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    Fairbanks Fur Tannery lost to fire

    Sad weekend to all of us who rely on Al's services and those who had trophies waiting on service: https://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-fairbanks-fur-tannery-historic-hangar/article_a52124d8-9c87-11ee-b8b1-0f152758c471.html
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    Wet, Cool and Humid Meat Care Video

    Every scenario with meat care depends on weather and storage/transport climate. This year was cool, moist and humid for weeks. Here is a video focused on meat care from this year in those conditions.
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    Help: Jetboil throttle stuck wide open

    I have a Jetboil that is about 15 months old and one mild season of use, so practically new. Dang gas throttle is stuck, making it dangerous to use when removing the fuel canister. I've tried pliers and don't want to destroy it. Jetboil warranty is 12 months so I have to replace...
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    Alaska Air Cargo Shipment Flagged: Painful Lesson You Should Know

    Guys it's not often that I make a top-shelf mistake but when I do...it's usually a painful reckoning. I'm headed to Kotzebue next week for a long river adventure, and my pilot informed me that airline flights have been missing bags or delaying them for backhaul due to whatever reason they...
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    Alaska Backcountry Expeditionary Hunting Promotes Sustained Muscle Protein Synthesis

    Relevant to us bipedal hunter gatherers...wanted to share the publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1080603223000935 lb
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    USFW 3-177 form for Canada/AK travel by road?

    This if from a guest/friend who drove up from OR to hunt caribou. I have to be honest here, the driving through Canada thing is not my forte, BUT I didn't know anything about this form requirement. Does any of this strike some familiarity for those who drive through Canada to Alaska and return...
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    Western and NW AK weather alert

    If you gals have friends or family in the field from Dillingham to Kotzebue...be advised: https://www.localconditions.com/weather-northwest-arctic-county-alaska/ak110/alerts.php https://www.weather.gov/afc/highwindswalaska Seas and rivers are expected to flood communities who are supporting...
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    Alaska Air Cargo (what you need to know)

    A customer purchased a couple of raft pkgs, which I shipped from FBKS to Nashville, TN via Alaska Air Cargo. I'm a known shipper and have rarely had issues with shipments. However, be aware that policies aren't super clear about liability when you ship your gear. Those two rafts disappeared...
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    Alaska is on fire: link to active locations

    My family and I just got off a remote Interior river section. Extreme fire dangers, dense smoke from nearby fires and those active all over the state has been the June/july norm so far this season. Thought you guys would want a link to monitor your hunting area threats...
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    Hunt Plan retires 2025

    Fellas, in case you read it on my website in the coming weeks or months and are confused or concerned, don't be. I've been a Hunt Planner for over 20 years now and I've decided to retire that chapter of my business model starting in 2026. Many of my groups are repeat guests these days and I'd...
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    WSA 22-02 affects Sheep hunters in GMU 24A and 26B (Dalton Hwy Corridor)

    If you want to read about this Special Action and all others listed on DOI website, here's the link: https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/wildlife-special-actions In a nutshell here's what I know of the genesis. A Wiseman AK resident (Jack Reakoff)...
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    60-inch Club Troy Sessions customers calling

    I'm posting on this forum only about the four groups who have contacted me reporting negative experiences this year with Troy Sessions hunt planning. I can't help them for four years, but you guys should know what's being reported, IMO. One of his charter companies evidently are telling his...
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    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    WTF? I was schooled to believe the OSM was a conduit for supporting subsistence priorities in Alaska, but I didn't realize they actually spoonfeed and coddle those mutherfuckers! From: "Voorhees, Hannah H" <[email protected]> Subject: Seeking your feedback on WSA21-01, requesting closure...
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    Anyone see this guy?

    Am I completely missing some special use lottery where shooting a caribou with a rifle is legal along the Alyeska Pipeline/ Haul Rd? WTF...view this vid from 17:35 and behold what is clueless, or set me straight please.
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    Griz chew toy repairs

    For those of you GMU 23 hunters who have had bear problems with rafts being used as chew toys by bears...here's a repair vid for the next time! In this video I demonstrate how to make a permanent conventional repair on a Pioneer Xstream and also a PR49HD repair solely with Flex Tape. Hope this...
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    TAG Bags How to repair a hole

    Here's how to repair a hole, tear or rip in your TAG Bags (or other synthetic brand)
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    Bushcraft tips from the backcountry

    Realized while sifting through this year's footage that I was droppin some serious bushcraft lessons on film. I usually edit out bad hair days and dookie stains, but not for this one. Hope you guys get a few nuggets worth from your time...
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    Rare harvests this year

    Not very often do we get to harvest a young cow (delish) and a wolf! Water was too low to shoot much else, and my ol pal Chachi (15y/o mutt) braved another wild trip with aches and age. Been home for two days now and she hasn't moved much from the couch to floor to food bowl. These are my...
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    How to De bone sheep and TAG Bags

    Found this on an old youtube channel i had years ago. Transferred the video to the current channel: Hope it helps. LB
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    Federal Proposals to CLOSE Alaska's GMU 23 and 26A to caribou and moose hunters

    I'm saying NO to this closure proposal because it is another blatant, arbitrary misuse of the federal system by Northwest Arctic Native communities to propose closing federal lands for hunting to all non-local people. This illegitimate proposal has no scientific merit, no biological necessity...

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