A little more remenicing..........
A fish "Kakak" fork for the BIG guys....
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Sinew, in its various stages...thread, string ,cordage.....all the way up to rope with enough time and sinew...
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HM2PAC
September 13, 2008, 08:23 AM
The pictures you have posted are just amazing. Many of us down here in the lower 48 can only dream of doing a fraction of the hunting that you folks do as a way of life.
Floppy_D
September 13, 2008, 08:31 AM
WOW. I'm stunned. The land is beautiful. You could fill many books telling all of the stories behind those pics, and I'd read every one. Thanks for sharing. Again, wow.
koja48
September 13, 2008, 10:49 AM
Can be a tough life, but WOW! Talk about "living the dream!" Thank you. Wonderful photo spread and kids who really understand, appreciate, and are "one" with nature.
JDoe
September 13, 2008, 01:11 PM
Wow! Thank you for posting those pics. Every time I visit Alaska my jaw is on my chest and I am truly tempted to never leave.
Mountie855
September 14, 2008, 12:19 AM
I can only envy you...Alaska is my dream, but not likely to happen, except for visits...:(
Thanks for sharing!
caribou
September 14, 2008, 08:43 PM
Well, now, posting and sharing is why I'm doing such....LOL!
Actually, I post on a couple other forums, and I got the "Invite" to post here LOONNGG agao....so Ive been stopping in and reading, and finnaly whent and did "it"....I registered and started posting.
Ive been a subsistance hunter regular like for 22 years now, have 7 kids and raised 11 kids (six still in the house) bwith regular Hunting/fishing /gathering.
My wife is an artist and she makes the $ so we can keep on doing it.
Family, hunting and guns are my only interests, and I have been collecting Mosin Nagants since the early 90's......what else could a fella do??;)
Ask questions, post your opinion, share some vids and pix, and learn something new...aint that the gist of being here???:D
I only posted a few pix, so's you fellas dont think I'm F.O.S........I'll post as I can on borrowd computers and I'll never know when, but it will be here.
H&Hhunter
September 15, 2008, 05:30 PM
Caribou (Tutu..)
I lived in Kotzebue in 1991. I was flying for Ryan Air Alaska. Thanks for the pictures and the memories.
Lets see if I can remeber a few...Kivalina, Kobuk, Ambler, Deering, Buckland, Narvik, Shungnak and a bunch more I can't remeber off the top of my head. Used to land up on Kelly Bar and used hunt up the Aggieshakshak.
I lived in the 21 unit. Last time I was there was during 9/11 was Caribou hunting with my buddy Alex Caskie. Did you know him?
Is Neil Henry still around?
Funderb
September 15, 2008, 05:38 PM
hooray for the mosin!
caribou
September 15, 2008, 06:38 PM
Cool, HnH....small world , aint it?
Ryan air ...little red planes....lemme see ...do you remember a red head pilot named "Kathy"? Man did that woman scare me like no other, flying!!!!
In the 80's I worked for Markair, unloading Herc's and dumping mail at your doorstep...LOL! 7c were ya?
Did you live in the Hospital 20 unit?, or by AC?
Neal Sager the Gunguy was a bigtime friend of mine, well, still is, but heres been a big shift in Airlines, with many falling out due to new laws (Cargo/mail only is gone) and fuel prices going nuts.
I use a boat and snowgo, gave up flying and the dogs, but the dogs are looking good again, simply 'cause gas is 7.55$ a gallon in Kotzebue now.
AV gas is way more.
Ever fly Candle? Its a dirt strip between Buckland and Deering, and we roam around there in Summer.
Kobuk River in the fall and winter, nowadays, as resources there are valuable to us now (FIRE WOOD!!!)
Kelly Bar Rocks! Salmon and Dollys by the pound or by the Ton.....the Noatak is a great river!
do write, and I'll be posting here more!
Cheers, from the Bacardi region!
Chip
H&Hhunter
September 15, 2008, 07:46 PM
Chip,
Looking back through my old photo's. Here is one of Downtown OTZ and one of the 207's I flew at Ryan Air Alaska.
I lived in the Apartment's down off the North side of the airport over by the hotel. I remeber them being called the 21 unit but I could be wrong it's been awhile since I was there.
Candle between Buckland and Deering. Yes I've been there a bunch of times. Back then there were a couple of old Stinsons rotting away on the side of the strip. I also remeber an old man in Candle I think his name was Tommy he was an old miner who'd come up in the early 1900's and had stayed his whole life in Northern AK. I'm sure he's gone by now.
