hunting the Alaska Peninsula

Caribou Hunting On The Alaska Peninsula

Caribou Hunting On The Alaska Peninsula

First things first.  In my last post I made a serious mistake.  I stated that Eric Sjodin packed both moose after my two lazy packers gave up.  Actually, Jeff Hamburg packed the first moose and Eric packed his client’s moose.  Jeff had packed for AAA the two previous years and was now guiding his first client for us.  The story has been corrected.  Sorry Jeff and thanks again for always going the extra mile.

I truly love caribou hunting and have made some wonderful memories hunting with my friends.  The caribou hunts in this article took place on the wild Alaska Peninsula.  These are just a few highlights of those adventures.

Hair's Breadth Bear

Hair's Breadth Bear

Since it is brown bear season I thought I would add another story about hunting the big guys.

In 1984 I had the good fortune of meeting and guiding Kurt Jaeger from the small country of Liechtenstein.  I really enjoyed my time with him.  We had a great hunt and he harvested a beautiful 37 1/2" Dall ram.  He booked to come back on a brown bear hunt in our Cold Bay area for the spring of 1986.  He harvested a massive 10'+ brown bear and later wrote a story that was published in a German Hunting Magazine and was picked up and published in the SCI Magazine.  Now it is on line under Guns and Hunting and I have attached that link for your enjoyment.  At that time, Kurt was the only hunter in Liechtenstein who had ever harvested a sheep and brown bear. 

Before he printed the story he gave me a call and told me I would not like it because he added a few extras to make it exciting.  He did this because he was told by the editor that they didn't want another "hunter kills a brown bear story" but something more exciting.  We all know that everyone sees things a little differently anyway.  He is a good story teller and a better writer than I am so I think most of you will enjoy it.  He wrote that I said, "He is a lucky _____."  That is something I would have never said then or now!  With that I hope you enjoy.  Read the story

A Walk with Roger Morris

A Walk with Roger Morris

Every now and then I will post a story written by one of my clients or grand kids.  This story was written by Tom Wells and it was published in the Alaska Professional Hunter Magazine in 2002.  I guided Tom on two more hunts where he harvested a 40" ram and a 60" moose.  We had a wonderful time and I am proud to call him my friend.