh in at around 8,700 lbs.

I know for a fact that there are grants for new Septic Systems. I am pretty sure that a grant would pay for the whole thing .

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:08 AM

It would be another 8700 to get it here

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:15 AM

And the Grant would probably cover the whole thing !!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:23 AM

I think if that was the case the city here would have done it long ago.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:37 AM

What they should do, is get a Grant Writer to seek out this funding for a project like that. I remember when the CDBG funding announcement was sent out. We were all asked what projects we thought would be worth submitting for possible grant money. There was 3 proposals. I submitted the idea for 2 Stand-by Natural Gas electric generators for the Town Water Wells. Of those three proposals that were submitted , mine was the only one that year to be approved. It was a project that came to total over $43,000.

It can be done, it just takes patience to work through all the paperwork that needs to be submitted.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:48 AM

People here who do have manufactured tanks all have two piece fiberglass ones. They run about 16k installed

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:50 AM

You're a hoot!! lol

How about you find me a grant to get me a wind generator and all the bells and whistles that go with it to run my store and home here?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 02:06 PM

Wolfwoman:

1. Are you located in a place that has a lot of wind ?

2. Near a Main Highway ?

3. Near any High Voltage Powerlines ??

If you are , you might be able to work out a deal with a Wind Energy Company to place a Wind Turbine on your property. Depending on how the lease agreement is written, you could get enough money in yearly lease payments to cover your yearly electric bill.

Now, as to a private Wind Turbine, there are grants available to place one of these Turbines on a person's property. New York has Grants for them, I don't see why Alaska would not have something similar available too.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 02:44 PM

White17:

Does the McGrath Public Works Department have a Pipe Steamer ? That would melt that frozen clog within 30 minutes.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 04:08 PM

No they don't but one of the miners in town might. I have borrowed a hot water jet pump that self feeds down the pipe. I just need some warmer temps before crawling under the house to get started.

Ya know those huge wind turbines that are being constructed all over the place now ? Don't those things require electricity to get started ? If so, how much does it take to start one relative to how much they produce? Might be a net loss in the long run.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 04:22 PM

No, they don't require electricity to work. They produce electricity when they are turning. Requires an average of 5 MPH constant wind to turn the Turbine blades. They have a shutoff when the wind is over 55 MPH . I don't know how they would assemble them up North. The concrete pad or foundation that they would sit on, runs around 40 feet in diameter and depending the size of the Tower and the soil conditions, the thickness of the concrete pad can run anywhere from 7 feet to 15 feet.

Note: the foundation thickness listed above would be for a Commercial Wind Turbine that would generate 1.5 to 2 Mega Watts

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 04:26 PM

That's a lot of mud. Soils would be a huge problem in many places up here.

Posted By: alaska viking

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 05:49 PM

Sounds like you better make another T.P. furnace instead of flushing. That one you made last year at your main line cabin looked to be working well.
Of course you might need to extend the stack if your gonna use it inside. Then again, at those temps, you might not want to lose the BTU's.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 06:08 PM

CB they did a study here a couple years ago and the wind blows a lot the end result was the wind turbines were not cost effective to put in. We are however seeing a few private individuals putting them in for their home two to be exact. The cash they had to put into them was somewhere in the 25-35K range. To much for me that's for sure
Now down on the AK peninsula they have one village that has put in a couple two or three of the things and it has helped not sure they are using them for all their electric needs or not

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 06:29 PM

Good idea Barry. I can route the stack into the bathroom fan.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 06:55 PM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Wolfwoman:

1. Are you located in a place that has a lot of wind ?

2. Near a Main Highway ?

3. Near any High Voltage Powerlines ??

Yes yes and yes. How do I find these people?

Posted By: woodelf

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 07:04 PM

White I know a guy that made his own mini steamer with a pressuer cooker. he rigged up a hose to the top where the press gauge goes and fed that into the forzen sewer. It may take a while, but it will work in a pickle. He placed it on a coleman stove so it is portable and he said it took a couple hours to steam his place.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 07:12 PM

Wll it's finally getting light here so I'm going out to start at the far end of the system. Thanks to P9er I realized I need to determine if my tank is frozen or functional. Thanks for the steamer idea. Maybe I can steam some sled runners at the same time.

Come to think of it I have a friend who did the same thing with a blazo can and a hose. Thanks !!

Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 11:14 PM

Sounds like you'll have yer poop in a group in no time!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/22/09 11:16 PM

Yeah or something like that!

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 02:30 AM

If you can get a hose down the line to the frozen spot, just hook a garden hose to a hot water outlet and feed the hose through the frozen area.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 02:33 AM

That's what I'm gonna try tomorrow once I figure out where it's frozen.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 02:36 AM

Good luck, I imagine OB is getting tired of carrying the honey bucket to work each day to dump it.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 02:49 AM

LOL ! fortunately it's been the weekend. She'll have to pack it off in the morning. I got her one of those shoulder yokes so she can balance a bucket on each end.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 03:28 AM

For better production, she should learn to balance it on her head, leaving her hands free for other items. This would also really impress other ladies in the village, raising her status amoung them.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 02:51 PM

Great idea! I'll tell her you suggested it.

Posted By: alaska viking

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 05:45 PM

Bet I can guess what bearbait is getting for X-mas from OB.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 05:49 PM

Originally Posted By: alaska viking

Bet I can guess what bearbait is getting for X-mas from OB.

Let me guess... a bucket full?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 06:47 PM

LOL!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/23/09 06:58 PM

just dump it on the ice......then maybe fish and kusko can harvest some corn in the fall if it takes root downstream...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 04:19 AM

K, that was just wrong!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 04:46 PM

Heat wave this morning Alaska !!! 36 degrees!!!

Hey, we are only 12 degrees warmer than you all!!

And they say Alaska is cold..

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 05:30 PM

12 degrees here

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 06:20 PM

Did the clog melt ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 10:42 PM

Not at 12 degrees it didn't. BUT< I did find the problem. The ground had heaved the perimeter of the house just enough to creat a downhill slope toward the toilet. I put some heat under the building this morning and saw a leak begin dripping. So I went to plan B. Got under the house with a cordless sawzall and cut out the offending section. Dropped the downstream end an inch and jacked up the floor another 1/2". Should be good for another week or so now.

There was only a section about 16 inches long with ice in it.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 10:47 PM

Sure it wasn't that burrito fest you had last week that caused the pipe to sag at that point....

-TJ

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 10:48 PM

Good deal White. Hopefully the fix will hold..

We had ours freeze a couple winters ago where it goes into the tank. It backed up into the drain standpipe for the clothes washer in the basement (luckily before we had the washer installed) and I got the suprize of a lifetime when I went to the basement to get something!!!

Good times for sure...hair drier, hot water, hot mop and 3 days later we were back in business so to speak.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/24/09 10:51 PM

Yep that sounds awful! Well if this will get us through the winter we'll be poopin' in tall cotton. I plan to raise the building a couple feet one of these years.

TJ: no burritos. I think it was the pecan log rolls.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/25/09 12:38 AM

What is the soil like around the house ? Clay ? Gravel ? Loam ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/25/09 03:40 AM

Ice in most areas below 6 inches or so.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/25/09 01:53 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Ice in most areas below 6 inches or so.

Dang. There goes the Extreme Makeover Home Edition application for McGrath, Alaska !!LMAO

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 06:01 AM

Just got home from a trip to Wasilla. Helped a buddy move down there. On the way down a wolf crossed the road in front of me, couldn't get a shot. On the way home a lynx ran across, but it was dark and I couldn't stop. Cool to see them, it would have been nice to bag one.

I stopped and saw Wolfwoman at her store.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 06:39 AM

And I made sure he didn't get too close as I'm sick as a dog

What's REALLY funny is we didn't exchange names... only handles...RoFL!!!

Bonnie

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 03:25 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

And I made sure he didn't get too close as I'm sick as a dog

What's REALLY funny is we didn't exchange names... only handles...RoFL!!!

Bonnie

SWINE FLU ?????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 04:49 PM

HAPPY THANKSGIVING NEIGHBORS!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 06:11 PM

Do-nuts!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 06:19 PM

You would laugh if I air mailed you a dozen Donuts in time for December 25th

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 07:12 PM

He would laugh alright as he sat and ate them all

Thinking what kind of guy spends that kind of money sending me donuts LOL

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 10:04 PM

True ! $30.00 for 2 day air mail.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 10:05 PM

I think I will keep the donuts for myself !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 10:18 PM

But I got a HUGE HOMEMADE APPLE PIE IN THE OVEN RIGHT NOW !!

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 11:14 PM

CB do you need my address ??

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/26/09 11:31 PM

otterman:

I thought that Alaskans did'nt like Apple Pie

Besides, Hupurest revoked my Alaska entry Visa. Something about not wanting anymore New Yorkers in Alaska. I guess that goes for New York food, too.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 12:21 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

And I made sure he didn't get too close as I'm sick as a dog

What's REALLY funny is we didn't exchange names... only handles...RoFL!!!

Bonnie

SWINE FLU ?????

Nope, just a really nasty cold.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 12:30 AM

That's how that H1N1 starts!

Keep that house warm !!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 01:03 AM

hey has anyone heard anything from or about Underdog? I haven't seen him on here since early spring.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 01:18 AM

Originally Posted By: canvasback

That's how that H1N1 starts!

Keep that house warm !!!

No it doesn't, a cold virus is different from the flu virus, now a cold can make you more vulnerable to getting the flu, but I don't have time for something that puts me in bed. I just work right thru colds

Cabin is always warm!!

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 01:47 AM

UD is doing fine but has been busy. I suspect he will chime in later in the winter.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 02:21 AM

CB Well if you were really going to do it I would have asked for blueberry rather than apple

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 02:33 AM

Elderberry!

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 02:51 AM

Huckleberry.......

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 04:18 AM

Otterman:

Blueberry ? Thought you all were flooded with Blueberries in Alaska ?

Wolfwoman: Elderberry ??? Geesh, you pick on expensive pies!!

mtbadger: Huckleberry ? What's that ?

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 04:55 AM

CB some fine eating berries.....LOL

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 05:53 AM

I know, that's what makes them taste better...LOL

Huckleberries are blueberries.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 06:30 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Huckleberries are blueberries.

sorry but we have both and they are distinctly different huckelberries grow higher off the ground and on bigger bushes they also are not as sweet. You wont find them on the tundra but in the trees and mountains. Though very similar they are different

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 06:54 AM

Interesting... so I had to go hunting....

Huckleberries and blueberries are closely related "Vaccinium" species. Generally the wild Pacific NW species are called "Huckleberries" and the eastern species are called "Blueberries".

Blueberries are often called huckleberries, but the difference between blueberries and huckleberries is their skin and the size of their seeds. Seeds of the blueberry are smaller than the huckelberry.

In the eastern US, the blueberry is the most common of the two, while in the west, especially in the Pacific Northwest, huckleberry is much more common. The bushes and berries are very similar in appearance, and except for the slight differences in flavor, it is at times difficult to tell the difference just by looking at them, unless you have a degree in botany.

he size and sweetness of the berries is determined by environmental factors such as temperature and moisture. However, in general, wild huckleberries tend to be much smaller but much more intensely flavorful and sweet, while wild blueberries are often larger-sized but blander.

Blueberries have a large number of very tiny and soft seeds, whereas huckleberries have 10-12 larger and harder seeds. This distinction is often lost, however, since in neither case are the seeds generally noticeable when eating the fruit.

In both cases, there are varieties that are black when ripe, others that are red when ripe, and some that are blue when ripe. The Black Huckleberry is the most wide spread species of huckleberry, and as the name implies, the fully ripe berries which are usually about the size of a dried pea, are black.

Black Huckleberry bushes usually grow from 1 to 3 1/2 feet tall and have oval leaves that tend to be tacky or sticky to the touch. Often the leaves will be rather sparsely growing, and the berries are usually found on the terminal tips of the branches, partly hidden by the leaves. This plant grows well in forested, fairly dry soil, especially on sheltered slopes.

Highbush Blueberry is the most common variety of blueberry, with the bushes sometimes exceeding 10 feet in height. Highbush Blueberriesgrow in mostly wooded or very wet swampy soil.

Both huckleberries and blueberries require acidic soil to grow in, and both have varieties that are very low growing, seldom growing over a foot in height. Because of the similarity in soil needs, and the number of varieties, it isn't uncommon to find both huckleberries and blueberries growing close together.

The wild berries of both plants usually ripen between September and October, though varieties of blueberry have been cultivated to ripen somewhat earlier than this.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 04:59 PM

SE Alaska also has lots of Red Huckleberries.

-TJ

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 07:49 PM

Sitting here at the girlfriend's in Anchor town and my buddy calls, "Hay brad, running the dogs and you have a fox and 2 lynx, whant me to put them down?"

Nothing on that part for over a week, come into town for a few days and have 3 waiting for me when I get home!

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/27/09 08:15 PM

Nothing like an armchair trapper!

Posted By: alaska viking

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 06:54 PM

A real friend would have offered to skin as well. Sheesh.

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 07:16 PM

He would if he new how. He wants to lurn how to trap. told him I would trade, teach him trapping if he teaches me to run dogs.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 07:18 PM

The dogs will teach you that real quick !

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 07:42 PM

I keep playing with the idea of running dogs, its the summer work that would get in the way. I go work remote sometimes and would have to find someone to feed them.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 08:25 PM

Yep they are a full time job in themselves. I miss certain ones of mine but I sure don't miss being tied to them 365 days. It's a great way to trap because of the reliability and companionship but more expensive too. A guy needs to be in good shape to keep up with them so if you're going to do it, do it while you can.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 09:15 PM

A statement that everyone should take to heart - do it while you can.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 09:20 PM

A hearty agree here!!

White, i understand about having to be in shape to run dogs, but do you really? I follow the Iditarod every year and I tell you what, there are some HEFTY men and women on the backs of those sleds. Granted, there are some people that are hefty that are good physically, but there's been more than a couple that you can see that they are NOT in shape... how do they get thru the Iditarod?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/28/09 09:51 PM

You're talking about dogs and Iditarod dogs. Dogs as well trained as those are, are much easier to handle than the run of the mill dog team. Also, if you've got 10 or more dogs you don't have to work a lot. Also the trails are broken and relatively clear. The stress on the Iditarod is sleep deprivation.

Now take that same musher and put him behind 6 or 7 non-descript huskies that like to run, fight, and generally ignore the driver. Try breaking trail in 3 feet of snow or climbing a hill steep enough that you have to get off the runners. The dogs can move faster than you can, but you have to maintain a grip on that sled and keep up. You've got a string of different personalities out there and they all want to do something different.

Now throw a moose in the trail or a herd of caribou a few hundred yards in the distance. You better be sure you can stop them or at least manage to get through the trees without breaking the sled or yourself. Then add some darkness when these things happen.

Oh it's fun !

But it really is nice in bad situations. I recall one time it had warmed up while I was on one end of my line and a slough opened after I crossed it. Coming back home I had to cross that open water. Never could have done it with a snowmachine but my leader looked back at me and we decided to go for it. They were swimming and I was in water up to my chest but we got across. Home was 4 miles away.

Another time in a blizzard I could hardly see my leader (he was white). I just put my head down on my arms as I held on to the handle bar. Eventually we ended up in front of the cabin. I'd sure rather trust that dog than any GPS you can buy.

I was in a bit better shape back then but you have to start fresh every fall and it doesn't get easier.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/29/09 03:17 AM

Makes perfect sense to me... I think I best get my phat butt in shape!! lol Why are the Iditarod dogs trained so much better than any other? Just because of the stakes?

I am in the process of working a trade with someone for sled and dogs and I plan to have fun...lol

To be honest, I love the company of a dog better'n most people

But that's me.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/29/09 05:51 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Makes perfect sense to me... I think I best get my phat butt in shape!! lol Why are the Iditarod dogs trained so much better than any other? Just because of the stakes?

More training and a lot of the bad habits like fighting have been bred out of them.

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 11/30/09 08:35 PM

Flew down to Seattle yesterday. Took a one day class that only really lasted about 3 hours and now getting ready to fly back home. 19 hours here is more than enough for me. Plus sign is that I'm on the clock for work until I get back.

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 12:01 AM

Milk it Trunew...Those opportunities don't come everyday...lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 05:37 AM

First snow of the season here. 2 inches on the ground .

