Rivers, who's had experience, Kelly, Noatak or others

[JonS]

Heading up 9/18. Still not sure what river we'll be on, flying out of Kotzebue. Any folks rowed these rivers or others in search of caribou? Wanting any basic info on rapids or river beta you could share.
Thanks and happy hunting to all

 

[Larry Bartlett]

yes sir, all of them off the Noatak, and Kobuk.

But a word of caution (unless times have changed) is try not to specifically tag a river by subject line on forums, or you create a permanent marker that all future hunters will find in search engines by name...like this one about a river mentioned seven years ago:

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forums.outdoorsdirectory.com

Why is this important? Shrinkage of where to go spots without crowds. IMO, the next river query of interest might have an ambiguous but specific subject line such as "AK float lookin for intel." Wouldn't be easy to find if rando searches by name for a river he heard about....

PM me and happy to answer all your questions.