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  1. victor#0

    Shipping Caps to Alaska

    If you make your own with the tap-o-cap double up the aluminum can so it's two thicknesses instead of one. Granite view seems to be the only reliable source in this neck of the woods and Swanny doesn't sell caps only black powder. The Alaska rondy is going to be in Delta next summer, maybe I'll...
  2. victor#0

    Thoughts when buying a gun

    My guns are tools so I want something that I can drag through the brush, get muddy on the bottom of the boat, in general take a beating. I have no use for a pretty gun that costs an arm and a leg that I won't want to take out in the woods.
  3. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    Guided moose hunts usually run about $25,0000 and the guides are booked a few years out. Black bear would be the cheapest.
  4. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    There's a guy in Two Rivers that sells the real stuff. What would you be looking to go after?
  5. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    Usually not much bigger than 350 or so and the grizz get up to maybe 600. The bears up here spend most of their time hibernating since our summers are so short. These bears don't eat fish so they are excellent eating, it's our favorite so we put a bunch of it up. By July they will feed really...
  6. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    160 miles northeast of Fairbanks. I've shot some over the years that had a reddish tint on their legs, feet, and head. Cinnamon color is fairly common here too......
  7. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    It's a lefty
  8. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    Using a Cabela's/ Investarms hawken I bought from a fella on this forum, it was new/ unused condition. It's a good shooter, first shot on target was all but a bullseye and groups nice. Using a 562 ball with .18 patch, bear grease, and 80 grains of 2f. I need to work up a 100 yd load for moose. I...
  9. victor#0

    Spring bear #2

    The 58 with round ball sure makes quick work of them.i
  10. victor#0

    Spring bear

  11. victor#0

    Spring bear

    Yes patched ( .15 ) 562 round ball with 80 grains of 2f. My son got the bear on his 14th bday. I'll be using a Cabela's/ investarm 58 hawken with the same load except I'm using a .18 patch. He got complete pass through and the bear made it maybe 25yds before letting out the death rattle. Last...
  12. victor#0

    Spring bear

    We're 160 miles northeast of Fairbanks on the Yukon River, I think she's safe 😀
  13. victor#0

    Spring bear

    I'm going to guess a buck fifty, it was the smallest one coming in. The bag limit for blackies is five and one grizz so we still have a few more to go.
  14. victor#0

    Spring bear

    Still have a few hanging around
  15. victor#0

    Spring bear

    The 58 thumper gets'er done.
  16. victor#0

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    I can't imagine marten will do well enough in Pa. to make a dent in the squirrel population. Here in Alaska we trap 50 to 100 marten a season and even with those numbers we have no shortage of the red menace ( red squirrels ).
  17. victor#0

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    I always appreciated that the timber rattlers would forewarn you however copperheads just let you have it. I always thanked the rattlers after close calls and we both lived to see another day.
  18. victor#0

    Rabbit hunting and gear

    You meant a 32 cal muzzleloader right? ;)
  19. victor#0

    Rabbit hunting and gear

    Oops
  20. victor#0

    Rabbit hunting and gear

    Years ago I hunted with a friend in Pa. Who had beagles, the only problem was the beagles would chase the rabbits into groundhog holes. I started still hunting rabbits and had better success, i now use the same technique in Alaska for snowshoe hares.
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