cannot be checked as luggage. These
items must be shipped via air cargo
several weeks in advance and on these
trips. I find the use of a hunt planner is
an absolute necessity and I use a simple
excel spread sheet to plan all of my hunts.
I use it for everything from a check list, to
a tracker, to an emergency contact list and
over the years I have found that leaving
a copy of the list with each party’s family
members can be a great resource and
source of comfort for those not joining
the trip. There’s just something about a
good plan that gives everyone a good
deal of confidence, knowing that you
have taken everything into consideration.
Heaven forbid it is ever needed, but in a
real emergency, providing a list with each
person’s emergency contacts along with
the flight service provider and emergency
services contact information can become a
life-saving necessity.
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transportation to the field. We choose
to route our hunt through Kodiak
Island via Sea Hawk Air which has an
excellent safety performance record
and from airport pick-up to shopping
to transportation in the field, they run
a tight ship which provides excellent
service. On Top of that, Roland and Joe
are great people and we simply love
flying with them.
We’ll be using a base camp,
inflatable raft/motor and
other bulky items which
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2014 Alaska Peninsula
Float Plane Take off in
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Our hunt begins on May 8th with the flight
from Kodiak Island to our hunt location.
It is a clear windy morning and just the
scenery on the plane ride in is worth the
price of admission. We arrive at our bay,
where Roland makes a smooth landing in
the mouth of the bay and we are quickly
off loaded and setting up base camp.
The Peninsula, which is well known for its costal
winds and frequent storms, makes picking
the right base camp location as important as
remembering to bring ammo. This could mean
the difference between having a great hunt
and chasing your base camp down the beach. I
usually do my best to find a flat location with
some sort of a wind break to protect our camp
from the predominant wind directions, usually a
bluff, mountain side or clump of alders. We find
our spot and after a few branch trims, and tent
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