Posted By: dogmusher

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 09:04 AM

Dogs are a lot of fun. How much snow does Lake Louise have? I got my dog truck in the shop getting fixed and soon as that is fixed, I plan on heading to Wolverine Lodge and train out of there for a few days. You guys looking for dogs? I got lots, and lots of good ones if your interested. Good deals on them too, trade for some beaver meat. New York, I thought you was moving to Bethel? Your still there in New York?

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 11:42 AM

Ever notice how mushers only sell "good" dogs?

Then you ever wonder WHY they sell the "good" ones?

And does that mean they are keeping the ones with the slack tug lines.....?!!!!

Pete
(recovering musher)

Posted By: dogmusher

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 02:08 PM

The dogs that I have for sell have won races and some even hold the record to halfway point of the knik 200 and have won the knik 200. Last year I finished second in the klondike 300 and third place finisher was lance Mackey, and I got a couple dogs that was in that team for sale. You think I only have a few good dogs(I have over 60 right now) ? "I want to know what you meant by what you have said. "

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 02:51 PM

Easy easy, he was just kidding around Dogmusher.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 05:48 PM

FWIW, its pretty well known, at least in the circle of mushers i hang with, that Dogmusher and his extended family will part with GOOD dogs at fair prices...(and i know that Pete was kidding)

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 06:12 PM

I don't want fast dogs, I want only good dogs that listen and will lay down and stay on command!!

Snow!! Lots of HEAVY WET snow this morning... about 8" or so.. and NOW it's freaking RAINING!!! YUK

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 06:15 PM

Not asking for much are we WW?? LOL!!

I heard on the radio that north of palmer was supposed to get 18-30" today!! That would be inconvenient to say the least Im sure...I hate getting that much snow at once!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 06:59 PM

Hey, I can hope can't I?

North of Chickaloon at Bonnie Lake area I heard there is 20+ inches of the wet heavy stuff. Power is also out.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 11:36 PM

"Ever notice how mushers only sell "good" dogs?

Then you ever wonder WHY they sell the "good" ones? "

This also applies to houndsmen.

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 11:44 PM

I've bought a couple of "good" sled dogs over the years...

Good at eating, fighting and barking anyway..They're all good at something..

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/01/09 11:56 PM

Oh man, they are ALL good at eating!! lol

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 03:42 AM

This is what I did with that heavy WET NY snow today...lol

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 03:45 AM

Is that Canvasback ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 03:50 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Is that Canvasback ?

I be taller than that !!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 03:59 AM

Not if I whacked ya into the snow there!! lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 04:06 AM

I love Lake Effect snow !! Besides, I am quick on my 4 feet !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 04:18 AM

Wolfwoman :

Is that a lamp you have listed on your website ?

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 04:20 AM

What....no fur on the snowman

.....and only on your boots????

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 04:35 AM

Not even wearing any gloves. Must be that Swine Flu has her running a fever !!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 04:48 AM

It was freakin FORTY degrees!! Of COURSE there's no fur, mittens and I didn't even wear that vest when I was creating !! LOL

HOT outside!!! Water under the dang snow!!

Yes, birch burl lamp hubby made... it's been sold, but he has a few other pieces of burl.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 05:02 AM

They are expecting a NorEaster here before this weekend. Could be a foot of snow !!

40 Degrees ?? That's COLD !! LOL

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 05:10 AM

40 degrees at this time of year is HOT!! I was all sweaty once I was done shoveling and making the snowman and I wasn't wearing a coat! Took my gloves off after about 15 mins too!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 05:17 AM

I knew it. Fever is one of the signs of H1N1 !!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 05:25 AM

Bleh... if I had the flu I wouldn't have had the energy to shovel!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 05:29 AM

You guys ( and WW) remember a few days ago we were discussing pre-baiting and the legality of it. Well today I ran the question past Bearpaw and he said no problem. he also said that the law is designed to ensure public safety as well as to prevent folks from baiting waterfowl.

Gulo: would you agree that there is a legal distiction between pre-baiting sets and feeding wildlife ?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 06:25 AM

I remember, and that's interesting. Where is the line drawn at feeding and baiting? I would guess that you can only bait at certain times of year maybe?

Here's another question, what if you have a compost pile that you throw food waste into? and a critter feeds from it? What would that be considered, incidental?

And White, no worries at including me with the 'guys'...lol

Posted By: Gulo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 09:49 PM

white17...
Distinction between pre-baiting and wildlife feeding? I would certainly think so, but each FWP officer is different. They have "discretionary authority" that the practical ones use constantly, while you have "by-the-bookers", which could get sticky. I suspect any reasonable judge (are those mutually-exclusive terms?) would throw it out of court.

On the other hand...

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/02/09 10:37 PM

Unfortunately our new brown shirt falls outside the realm of "practical"

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/03/09 09:57 PM

Banker James, Got your calculator handy ??? Refinance question.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/03/09 10:03 PM

If it has to do with your personal mortgage, then I have no idea.

-TJ

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/03/09 10:04 PM

http://newsminer.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Ask+a+Wildlife+Trooper+%E2%80%94+Nov-+5-%20&id=4326317-Ask+a+Wildlife+Trooper+%E2%80%94+Nov-+5-

Here is the prebaiting article I was refering to

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/03/09 10:09 PM

Still no snow here at the lake!

They got snow all around us but only a dusting here. have around 3-4 inches that is turning to sugar already.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/03/09 11:02 PM

Originally Posted By: martenpine

http://newsminer.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Ask+a+Wildlife+Trooper+%E2%80%94+Nov-+5-%20&id=4326317-Ask+a+Wildlife+Trooper+%E2%80%94+Nov-+5-

Here is the prebaiting article I was refering to

Pre-baiting could be considered trapping during a closed season if you consider the following: AS 16.05.940 defines trapping as “taking” furbearers. The same statute defines “take” as “taking, pursuing, hunting, fishing, trapping or in any manner disturbing ... game.”

I wouldn't buy this opinion for a minute. It may qualify as "feeding animals" but I sure don't see it as "taking". That's a real stretch. Notice he says nothing about doing it during an open season. Theoretically, by his reasoning, you could do this during an open season but never set the trap. Are you still "taking" an animal under those circumstances ? Do you have to have them sealed?

I have to admit the guy immediately qualified as a fool in my book. Choosing to walk 5 miles without trying to dry your clothes strikes me as being judgementally challenged. Consequently, Whatever else he says is questionable in my mind. But that's just me.

Dwight Eisenhower said "it's better to have no law, than a bad law". Now I have all the respect in the world for LEO's but I have a corollary to Eisenhower's statement. "No trooper is better than a dumb trooper". Just my opinion, and I could be all wrong.

Posted By: Gulo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 12:00 AM

My musings on the brown shirts...

You get a good one in your district, one that's got the best interest of the resource in mind, do what you can to keep the guy (or gal) around. Take 'em on your line. Tip a cup or two of coffee with 'em. As I've opined before, every profession's got its good 'uns and it's slinkies. If you've got a good brown shirt, be thankful. They can be mighty helpful in a pinch.

On the other hand, I agree completely with white17. A bum one can become a lot like carburetor ice in a SuperCub. Without a little heat, it'll get you sooner or later.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 12:01 PM

Gulo,

On the other hand, the carb icing analogy may be somewhat lost on the many Southern people lurking here.

Nice to see you on here! The place was getting kinda in-bred! New perspective is handy.

Pete

Posted By: Gulo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 01:17 PM

Thanks Pete. You callin' me inbred? On the other hand, can't argue with the truth...

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 01:36 PM

I much prefer to think of you as the "new perspective."

On the other hand, I recall one time having to explain (to a guy who looked much like you)that the western boundary of the Fbks Mgt Area was Rosie CREEK, not the Rosie Creek drainage....!

Posted By: Gulo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 01:43 PM

Seems like people are forever tryin' to explain things to me, Pete, and they usually get that slack-jawed, blank-eyed stare, which is actually just my normal look.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 02:24 PM

Hey, slack-jawed is mandatory if you want that snoose to color your beard.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/04/09 04:38 PM

Aren't blank eyed looks normal ?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/08/09 04:43 PM

minus 8 at the house today.......at 6AM. It will probably by minus 10 when it's time to start the truck.
the kitchen drain waited for White to leave town before it froze up! Aaaaah, life in the bush

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/08/09 04:50 PM

Hey OB, did you see me wave at you yesterday? I was in the clinic van. Maybe Ken can fix the drain from his computer.LOL

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/09/09 04:35 AM

Oh, that was you!

PM sent

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 08:53 PM

Send some of that warm weather to NY . It's warnmer in Juneau than it is here! 30 degrees in Juneau at this time of the year ?? 18 degrees here .

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 08:57 PM

Wouldnt be suprized to hear 30 degrees in Juneau ANY time of the year!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 11:29 PM

-3 today

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 11:43 PM

WooHoo we are up to 17 here....

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 11:54 PM

Originally Posted By: Ol' Blister

the kitchen drain waited for White to leave town before it froze up! Aaaaah, life in the bush

At least his adult diapers aren't clogging up the septic anymore..

You should make a sign for the batroom that says
"No adult hygeine products in the toilet"

Posted By: cooncatcher23

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/10/09 11:55 PM

Dropping to 17 tonight here with some pretty good wind gusts

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 12:00 AM

Hey Hoopy, You remember last evening you asked if there was anything you could do to help ? Well................ those diapers now...they have to come out of that pipe. Poor Barb can't do it.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 06:40 AM

Poor Barb won't do it.
She's too busy burning up all the birch - keeping the home fires burning!
It warmed up to minus ten this afternoon.
Yes! I plugged the truck in at work.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 07:30 AM

Barb, why didn't you just drop the oil and put it on the pot belly stove??? Geez....

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 02:01 PM

She hasn't installed the quick drain on the truck yet

Posted By: mudtracker

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 04:32 PM

kinda lazy huh?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/11/09 04:36 PM

Kusko, we are lucky enough to have an old truck that goes through oil pretty fast ;o) I heat up a jug of new oil and put THAT in ;o)

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/12/09 01:23 AM

I had a Pinto like that once. Fill it up with oil and check the gas...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/13/09 08:50 PM

Deadliest Catch...

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/13/09 08:55 PM

Jeff, I am jelous. That is my favorite freshwater fish.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/13/09 09:42 PM

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 08:25 AM

Wassat???

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 11:35 AM

Looks like a Boone & Crockett burbot to me....

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 04:05 PM

I've been told the other name for a Burbot is "poor man's lobster"

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 06:37 PM

That's what hubby thought it was too

Never had any!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 10:02 PM

Not realy a Boon and Crocket,...they get much bigger....
known localy as Lush Fish,or ...Maneganaq...they are very tasty,I prefer the head with the guts attached and braided,boiled with the liver and a drizzel of seal oil..MM...Mmm

there is one she fish there

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/14/09 10:20 PM

Jeff, I think I just threw up a little in my mouth..LOL

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 02:47 AM

Jeff, are your's wormy? I filleted one here and it was CRAWLING with worms. I lost my appetite and that, doesn't happen often....

Posted By: mooseman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 02:56 AM

Here they are cusk.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 03:42 AM

Originally Posted By: Pittu

Jeff, I think I just threw up a little in my mouth..LOL

ROFL.....I was thinking that! But to each his or her own ;o))

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 04:12 AM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Jeff, are your's wormy? I filleted one here and it was CRAWLING with worms. I lost my appetite and that, doesn't happen often....

Some are and Some Aint....but when you are eating head head and guts....where do you draw the line...eeh?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 05:03 AM

If it can't crawl a straight line I don't eat it.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 05:06 AM

Originally Posted By: mooseman

Here they are cusk.

save them heads... they are good marten bait.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 05:18 AM

Absolutely the best !

Posted By: TRAPPER RAY AK

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 03:24 PM

worms are loaded with protein

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/15/09 05:50 PM

Actually Jeff, I was just joshing..I think..heck I'll try anything once...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/17/09 05:05 PM

Bought a new chainsaw yesterday, ( Ok, LOL I found out I got it for a Christmas present, saw it being wrapped !!) Anyhow, it's a Husqvarna 359 chainsaw with a 59 cc 3.9 HP motor It was on sale for $529.95

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 02:52 AM

Good luck this weekend on the line guys and stay safe...all the new snow makes for better traveling but potentially fresh overflow!!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 03:01 AM

Hey Jeff:
Only looked at the last 2 pages here....COOL burbot catch!!! Been trying to physically survive the trails here with no snow..but TODAY we got enough to run trails with-out breaking to many bones or dog sleds. Haven't heard from you in awhile. Guess under ice fishing is more profitable than the trapline right now huh? We catch a burbot every once in awhile in our fishwheel when it is scraping the bottom....and a trot line where fish scrapa are tossed in the river is very productive too.
Give me a hooler via e-mail and let me know whats going on out your way....My son and I will be putting in some new trail for the next 3 days so won't be on the computer until at least then.
Hey Trapperman...HELLO
We have been out of the loop for while...WHY!!! did NAFA cancel their auction...didn't even know until I pulled up Trapperman. We don't sell to NAPA but whats going on?
Wayne

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 03:03 AM

Hey Wayne. good to see you're still among the living. Say hello to Scarlett for us too.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 04:12 AM

HI Wayne!
Good to hear from you guys,and glad you survived the floods,...I was just thinking about sending,you guys a email..its been a weird year here on the Yukon,hope you were able to get enough dog food put up,FnG was pretty tight this year,,,and I did end up getting a freshwater permit and was hoping to fish eels and Cisco,...but we didnt get much of either.....trapping was good for about a week and we lost almost all our snow,and stll havent gotten any!...
and yes Nafa canceld the Sept and Jan,sales...its no biggy those sales were not a big deal,they dont offer cats or Marten,at those two sales.
well I hope you guys are doing good,and get your trails opend up,alot of wood plugging them up I bet....
stay safe, and I will be in touch.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 05:53 AM

nice pic Jeff

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 06:44 AM

Thanks MP
these guys are enjoying the NO snow winter.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 07:07 AM

We have a meat hunt opening in a couple days,saw these today

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 06:21 PM

Wow! NICE shot (picture, I mean ;o)

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/19/09 10:53 PM

I always enjoy your photos Jeff...

MaryLou~~

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 06:28 AM

Thanks Ladys...dont get to say that on T-man very often..LOL

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 03:35 PM

Cool photo !

Posted By: Loel

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 03:43 PM

I like that last shot!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 06:59 PM

Is this worth the money ??

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 07:30 PM

Well since you didn't say how much, I would say no. Besides, the dog or whatever that is, looks like it has a bad case of constipation or piles.

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 07:34 PM

Not sure what it is.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 07:35 PM

I THINK it is $300 +

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 07:49 PM

Still no. Why would you want to put that on your gun ?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 08:25 PM

1. Thought it looked nice.

2. To keep the wood from getting scratched.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 08:28 PM

OH.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 08:42 PM

Nice pictures Jeff, cross your fingers so we don't get that "r" thing again.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 08:47 PM

$300+ ? Ducktape your stock if you're worried about scratching it
and take a marks alot and draw a wolf picture on it.

Posted By: mad_mike

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 09:10 PM

Why would you bother? That thing looks creepy anyways.

Posted By: trapper ron

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 09:49 PM

Always great pictures and fun discussions here. One of my favorite threads to read. You Alaskans are a hoot.

Posted By: decoy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/20/09 11:29 PM

I second that Ron. Great bunch of guys :-)

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 12:33 AM

Canvas back I have 4 of those although they are the cheaper nylon ones that guys put bullets in, I dont use them I found them in alder patches. Those things just fall off and end up in shrew nests. for 300 plus buy a synthetic stock and dont worry about scratches.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 01:11 AM

Ditto

Posted By: Bearpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 01:46 AM

What he said

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 03:52 AM

Yah!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 05:05 AM

Originally Posted By: Spek Jones

$300+ ? Ducktape your stock if you're worried about scratching it
and take a marks alot and draw a wolf picture on it.

DUCKTAPE ??

ON A WINCHESTER 94 ???

That would be terrible !!

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 05:39 AM

Those things just fall off and end up in shrew nests

Thats why you cut a slot where the sling swivel sticks through... They don't fall off then....

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 03:02 PM

Woke up today to 41 degrees, wind, and hardly any snow left again, this winter is shaping up to be HORRIBLE.

