iamyourhuckleberry

I woke up in the middle of the night once. I was in a cold sweat! Alaska was calling! I was about 36-35 years old, I'm guessing. I decided to give up everything. I was going to move to Alaska on my 45th birthday. It was going to be a two year endeavor.The plan was to kick about for a year to gain residency-I'd do whatever to filled my tummy. During thesecond year, I was going to hunt anything and everything-no holds barred.

At 39, I married my wife. At 40, I was the father of a bright cheerful young daughter-101/2 months later my son came into the world. My plan forAlaska...out the door!

Alaska is a special place (I been there 5 times on various hunts). If I were still single...Yeah, I would go in a second! The vastness, the variety and multitude of the game animals, etc. It's a no brainer! Moreover, given the prolific nature of white-tailed deer, they'll be there soon enough.

TeeJay

My brother lives outside Fairbanks. I have been there a couple times. For those of you that said "in a heartbeat". I want you to go up there in Jan-Feb. With no,light and -30+ temps for days if not weeks on end. Nothingruns unless it is pluged in or left running. Beautifull place to visit, but one of the last places on earth I would live! So NO I would not!

Schultzy

TeeJay has a good point but I think I would do it anyway. I love hunting whitetails but my passion is hunting bruins! I will hunt there some day, just not sure when it will be.

BigDaddy12t

Even tho Alaska is the #1 place in the world that I want to visit some day, I dont think I could give up Whitetails to move there.

TeeJay

Steve I can hook you up with some good hunting up there. My pops shot a 60" bull last year.

KodiakArcher

http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/robswanson/
There's a few photo albums on there to peruse. They're in the list on the left. (Critters, Hunting, Kejulik and Katmai, Kodiak Fishing, Wounded Warriors)

twildasin

NO WHITETAILS? No TIM!

Schultzy

Great pics Kodiak!

KodiakArcher

And this from a guy that lives in MN?! Your winters are a heck of a lot worse than mine!

Schultzy

I think your winters might be a tad more cold then ours. We don't get the -20 to -30 temps like we use to all the time in the winter in January and February. Whats your temps like in the winter? I know you guys get more snow then us.