Kathy,
Was she a kind of Strawberry reddish blond from like North Dakota? I think I remember a Kathy but I'm not sure if she was the same one or not.
Good talking with you.
That picture with the tusk...Was that out on the Escholtz?
Greg
JShirley
September 15, 2008, 09:53 PM
Welcome to THR.
I will live in Alaska one day.
John
MinnMooney
September 16, 2008, 12:27 AM
Two things :
1.) What is that woman washing in the lake?:what: Is it intestines for sausages?
2.) I'm glad to see a Polaris snow machine in Alaska. I was under the impression that the Bombardier (SkiDoo) Elan was the most previlant due to it's bogie wheel set-up as opposed to every other machines' slide rails which wear rapidly on snowless tundra.
3.) - I can't count - Boy, would it be great to live in your state!! It's again becoming famous for being the home state of our next V.P.
The fishing, hunting, camping, back-country flying (I'm a pilot);) and the beauty!! Wow.
MinnMooney
September 16, 2008, 12:37 AM
One more thing.....
My wish is to visit your great state at least once more before I die. I visited for three weeks back in 1960. My dad, brother & I drove the Alcan Hwy when there were only 52 miles of blacktop coming out of Dawson Creek and the rest was gravel all the way to Tok Jct.
caribou
September 16, 2008, 11:45 PM
Thanks!
The intestines are being washed in the ocean to be dried for sausage caseing's or the be made into waterproof clothing, to be sold.
POLARIS ROCKS!
Ive have a sweet '05 600RMK, with 28,000 miles and ticking soon...
V1K1NG0
September 17, 2008, 11:28 AM
WOW. Thank you for sharing. I have never been to your state before. I hope to one day experience "it". So do you all usually only hunt with Mosins??? What kind of ammo do you use.
You could write a book about this and make a killing.
Look forward to seeing more.
killzone
September 17, 2008, 09:31 PM
Thanks for the pictures. Welcome to THR
BroughtEnoughGun
September 18, 2008, 03:05 AM
Amazing pics. Life looks like fun to me.
Byte
September 18, 2008, 10:09 PM
Wow! The bear pics are great. Especially the b&w one with the two guys behind the big brown. Was that you? I'm jealous if it was you! :D
I was able to visit Fairbanks for the first week of March in '06 and was truly happy for the first time in years. Haven't seen snow piled up like that back home in Montana since the early 80's! At least we've gotten nice snow in the mtns of Colorado the last few years. I really look forward to the day I get to go back to Alaska. Hopefully it'll be for some type of prolonged stay.
Byte
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
September 19, 2008, 07:13 PM
I'm really enjoying all the pics - just amazing - thank you.
9x19sig
September 19, 2008, 10:06 PM
You have no idea how lucky you are, we can all wish we lived there.
280shooter
September 26, 2008, 12:17 AM
great pics,it take special people to live that style.I could do that for awhile.hunt and mine gold..
308win
September 26, 2008, 01:43 PM
What animal are the tusks from?
H&Hhunter
September 26, 2008, 02:49 PM
Mammoth.
308win
September 26, 2008, 03:27 PM
Ahh - Those just lay around preserved because it is so cold or are they found fossilized?
langenc
September 27, 2008, 12:52 AM
Looks like Sarah could go there and help out.
H&Hhunter
September 27, 2008, 01:57 AM
Ahh - Those just lay around preserved because it is so cold or are they found fossilized?
A little bit of both..
hobgob
September 29, 2008, 03:50 AM
I am extremely jealous! great pics, looks like a great family too. Welcome to THR! if you write a book, let me know, cuz i'd prolly read it!
caribou
September 29, 2008, 04:42 AM
Heyyyy....
Mammoth Tusks......
I find tusks sticking outta pemafrost, in the mud, and at the bottom of the surf....Chunks, pices, whole ones and sets....some years are good, some are not.
It is a good way to make a living, though it requires alot of self dicapline, planning and WORK.....LOL!
Like running your own business, and since we deal in food, there is always a demand for a fella to hunt.
The wife makes great art with the materials we gather.
Now as our gas is 7.35$ a gallon on Kobuk river, (where we recently returned to) and heating oil is 7.85$, moving to the familiar hunting/fishing grounds with forrest all around, our food and heating needs will be met, in what I think might be hard economic times........I hope Im wrong on that.:uhoh:
3sixbits
September 29, 2008, 02:07 PM
I think you are right on the money with your fears. The people that learn or re-learn to live with the land will be the ones that survive without the yoke of government.
I would consider the stockpiling of .22 rimfire ammo my first priority for bad times soon to be here.
