Daniel in Ak

Thanks Amanda

Thanks alot iwanna.

Found another couple of pictures of another nice shed.We had two Grizzlies above the hill behind me and took the time to snap a few pictures before we put a stalk on. And a close up.

Yep the wives came up for a looksee and we took a break from the hunt and that was the one Soldiers dog,she followed me all the way there to the shed and back. And Amanda dont be jealous,I miss Arizona alot,I should be jealous.We dont have any Coues deer here

Well I spent the last few hours looking for some pics of us out using the quads during our hunting and fishing trips.And here are just a few for you boys back home.........oh! and gals,sorry Amanda,I cant forget you. This was out Grouse hunting last year.We took a trail 25 miles in before we ran half a tank through.But the grouse where thick. After getting some tundra chickens in the freezer we decided lets go get some caribou.Well we went to an area we never scouted,and to make this short we jumped a bull over 50 Buffalo,then abother bull some Moose and four more caribou.We spent the night,got up at 6am and had three meat bulls down by 6:15am,made it into town for lunch.And as my wife quoted a part from Ace Ventura.....Here is the 'Lovely truck of death'... As my pard and I gutted and boned out our animals the wife was haulin' the meat back to the truck.Good thing we had the quad and a third person Worse part but the funniest was that we had tour busses giving us thumbs up and taking pictures.We stopped in town and it was like show and tell to out of staters.Hahahahaa! And btw! thats my wifes very first big game animal. After all that fun we went back to chasing tundra chickens again.Oh! how my wife loves hunting birds now.Yeah yeah no quad in this pic,but it's behind me lol!

Thanks for the Birthday wishes dude....It's been great so far.

25-06 thanks man...and Ernesto where all blessed in our own ways and thanks for the birthday wishes,just wish I was back hunting on my birthday rather than watching the mercury drop....it's now 20 below.Daniel

Your welcome there Josh.........Maybe you'll meet her next year when we get home,as where both from S.V.And she sure is great,she's never done anything like this till we got together,now she hunts,fish,bottle digs,shed hunts,relic hunts goes gold digging with me heck she even goes on road trips with me,she loves looking at new country.Anyhow thanks Josh.

well thanks az4life.....I'll be here till 2008 for sure,maybe till 2010.I should have a good spot lined up by then for ya Daniel

Rods gold forum???? Whats the addy Arizona Guide? And sorry I did not see this post earlier.Daniel

yeah buddy....Im bring my burmuda shorts and sout florida flower t-shirt and some tropicana lotion hahahha! cant forget my rifle either.Im gonna give 'er heck next December in 35a for coues,and I'll thin out some dogs for practice.Glad you liked the pics.

This is the country and what we had to deal with.We had fires burning in the area,thats the smoke in the back ground.And morning fog rolling in.Thats my brother trying to catch up to me before we get lost in the fog.He's a 1/4 behind,and my best friend is a half mile behind him. But when it cleared up find yourself a hill and look for the caribou.. Even with three quads running I ran into a grizz down the hill,I went after her as she went after som caribou,well I turned into the dinner and shot her at 80 yards or so charging me.This is my bud explaing and helping out on splitting lips and working the pads. Just me trying my hand at fleshing a pad,on one of the trailers the quads came in on.We had three trucks and four quads on this hunt. Here's a group shot.After you left the fog you'd come to a canyon you had to go down one mile into the river bottom and travel the river for three or four milesbefore coming to the trail and up to the top again.ANyhow here we are trying to figure out which branch we came down.From left to right is Ken (from Sierra Vista)a fella who is Alvin's friend that I just met and my best friend is next to him(Alvins brother) Ken borrowed a truck,quad and rifle,picked my wife and kid up in town and drove four hours out to my camp.Next to Daryl is yours truly then Matt.The fella in the background is some fella I bumped into up on the trail and invited him with us as I knew where to go. Poor Ken ended up rolling the quad down a hill and over his face.Here he is in the bottom washing out his nose.Busted his nose and tore a nostril.This spot was only 30 miles in on quad,and The closest town with medical assistance is another 80 miles away.Thats why you have to be safe,never go alone,and alway tell someone where your going.Leave a map behind as to your location. Well thats about the use of quads till the snow fly's....Here's my boy Justin and I still playing on the quad. But how do we use them in winter you ask? Lets just say............Hold on brotha............yee! haw! Well I hope ya'll that stuck with me this far has a love for the outdoors as much as I and truly enjoy'd this long winded post about quads...Daniel,family and friends.

thanks ultramag.Hey now we are gaining daylight now.And I glass coues deer through this forum

Happy Birthday young coues buck And dont you know If you dont bust wind the deer wont wind you?

