Daniel in Ak

Keep that dream alive dude. These where taken at my initial site we call stand 1 or the Grizzly stand. My partner swear we did not build the stand high enough.And I told the excitment would be better this way.And do you know we never got a chance to hunt this stand. Thats a 55 gallon poly drum I use for sizing bears. And the 5 gallon bucket is for me to judge there heads Im beginning to wonder myself if the stand is only 6 foot off the ground maybe we ought to triple that? A little close for comfort,but Tracy all these pictures are an easy bow shot. Altho here in Alaska you cant hunt Grizzly off a bait station,so we had to stop baiting this site to wait for the Grizzly to start chasing Moose calves before we went back in there.And not to mention with no less than 6 grizzlies in here we did not want to take a chance.Hope this fuels your dream my friend.Daniel Cochise County Naitive thru and thru.

Azcoyotehunter.....Thanks Muskrat......I think that was the place.Looks pretty much like it from what I can remember.Thanks for the link.And Thanks hunterdude.

over time memories fade and pictures do not.I'll keep my pictures and let my kids see how I grew up and what I enjoyed in life.If I should pass on now early,atleast they can have a little piece of me and understand my passion for the outdoors.In this way they have something tangible to grasp and not a fading memory of "my dad used to hunt". What they do with the pictures and mounts is up to them.Daniel

Dudette! I actually have pictures of bigger bears than that. And like I said my stand is only 6 foot off the ground. And Thans Tracey,Ill keep em coming.Daniel

mouth watering.oh! momma I miss home.And a big congrats to them both and the mounts came out looking sha-weet.Daniel

and a big wicked thanks bud.I'd like to get out there this weekend but we'll see.Daniel

I truly loved looking for Coues sheds back home,but now that Im in Alaska Im getting into this Caribou shed stuff.Found a few more going thru some albums. On this hunt I left North Pole and headed 140 miles north and then took the 4 wheelers in about 30 miles.1st one I spotted way out therelike a mile or more.But out here its so easy to spot em from up high far off.Tricky part was getting the wheeler down there which took 30 minutes or so. And another.Once I found one it was simple,just keep looking in the area.Honestly they tend to sink into the tundra which kinda makes it hard to find them unless you walk up to them. After driving to find the one I spotted I found those 1st two on the way down.And this is the one I was actually headed for. I turned around and took a picture from where I spied it from which is the hilltop to your right on the horizon.and let me say its waaaaaaaaaaay out there. When I took the picturte above I spotted another shed and older one buried in the tundra and then this one. An don the way out I stopped at the Creek crossing for a quick pic.

Thanks bushman.And Ill keep em coming just for you. Daniel

yeah they had two springers out there,and my best friend who still lives in Az used to have one that we used on quail around Tombstone.We where hunting on a club south and east of Phnx.Cant remember the road.It was going north on I-10 north of the Flying J truck stop north of Picacho and it headed East.After you drive awhile there's a 4 way and you keep going straight and run into the place on the left.Daniel

My wife and I flew down to Tucson a couple of years to meet some fellow forum brothers off another site and to hunt Phesants.Well we actually flew down to visit family and I ended up buying a shotgun to go hunthem, birds. They belong to a hunt club and thats how we got the birds,so they where not free ranging birds,but it was a 1st for us and a total blast.I'll get some pictures up here shortly.Daniel

Clay thanks bud. And TAM these are all Interior Grizz.I was hunting 4 hours north of here on the Yukon River.Daniel

lol! Thats actually 3 different Grizzlies.!st pic was a sow coming in real edgy.#rd and 4th picture is the reason why,a big boar was hanging out and ran her off and thats her agian in the 5th picture.The last three/four is another BIG boar.The two big boars totaly avoided each other. Call me a big wussy ! Hahahhaa hey you gave me permission to call you that.I'll let you know If Im a wussy next year,cause the bow is coming out on this stand.There's a six and a half/seven foot Black bear in here also Im after. Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Since I cant post no Coues deer for you all I can share my time sup here in Alaska with you all atleast right? Anyhow this is my 2008 Spring bear hunt or more like a freaking safari,bears everywhere.So a real quick note.This initially was a test site and you see me setting off the cam to start our recording session.Check out the times. Oh! and thats my good luck Arizona hunting sweatshirt hahaha! Mind you now this was a test plot.and look how fast I had a bear come in already.To bad I was down river looking for other sites. And just a couple more pic's I have a almost 2000 pictures from the amount of bears that came in,but more on that later If ya'll want more pictures. I hope ya'll enjoy them.

Tracy your wish s my command.BUt like I said dont ever let that dream fade away.Like you I wanted to get a Grizzly with a bow,but after my 1st Grizzly expierence Im a little gun shy on that now.Long story short lets say I stood my ground and prevailed.Keep an eye out I'll get some more pictures up for you.Daniel

I had to laugh at this as I can see entire rainbow colored deer out there hahahhaha! You think a blaze orange deer could walk thru an open field on opening day and not get shot

There's been a few stolen this year here in Alaska.Im fortunate enough to have been so far out in the middle of no where,mine where never stolen,unless you count when the bear's ate one and the other one was pulled off the tree. I did have a fella tell me this year he glued pieces of bark on his to catch ppl who have been messing and stealing at his bait station.He never had another one stolen and he was able to turn in a couple of fellas.

I think you need a CouesWhitetail.com long sleeve shirt for more good luck!! Should have them by Aug 19! Amanda You may be right Amanda.I have aCaribou hunt and Mosse hunt lined up in the next several weeks and If I get bored we may msey around for some Grizzlies.B ut Im thinking next year a long sleeve shirt for another Spring bear hunt will work

oh! man I miss home now looking at all these critters.Wahoo man way to go on the pics.

In my book it scores as meat in the freezer.Love the pic.Man you gotta love them cams.

Now thats some cool stuff right there.I used to run across them suckers often out in the Canelo Hills and out towrads Parker.

Nice job on the cam pics.Im like a kid in a candy store with my cam.I need to buy three more for nest season tho.Keep em coming.

Thanks Tracy. I always wanted to get back to Alaska while growing up in Arizona and it took 22 years before I got back here.And between us I so miss Arizona everyday.If you cant get up here keep looking for my posts as Ill share Alaska with you all here as long as everyone doesnt mind.And dont let go of that dream.Daniel (Cochise County Native)