Here are some arial photos of the herd we will hunt, or what we thought we would see
Our 4 person tent, worked great
Our bags outside of Ted Stevens Airport early
Dan at the gate ready to go, all in camo, others also
Dan on the phone checking location of our transporter as we wait at the huge Kotzebue airport
Damage on my bag as I got off the plane, nice bend on the top but not broken
View from the conex of Mavrik Aire looking towards the flight line
Me waiting on Mavrik Aire at the float plane port and right next to thier conex
Us having a little breakfest with Jim and Paul. Nice meal and not to badly priced
Mavrik main office as we stand out front just waiting for the big trip ahead of us.
Crew of 4 playing cards for match sticks in the main office of Mavrik Aire, little messy but they hadn't been there to set up yet..
Craig has shown up and is taking all the gear to go, crew of 4 goes first since they were there since yesterday.
Mavrik Otter plane, crew of 4 is loading up
This plane is an animal, can take crew of 4, all gear and bring them back with all their caribou, 1 trip
Big plane but needs a new lettering job
As we wait for our turn to the field we talk with hunters out front of RAM Air, they all had a little luck.
More RAM Air shots, in front of deboning tent. Blue pallet was picked up by Nortern Air to ship out. Smaller planes sometimes ment splitting of horns.
Our turn to load up and head out
Our turn to load up and head out. Doors are large and you don't have to split those big horns when you come home.
This plane looks big but it can take off and land on a dime.
Dan ready to go with all gear in back with plenty of room.
Wink ready for the big slaughter
Veiw of Kotzebue as we take off.
Veiw of Kotzebue as we take off.
Beautiful colors this time of year
Craig took us over some animals on the way in and below is a small herd of caribou
More animals below, this time a white sheep easily picked out
Landed and ready to get camp set up
Gear out and ready to be left in the great vast land of Alaska
Craig getting ready to take off with a nice plane
Take off and now we are ALONE
Dan purifing some water for us to drink, nice little system by pricy
Vew of out little kitchen area and what we have to look at from our camp
More out the front of camp, cut some trees to place hip boots over to keep dry
Back of the crapper, privacy and upper right is our food stash placed off the ground and surronded with a trash bag to keep dry
Front of the crapper, this was a nice addition and not a lot of weight
This is some vews from the front of our camp and where we thought the parade of caribou would come.
Camp chairs out and ready to glass the river bed
Meat pole up ready to be filled and right out in front of camp
Nice color to this char and the hole was right by dans left hand
Dan's nice Arctic Char, we think 22 inches
Dan ready to cook his fish, just frying it up with our little coleman stove
A view from up river, we are on the hill across from camp. This is a nice few of the flats
A view from up river, we are on the hill across from camp. This is a nice few of the flats
This is a view down river looking over big cattle paths and a tunnel point
More shots from right in front of camp looking at the hills we just climbed
Sweating bullets after a nice hike in 60 degree weather
More shots looking down river from our camp
More shots looking up river
Two cows that traveled in front of camp, think about 300 yards
Time to take a break and relax and glass for bit
A partridge that we saw walking through the spruce
My Arctic Char from the same hole that day caught in.
Glassing for animals from the hillside where we saw some big bulls
Dan cooking my Char in tin foil over the coals of our campfire.
Time to take a break and take in the beauty
Glassing and you can see our river in the back ground at the top of my head, about 1 1/2 miles away.
View from my spot looking South about 1 1/2 miles
View from my spot looking north on the river about 1 mile down from camp
Dan's double bull kill with 4 shots, all within 1 minute
View of the kill site and where the animals lay
Nice big bull with velvet coming off
typical trophy shot with Dan's 300
Nice close shot of the true carnage
Time to start the butcher, laying the meat out on bags to cool
Bloody hands and heads, let get this stuff on the pole
Dan getting the bags ready for transport to camp
Dan with a big smile on his face as we get ready to go
That is a big mess, check the slaughter in the back ground
All smiles for Dan, 4 shots - 4 hours and he is done
Heads ready to transport, what a beautiful site
Dan packing out the head with a nice shot on how big the horns really are.
Packing meat back to camp, we had to go about 300 yards
Nice meat pole, just hope it has enough room for all the stuff
Dan working on that big cigar as he secures his meat
Beautiful site with all that meat but it all fit.
All the stuff is back and Dan is hard a working trying to fit it all in. Me, I am heading back hunting because those cow horns are mine.
Tarp keeps the rain out and sun off but allows the wind under and through the center
Beautiful site with all that meat but it all fit.
One cow, the end of our trip and rain makes me ready to go home.
Pack out day, all the stuff on the runway ready to go, meat is under the blue tarp
Break the tent out to day and possible saying one more night
Craig hasn't come but it is time for dinner so breaking out the stuff
No more hotel rooms in Kotzebue so I guess it is time pitch the tent one more time.
Veiw from the plane on the way home
