Episode description
Join the guys tonight as they talk with Dean Smith a Michigan Hunter about the 3 Do It Yourself hunts he took recently in Alaska for Caribou and Blacktail deer. He gives a few things to lookout for and suggestions on how you too can take a trip of a lifetime!
Planning the trip 2018 Caribou Hunt
- Getting a group together
- Time frame
- Choosing an air transporting service
- Getting your license to hunt
- Getting gear out to hunting location
- Clothes and food
- Dealing with medical emergencies
- Water supply
- Making fire
- Taking photos
- The hunt
- Long distance shooting
The 2020 Blacktail Hunt
- Why Kodiak Island
- Grizzlies
- What was different than the 2018 hunt
- A more physically demanding hunt than 2018
- Conditioning before the hunt
- Packing meat home
The 2022 Caribou Hunt
- Flying in land vs water landings
- Price ranges for the hunts
- Time of the year
- Weather conditions
- What did you do differently this time back for caribou
- Archeology site