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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    So makes me wonder why more on south end? Don't all of the shores surrounding island have kelp or is it more prevalent there as part of the coastal deer diet? I was of the belief the winters are normally milder to the Pacific and western Shelikof sides with lower mountain elevations, which...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    That would make more sense. Looks like cow parsnip is actually a native plant. It sure is a pain to hike thru, it'll grab hold and rain seeds when fighting thru it.
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Hmm, herbicides. That is interesting, there definitely is cow parsnip around where we hunt, all dried by then. Would surprise me that it would be managed, but anything is possible.
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Just read this article on a whitetail buck with Cryptorchidism, the scientific name for 'Jenner' bucks. https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2020/01/09/cryptorchid-buck-tennessee-hunter-shoots-whitetail-with-cryptorchidism/
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Literally speaking, you don't want to spike up high unless you don't mind tent and gear resembling a broken kite when the winds rip out of control. We had one evening that was very turbulent even though we'd a great spot. My tarp set up as vestibule let loose and whipped stakes all about the...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Probably as good as any, especially if you wait til later in fall to go. No experience with the cabins or later hunt, so others will have to comment. Like I might have alluded to earlier, you can find good bucks anywhere including low in the flats, but for consistency higher and further from...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    2-5 miles in from beach, all but 1 shot from spike camp and 3 nights spent up a valley. It didn't seem like this trip there were as many good bucks closer in. There were a few really big forks on one of the close mountains, likely a product of being passed for 3x3 and 4x4's. At least where we...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Wow, that last one had to be an old one. None of ours had that kind of mass and the velvet was still in perfect condition and pickled fine for mounts. We hang the meat in quality game bags in alders high enough off the ground to keep foxes below and low enough to keep magpies above...doesn't...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    Here's the article link https://www.outdoorlife.com/gentlemans-wager-on-kodiak-island/
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    I'd say the same except for the ones whose nuts haven't dropped, which I hear is ~8% in the SW area we hunted. Of the 3 trips, we took 5 very nice ones. I came across an article a couple years back of an outdoor writer who'd killed a total freak with double drops and multiple stickers right in...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    I only have experience with early-mid September and would say if you can spare the extra days for trip, there's benefits with the added time and effort that's involved. First, the warmer weather makes spiking out more comfortable and salmon fattened bears ignoring your presence. With what I...
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    We used Island Air all 3 times and I recall lower prices than what others mention, though I'd price it out based on number of hunters and location of drop. They've served us very well and would recommend them.
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    Kodiak blacktail hunt info

    I'll give a more conservative take having done 3 times now, by no means an expert's take, but enough to understand the answers to your questions "depend" on several things. It mostly depends on distance from camp you find yourselves hunting, what you all consider deer worthy of taking home, how...
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    Kodiak - Blacktail and Caribou - Best Month To Go

    Have been there 3 times now, this past September opted to hunt blacktails only as the reindeer herd is a bit diminished. We did see a few dozen, but nothing worth a shoulder mount. A fair percentage of blacktails in the vicinity of the reindeer herd are Jenner's as we call them (no balls) and...
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    Sitka Kodiak Blacktail 2019

    Booner for sure.
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