Posted By: Gulo

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 03:11 PM

Maybe the guy'll trade a $300 ermine for the stock cover.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 04:00 PM

Yep Jon, I've got 29 here and windy. Bum deal !

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 06:20 PM

I don't know if anyone mentioned, but we got about 18" of snow last week in Eagle River and more to the East. I think Anchorage only had maybe 8 or 10", though. I was glad to see it fall, but it made snowshoeing tough last weekend.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 07:16 PM

The river was so close to going solid it was great now we are raining! Dang I am tired of sitting and waiting time to just get out and get some steel out even if it means pulling it all in a week or 10 days

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 07:42 PM

It is killing me too Todd. I will now be burning up slides again to go and trip my sets until we get more snow again.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 08:01 PM

It's a good day to put up some fur and bang out some snares. Hopefully we'll get some snow tomorrow or the next day.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 08:48 PM

I'll be snapping half my line next check, I'm giving up making the loop to my cabin with lack of snow and marten not wanting to climb and since I refuse to put traps on the ground I'll wait till next yr but still plan to get to the cabin and make a few wolf sets and hope a loner or two come through.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 08:49 PM

Good decision I think.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/21/09 09:58 PM

LOL!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 03:26 AM

I'm having a dang heat wave at 20 degrees, it's nice to walk back and forth without a coat

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 03:29 AM

I had 33 this afternoon but it's clearing and the temp is dropping a bit.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 04:12 AM

That's too warm for this time of year!

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 07:55 AM

Really bum here! 41 degrees, raining sideways (30 mph out of the south) and nearly 11 pm.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 04:17 PM

We hit 43 for a few minutes in the middle of the night. 29 this morning.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 08:20 PM

I thought it was supposed to be cold and chilly up there this time of the year ! LOL

Look at the extended forecast for "Cold and chilly , Alaska " LOL

Current Conditions for mcgrath, ak

McGrath - Cloudy

Cloudy

12°F

Feels Like: 1°F

Wind: 7mph

Humidity: 66%

Updated:10:52 AST

7 Day Forecast
Thursday
Thursday - Snow Showers
Hi: 49
Lo: 28
Friday
Friday - Partly Cloudy
Hi: 55
Lo: 30
Saturday
Saturday - Mostly Sunny
Hi: 58
Lo: 35
Sunday
Sunday - Partly Cloudy
Hi: 60
Lo: 35
Monday
Monday - Partly Cloudy
Hi: 60
Lo: 40
Tuesday
Tuesday - Partly Cloudy
Hi: 60
Lo: 40
Wednesday
Wednesday - Mostly Clear
Hi: 60
Lo: 40
Short Term Forecast
Current forecast for mcgrath, ak
Tue 9:00 PM Wed 12:00 AM Wed 3:00 AM Wed 6:00 AM Wed 9:00 AM Wed 12:00 PM Wed 3:00 PM
Tue 9:00 PM - Overcast
Overcast

Temp: 14°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 14°F
Hum: 98%
Wind: 7 mph Wed 12:00 AM - Cloudy With Flurries
Cloudy With Flurries

Temp: 16°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 16°F
Hum: 98%
Wind: 7 mph Wed 3:00 AM - Overcast
Overcast

Temp: 16°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 16°F
Hum: 99%
Wind: 6 mph Wed 6:00 AM - Overcast
Overcast

Temp: 15°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 14°F
Hum: 99%
Wind: 5 mph Wed 9:00 AM - Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy

Temp: 12°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 12°F
Hum: 99%
Wind: 7 mph Wed 12:00 PM - Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy

Temp: 11°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 11°F
Hum: 98%
Wind: 6 mph Wed 3:00 PM - Overcast
Overcast

Temp: 13°F
PoP: 0%
Dew Point: 12°F
Hum: 98%
Wind: 6 mph

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 08:22 PM

The ice on that little river is not going to be good to drive a truck across!!

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/22/09 10:51 PM

Canvasback,
I have a friend up in Barrow who's bringing down muktuk for the holidays. What's the forecast look like up there?

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:22 AM

Man, looks like that Mcgrath weather has potential for a big case of greenbelly. Like SE weather!

Posted By: greenbelly

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:31 AM

I resemble that remark.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:32 AM

LOL ! Well it's cooled to around 20 right now. At least we still have some snow but only 6-7 inches.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:36 AM

Hey greenbelly welcome to the forum.

Posted By: greenbelly

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:42 AM

Thanks, i just signed up a day or two ago. I found the forum a week ago and had to do it. Good stuff here.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 01:43 AM

Yes welcome. Glad to have you aboard.

Posted By: Sockeye Salm

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 02:13 AM

Originally Posted By: greenbelly

Thanks, i just signed up a day or two ago. I found the forum a week ago and had to do it. Good stuff here.

Hey greenbelly

Welcome to the forum!!!

Your user name really stinks!!!

Is that a Southeast thing!!!

Posted By: greenbelly

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 02:54 AM

It seems to be 25% of the otter I catch in conibears. Maybe I should step up the pace and pick them up before the fish cook in they're gut. It is an odor that will clear the shed.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 03:02 AM

25%, man you either don't set alot of otter sets or your my hero, I think for me it is 25% foothold. Toilet sets?

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 03:11 AM

Welcome Greenbelly....

LMAO Sockeye.....

Posted By: greenbelly

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/23/09 03:24 AM

I wanted to say that 25% of the conibear sets get stinky and I should be checking more often.

Posted By: greenbelly

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/24/09 02:52 AM

Martenpine, I missed where you do the best part of your trapping or your home town. I'm no hero, just a fellow passing a bit of the winter away.

Posted By: martenpine

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/24/09 06:27 PM

Actually greenbelly most of the Alaska trapping a have done was in your home town about 18 years worth. I really dont have much of a line anymore just a few short lines here & there.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 05:11 AM

Had this guy stick his toungue out at me today

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 08:31 AM

Great picture, Jeff!

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 08:51 AM

Nice Jeff! I got your package! Merry Christmas!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 09:20 AM

Good it made it..Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmass

Glad you liked the pic Caz

Posted By: yukon254

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 02:05 PM

incredible picture!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 03:43 PM

Jeff, Have you thought about selling some of your pix ?

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 04:41 PM

What a GREAT photo! Thanks Jeff.
Merry Christmas too

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 05:13 PM

Always love cat pictures. Thanks. He even looks warm and wet. Happy Holidays everyone.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 05:40 PM

Thanks ALOT guys and Gals...Glad you enjoy them as much as me
and W-17...I am saving them all to CD,for when I am too old and broke down to trap anymore,I want to be able to relive every moment,dont trust my mind to remember...and if I can someday, buy my lunch with em, that would be Great.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 05:56 PM

Great pic Jeff, and great attitude. Merry Christmas to all.
You've got the artist eye with a camera.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 06:14 PM

About 7 AM this morning, Modok "the marten" came in his trapdoor from outside and gave us alittle Christmas lovin. FOr those of you who don't know Modok...he was liviing in our roof(insulation)last year when we returned home form the trapline. We caught him in a homemade padded #1....spent slittle time domesticating him then truned him loose with the option to visit anytime he wants and our option to lock him out at certain times...we got alittle tired of him caching stuff all over the place in the cabin....he will not have anything to do with anybody except Scarlett and I...really skittish around strangers and the fastes critter I have ever seen...he can do a 180 quickler than greased ligthneing, makes the cat look like slow motion and actually has developed quite a vocabulary of diiferant sounds for differant meanings......he has been really fun to have around.......
everymorning he has play time with us.....he has done some walk-abouts for up to 5 days...but usually just overnight and back in the morning. My son keeps eyeing his prime "dark" coat!!
Wayne

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 06:31 PM

Merry Christmas to you and the family Wayne.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 06:35 PM

Great pix Wayne !

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/25/09 08:05 PM

Wayne, that's simply incredible!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 03:27 AM

I was wondering if you have been able to keep him out of the trapline...nice looking Marten!.
for those that dont know...I have been fortunate to know the Halls when they lived here,some of the best folks you could ever meet,and let me list a few of Waynes acomplishments,That I know off,of the top of my head...Wayne was,A...crop duster, Bush pilot,(wrote a book on Bush Flying in Alaska)animal trainer,with bears and wolves and a bunch of other critters,built a cabin and moved into the bush, with his wife,(who does tanning and sews fur,among many other jobs of a bush woman), and small child,....and an acomplished trapper,and tour buisness,owner/ operator,did taxidermy,and ran the Yukon Quest twice,and I am sure there is alot more that I dont even know about,....I still laugh every time I think of the story that Ron Tweedo,told me, about the time you left to Anchorage,and left him with your Chimp to watch...and one night when he left it out of the cage,for exercise,in the hanger,..it ran out the door,(it knew how to use a door knob)....Ron said it was - 20 outside so he just waited there,and pretty soon the door opend a crack and the monkey looked in,and saw him and closed the door...he waited some more and the door opend again,and the monkey looked at him and reached around the back of the door and grabbed Waynes coveralls and ran back out and curled up in the back of his truck

......Ron Said he had quite a time trying to get him back in...LOL

Hope you guys Have a Merry Christmass

Posted By: BAMM BAMM

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 04:25 AM

Thats just amazing Wayne! Great pics, looks like fun to get a visit from him once in a while.

Jeff, that is a very funny story!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 06:42 AM

There's a new auction for the wolverine study

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 03:12 PM

Thanks Bonnie !!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 05:07 PM

Hello Piperniner...
Hello White...ditto cazadador, bamm bamm(?)
Jeff...we have a no trapping policy for foothold traps for approx a 2 mile radius of the cabin. This also ensures that we will not catch any of our sled dogs that occassionally run loose iin the yard...dosen't appear that Modok has more than a one mile range of the cabin. He has everything he needs here..a fishrack, moose scraps, hides, and whne he comes in the cabin he pigs out on all kiinds of stuff ranging from jelly/honey to raw caribou meat etc. He came iin the cabin about 1 AM last night and is still visiting us now this morning.
I forgot about that story with the Chimp and Tweeto. When I was flying for Mark Air Express we had a photo of her in the cockpit with a head-set on like she was flying and the pilot of a twin otter....maybe that is why they fired me...of course destroying a Caravan prop at Mt. Village was also a factor...Hageland watched me taxi into the snow burm(in a ground bliaazrd). He said ya know Wayne someone is gonna be really P---Oed about that caravan prop...if you need a job in the future give ma a call...I did...HA!
Wayne

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 05:54 PM

Wayne - Great narrative. We need more. Nothing better than Bush stories and Bush flying stories at that. We need another book.

I may have told this before, but here is one only you and those from the area will appreciate. M.H. is in the otter as he turns base then final for Tunt. As he is landing, he looks out and see's a guy walking down the side of the runway. He has a shotgun in one hand and what appears to be a duck in the other. While unloading passenger's, the guy walks by and M.H. say's - I see you caught one. What kinda duck is that and the guy says - " a skinny one ".

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 07:39 PM

Niner, I've heard that story from the horse's mouth....good one!

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/26/09 08:14 PM

Yeah - he actually said " a shkinny one ". Gotta love the Bush.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/27/09 04:13 AM

First, there was the Wife Training Manual..

Now, there is the "HUSBAND TRAINING MANUAL"

I did not, I repeat, I did not come up with this stuff !!

" Guys, we love you, we really do. But as wonderful as you are, every so often you do something that makes us want to jump out the nearest window (or push you out first). Please, please, don’t ever…

1. Offer to “babysit” your own kids. When your 16-year-old neighbor does it, it’s called babysitting. When a parent does it, it’s called child care, and it lasts for at least 18 years. Get it?

2. Imply that office work is harder than housework. At the end of a hard day, there may be smoke coming out of your ears, but let’s face it: You’ve basically been sitting on your butt. That same smoke is coming out of our ears too—but we’ve cleaned the house, shuttled the kids around, run errands all over town and lugged grocery bags besides. When we say we’re exhausted, we are exhausted.

3. Give a home appliance as a gift. Forgive us if we can’t work it up for this one. A new washing machine? Really? Can we get you some new snow tires?

4. Buy us the “cougar” perfume. Under our crew-neck sweaters may beat the heart of an untamed vixen—but most of us don’t want to smell like one. (Nice try, though.)

5. Brag about your driving. This is supposed to let us know that ours isn’t so great. If my husband tells me one more time that he’s been “accident-free since 1978,” I’m going to reach over, grab the wheel and make the car swerve into something, just to shut him up.

6. Be unimpressed by a meal that took a lot of time and trouble. I don’t know whose fault this is (Food Network? Julie and Julia?), but every so often we get the idea that it would be fun to make stock and spend the day basting. If the result is less than earth-shattering, say something nice anyway.

7. Buy clothes without trying them on. We know that the second you get into a department store you start to feel faint, but do us a favor and take the extra five minutes. Otherwise, you know who gets stuck with the returns?

8. Know it all, especially in public. Oh, honey. While you’re going on at length about whatever it is, we’re taking the temperature of the room, and we know everyone’s starting to fidget.

9. Say anything remotely critical about our new haircut. Sometimes getting a new cut goes well; sometimes it doesn’t. Usually we know the difference. Don’t rub it in.

10. Expect a medal for doing a little housework. Umm…it’s your house too, right? For now, we’ll give you the bronze. Maybe someday, if you work hard enough, you can pick up a gold."

Posted By: mad_mike

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/27/09 04:47 AM

Glad you posted that. Didn't read it

Posted By: akdan747

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/27/09 04:08 PM

Originally Posted By: mad_mike

Glad you posted that. Didn't read it

+1

Yup, I suspect that may be a needed class for some men but not me.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/27/09 05:42 PM

Hey piperniner: Back then when Hageland hired me on I had over 10,000 hrs...mostly all lower 48 and ag time, but thought I was good....UNTIL I flew with Hageland. I told hin at the start that I might not be able to keep up with him on the weather flying because I was watching himn do things I thought was impossible to do with an airplane...like landing in 40 kt crosswinds, "MARGINAL WEATHER" approaches to bush village, just getting down in the right spot through overcast, freezing rain, ETC. We were flying together(him in one plane and me in another) and he began teaching me how to do all that stuff. I tell freinds of mine, some of them pilots too about the flying that went on back then and I don't think they believe me because I thought it was impossible to do too, until I began flying for Hageland...he is probably the best pilot I have ever known...Heickel was pretty darn good too...guess he left the country now. Ill never forget those times.....about the time I left the coast the FEDS really cracked down on all that....I guess it is probably alot differant now??
Gonna be on an overnight cutting some new trail for a couple days...maybe get back with you then.
Wayne

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/27/09 07:37 PM

Wayne, Your right a lot has changed the old idea that if you are in a 207 the plane ain't loaded till the tail hits the ground has pretty much gone away. Though some still fly in some marginal weather none seem to fly in the crap we all thought was common place 25 yrs ago. I will say the fatality rate and number of planes finding a new home on the tundra or in a mountain seems to have gone down so that isn't bad but it is frustrating to be put on one of the fair weather airlines when you really want to get someplace and they cancel the flight because they can't see blue sky. The biggest flying zoo I ever saw was during the hey day of the Togiak Herring seine openers. Little bush planes flying every where. At least they got them to cooperate and all go in the same circular direction.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/28/09 03:03 AM

We had an hour-long power outage this morning between 10 & 11. Two ravens engaged in aerial combat over a plastic bag flew into the power lines and wraped them around each other. KAZOT !! Smoked soul chicken. Couldn't have happened to a better victim. Oh, sorry Wayne.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/28/09 03:36 AM

So White are they on the table for dinner tonight or where they too well done

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/28/09 03:38 AM

Too well done. Talk about crispy critters!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/28/09 05:40 PM

Hey White...one of the victims names was not "Johnny" was it!!!! You would be able to recognize him because he is big and black.....been missing him around here lately...but his Mom and Dad still come visit everymorning when we feed dogs.
If it is Johnny...giver him a nice funeral for me. THANKS!!!
Wayne

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/28/09 06:05 PM

As a matter of fact it was ! Will do !

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 01:04 AM

thanks White...Scarlett and I are in mourning over this tragedy...hope it was nice Christian funeral...ya know we raised him from a baby...kinda like losing a son. Thought we raised him better than that, guess he was juist acting like a teenager with hormones going wild......he hung around with us until he found a girlfreind..then that was it...off he went!!!!
Wayne and Scarlett

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 02:10 AM

WOMEN ! It never fails !

