Alaska Moose Hunt

Thought I would add a little more on my Moose Hunt experience. After picking up Todd from the airport and doing our final provisioning, Mike, Todd, my son-in-law and I Towed the boat with everything in it to the launch site on the Salcha River (about 30-40 miles from Fairbanks. We Then went by jet boat (an enjoyable experience in itself) down the Salcha to the Tanana River to the muddy creek to the clear creek and then up it to Mike and Bernies cabin. This is about a 1 hour run at 15-25 mph so if it wasn't for the dozen cabins along clear creek it would be complete wilderness. This is a picture of Mikes jet boat in front of their cabin.

Here is a picture of their cabin. Not really "roughing it". They have running water, electricity, and a comfortable outhouse. About 1/4 mile away from the cabin is a large muskeg area with a treestand that normally provides a good vantage point for feeding moose although we didn't see any this year. Todd and I floated the creek two mornings. The first morning we got the moose you see in the previous post. Pretty exciting for both of us.




After Mike's son-in-law John got off work and to the cabin we loaded this tent and all of our gear on their 4-wheelers with large trailers and trecked 4-5 miles further back into the wilderness and set up camp in another area that promised to have some good hunting. We hunted about 3 days in this area- saw a lot of sign, heard a lot of bugling, heard bulls scraping their antlers. John saw one large moose but couldn't tell if it was a legal. (My permit was for any bull but they had to have a bull with a 50 inch spread or at least 3 brow tines on one side so you have to have a pretty good look at the animal before you pull the trigger). Mike's wife Bernie and John's wife Michelle stayed at the cabin while we went back to the tent camp and they needed to get out on Monday so Todd and I also came out, Helped butcher my moose and caught a flight back to Utah. Mike and John went back to the tent Tuesday morning so here is wishing them good luck.