Last week I was lucky enough to join a group of veteran hunters for a week-long hunting trip (watch) on Afognak Island. Located north of Kodiak, Afognak Island is remote and relatively wild - a logging camp is its lone settlement. Unlike other hunters, who fly in on a float plane and hunt near larger lakes on the island, we traveled to the island on a 50' commercial fishing boat. The boat allows us to explore several different areas during the trip. We pack enough gear to camp for three days and get dropped off on shore, striking out on land to scope hillsides and valleys for groups of roosevelt elk that live on the island. And when not hunting, we try our luck fishing for halibut and cod.
While hunting we found a group of about 25 elk on the morning of our second day. We approached the herd from a peak above as the animals grazed near a lake. I was able to get within 100 yards of the herd when a large bull singled himself out from the rest of the group. Luckily, my rifle shot true and we soon had a large animal to process and carry five miles back to the boat. More pictures and descriptions of the hunt coming soon.
1 comment:
yea Bruce. Tom said you paid your dues and he knew you would have a successful hunt. Nice shooting.
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