Sitka Blacktail
#2
I've hunted them on Kodiak, but the population was way down when I was there and I didn't end up taking one, although I could have. A flat shooting 30-cal is perfectly fine for them, and for bears. No need to be bearanoid. I spent a week hiking around Kodiak, from the mountaintops to the salmon streams, and never once saw a bear.
#3
I've hunted them on Kodiak, but the population was way down when I was there and I didn't end up taking one, although I could have. A flat shooting 30-cal is perfectly fine for them, and for bears. No need to be bearanoid. I spent a week hiking around Kodiak, from the mountaintops to the salmon streams, and never once saw a bear.
I think I'd feel more comfy with a 30cal-180gr bullet than a 270-130gr bullet.
How's the population for sitka on kodiak these days, any idea? I hear it varies every few years, I assume it's better to go during a year of lots of deer?
I was thinking a 300mag, but a 375H&H doesn't sound bad either.
Did you see any caribou while on kodiak?
#4
There aren't any caribou on Kodiak. There's a handful of feral reindeer, but they are extremely remote, and few in numbers. Some people get lucky and bump into them while hunting deer, goats, or bear, but very few people actually go after them as a primary species.