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 02:19 AM

Extra Crispy Soul chicken sounds good..MMmm Mmmmm...I better get somthing to eat

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 04:19 AM

A biologist friend was just telling me that there is a record of a raven that traveled from Anchorage to McGrath. That's over the Alaska Range! Surprised me to hear that.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 10:54 PM

I dont want to steal Whites Thunder...but had this guy waiting for me this morning...Looks like they are realy putting on the fur....

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/29/09 11:18 PM

I wish those birds would fly south with the geese

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 12:26 AM

Sweet looking cat Jeff..

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 02:35 AM

What the heck is that white stuff?????

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 02:44 AM

Nice cat! I've picked up most of mine in the dark/semi dark so can't get the good lighting for pictures that you have.

Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 02:48 AM

Originally Posted By: Ol' Blister

A biologist friend was just telling me that there is a record of a raven that traveled from Anchorage to McGrath. That's over the Alaska Range! Surprised me to hear that.

They compose music too?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 03:12 AM

Thanks MTB..I wish our cats looked as sweet as yours there.
and Kusko...my trapline circles this one last snow drift,that didnt melt yet

and yes ST..good light is necesary,for decent pics....of course having a winter job,must be better...wait...NO it aint

..

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 03:40 AM

Beautiful Cat ! Looks really heavy in the fur department

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 06:17 AM

See what I mean about not enough light.

If you listen closely you can hear him humming

This guy was lounging around waiting for me, got him in a fully modded Bridger #3 that I got from mtbadger.

This was a spot that I set last year. I was a little late getting to it this year, when I set it there were fresh tracks where a cat had jumped off the creek right to the set. Figured I missed my chance but he came back a couple days later.

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 06:19 AM

Awsome job STT thanks for sharing with us...

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 07:06 AM

Them are nice looking lynx!

A good way to nap I guess,

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 08:16 AM

There realy aint much you can do with photography without light..thats why photographers will sometimes wait all day for the light to be just right,unfortunatly us trappers dont have that kind of time,and we are saving memorys..and doing it in the dark is part of that memory...that is a sweet looking cat,
...and LOL Takotna...that is a pretty cool pic

Posted By: spotter

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 08:19 AM

Man, Takotna, How do they do things like that? Almost like trapping with conibears, have to lug the whole thing back. Good looking cats fellas.

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 11:29 AM

That is one gorgeous cat Jeff !!!

TxLady~~

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 07:27 PM

Dont forget the choke pole Mary lou

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/30/09 09:37 PM

Really nice pix!

STT: I really like the pose that fisrt cat is in.

Takotna. Don't you hate that !?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 02:16 AM

OK who would like a drawing like this of their pet?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 02:25 AM

your going to make my dog look like a cockerspaniel?

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 03:06 AM

NO pets here ww one day when I have the time but not now

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 04:01 AM

That's not a Cocker Spaniel...lol

And NO it's a plug for the wolverine fund, I've got an auction going there.

I'll do any critter that you got a pic of, just go bid...lol

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 04:24 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

I'll do any critter that you got a pic of, just go bid...lol

In college I saw a....errrr.....nevermind...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 06:18 AM

Got a pic?? Post it on here

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 11:32 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Dont forget the choke pole Mary lou

Thanks for that idea Jeff !!..

TxLady~~

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 05:05 PM

Hey WhiteL
I haven't been keeping with the Ak thread stuff this winter...did you go out to your trapline this year? Scarlett and I spent freeze-up at the home cabin this year...never done that before...my son and our guide ran opened up the line....they are doing pretty good with about 50 marten so far and a few lynx, and one wolverine...I personally have been working on a new trail system all winter....only have 3 wolf snares out and 3 wolverine conibears....looks like the wolves ate all the moose and the wolves are really dispersing or starving out..no wolf sign around in an area that has had a very good wolf pop until now...interes3ting wwatching the dynamics
Wayne

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 05:50 PM

Not yet. Gonna wait another couple weeks. Only 2 inches of snow at my place so it would be rough getting in and even rougher getting around.

Marten population looks crummy anyway so was planning on just chasing wolverine and whatever else we can scare up.

Wolves have really become scarce in my country with the predator control efforts but at least the moose are showing some slim signs of life.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 12/31/09 07:34 PM

I saw my first wolf tracks yesterday,and they were on a slough about a mile from village I travel that slough everyday all season so far and they were not there prior....I saw one! track last year and the boys got him....we have so many moose that FnG is letting us shoot two this year...I remember Wayne...when you were flying around here everyday...I asked.."did you see any moose"...your answer was.."No..there aint any"...well we got em now...and the trapping should get fun here in a couple of years,but now cant hang a snare at all..I would surly get a moose first,they follow every set of tracks I make just walking into a set.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/01/10 12:49 AM

Yeah that is amazing Jeff...there R#EALLY were not any moose around then..but there was musk=ox moving into the country. About 3 little herds of from 6 to maybe 20. I thought that would be the next big game source for the locals...someday.
I remember flyiung to Scammon one day,..pointing out 3 Musk-ox on Kusilvak one time to Ambr---. He said when I get to Scammon I am calling back to Mt. and let people know and those musk-ox are dead....I said well Ambr--- if you wou9old just let those musk-ox live and populate the area in a few yrs you could shoot musk-ox right in your back yard...you would not have to travel 250 river miles to moose hunt(Innoko)he said I don't like musk-ox...I said why, Get this...he said "because they eat my grass!!!!!!!"
Yeah White...no snow here until 10 days ago or so...good now.
Wayne

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/01/10 03:20 AM

Yes...its good that the moose came on when they did,because we all got kicked off of the upriver corp lands for moose hunting,and that hurt,because it was also about the time the fishing went downhill also...you know they discused closing the lands here and decided not to...I always thought that was mighty big of them not too.and shows how generouse the people are here,of course when the guides come in I am guessing they will someday.
and that screw ball Ambie,didnt call back here,he called his relitivs in Scammon no doubt,and sad to say there are no herds of OX there as far as I know,I was trapping a few years ago there and we saw gut piles from moose (out of season),so one of the guys callled the trooper and they did a great job of investigating and did find the guys and they were from Scammon as well...since the troopers are flying around here they have done a good job of making Honest hunters out of the people and I welcomed that,and always glad to see them,I even get checked on my trapline.
they had a herd of OX get pretty much wiped out,there at the Mud Vulcanos...they did charge them and they were from Hooper...took snowmachiens and everything..I was glad to see that...it set us back 50 yrs as far as the herd of OX,that sucked....but two years ago I did see one in 30 mile in the fall..that suprised me,so they are still around.
I made it out to my mainline tday with just a whisp of snow on the lakes...I had to mark trail as I went,and only got lost once

..kind of hard to follow your trail home with no snow,and thank God for fancooled snogos,,or I would be out of buisness...looks like I will have a good year,afterall..
well I am getting the Bomb shelter ready for the all the shooting soon.
Have a Happy New Year.

Posted By: Big Country

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 10:00 AM

This is my first post on trapperman and am doing so just to get a better understanding of how things are in Alaska, as I just happened upon the Almighty Forum a week ago and have read every word in all four.( at first to kill time but after the first I was reading out of neccesity.....very informative and captivating stuff) So now that I am done with this last one I am asking for your input on books about REAL alaskan "outdoorsmen". Sure I could go to amazon or yahoo and research books but I am sure I will like the direction you lead me alot better. Now I have a few questions:

1.What is this substanince hunting that is written about?

2.Do people trap or hunt north of fairbanks?(It looks barron on the map)

3.For the LONG LINERS as we are called in the lower 48 does Fish and Game come to these remote places and check up on you ever?

For an Iowa outdoorsman who loves to Harvest trophy Whitetales, Turkeys, Jig fish the [Please excuse my language... I'm an idiot] out of Walleyes, and put up as much fur as time allows each year, reading the stories of your lifestyles makes me think the stork should have headed North when he was carrying me.

Just so you know if this was a book my favorite characters were--W17,ALASKAN and Family Trapper!!!! BUT I THANK YOU ALL!!!!!

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 05:25 PM

Big Country subsistence is a hot issue but in a nut shell it is a right given to all Alaskans rural or urban that the fish and game is suppose to be managed with that as a priority. Meaning food for the table of all Alaskans is suppose to come first. Now that is how it is suppose to work. It allows us to use things such as gill nets and fish wheels to take salmon. I am not going to get into the hunting thing as it is very controversial.
Yes people trap N of Fairbanks and Yes I have had fish and game troopers check me on a remote trapline.
Also please put your location in your profile it is a requirement here

Yukon sure glad I have fan cooled machines as well snowing now but they are calling for it to get liquidy again I am beginning to loose hope of making it to my main line this year and starting to go with alternate plans

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 05:57 PM

Welcome Big Country. A couple of the best reads I can suggest are;

Alaska's Wolfman. By Jim Rearden

Cheechacko. by Wayne Short

Another great book but not about Alaska is Endurance the story of the Shackleton voyage to the antarctic. Amazing story !

I had a warden stop by my place about 17 years ago as I recall.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 06:07 PM

BC : Read Wayne Short's other books as well. Ditto for Jim Rearden's other books.

Regarding your three choices - they are character's for sure.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 08:17 PM

Welcome BC. 'eager to know where the stork DID drop you ;o)
I recommend reading Born on Snowshoes - a girl raised trapping up by Fort Yukon.

Posted By: Big Country

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/03/10 11:32 PM

Thank you all for the input very helpful indeed:

W17..17 years ago I am lucky if I dont get checked once a week. Just ordered Alaskas Wolfman looking foward to this indeed.

Otterman..I did update my profile thank you for the reminder.

Ol'Blister..the stork dropped me in north central Iowa in a town of 2500 named Eagle Grove. Still love it here but this forum has opened my eyes as to why I hear Alaska refered to as Gods Country.

I am looking after a home in my town now for a fella from Juneau
who will retire here in 5 years from working for the State of Alaska.He says I can sleep at his place if I wanna come up so I may ride the Harley up in the summer and look for a guided Halibut trip. What is the best time of year and what other outdoor excursions would this area offer a midwest farm boy.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 12:40 AM

Nuthin' to do up here, I wouldn't bother!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 12:46 AM

Most of the guys that live in that area are still asleep. Eventually they will chime in on activities.

When the warden stopped by 17 years ago he didn't check my license. He needed 5 gallons of gas for his plane.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 12:59 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

When the warden stopped by 17 years ago he didn't check my license. He needed 5 gallons of gas for his plane.

So did you give it to him? Sounds like a good time to work a deal...

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 01:34 AM

Yeah I thought about that but then I figured I might need a rescue some time in the future.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 04:04 AM

LOL White! I got flown in on a couple years ago we had two wolves on the ground and a commercial pilot radioed the trooper that we had a moose down, it was Jan or Feb way out of season. I was kinda peed at the commercial guy he even had us as a party of three and there were only two of us! Checked our licenses and let us continue on our way

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/04/10 04:08 AM

Don't think I'd fly with a guy that can't count and can't tell the difference between a moose and a wolf.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/05/10 06:09 PM

Our winter subsistance hunt is going on,till the 20th of Jan,and I expect they will extend it,...its for residents of GMU 18,I passed on these two,they looked a bit skinny...and were both down on there knees eating the swamp grass,...at first I thought they might be Camels

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/05/10 08:12 PM

YJ : The camels all hang out by Paimiut slough.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/05/10 08:23 PM

Thanks For the tip Niner,,,I will head up that way..I always wonderd what Camel Hump taste like

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/05/10 11:11 PM

The final frontiersman... by Heimo Korth
Shadows on the Koyukuk...Sydney huntington
on the edge of nowwhere...james huntington both very good.
Alone in the wilderness..Dick Proenekke

and death in the tall grass....Peter Captsitck

and unless your harley floats or goes real well on the ocean, you aren't driving to Juneau.....
you can get close and take a Fairy boat...

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/06/10 02:17 AM

I don't think I'd get on that sort of boat to Juneau.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/06/10 03:03 AM

Good one TK.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 03:28 AM

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 04:16 AM

Purty parka!!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 04:55 AM

Thanks WW....I made it

...LOL
and thats Parkee in village lingo.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 06:15 AM

YOU MADE THAT????????????? GORGEOUS!!!

Guess what? I'll be trying my hand at a fur coat soon!! Am excited to see how hard or easy it will be.

What do you line them with?

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 07:14 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks WW....I made it

...LOL
and thats Parkee in village lingo.

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That's Gorgeous Jeff !!!..

TxLady~~

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 09:17 AM

LOL..I am just messing with you ladys....I didnt make it...but they are generaly lined with rabbit around here..I know one guy that has one lined with Lynx

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 06:49 PM

Oh you brat!!! LOL

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/08/10 11:59 PM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Oh you brat!!! LOL

X2 !!!!!!

TxLady~~

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 04:28 AM

I saw 8 moose today..I supose I should stop and shoot one someday..

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 04:55 AM

Another nice shot, Jeff!

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 05:08 AM

Your pics are great - keep them coming.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 05:17 AM

Thanks guys..I figured you might be about sick of seeing Lynx by now...this one did have a REALY pretty belly..posibly a top lot contender

Posted By: garyalaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 05:28 AM

i don't think i will ever get sick of looking at lynx they r just cool animals

Posted By: Broadie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 07:00 AM

Originally Posted By: white17

Welcome Big Country. A couple of the best reads I can suggest are;

Alaska's Wolfman. By Jim Rearden

Cheechacko. by Wayne Short

X2 on Cheechakoes. Wayne Short's other two books are " THis Raw Land" and "Albie, Billy and the Skypilot."

There is a few stories in the CHeechakoes about Cliff Kilkenny and his "HEavy BArrel .220 Swift." He used to be my Grandfather's seal hunting partner back in the bounty hunting days. My Dad now owns the very rifle that was written about in the book.

Another good read is "Fifty Years Below Zero" by Charles Brower.

Posted By: Big Country

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 01:25 PM

Thank You all for the replies I am getting just what I wanted out of this post. Alaskas Wolfman--Better than any movie ever made HANDS DOWN!!!

I have been reading some of the stories on the Alaska Trappers Assn. site that were talked about in the Book thread( That I found after I posted this ). The latest adventure takes place in 1834-1844 and is very tuff reading as it is written in Journal form of sort and reads as if you were talking to an uneducated person. But the story is AWSOME it talks alot about the animals that were trapped and what they did with the pelts but not much info on the equipment and tactics used during the era which has really got me wondering what they used??? So maybe if some of you guys have info or know of books on this topic you could spare some time from "LIVING THE DREAM" to shoot a few more posts out.

After reading Brodie's post, Cheechakoes will be my next read as the 220 swift was my first rifle and I love that thing as if it were my child.

Thank You Alaskans

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 03:12 PM

One of my favorite books is "Journal of a Trapper" by Osborne
Russell (1834-1843), Edited by Aubrey L. Haines. The copy I have
was printed by Bison Book Printing, 1965. It's probably out of print now but if you can find a copy at a used book store or on
the web it is well worth getting. Russell trapped the rocky mts
during the hayday of the old time beaver trappers and was one of the few that kept a pretty detailed journal.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 03:59 PM

I think that's still in print. It an important work not just because of the trapping but from a historical and cultural point of view.

Posted By: Big Country

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 04:10 PM

That is the exact story I am reading but it is not edited it was printed as he wrote it making it a tuff read but as White said some very important documentation there. I just wish it had more to say about the equipment and tactics.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/10/10 06:20 PM

BC - Call the Sitka airport gift shop ( 907 966 2553 ). The owner will mail you all four autographed Short books. Wayne is in his eighties and living in Petersburg. Great books about the earlier days of a great area ie: S.E. Alaska.
His forth book is as good as the rest, but not about Alaska.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 04:36 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Had this guy stick his toungue out at me today

Jeff, can I borrow this picture?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 05:57 AM

Yes you May Bonnie...Thanks for asking

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 06:47 AM

YJ Thanks for the lynx pictures. There arent many down this way so anytime we get to see one, its a treat!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 07:07 AM

Oh good!!! Thank you!! I just think that's cool with his tongue peeking out...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 07:19 AM

Southpaw ..if your patiant and wait a bunch of years...you might have alot of cats some day,there were not many here when I came.
and WW that was the first one that ever stuck his toungue out at me

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 08:03 AM

He was tasting that last lil bit of freedom....LOL!!