Albatross
September 30, 2008, 04:14 AM
Not to rain on the parade and ruin everyone's dreams about moving to Alaska to kill moose, caribou, fox, seals and whales but it isn't exactly all fun and games up here.
Especially where most of those pictures were taken. Extremely cold winter temperatures and the amount of biting insects in the summer can be impressive. White Socs will make your arms bleed.
Also, living in a village might sound picture perfect, but when it rains and the floods come the lake of junk, garbage and human waste thats just outside of town overflows its shallow banks and pours raw sewage into everyone's houses. Eking out a living takes a lot of grit.
All that hunting takes a lots of equipment, expensive equipment. Boats, outboards, snow machines all have to be shipped in and when they break down it is no phone call to an ace mechanic or quick drive down to Home Depot or NAPA for the spare parts. You got to order it and 2nd day air only gets it to Juneau or Anchorage. Then it waits until the next barge, ferry or plane comes (two weeks or more if it comes at all weather dependent).
These are just some of the trials and tribulations of living in Alaska. Basically, I'm saying is don't sell the farm and move the family up without a lot of very careful consideration and planning. Most people migrating from the lower 48 don't make three winters.
/4th generation Alaskan.
cliffy
September 30, 2008, 04:28 AM
I'm spoiled regarding natural gas heat and supermarkets. Costs may rise to the point of hunting for survival soon. Don't really know if I could cope with that scenario, but I'd seriously try. If my .243 Winchester cannot cope with tundra living, I'll surely fail. All depends upon who is elected President, I guess. Fabulous pictures. cliffy
Cosmoline
September 30, 2008, 04:31 AM
Great pics caribou. Is that Deering? That's true bush, for certain. I like it here in Los Anchorage with running water. A subsistence lifestyle is good but rough. It takes generations of knowledge to pull off. most of us would die trying it.
I know you guys are really hurting for fuel, too. Aunt Sarah's rebate sounds like a lot outside but it doesn't go very far at those rates. Personally I ride my bike around town year round so I feel kind of guilty taking it. But not that guilty ;-)
HK G3
September 30, 2008, 04:42 AM
Those are some incredible photos - makes me really want to take a vacation there, it just seems so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing them!
Albatross
September 30, 2008, 07:59 PM
Cosmoline - Aunt Sarah's rebate is probably helping the OP out quite a bit considering how many children he has. $3,200 or so times five or six buys a lot of snow machine juice.
BIGR
October 1, 2008, 06:49 PM
Welcome and thanks for the pictures. Alaska is one place on the top of my list to visit before I die.
H&Hhunter
October 1, 2008, 07:47 PM
Especially where most of those pictures were taken. Extremely cold winter temperatures and the amount of biting insects in the summer can be impressive. White Socs will make your arms bleed.
Also, living in a village might sound picture perfect, but when it rains and the floods come the lake of junk, garbage and human waste thats just outside of town overflows its shallow banks and pours raw sewage into everyone's houses. Eking out a living takes a lot of grit.
All that hunting takes a lots of equipment, expensive equipment. Boats, outboards, snow machines all have to be shipped in and when they break down it is no phone call to an ace mechanic or quick drive down to Home Depot or NAPA for the spare parts. You got to order it and 2nd day air only gets it to Juneau or Anchorage. Then it waits until the next barge, ferry or plane comes (two weeks or more if it comes at all weather dependent).
These are just some of the trials and tribulations of living in Alaska. Basically, I'm saying is don't sell the farm and move the family up without a lot of very careful consideration and planning. Most people migrating from the lower 48 don't make three winters.
Albatross,
I have to agree with you. The "Romance" of Alaska wears off real darn quick after spending a couple of winters in the Arctic. Especially in a village in North Western AK. It takes a very special kind of person to stay up there. Kotzebue ain't anything like what you see on the travel brochures about Alaska. It can be a darn hard place to try to make a living.
I envy guys like Caribou who can fit in and thrive in North Western AK. When I left I was ready to go! Funny thing though as sick and tired as I was of AK once it gets in your soul it never truly leaves either. I still think about Kotz and my other time in AK very fondly. But I don't think I'd ever move back either.;)
I miss the hunting the fishing and the vast outdoors I miss many of the good old timers and young people that had the right attitude about living in AK. I do not miss the FU#@*%$! insects in the summer. I do not miss having to step over puke soaked passed out drunks in the hall way of my building to get to my room up in Kotzabue. And I don't miss the "end of the earthers" who come up to Ak because it's the last place on earth that will have them.
The best times I had up in Ak was flying for the Smokejumpers out of Fairbanks. I got to see most of the state and I was out of there by October for the most part!
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