Which pack raft for Charley River?

[msimcik]

Planning a hunt on the Charley River to hunt the 40-mile heard. Is one Kork per hunter sufficient to float the Charley, or do I need to go with the bigger Legend?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

A kork per hunter would be rad.

 

[Schaaf]

I floated that general area last year. We each had a Kork, and each had a caribou on the way out. Worked perfect.

 

[Dexter Grayson]

Kork per man is the way to do it. We did it in 2018 and we had 2 PR-49’s and a kork. Kork was supreme on that hunt. Anything bigger and you could be stuck high and dry if the river is low.

Here’s my post from the hunt.

2018 caribou write up

When I moved to Alaska I had a list of hunts I wanted to do. 1. Sheep 2. Moose 3. Arctic 4. Float 5. Kodiak Well this year we were on number 4. So we decided to float the charley river since it was a float that could give us the opportunity to harvest 6 different species. The charley river is...

www.rokslide.com

 

[MAT]

Kork per man is the way to do it. We did it in 2018 and we had 2 PR-49’s and a kork. Kork was supreme on that hunt. Anything bigger and you could be stuck high and dry if the river is low.

We were debating (i.e. cost cutting) if we could get by with 2 hunters per Legend (sub 200# humans). Dexter, it appeared by your description you and your wife were in 1 raft?

Also your entire group started and ended in Circle? Who did you fly with?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Kork per man is the way to do it. We did it in 2018 and we had 2 PR-49’s and a kork. Kork was supreme on that hunt. Anything bigger and you could be stuck high and dry if the river is low.

Here’s my post from the hunt.

2018 caribou write up

When I moved to Alaska I had a list of hunts I wanted to do. 1. Sheep 2. Moose 3. Arctic 4. Float 5. Kodiak Well this year we were on number 4. So we decided to float the charley river since it was a float that could give us the opportunity to harvest 6 different species. The charley river is...

www.rokslide.com

That was an awesome thread, I don't know how I missed that. All of my float trips have been fairly short, like gettting dropped off and picked up 2-3 days later, I'd love to do a 10+ day hunt with the possibility of multiple species at some point.

 

[Dexter Grayson]

We were debating (i.e. cost cutting) if we could get by with 2 hunters per Legend (sub 200# humans). Dexter, it appeared by your description you and your wife were in 1 raft?

Also your entire group started and ended in Circle? Who did you fly with?

I would not want to be dragging a legend if it’s a low water year. Yes we got picked up in circle by Tok air service and floated back to circle.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

We were debating (i.e. cost cutting) if we could get by with 2 hunters per Legend (sub 200# humans). Dexter, it appeared by your description you and your wife were in 1 raft?

Also your entire group started and ended in Circle? Who did you fly with?

The legend is a cool boat, my friend has one. I think it could handle 2 people for caribou hunting but Id think it would get pretty heavy and tough to maneuver with. I could be wrong though, Id say if you put a moose in it, it would certainly be too small for 2 people and a moose. 2 years ago we got dropped off by boat and spent a few days floating back and looking for moose, we did end up shooting a good moose, my buddy had a legend and I had a PR49. That trip made me realize that a much as I love my PR49, I think I want to get something a bit bigger like a Kork or a legend.