If it makes ya feel better....

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/11/10 05:25 PM

Jeff, I been waiting almost 30 yrs we just don't have the habitat for them. Not the dense brush and rabbits like other places in the state I have lived and seen cats. It is frustrating they have them a bit W of Southpaw and I and over on the E side of Bristol Bay they are fairly common but here in the last 12 yrs I have seen maybe 3 sets of tracks I have really been looking this yr as our rabbits are up for us

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/12/10 06:57 AM

Otterman....like here it took ALONG TIME..and we are still building (I think)..if you have eneough brush for Rabbits,I think you will eventualy have Lynx...we have them very near the coast here,and pretty thick in spots..and about as much brush as there I would imagine.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/12/10 04:24 PM

I sure hope your right it would be nice if I got to trap a few more when I am an old man. The weird thing is a long time ago when she was a kid my wifes dad caught them fairly regular so they must have migrated up the coast to you guys

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 04:42 AM

I believe you will have them someday..it was the same here,when I came..I heard the old man got 29 in one check,and they used 1 1/2 in those days...and didnt have any that I seen or even tracks...and I believe you are right,they do migrate when the rabbits crash,and of course they eat there own young when starving so that adds to the loss,and our populations of rabbits can be depressed for years because of spring floods,and I bet you guys get the fall storms there on the coast,so that can be the same,we had bunnys for years,but still no Lynx then all of a sudden here they were at about the time of the last crash in the interior...just my therie anyway.
heres the catch of the day

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 05:53 AM

What an ugly cat

Just kidding, had to say something different...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 06:12 AM

Acualy...it was a 3 legged red stained belly female with no tail...

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 07:03 AM

Yeah, I uncropped your picture and saw that!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 07:11 AM

Now one of us is lying ..because that pic aint cropped,or touched in any way

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 07:38 AM

You're right Jeff, this is what it would look like cropped and enhanced... lemme see ya UNCROP this...lol!!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 07:49 AM

Yup....

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/13/10 03:31 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Now one of us is lying ..because that pic aint cropped,or touched in any way

When I read that I heard it with a John Wayne accent.

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/14/10 08:36 AM

YJ- I hope they make it over this way too. Like Otterman said, It's interesting how they are east and west of us, but not here. The bunnies seem to on the rise so hopefully the cats will show up.

thanks for sharing another great pic!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/19/10 12:49 AM

I believe they will southpaw,...you might be an old man like me when they do though :)it was slow comming here and we still dont have them like the Tok guys do
and FYI...the moose season in Unit 18 is extended for residents of 18 till the end of Febuary...I got mine in Aug,but was able to get a permit for another...good thing ,I was getting low on meat

...saw these calves Saterday...they are open as well...veal

ps ST this was cropped

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/19/10 02:11 AM

I wish we had another season here, we didn't get a moose the first season!

Posted By: Mat-Su Sean

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/19/10 02:29 AM

There's always roadkill!

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/19/10 02:52 AM

yj, you disappoint me! Your pics are always close enough to count whiskers! What happened here?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/19/10 03:03 AM

Sorry about that ST...it was too cold and I was too lazy to drive over to them..

..I will have to owe you one.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 04:08 AM

Yukonjeff was kind enough to let me steal one of his lynx pics...

I will call it "Taste of Freedom"

Posted By: 3 Fingers

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 04:24 AM

Nice picture!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 04:28 AM

Thank you

I have a couple more dogs to do and then I'm going to try some landscapes I think

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 05:06 AM

That is pretty Cool!....S.T. can even count the whiskers on that

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 05:15 AM

Very nice!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 05:38 AM

YJ - yeah that was one of the adjustments...lol

ST, thanks

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 08:20 PM

off to market to find a miracle on prices.LOL

Posted By: akntrpr

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 08:58 PM

beautiful batch of marten Takotna! Good luck with your prices.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 09:33 PM

I hope you get enough to pay the bills, by the way your plant is falling over!!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 09:53 PM

Nice pile of money you have there...Good Luck

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/21/10 10:59 PM

Good Luck Takotna let us know how you do...

How many marten are there???

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 12:08 AM

OK guys I did walkabout on my property today with all good intent of setting some snares for fox. I waded thru knee deep snow (and now I want snowshoes) just to see what I could see. So, there's about a bazillion hare tracks... a couple dogs and NO fox.

I know there's a fox around because he walks around the FRONT area of the house and store on the paths. How do I convince him to go down in the woods? lol I can't see setting snares up front here, it's too open and too much of a chance of someone seeing it from the road... and isn't there a set amount away from the road you have to be?

So if I were to set a snare with a dead hare do you think it would attract him down there?

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 12:14 AM

Get something stinky and drag it from where he goes to where you want him to go. Drag it and they will come.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 12:32 AM

Is it REALLY that simple? I have lots of stinky things, I clean skulls!

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 12:35 AM

shoot it when it is out front...

or do like bb said... and hang a snare on the dragged trail.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 12:53 AM

I haven't seen it, just tracks. And plus, there's gas tanks, propane tanks and LOTS of vehicles... I don't miss often, but with my luck...lol

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 02:07 AM

It is that simple.

Or just make a set on the edge of the road. That way you can get the hare off your shoulders LOL !!

Or you can just use the hare's face and catch a fox with a hare lip.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/22/10 02:48 AM

LMAO!! I have several pieces of hare that I can drag around. I might just try that tomorrow if not too busy at the store

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 07:59 AM

Made my run today and picked up 5 Lynx,it was a awsome day -15 and calm and sunny fresh wolf tracks from a pack of 4 running my trail,sitting home now by the woodstove,all my fur put up..I would not trade a million dollars for my life on the trapline....wake up and do it all again tomorrow

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 08:09 AM

Heres the one I owe you ST

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 10:51 AM

Jeff....
I hope you are going to take all your photos and put them on a CD and offer them for sale...
I surely have enjoyed viewing them !!..

TxLady~~

Posted By: mtbadger

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 01:10 PM

You're not the only one Txlady. I to have enjoyed Jeffs great pics.

Jeff has the Lynx and Cattrax has the Lynx-cat...

Thanks Jeff for the awsome pics and please keep sharing...

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 01:26 PM

Great pics!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/23/10 04:17 PM

Glad you all enjoy them.....and ML...I do save them to CD,I did send CD,of random pics to the Alaska Trappers association a few years back,was hoping to see some in the Magazien,but havent yet.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 12:06 AM

Very nice Jeff! Glad to see you're back on track! That guy looks just slightly bored. Soon to be boarded, I guess...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 05:26 AM

Yes..S.T....he was rather bored,..but things got real exiting for him,soon as I put my Camera back in my pocket

I picked up two today,and had this guys Full attention.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 06:21 AM

Yes, that guy looks to be very intent on something!

Is the last one a female?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 06:48 AM

Yes It was a female....it even had a kitten with it so things are looking up.
here is the big bruiser male I got also...the wink means I am going to get a new Top Lot hat

...he had a real pretty belly

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 08:05 AM

Priceless! Did you need a real long stick to poke his eye for that shot?

Just curious, how big is a bruiser? Saw a cat on t.net the other day that a guy claimed was like 38" before it was skinned. Sounds like a bit of a fish story, but I haven't caught enough to say for sure.

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 08:25 AM

STT- Ive had a few run 38 on the round.

YJ- just put up a big ol' shiner today too. Amazing how you can instantly see those ones with the Top Lot potential.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 08:50 AM

if they are measured corectly following the contures of the body, held tight,laying on its side,with a cloth tape,I have yet to see one over 37"..and I measured alot...a big XL is 36"
I am not saying its not possible,I just never caught one,any bigger....the one in the pic is 43 1/2" on the board not pulled all that tight..
and Alaskan ..I like to call them Top Lot contenders...I will have to check again when I flip him in the morning,but he looked pretty sweet.

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 09:40 AM

The photo of kuzi makes me homesick Jeff. Headed out to St. Mary's in the morning for work and some play time. Maybe get me one of those abundant moose down river.

Posted By: cat catcher

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 02:47 PM

Just wondering if you guys could tell me your average weights of your lynx, i never weighed them till yesterday. i got a female that weighed 43.7 lbs, is that a big one?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 03:16 PM

OMG !! Are you sure about that ? I would have guessed that there was never a lynx alive that went over 25 pounds if that much.

Posted By: cat catcher

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 03:57 PM

i will zero my scale and try it again, it is my heaviest yet this year, maybe it sounds heavy because you have only caught 2 of them.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 04:08 PM

LOL !! I've caught more than two,. but only two in the last 29 years.

The professional literature says an adult male can weigh UP TO 22 pounds +/- 1.4 pounds that's why your report is so surprising to me.

43 pounds would be huge even for a dense animal like a wolverine.

Posted By: cat catcher

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 04:20 PM

Well it helps if you start your scale off at zero, i just went to the shed and reweighed it and White your right it only wieghed 24lbs 12 oz. that seems more realistic.So this would be an decent size lynx?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 05:25 PM

Yeah I can see where that would make a difference. LOL!

I would say you are right at the upper end of the weight range for lynx.

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 07:08 PM

I got a big ol' heavy one outside that I'll weigh and measure the hide in the board to see.

W17- this big lynx is currently being sculpted into the leader of me "fog
team".

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 07:09 PM

LOL !! How appropriate !

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 07:33 PM

I'd like to think I measure fairly accurate on the carcass. I use a sting and make sure it's tight and try to follow contours. Does me no favors to BS about the size when selling for Taxidermy, as it will ruin one's reputation.

Just walked outside and weighed the carcass. It was 24lbs (w/o fur). I think I measured him at 37" on the round and his hide on the board was right at 44" (and not pulled tight).

Pic of hide on board:

However, this was by NO MEANS the biggest I've handled/caught. Last year we had a monster:

W17- my "sled" fell through so I might have to make an investment just to make this "scene" happen. Sheesh, what some will do for a chuckle!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/24/10 07:42 PM

ROFLMAO ! Maybe one of your musher 'friends' will loan you one.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 06:36 AM

My cats this year have all been between 32"-33.5" in the round, weighed between 22-24 lbs. All mature adults I guess. One measured 42" on the board. I figured if you got one that measured 38 in the round he would probably go about 50 on the board.

Matt your shed is looking a mite crowded!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 06:49 AM

Originally Posted By: Family Trapper

The photo of kuzi makes me homesick Jeff. Headed out to St. Mary's in the morning for work and some play time. Maybe get me one of those abundant moose down river.

plenty of moose FT... be easy pickings.
well had a good run today picked up 3 cats,(makes 10 this weekend)..I know S.T. is getting tired of seeing Lynx so thought I would do a change up

I had this lady in front of me today,she never saw a currly headed Eskimo before so came over to check it out..I didnt put down the toilet seat,and felt bad, so I spared her life

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 07:06 AM

Better Lucky than good

I believe the offset jaw saved me on this one

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 07:21 AM

Alaskan....string streaches...(I tried it also)
and that is a BIG Cat you have there,but I see you have a coyote streacher that leaves a rather pointy head,you are gaining inches there as well..I sugest you get one of the plastic tapes like in this pic and resmeasure everything twice...you can double check your measurments on the carcase,after skinning,it will tell you the true carcase measurment,thats what they want anyway

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 07:28 AM

It's a "nome rat" stretcher.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 07:51 AM

LMAO!!...I heard you guys have them up there....I want to see one!!...you should try trap one :)I am seriouse

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 08:29 AM

Looks like you had a few good runs there Jeff.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 08:38 AM

Just trying to keep ahead of Team Kusko,on cats,and I am losing ground fast now

Posted By: martentrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 08:49 AM

I'm with Jeff on size. A plastic tape will give a more accurate measurement.................and you will be awfully lucky to find one over 37 in. from nose to base of tail.
Kinda like those 150 pound wolves that everyone seems to have seen.
mt

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 09:20 AM

I have a cat on the stretcher right now that weighed 34 pounds on the scale. It is on the stretcher at 45 inches NTB and 8 inches wide at the hips.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/25/10 09:27 AM

Looking good Jeff, just wish I had some cat picks to put up but it's been kinda slow around here!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:03 AM

Well S.T. things will pick up later in the winter,they always
wander more ,later on...
I am packing up some cats for Nafa

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:22 AM

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:35 AM

Nice on the cat's and outstanding on the fox.

Posted By: akntrpr

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:39 AM

Nice batch of cats Jeff, nice pics as always.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:40 AM

Nice fox!

YJ, could you post a pic of the belly of your "top lot contender" when he is put up? I'd like to compare it to what I'm getting. Thanks!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 05:46 AM

Thanks Alot guys...my numbers are down so far because of lack of snow, early on,..but plan to work extra hard the next two months,and do a little catch up,(I hope)
and S.T...I had to quickly bag up and ship this morning,not sure I will have a top lot this go around,but the next pretty one I get I will post it for ya.

Posted By: northway

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/26/10 07:46 AM

Very nice Jeff!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 06:49 AM

Thanks Northway
I made my run today and had a good day..picked up 4 cats,one was a nice double

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 06:59 AM

I swear,... this is the last Lynx picture..LOL

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 07:06 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I swear,... this is the last Lynx picture..LOL

Don't hold back, YJ. I need those lynx fixes from time to time

. How did you set up for the double? It looks like two footholds. Did you have two cubbies, or did you set a front and back entrance?

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 07:08 AM

Dang, you are slaying them. Are they moving alot this past week? 14 in less than a week is pretty darn good. It must not have been blowing as bad up there as it is here.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 07:21 AM

Caz..I dont make cubbies..just a wing on a bush..in this case two wings on two bushes..
and Yea Kusko..I am having a good run,I just got all my line out and we have a nice amount of snow and good weather...but it was blowing and mighty stormy up on the tundra,but always pretty nice down on my river,..that sure helps

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 08:01 AM

Very nice yj! Love the pic of that double. Nice looking cats. That one doesn't look like he's hooked up too good, that always makes me a little antsy to get them in the bag!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 08:17 AM

Thanks S.T. both were big males,and nice cats...and yes that one was by a toe,and in a offset,but they seam to always hold..I dont get alot of toe catches anyway,usualy a full paw.
and CAZ..I will see if I can find the picture of that set,I have posted it before several times.

(sorry looked and cant find it)

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 04:05 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks S.T. both were big males,and nice cats...and yes that one was by a toe,and in a offset,but they seam to always hold..I dont get alot of toe catches anyway,usualy a full paw.
and CAZ..I will see if I can find the picture of that set,I have posted it before several times.

(sorry looked and cant find it)

Jeff....
I never get tried of seing your Lynx photos or any other photos that you shoot !!..

MaryLou~~

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/27/10 04:11 PM

I don't either. Keep them coming!
Coming up on that double catch must have been a GREAT feeling ;o)

Posted By: chessielover

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 01:50 AM

A double! heck i just hope to see a track muck less catch one this year.

I did have one eat a rabit I caught out of a set yesterday and then missed the snares I had set. First sign I have seen In 2 weeks.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:02 AM

Thanks ML....and O.B...its always a good feeling,I had 4 at one set once and that was a real rush..felt kind of out numberd
LOL
and chessi...you might want to check deep in the brush,they tend to not come off the rabbit trails sometimes, so you only see there tracks out in the open,once they are fat and wandering around.
here is a pretty picture for you all...LOL

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:12 AM

Are you gonna eat that? I like the lynx pic.much better
I gotta ask what kind of camrea do you use?

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:21 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks ML....and O.B...its always a good feeling,I had 4 at one set once and that was a real rush..felt kind of out numberd
LOL
and chessi...you might want to check deep in the brush,they tend to not come off the rabbit trails sometimes, so you only see there tracks out in the open,once they are fat and wandering around.
here is a pretty picture for you all...LOL

OMG! OMG! can we get a moderator to delete that? LMAO!!! Sick and wrong......