Thanks az4life....Nah! I just joined the Marine Corps,came back home met my old highschool sweetie,she ended up joining the Army and like I've told her I had to marry her in order to be with her.Now we are in Alaska on her own accord and she just did an epcot and re-enlisted for her till 2010.......thats how much she loves it here.NO complaints from me 'cept there aint no Coues Daniel

yes it is Ernesto...and did you notice the Glacier in the Mountains behind me in the 2nd pic?If I remember right thats the 1st or 2nd deadliest river in Alaska,due to the fact that it's Glacial fed. As to the freezing temps,trust me it's not as cold as what people think.The coldest temps are always recorded in the lower forty-eights.We've had temps in the teens here this year while Wyoming has had temps in the negative 20's during the same week.But we did hit 42 below this past weekend,and right now it's warm at zero.It's really a extremly dry cold here,drier than arizona in-fact. In order to keep warm I usually wear a hooded sweatshirt.That with the black lined Carhart coat keeps me warm down to 20-30 below.Depending on how much I move around while working outside I might have to put a thermal shirt on also,thats a rarity for me tho,and that has done well for me down to 60 below.No matter what boots are rated for trust me you still get cold feet.Other than that you take it in stride as the weather up here changes all the time like back home(Sierra Vista) but we will get extreme changes.Just yeasterday my dad said Sierra Vista had snow and he was freaking cold at 32 degrees or so,I just laughed as thats like 60 degree weather to us hahahahaha!So If this Arizona boy can handle it up here it's all good.Daniel

did I mention they wheeler does great for fording river while trying to find a spot to dip net? Sedona,my dog like riding it also,but she was ready to bail off into the river.Daniel

If you do your research you'l find out that it's said Polaris is #1 and then Honda #2.But on a personal preference it's up to you.There should be a review on the new wheelers coming out in one of the wheeler magazines,but I dont know when. Seems like depending on the terrain where you'll be hunting should be a factor on what you choose.I know alot of people up here in Alaska like the bigger 600's and 700's for the horse power to haul in equipment and the amount of meat from the Moose they get But on the other hand the smaller wheelers get further into the country as they can flaot across the muskeg better than the heavier wheelers that will sink.SO with those factors in mind I went with the a Kawasaki 300 for the wife and a Kawasaki 360 for myself.Granteed they do not have the pulling or horse power as the bigger wheelers,but Im not into all that.I need reliable and cost efficient to replace parts.Yeah I have a small fuel tank as the bigger ones but we carry 5 gallon cans with us.Sometimes four per bike.And the weight limit for the racks seems proper for the Caribou we hunt. All in all our bikes have been great for us.The 300 is two years old and going strong.The 360 had it's maiden hunt this season with the Grizzly that came at me,but I have no pic's of the wheeler with the bear,but here I am two days after getting my Grizzly with my Bull on the 360.

sweet..........I like the pics.How'd ya get the close up's? Or what where you using to take the pics? Yeah that palmation is deffinetly a plus,but why was he squatting in the one pic? Guess he pee's like a doe hahahahaha! oh! man dont tell me thats a queer buck Just messin with ya dude. Seriously tho,those are great pics.Daniel

Thats freaking gorgeous.Congrats on a sweet buck.And man I love the color of them horns.Daniel

just finding sheds is wicked cool,but a matched is even better.Congrats!

I did not heed your words. I now have drop-lockjaw and drool stains on my computer desk. Man! that is one monster buck and $3500.00 a straw jeez.I'd like a straw and mix that with a coues.......yeah buddy!Daniel

wow! what a great picture....and a very nice buck congrats!Daniel

my bad Adam! I did get a red x and when I reply'd then the picture came up.....sweet.Dad looks happy.

Not bad bud.....two out of three picture si s a plus hahaha! ANd nice deer to.Daniel