Posted By: yukonpokey

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:22 AM

hey yukonjeff, what size and traps do you use ? Beautiful pics

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:23 AM

I did eat it,and it was better than it looked

and I use a Kodak 6.1mpx pocket camera,set on auto

Posted By: Big Country

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:33 AM

What type of fish is that....Burbot?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:39 AM

Rafe..I am suprised at you...thats find dining,on the Yukon and Kusko River...the elders will eat the head and tell a story to the children with the bones,..it comes apart as you eat it and has butterfly shaped bones and all sorts,of shapes...they generaly braid the guts and leave it attached to the head..I like them like that but dont have the patiants to clean them out and braid them,and yes it is a Burbot
YP I use bridger coil #3-4 coiled, offset,but #2s alot also

Posted By: yukonpokey

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:48 AM

hey YF,Oh good, i am using # 3 bridger coil. Looks like your and expert on lynx. Before this year i only caught one lynx in my life. This year i got 9 so far using # 3 bridgers. Sounds like i got the right trap.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:54 AM

I would not say I am a expert,I am blessed with a decent population and work pretty hard,I have bad days ,just like everyone else....and #3s are a good call...the Lynx looking over the bank in the pic of the double was in a #2

Posted By: yukonpokey

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:59 AM

YF, What makes you decide whether to use a #3 or #2 ? Is there a certain set or situation were you would use a #2 over a #3 ?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 08:10 AM

Not realy...I bought them to save weight,I would say the #3 is better in deep snow, for Lynx,but the #2 is faster, but I do get a full paw catch most times with them,and they make a great otter trap also,and fit in tight places..

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 04:49 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I did eat it,and it was better than it looked

I don't see how it could have been worse.

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 06:13 PM

YJ : You or anyone used these new Evil cameras ? Electronic viewfinder interchangable lens. Read an article that says ditch your Digital SLR and get one of these. Small and can use your old lenses. Expensive though. I'm not Tech or camera savy, so thought I would ask.

Count me in with those who think your cat pics are top notch.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 06:18 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I did eat it,and it was better than it looked

I don't see how it could have been worse.

you young guys ..with your Banquet chicken and Hot Pockets are in for a Rude awakining when those planes quit flying someday

and Niner..I am far from camera savy,and welcome any new tech gadgets,as long as they are stupid friendly...I can just turn mine on and off and thats about it.
Glad you like the pics.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 07:55 PM

Yukon , I'm with you we don't have the burbot once in awhile someone will get one but man I will take a pike head any day of the week

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 08:00 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Originally Posted By: white17

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

I did eat it,and it was better than it looked

I don't see how it could have been worse.

you young guys ..with your Banquet chicken and Hot Pockets

How'd you know ?

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/28/10 09:58 PM

I clean a burbot once.......and it was still crawling after an hour.....worms...gross!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/29/10 06:16 AM

Originally Posted By: otterman

Yukon , I'm with you we don't have the burbot once in awhile someone will get one but man I will take a pike head any day of the week

I never had a pike head...sounds good,my fav is king.
and LOL white...I am sure its the best seller at the AC..just like here

and Rafe you must of got and extra wormy one

...here its hit or miss,but never that bad,there can be a few in the liver,but generaly the meat is worm free,and of course all fish have worms.
well I picked up my first fox of the year and 4 Lynx today,saw two moose

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/29/10 07:18 AM

He looks like you disturbed his nap! How long of a line are you running, about how many sets?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/29/10 07:40 AM

Yea S.T....they are Generaly pretty board with me...the young ones get exited though...I am going around 55 miles round trip,give or take a few miles,and didnt count my sets,but I am guessing around 40 perhaps less...I pulled a dozen today though,going to do some relocating to straighten the line out a bit,and shorten it up.

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/29/10 07:39 PM

Originally Posted By: smalltimetrapper

He looks like you disturbed his nap!

Yah... maybe if you come back in an hour, he'll be able to fit you into his schedule. Just don't ask for any favors, though

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/29/10 11:08 PM

Lookie!! New to me!! YAY!! I love trading

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 01:54 AM

Nice. Looks fun. How many dogs do you have?

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 03:16 AM

That looks like a pretty fast sled!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 03:29 AM

I have nine, but I only have 6 that I would consider training to pull.

The sled can be fast, but I don't think the dogs will be, I have BIG dogs....lol

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 05:03 AM

Looks Like Fun! Bonnie
here is a cow I saw yesterday
(the pic is cropped I dont like to disturb there dinner)

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 06:14 AM

Yummi. I will be putting one of those in the freezer in a couple weeks.

Posted By: akmarten907

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 10:45 AM

Thinking about setting out for lynx this weekend and was thinking to use my beaver guts thats been in my bait box for weeks. Do you guys think now would be too late to try for them or do they tend to roam around the same area for awhile? Wanting to put my bridger #3's to use.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 12:33 PM

Nick,

Anything that smells like castor/beaver is attractive to lynx. But don't forget to use a "sight bait" of some sort at the same time. Remember that cats hunt more by sight than by scent. Get his attention and then the beaver smell will bring him in close.

Go for it!

Pete

Posted By: TRAPPER RAY AK

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 01:25 PM

Diddo Beaver is like crack for kitties

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 04:24 PM

They'll keep hanging around as long as there's food. They are just now approaching their best in terms of fur quality.

Jeff. I'm surprised to see you still have leaves up there.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 07:10 PM

Yea White,some patches of brush hang on to there leaves,not sure why,they have been through Huricane force winds already
and Nick,the Lynx stay pretty good till the end of season down here,are you a teacher there?

Posted By: akmarten907

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 08:26 PM

Pete thanks for the info, I forgot about the visual attractor for the lynx.

I've seen lynx tracks not far from here and thinking to set for them. yukonjeff, I'm just a local resident here in Russian Mission. Do you guys think that using just the flagging tape or folded tin foil would be okay for attractors? Or would they really come for something more specific?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/30/10 08:44 PM

Nick
a goose wing and pink survey ribbon works pretty good
you can Pm me if you have any questions..I am heading out on my line now,good luck

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/31/10 05:16 AM

Well Back from digging out my burried sets,of course the Lynx were doing a Jig on top of my snowed under traps...I did pick up two that must of been in them sice yesterday (before the snow,no tracks)...that makes a even 20 for the week,I hope I can have more weeks like that.
saw two moose and since I had a bit of free time,...I trained this fox, how to balance snowballs on his nose...we are going to tour the west coast after trapping season.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/31/10 06:12 AM

Great picture, seems you've got a lot of critters on your line!

Congrats on the score of cats!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 01/31/10 06:30 AM

Thanks S.T.
I dont see much other than fox and moose...I wish we had Bou and sheep that would be cool.

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 12:22 AM

YJ,
Are you just riding up to those fox? I'm surprised you can catch them out in the open. I can't tell you how often I've wanted to teach a fox to balance a snowball, but they always run off.

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 03:17 AM

How much snow Jeff. Probably light and fluffy and gonna blow around? OR did it warm up enough to make it stick.

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 03:47 AM

White,why is your name in blue?

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 03:48 AM

White is on the trapline now and won't be back for a month or so, The big boss gave him that color

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 03:53 AM

Thanks Fish222,probely because he is playing the blues on his banjo?My internet has been down for a few days.Hope they knock em dead.

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:01 AM

Hey there!! I am new to the forum and new to trapping! all tips, tricks, and sets welcome! thanks!
trapperandy

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:10 AM

Caz...the fox in on my line never saw a person before,so I can ride right up to some of them,the one in the pic before this one, came right up to me while my machien was ideling,and I fumbled for the camera.
and FT we got some fresh powder,not quite warm enough to stick it down,so will drift when it blows,also overflowing a bit.
and welcome TA.lots of good info,start reading.

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:19 AM

YJ, I have been doing some reading on here and found some usefull info! Trapperdave told me about this forum about 2-3 weeks ago and that is when I started checking it out.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:25 AM

Well sounds like your well on your way.. then,most of these guys dont mind sharing info,so ask away, you can also Pm me if there anything I can help you with.

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:43 AM

Thanks! really appreciate it! gonna be out tomorrow looking for a new trapping area in the high country. have a few sets out but not producing anything. caught 2 ermine and 2 squirrels.... any help on marten? only seen a few marten tracks tons of ermine, squirrels, snowshoe rabbits, and yotes.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:51 AM

if you can catch ermin and squirrels you can catch Marten...alot of Marten trappers on here,I will let them chime in..

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 04:58 AM

YJ, one again, great pictures! thanks for sharing. do you target fox or just cats?

Tandy, welcome and good luck!

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 05:00 AM

lookin forward to see what information i can gather! I just put out a new set earlier on my way home from work. made a coffee-can-coni set. I will have to get some pictures of what I have out already and post them.

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 05:01 AM

thanks SP.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 05:05 AM

Thanks Southpaw...I used to target fox and put up over 160 some years,but since the lynx population is doing good,I swore I would never look at the rear end of a fox again if I could help it...so let them walk now,but still manage to get a few in my Lynx sets

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 07:08 AM

Taken about 10pm at night, the paper called it a Wolf Moon...

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/01/10 07:14 AM

nice pic! when my cousin and I were out checking the line yesterday night we got a few snap shots of the "halo" around the moon! We thought that was pretty cool.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 05:14 AM

Cool Pics W.W.!...is that with the Nikon?
here is a pretty cat I caught today....I picked up 3

Posted By: trapperandy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 05:17 AM

Good lookin cat! still waiting to get one!

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 05:20 AM

Wow, does that kitty look soft ;o)

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 06:01 AM

Yes O.B....thats a Cuddle Kitty...if your wearing Kevlar

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 02:34 PM

Great pictures.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/02/10 03:04 PM

Thanks guys, yup YJ that's the Nikon

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/05/10 05:20 AM

That is a spectacular moon picture WW!

When I grow up I want to learn to catch lynx just like you YJ ;O)

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/05/10 08:50 PM

Thanks OB, all of those were taken at night, I like the blue sky with the stars, makes it look surreal.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 05:33 AM

Originally Posted By: Ol' Blister

That is a spectacular moon picture WW!

When I grow up I want to learn to catch lynx just like you YJ ;O)

So its true!...White is Robbing the Cradel

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 06:23 AM

All your foxes are just sitting still for you in your pics. You have an epidemic of rickets going through your population out there? Nice pic!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 06:51 AM

LOL...no they know I hate skinning fox so dont even bother to get up...I drove right up to him

Posted By: Alaskan

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 07:08 AM

Mist ours are the same way. As long as stay a constant slow speed they'll just sig and watch as you get into range.

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 07:46 AM

speakin of lynx... been getting a few (4 now) in my wolverine sets... 2 in a bucket, 1 snared, 1 on a foothold, most recent.... having the toughest time when it comes to skinning on the ears... any instructional photos? fox as well.

Posted By: southpaw

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 08:28 AM

WW - Awesome pics!
YJ- once again, great pics! your fox amaze me. The fox in our area head for cover at the first sound of a snowmobile or 4 wheeler.

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/06/10 10:45 PM

Originally Posted By: Alaskan

Mist ours are the same way. As long as stay a constant slow speed they'll just sig and watch as you get into range.

Matt, were you drunk when you wrote this?

Posted By: Kodiak Kid

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 02:20 AM

Well it was a beautiful 23 degree day and I was gona go do some shootingdown at a beach. Unfortunatly the beach was already being used.... by surfers! You wont see his in Califonia.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 07:04 AM

Originally Posted By: mogie

speakin of lynx... been getting a few (4 now) in my wolverine sets... 2 in a bucket, 1 snared, 1 on a foothold, most recent.... having the toughest time when it comes to skinning on the ears... any instructional photos? fox as well.

Once you get them loose with the knife, use your fingers and thumb to separate the cartlidge from the skin. Be very careful along the edges and once you get to the tip. Use steady pressure.

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 07:52 AM

thanks kusko... will give it a try.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 12:26 PM

Try sprinkling a little borax (or even salt) on those ears as you start turning them. It allows you to get a firm grip on either the skin or the ear butt. The steadier you can hold on, the more accurate your knife work is.

Pete

Posted By: Eagle River Nick

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 05:35 PM

On fox and coyote I use a marten board to turn the ears. Its the perfect size and works great. It should work on lynx too.

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 08:19 PM

eagle river nick... can you please explain your method. thanks.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 09:07 PM

Nick's talking about using a earskinning board. Make a thin board shaped to fit whatever animals ears you are skinning, place it inside the ear and turn the ear by pulling it down over the board as you skin. On lynx you may want a board a little more tappered on the end than a martin board but a martin board would be better than nothing at all. An ermine board works fairly well also.

Posted By: Eagle River Nick

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 09:33 PM

Yep speks right on. And I also sanded the marten board I use down to more of a point too as a regular dimension marten board is to wide at the nose. I got the idea from a taxidermist and the difference between using fingers and the board is night and day.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 10:37 PM

*rant vent moan groan complain*

After this gorgeous snowfall we had I planned on going out to the front and taking some pictures where the snow is pretty and pristine. Was gonna do it in low light, capture the Christmas lights and the snow.... ANYWAY.... so I'm sitting here at the store and VAZOOM some frickin moron with his kid on a snowmachine blows thru all the keep out and no parking signs RIGHT through the middle of the yard AND GETS STUCK and CAN'T start the machine... I go out...

"You DO know you're in the middle of my yard?" as he's yelling at the kid about how to use the machine. "Yeah, now it won't start, sorry, we're working on it." I didn't say anything more figuring Karma was getting him for being stupid by the machine not starting.

Next thing I see is the kid lifting MY string of Xmas lights so moron dad can gun the machine under.... By the time I get Sam over here to the store the idiot is gone... lights are wrecked... HOW MANY barriers and signs does it take to keep people OUT of the yard???

*rant vent moan groan complain*

K, I'm done... I SOOOOO want to move to Chicken!

Posted By: Eagle River Nick

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 11:30 PM

Turn off the Christmas lights and hang them about head heighth........

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/07/10 11:43 PM

Don't tempt me... heehee I have lots of rope....

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 11:18 AM

Originally Posted By: Wolfwoman

Don't tempt me... heehee I have lots of rope....

Piano Wire is even better !!...

TxLady~~

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 03:52 PM

I knew a really good kid who, in a moment of recklessness, nearly died when piano wire cut into his throat because it was stretched across a snow machine trail. The wire missed his jugular by millimeters and his life was spared. He bears the scar to this day and his voice has been forever altered.

...Just so everyone understands this is just venting going on here!

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 05:14 PM

Thank you for posting that OB. Kinda gives me shivers when people start talking of stringing wire across trails. Hope
whoever set the trap for that kid got wracked for attempted murder.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 07:10 PM

OB and Spek I wouldn't put piano wire, and yes it's just venting, but I WILL be putting more barriers and more flagged rope and more sawhorses and more large logs and more signs this summer as this is NOT a snowmachine trail (the snow was untouched!), this person had to go around SEVERAL barriers to get into MY FRONT YARD that is clearly marked.

It's called complete disrespect for other's property, as I'm sure has happened to more than one of you more than once.

And as venting that's the reason *rant vent moan groan complain* was posted at both the top and bottom.

Posted By: Spek Jones

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 08:29 PM

Sorry, WW didn't intend to insinuate you would do that. As OB pointed out though some have and with horrid results. Probably the ones that would do that would be the same ones that would drive through barricades to trespass in your yard. Sounds like that guys only fishing with a half a shackel.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/08/10 10:12 PM

Spek, sorry I went off, but it's an ongoing problem with people not reading or paying attention and what really irked me is that he blamed his KID for what happened and was yelling at him.

I talked to the owner of the lodge today next door (where the guy was staying) and she said he was being an idiot at her place too. People just think because we are a business they can do what they want.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/09/10 06:26 AM

Got my ATA magazine and noticed quite a few T-man members with articles in there. Will be some great reading.

-TJ

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/09/10 08:02 AM

Bad Kittie!...my magazien is always a week or two late

picked up 3 today

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/09/10 08:07 AM

Jeff when I get in the mood for another lynx pic I'll be getting back with you...LOL Your lighting is always great!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/09/10 08:10 AM

Sure thing WW..I only trap on Sunny days

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/10/10 06:16 AM

LOL Jeff, that's a good thing!! Makes for an enjoyable trip too!!

Here's another I just finished....

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/10/10 06:19 AM

Wow! That is spectacular!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/10/10 06:30 AM

Thank you

I'm going to switch it up and try and do something without BLUE in it next...lol

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/10/10 06:48 PM

Jeff,
I hope you don't get tired of hearing what great photos you're taking and posting cause I never get tired of looking at them.

Bonnie,
Be careful with your carpentry equipment. You sure wouldn't want to spill a box of nails behind that jerk's car. He might get offended that someone could be so inconsiderate and clumsy ;-).

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/11/10 09:27 PM

There are NO WORDS....

http://www.wimp.com/brilliantlady

Posted By: Pittu

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/11/10 09:41 PM

This is your brain on drugs....LOL

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/12/10 03:36 AM

That is cool WW!
and thanks again Caz..I am kind of waiting for you all to say"enough with the Lynx already"..LOL..but truth be told,with the Virus issues on Photobucket,I wont be posting pics,till they clean that place up.

Posted By: Ol' Blister

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/12/10 03:50 AM

this is the first I've heard of that. What's going on?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/12/10 04:05 AM

Thanks Jeff

And me too, wassup with PB??

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/12/10 04:15 AM

sounds like some people are getting viruses,from the advertisers on PB..I read somthing yesterday and then made my own post this morning..it has two pages now..its on the other side,a few pages back.check it out

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/13/10 07:17 AM

After seeing what happend to Fish the other day,I thought I would post this...here is a pic of the moose that got into my Bridger #3...by the looks of things, I held him for a minuit or two..he had the wire streached fiddel string tight,(it even cut into the tree it was anchored to)..the moose fell down the bank,and to my reliefe, got out,I have givin up snares for wolves about 5 yrs ago..too many moose,is not a good thing.

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/13/10 07:23 AM

I just ordered 3 dozen of those bridgers Jeff

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/13/10 07:38 AM

That should end your Kitty Nighmares...

and after looking at this pic again..I believe this was one of my #2s

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/15/10 08:40 PM

Any of you guys play with the sleppy creek #4's long springs or do you like the coils better?

WW nice pic.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 12:57 AM

Any ideas what this track might be?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 07:58 PM

Kind of hard to tell from the pic W.W. House cat ?

Have you Hugged your Bridgers Today

Posted By: akntrpr

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 08:22 PM

Hugs!!!

So you're going to love this. I took this picture on photobucket and rotated it. When I went back to my albums a norton pop-up came on my screen and said "an attack on your computer was blocked". Thats the first time I've ever seen that, so yes YJ there is a virus on photobucket!!!!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 09:58 PM

I think bigger than a housecat, and as far as I know there aren't any cats around here, everyone has dogs. Hubby took the pic and that's his hand, so the track is at least 2.5" across.. who knows?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 10:33 PM

WW here is a lynx track...
it is a bit bigger... that case is about 4" x 6"'s.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/16/10 11:36 PM

Ooh, good pic Hup!! I'll go back down there and look at the track myself today, the pic is not so great. With all the bunnies we have tho it wouldn't surprise me if there were a few lynx here.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/17/10 01:33 AM

Yes AKN..I thought so...I went to PB yesterday,and the screen was red,... and the edges of the page eaten,like a bug did it..I figured it was not a good time to log in

I also had a pop up last week that said a trojan was trying to infect it,but it deleted it...but I bet my computer is so full of Viruses that they are fighting each other to see who gets to live there

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/17/10 01:39 AM

Must be all that good living and adult entertainment you are surfing there Jeff.....

-TJ

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/17/10 02:00 AM

MTP IS FAST. Ordered Friday afternoon and asked for a rush, they are in my hands now. LOOK OUT LYNX!!!!!!!

Posted By: piperniner

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/17/10 02:13 AM

We all get a rush out of trapping Fish.
Have fun.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/17/10 03:39 AM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

Must be all that good living and adult entertainment you are surfing there Jeff.....

-TJ

This laptop is Virgin....I learned my lesson last time

Posted By: Cazador

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/18/10 10:12 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

After seeing what happend to Fish the other day,I thought I would post this...here is a pic of the moose that got into my Bridger #3...by the looks of things, I held him for a minuit or two..he had the wire streached fiddel string tight,(it even cut into the tree it was anchored to)..the moose fell down the bank,and to my reliefe, got out,I have givin up snares for wolves about 5 yrs ago..too many moose,is not a good thing.

It's hard to imagine a Bridger #2 or #3 holding a moose. Maybe a young bull started to bed down, and you got him by the balls? That'd make him dance and fall down that bank! Pretty amazing, either way!

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 08:45 PM

With PB having issue's how are you guys posting pic.?Can we post them straight off the computers now?
Got bored and started making some more jar fish today.Was wanting to post a pic. or two of good eats.

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 08:54 PM

You can post them right here on Tman if you want.

http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/34/1/Photo_Gallery.html

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 09:43 PM

Thanks Fish222 now the dang camera is broke or just being stubborn.

Posted By: akntrpr

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 09:47 PM

I still use PB, its fine if you have Norton or some kind of anti-virus on your computer

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 09:50 PM

I dont know about that I just dropped 200 bucks to get a new hard drive put in cause of virus's and such.Got so bad the computer wouldnt even start up.The puter people said I caught a virus from somewhere.IDK? I do know this I cant find my spell check button lord knows I need it LOL

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 11:15 PM

Got to love that Apple computer. They may cost more but you pay one way or another. But you get to keep the stuff on your hardrive with the apple. ;0)

Posted By: frozen okie

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/21/10 11:40 PM

wish I had a mac

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 03:34 PM

Well Winter has returned to my part of Alaska -27 this morning,thats probably the coldest its been all winter,and dont usualy get much below that.nice breeze blowing also

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 04:56 PM

26 below here this morning, light breeze, 47 below wind chill. I was just out thawing out my water delivery pipe and sewer evac and it feels A LOT nicer out than 10 below and wind blowing 30

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:05 PM

Heck it's a balmy minus 18 here this morning.........so far. Okie timed his trip perfectly.

I have found that the free download of Malwarebytes cleaned my computer of 11 viruses that Norton said were there but couldn't get rid of. Give it a try.

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Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:07 PM

Yup we went from 38 above on Tuesday to -30 wind chills today. Sure was nice to check traps with a cold breeze and a fur hat yesterday.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:26 PM

It's -34 here, sure glad I set beaver houses last wk, should be fun today.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:26 PM

It's -34 here, sure glad I set beaver houses last wk, should be fun today.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:31 PM

You need to wait until it gets cold so they won't crawl out of the hole.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 05:56 PM

I just checked the thermometer again and now it reads minus 33.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 06:08 PM

Should we start an "old timer" thread so you old men can complain about the weather???
and your bowel movements or lack thereof...

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 06:23 PM

We've had a pretty steady winter with temps of 0-30, few warmer and a few colder days, but nothing extreme. I haven't looked yet, but I know it had to get colder last night as the cabin was 45 degrees this morning, so probably looking at 0 or so, no wind... YET.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 06:23 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

You need to wait until it gets cold so they won't crawl out of the hole.

That's what I was wishing for a couple days ago, could you send Ole blister up to help? All the rich beaver bacon she can eat!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 06:25 PM

Sorry. She's got enough grease on her already.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 11:38 PM

Here is some of the fur I bought last month, from the villages of Emo,Kot,Aluk,Pitkas,St Marys,and MTV.
(none of mine is in the pic.)

Posted By: scootermac

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 11:43 PM

Why are all the otter fur out, do they not know they lose money on a fur out otter.

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 11:54 PM

what was your average payment on lynx and fox.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/27/10 11:54 PM

The fur buyers in years past in these parts preferd them fur out,Mink also..I am rectifiying that,in my workshops,but no matter, they are not going to the auction anyway,so no one is losing money.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/28/10 12:00 AM

Originally Posted By: fishermann222

what was your average payment on lynx and fox.

not sure havent crunched the numbers yet,I payed as high as $50 for fox and $180 for Lynx,...remember this was before any auctions and we were going on the fire sale prices from last May..I will ajust them after the Nafa sale.

Posted By: trapped4ever

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 02/28/10 09:37 AM

Otter were sold fur out in S.E. also. Oldtimers used to build steamers, dry theirs fur out, then, steam and turn. This was primarily because a lot of otter here were traditionally hunted, and bullet hole are harder to detect, fur out. I've sold both ways, but only fur out, on shot otters, occaisionally, years ago. I've never seen much price difference, and I've sold hundreds of otters, so they seem to average out about the same.
Those regional differences are funny though, like the long, narrow YUK/KUSK mink.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 02:38 AM

I'd be interested to hear the average on those fox Jeff. Heck, I'd like to hear about all of the fur. $50 is pretty darn good for reds. If I could have averaged $40, I would have trapped more.

I wonder why those old Kusko mink were stretched so narrow. We've caught a few pigs this year and stretched them on marten stretchers. Two are around 27 NTB. My buddy has one that's 31 NTB on the same stretcher. It looks like a mini otter.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 03:41 AM

I would guess the reds averaged $40,if you removed the damaged ones..the otters are $70 if they were XL..only bought one mink so far $30..(it was a yearling and not a whopper)
getting a pretty steady suply of Lynx comming in now,I was handing out cases of Bridger #3s like fry bread

the fur here was bought by the inch last time we had buyers,here....I remember selling beaver by the inch..so alot of these guys will streach long as they can,I am suplying streachers,(when ever they come in,and people are using my streachers for patterns,and I should get everyone squared away and puting up some decent looking fur,they already are doing Lyx Nice...and nobody seams to have a problem with .."NOT" turning a dry otter inside out

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 04:20 AM

Yjeff, what are beaver blankets going for anyway? and does it really matter if there oval or round?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 04:36 AM

TK..I have been paying $50 for XL,and even the small are going $30,..but those prices are what I figure we can pay and ,then tan and resale,and break even or make a small profit,the auction houses do want a oval streach,but realy dont matter to me,but I am campaigning for oval beaver put up as well..I should add... this is a local Vilage thing and at this moment ,not buying outside or memeber Villages..Yet

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 05:03 AM

Wow! Goodbye Takotna hello MTV! Sounds like a good deal for everyone over there. Has anybody sold any beaver to any Alaskan fur buyers? Only sent beaver once to NAFA, won't do that again, did get a top lot for a XL though, guess it was supposed to make me feel good.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/01/10 07:35 AM

Man, I have a pile of mink I'd let go for $35 average....just let me know when "the council" decides to expand. The Lower Kusko guys need a "fur stimulus" plan too.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/06/10 03:53 PM

How many Wolverine could live in an area (assuming plentiful food supply) the size of 6.1 million acres or 9375 square miles ?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/06/10 04:16 PM

Well it isn't just a matter of food supply. The issue of territoriality has to factored in on the male side and the presence of adequate denning areas for the females. While the males MAY have territories that overlap at the margins, they oftentimes will not tolerate another male in that overlap at the same time they are there. So they may occupy the same area spatially but not temporally. This will also become more rigidly enforced during breeding times.

So if everything was ideal in a 9375 square mile area, I would estimate the MAXIMUM population would be around 250 animals of all ages and genders. I have read about density estimates that are double that estimate but I do not believe that particular survey or estimate is correct. The study that I don't believe, gave a density of 15 wolverine per 100 square kilometers in Montana. That converts to about 0.4 wolverine per sq. mile. I think that is way off! Especially in a settled area like the L48.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/10/10 05:54 AM

I caught a otter in a lynx set last week,here is my put up.
havent skinned one since the market crashed about 5 yrs ago
I used to get over $250 for ones put up like this.its clean skinned,took me about 40 minn.I use a coyote board

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/10/10 06:10 AM

Posted By: TrappinAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/10/10 06:21 AM

As nice as that otter looks I have got to say those lynx look amazing!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/10/10 06:27 AM

Thanks...yes I try to Primp the Cats

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/12/10 08:26 AM

My partner is hunting Taliban

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/12/10 02:20 PM

Nice otter.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/12/10 03:40 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks...yes I try to Primp the Cats

Primp or pimp.....?!!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/13/10 08:45 AM

First I primp em.....then I Pimp em

Thanks Bruce..

still pluggen away

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/13/10 02:16 PM

He looks tired. Reminds me of Pete a little bit.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 01:50 AM

I recall feeling like that cat looks (one time....)

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 02:31 AM

"will the season ever end?"

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 02:33 AM

He is just sad he is a buyback..

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 04:23 AM

what kind of rifle is that jeff it looks like its got some storys to tell.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 05:42 AM

Thats my partners set up..I think its a Rem -06,and is well used..it was frozen when he had two moose standing in front of him that day

Posted By: AKscott

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 05:54 AM

very cool thanks for all the pic's

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 06:44 AM

your welcome...glad you like em..

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 06:53 AM

Jeff,
I keep a pistol there too..... Duct tape the holster to the bar...It holds it fine.....

I have had the same duct tape on there for 2 yrs now....and before that for 2 yrs....

make sure he does it with the gun in the holster, so it isn't too tight.....

it doesn't take much either....

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 07:34 AM

LOL..I will suggest the duct tape...
this time of year the moose dont give up the trail around here,so I carry my hog leg 44 mag,belted inside my coveralls centered about where my belt buckle is,and pointed down my leg.in the bad portages I just unzip my coveralls a bit and drive slow,.. ready for the stand off

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/14/10 03:28 PM

I hate those Moosican stand off's

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:00 AM

Berring Sea Caviar..dug out of the bowles of the freezer

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:54 AM

can never have enuff with soy sauce...

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 03:29 PM

Ok, I'll bite....what is that??????

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 03:36 PM

Is that whitefish eggs ?

Posted By: mad_mike

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 03:57 PM

looks like herring roe

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 04:59 PM

Yep..MM its Herring spawn on Kelp....pretty good stuff

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:03 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Yep..MM its Herring spawn on Kelp....pretty good stuff

Compared to What????

If you need food I can shop for you and ship it everetts for ya....

Hate to see you eating bait....

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:20 PM

I have tried it as it clung to bits of Sitka Spruce branches/needles. As it turns out, it tastes like, well Sitka Spruce needles!

Hopefully the roe attached to kelp tastes better than that!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:34 PM

Have you tried fresh (raw) whitefish eggs? pretty good in the late fall with just a little pepper on them.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:37 PM

Yes, roe on Kelp is good. Roe on spruce bows tastes like eating spruce bows.

-TJ

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:39 PM

Originally Posted By: Hupurest

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Yep..MM its Herring spawn on Kelp....pretty good stuff

Compared to What????

If you need food I can shop for you and ship it everetts for ya....

Hate to see you eating bait....

This is coming from the guy that eats hot dogs (aka lips and bung holes) over fresh salmon...

-TJ

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:40 PM

Thanks Hup....yes you can send me some

...I think they have it at New Saguya,it might cost $50-$60 a Lb...be carefull the Asians might Mug you for it on the way home...
and Pete I have never had it on the spruce bows,and heard the same thing..but on the Kelp you can eat that too.and no after taste..

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:42 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Have you tried fresh (raw) whitefish eggs? pretty good in the late fall with just a little pepper on them.

Yep..Good stuff...Pike is even better...Lush fish ,have two big sausage sized skiens in them and are exelent as well.

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 05:50 PM

Lol,I think I would rather eat the fish itself.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:00 PM

Ok, who is hoarding all of the ALASKAN QUARTERS ??? I can't find a single one in New York !!

Banker James, are you hiding them ??? LOL

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:07 PM

They are all over here. Heck, just go to your bank and ask them to get some. I am sure they get new quarters from the Fed all the time.

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:24 PM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

They are all over here. Heck, just go to your bank and ask them to get some. I am sure they get new quarters from the Fed all the time.

-TJ

I did ask them ! Yesterday , in fact. They said they won't get me any. Girl at the Bank told me to "keep sifting through my change !!"

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:37 PM

Go to another bank then.

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:39 PM

I'll sell ya one CB... $5 plus shipping...

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 06:42 PM

Originally Posted By: Top Jimmy

This is coming from the guy that eats hot dogs (aka lips and bung holes) over fresh salmon...

-TJ

Since I choose the meat that goes into my Jalepeno and cheese hot dogs, there is no lips or TJ holes in there....

They make catfood and dog treats out of salmon..... for the time being I can afford the top-shelf fish, like halibut....

Besides, i feed alot of needy or elderly folks with that salmon I catch, wouldn't want them to go without now would ya jimmy?

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/16/10 07:47 PM

I'll have to side with Hup on the salmon. I ate enough growing up that I don't care to eat another. I smoke a few but that is enough satiate me.

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/17/10 01:17 AM

I tried the herring roe on kelp dipped into seal oil once. I will NEVER do that again. It left a bad taste in my mouth for quite a while.

Posted By: MatValleyAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/18/10 08:02 PM

I used to work at a seafood shop in anchorage back in the early 70's. We used to get Herring Roe on Kelp in 5 gallon buckets, package it up and sell it. It is surely delicious and even more so than suziko or ikura..... Wish I had one of those buckets full today. Little rice...little wasabi...and something to wash it down.

Posted By: MatValleyAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/18/10 08:05 PM

Hey Eureka....is there anything dipped in seal oil that doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth?????

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/19/10 01:39 AM

MVA you have a point there.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/20/10 06:20 AM

Here is a fox that was mousing today.

Posted By: TxLady

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/22/10 10:57 AM

You always have great photos Jeff !!..

ML~~

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/22/10 09:40 PM

Great picture Jeff.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/23/10 08:23 PM

Front legs look a little short

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/23/10 10:47 PM

Jeff are you seeing less fox this year. I have not seen one except in the city limits of St. Mary's. Crazy to go all day trapping and not see a fox.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/23/10 11:10 PM

Len, are you just not seeing fox or are you also not seeing fox tracks ?

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 12:25 AM

Len, Our fox down here have crashed hard my catch is 1/3rd normal one place I normally get 8-12 fox a year has produced 1 other places that are good for a half dozen have had no catches. I pulled early in hopes of helping them rebound quickly. No tracks no fox the wolf numbers are down as well.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 04:48 AM

Your correct Len..the fox population is way down...my bycatch went from about 30-40 a year ...down to just 4-5 this year...
the lynx must be eating them...most likly alot of the pups in the summer,but they will take one anytime.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 05:05 AM

Glad you guys are still liking the pics..

Posted By: smalltimetrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 05:11 AM

I see some white toes there, Jeff!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 05:14 AM

Fur is shedding

Posted By: akntrpr

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 05:49 AM

That cat is a beauty Jeff!!!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 02:11 PM

I'm sure the lynx will take one when they can but I noticed a complete absence of fox 3 seasons ago on my line and I have no cats at all. Something else going on in addition to lynx predation IMO.

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/24/10 02:14 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Glad you guys are still liking the pics..

Nice lynx.He wasn't going anywheres.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 04:22 AM

Thanks Guys...the fox are looking for love...still sporting a pretty decent coat for the end of March.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 04:37 AM

Man that looks like a painting !

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 06:37 PM

White I don't see fox and not much for tracks. I put out two baits stations with my buddy close to St. Mary's over three weeks ago. He wanted a fox to tan. Lynx carcasses for bait. There has not been one hit or track at the station yet as of three days ago when I pulled the snares. Crazy.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 06:45 PM

Thanks Len. That's what I've been seeing too.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 07:10 PM

Saw alot of fox around this fall and very early in the season, didn't see much sign all winter but WOW, I've never seen so much lynx sign everywhere and most since the beginning of March.

Posted By: trunew

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 07:25 PM

Flying out tonight and gotta overnight in Anchorage and then continue on to Ketchikan in the morning for at a month long dispatch at work. This will be my first time working in an office...ever. I've worked on boats and ships all my life. Anyway, that office thing will only be two weeks and then its back to the boats for a long while, I hope. Time to cause chaos and not so much destruction at the ABC tonight. Who's comin' with me?!

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 07:31 PM

Originally Posted By: takotna

Saw alot of fox around this fall and very early in the season, didn't see much sign all winter but WOW, I've never seen so much lynx sign everywhere and most since the beginning of March.

I hear ya on the lynx sign Clinton. There are tracks all over town and in people's yards. I noticed it yesterday! Amazing!

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/27/10 08:31 PM

saw a fox walking downside the house the other day, they come and go. haven't gone out for some time now, got a new addition to the family so spending time with the lil one and family. traps pulled just before they came home, done for the season. lovin it.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/28/10 03:28 AM

WHY do I bother trying to educate radicals?

Posted By: Mt. Outfitters

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/28/10 04:36 AM

AHHHHHHHHHHHH......the ABC........a magic way to go through a lot of money and not really remember a whole lot though the fox sign
was everywhere I didn't catch anything....this I can relate to..........

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/28/10 04:57 AM

Picked up this X-pale marten today.....they are few and far between on my line...the fur was still real nice,no rubs.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/28/10 06:20 AM

Looks great !

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 06:27 AM

Thanks White...you like Tom Cods

Posted By: fishermann222

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 06:29 AM

I have eaten those on the Island. THey are not THAT bad if they are dried. It was cool how they weaved the grass to dry them, I wish I would have taken a picture of that.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 06:36 AM

I had a bunch of dried ones on the braided grass..I was going to shalak it and hang it up

...but ended up eating them..they are good.

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 11:48 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks Guys...the fox are looking for love...still sporting a pretty decent coat for the end of March.

Nice picture.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 05:56 PM

You guys see the moose rubs in Jeff's picture of the fox? They used to be as rare as a coyote here, but not anymore.

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/30/10 09:58 PM

Awesome marten picture.

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/31/10 07:46 AM

Well, I'm outta here. On my way to the Philippines for a few weeks. I hope I can get internet service in my hotel. I need my daily trapperman fix. I'm getting a sunburn just thinking about 90 degrees.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/31/10 01:25 PM

Have fun if you can. Don't catch anything. Oh, maybe the season is closed.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/31/10 06:27 PM

I like those tomcod, they are easy to catch halibut bait.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/31/10 07:19 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Have fun if you can. Don't catch anything. Oh, maybe the season is closed.

Hey, you G.I., no too boo koo!

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 03/31/10 07:49 PM

The PI has turned many young GIs into men!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/01/10 11:06 PM

A guy from another village brought in this wolf yesterday.kind of a big'un

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/01/10 11:49 PM

Hey CavScout, LOOK, that one has hair!

Nice wolf and nice heat shield.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/01/10 11:54 PM

LOL..yes custome decour

..I sleep better at night though.

Posted By: EurekaTrapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 03:23 PM

Originally Posted By: white17

Have fun if you can. Don't catch anything. Oh, maybe the season is closed.

Lots of "Eager Beavers" over here. I do believe the season is open.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 03:40 PM

Shame on you !

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 05:14 PM

Jeff is that one that they got in ST Mary's Mel nailed three the other day I heard over there.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 06:00 PM

No Len..this one is from Pilot..I heard Mels were Mowhawks.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 06:31 PM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Thanks White...you like Tom Cods

Yes. He uses the heads for bait on shovels for marten...
You should try it Jeff...

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/02/10 06:43 PM

I eat the heads

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/03/10 07:59 AM

Plenty of snow chickens,this year

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/03/10 03:54 PM

Haven't seen one in close to 10 years.

Are they abnormaly numerous this year Jeff?

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/03/10 05:52 PM

I had far less than usual in St. Mary's this year. No big flocks like I have seen in the past in March.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/03/10 06:14 PM

10 years is about the last time I saw a spruce hen..and they seam about normal,around here..they tend to gather in big flocks about this time,of year,.and no problem to pick a few off with the 22...folks here are starting to dry them,with the pike they catch.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/05/10 04:56 PM

Here is a kitten we caught this year. I thought it was odd as it is so light colored. There is no brown on the cat whatsoever. Is this odd or?????? Check it out. Everything about it has light features including it's tuffs.

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/05/10 05:13 PM

And you took it out of the gene pool. Shame on you. ;0) Very cool.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/05/10 05:55 PM

That's the way they're supposed to look.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/05/10 08:04 PM

In a perfect world....

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 01:56 AM

Nice catch of lynx.

Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 01:57 AM

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Plenty of snow chickens,this year

Are those good eating?

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 02:19 AM

Originally Posted By: Bruce T

Originally Posted By: yukonjeff

Plenty of snow chickens,this year

Are those good eating?

Heck ya! a lot better than spruce grouse they are actually a type of grouse

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 05:41 AM

Hey Kusko, what does that light cat's belly look like?

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 06:56 AM

Very very clear. It measures a large. The tuffs are gray.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/06/10 12:24 PM

WAKE UP , NEIGHBORS!!!!

Time to rise and shine !!!!

Posted By: trapper ron

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/07/10 01:31 AM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Here is a kitten we caught this year. I thought it was odd as it is so light colored. There is no brown on the cat whatsoever. Is this odd or?????? Check it out. Everything about it has light features including it's tuffs.

Kusko some of the best (clear) lynx are the kittens. Well young of the year or juveniles, not really kittens any more. Most have nice clear bellies.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/14/10 06:36 PM

Here is the Tagging Crew just finishing up,my daughter Kayci and her cousins

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/14/10 10:21 PM

Who's getting snowed on?? Had 6" yesterday and so far another 4" at least today.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/14/10 10:51 PM

We had that a couple days ago with winds to 50mph

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/14/10 11:38 PM

No wind here, which is strange, just wet, heavy snow.

Posted By: Moses

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/15/10 03:29 AM

had about 4" maybe more the past few days.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/15/10 03:35 AM

It hasn't quit since this morning... I'd say and easy 10"

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/19/10 06:40 AM

There are three taxidermists looking for wolverines, anyone have any?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/19/10 12:50 PM

On taxi.net ?

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/19/10 05:09 PM

Yes, I saw three posts yesterday from different people looking for them.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/19/10 05:13 PM

Thanks

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/27/10 04:43 AM

Whoa!!! What did you do to the price of gas in McG Ken?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/27/10 02:29 PM

They just decided to fly some in. Other people fly in a load but it doesn't cost THAT much. Frankly, I think it's funny. Everyone has their panties in a wad about it but really it's so extreme that I find it humorous.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/30/10 10:22 PM

Two other guys and I went and got our winter wood last wk.

Posted By: bearbait

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/30/10 10:31 PM

Now that's a pile of wood! How much do you burn a year? It looks like all spruce, do you prefer it or is birch not available?

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 04/30/10 10:55 PM

BB, I go through about 10 cords from Nov-April, I use both spruce/birch

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/02/10 06:30 PM

Here are 40 fresh Beaver,and the last of the Red fox,getting packed up for the tannery..the Beaver are awsome this time of year,and since we still have alot of snow and ice,and temps in the 20s, the boys are still bringing them in daily,snaring through the ice.(none are mine)

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/02/10 08:08 PM

Holy smokes Takotna! Are you using trucks to get it?

Oh, how is the river looking up there? We got about 3 inches of snow last night.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/02/10 10:30 PM

River went out at Nikolai about 4 days ago so it should be another week here. Doesn't look like it though. 28 degrees this morning and still cool with a north wind.

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/02/10 11:18 PM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

Holy smokes Takotna! Are you using trucks to get it?

Oh, how is the river looking up there? We got about 3 inches of snow last night.

Kusko, got the wood with a Kat where the gravel pit is going for the new runway. I figure Mothers day for breakup here.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/03/10 04:43 AM

Chena went out last night. Traps set today.....

-TJ

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/03/10 02:44 PM

Interesting little Town , Ravenstooke, AK .. Made the news yesterday !!!

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/03/10 04:01 PM

The ice moved both above/below the village and jammed.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/03/10 08:44 PM

The Ice wont be moving anytime soon here,still 2-3 weeks away yet.
here is a Beaver I caught yesterday..nice thick fur

Posted By: takotna

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/04/10 03:16 AM

W17, is the ice moving in McG?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/04/10 02:45 PM

Yesterday at 5:46 pm

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/05/10 02:16 PM

Apparently Spring has not yet completely sprung, even here near the Golden Heart City. It was snowing when I walked out to the road to get the paper at 5:30 am.

I suspect that it is a diabolical plot on the part of snowshoe hares that have not turned completely brown just yet!

Pete

Posted By: northway

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/05/10 04:03 PM

Still pretty snowy here in the hills. Bears haven't hit the bait yet, so it isn't spring!

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/05/10 04:26 PM

We were finally in the 40's yesterday. The birds are coming in better, but are fighting a stiff North wind.

Jeff, did you catch that beaver above the ice?

Posted By: trapper ron

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/05/10 05:32 PM

Winter in our high country is still very much intact, even this far south.

Picture from yesterday with 7 inches of new wet snow on top of a foot of winter snow not yet melted. Was going to check out access to my camp. Far as I got, still seven miles to go and another 1500 feet in elevation. Looks like another 3 weeks at least before I can go there except by snow machine.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/05/10 07:04 PM

Originally Posted By: Kusko

We were finally in the 40's yesterday. The birds are coming in better, but are fighting a stiff North wind.

Jeff, did you catch that beaver above the ice?

yes Rafe..I was in my blind watching for Birds,and he popped out about 100yrds away,I was able to slowly walk right up and shoot him.
some of the streams are opening up and a few guys are hunting them.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/06/10 08:59 PM

Bunnies in the back yard, are turning.

Posted By: TrappinAlaska

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/06/10 09:46 PM

There is one by our place that looks just like that, expect we don't have any snow.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/07/10 03:17 AM

I almost squished a couple near Anderson on the way back from FBKS last week, no snow and they were awfully white still...

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/07/10 04:03 AM

My son has been live trapping them in a cage trap for fun and letting them go. Brought one home the other day and had it in the house for a couple of days. Man they are a tame for a wild animal. He could just pick it up without a struggle and hold it. It hopped around the house for a while. In and out of the bathtub. Kind of a kick. No attempt to try and defend itself other than to wiggle a little bit. But then settled right in to being pet.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/07/10 04:40 AM

FT no biting or kicking??? Full grown??? That's amazing!

Posted By: Family Trapper

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/07/10 04:58 AM

I was surprised too. Worried it would bite. It didn't. They carried it around in a towel as the long legs were a little bit much for my 6 year old at times. Funny to watch them walk with those long legs. I am sure if it had hit the lawn it would have been gone in a flash.

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/08/10 02:38 AM

Shoulda got more pics ;P

Anyone have a raw wolverine skull for sale?

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/08/10 05:22 AM

I Snuk up on this Swan and took his picture while he was sleeping

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/08/10 05:42 AM

It was a nice day..I also saw this guy..feeding the geese.

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/08/10 03:13 PM

Dang greenies always feeding the wildlife......

-TJ

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/11/10 08:27 AM

LOL..TJ

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/11/10 07:15 PM

Did they make the pot?

Swans might be my favorite.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/11/10 08:52 PM

No...we dont get more than one or two each per season,and then,just watch them bomb in,while we are geese hunting...you would have fun out here Rafe

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/12/10 02:18 AM

Guys, explain to me what melonhead is on wolves? I know that it happens to snared wolves, but what and is it blood in the head that causes it?

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/12/10 02:41 AM

Might be a good subject for a PM.

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 06:27 AM

Must of forgot to put the landing gear down.

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 07:01 AM

Cool picture, those specks are tasty. I don't see any blood, it must have died from the repeated concussions from the shotgun!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 07:12 AM

I think it might of been a Texas Heart shot

...and yes yellow feet are tasty....the Snows are going through now.

Posted By: Pete in Frbks

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 02:51 PM

I love the tracks from the "gear" dragging in the snow.

Definitely dinged his prop on that landing.....!

Posted By: northway

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 04:55 PM

Well how much fur do people still have from this season? I am finishing stretching my wolves and then have to stretch my cats and fox yet. I might get a picture by June 1st, especially now that bear hunting has kicked in! I guess I will try selling it during the summer.

Posted By: otterman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 05:02 PM

Mine is all at the tannery and I should start seeing it return in the next month or so. I can't put it off as I have to have last years fur back by late summer for the wife to start sewing with for next winter

Posted By: Top Jimmy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 06:44 PM

Still have 15 beaver to flesh that are skinned and in the freezer, plus whatever comes out of the water tonight when I pull the line. I was unable to get Alaskan to do it when he was in town for the wedding. Dam drunk!

-TJ

Posted By: Kusko

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 06:57 PM

Come on TJ, the drunkeness wouldn't have mattered...he doesn't flesh! LOL

The only thing I have left to do is pull some castors from a few carcasses and then get ready to beaver trap.

Posted By: northway

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/13/10 07:56 PM

I agree, the drunkeness wouldn't matter! LOL!

I also have some beaver in the freezer to flesh and stretch!

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/14/10 03:55 AM

Hmmmmmm.... is it that time of year?

Kill to freezer in 15 minutes

Dinner and fur, nuttin better!

Posted By: yukonjeff

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/16/10 07:07 PM

Looks like the bunnys there, have turned,WW..

Posted By: Wolfwoman

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/16/10 08:07 PM

Yup they are turned, just a few with a little white on them.

Posted By: white17

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #4 - 05/16/10 08:49 PM

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