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| Elk crew at start of trip - hitting the beach |
We are back from our Afognak elk hunt and it was a success. We hiked something like 30 miles, camped a couple nights on shore, harvested 3 elk, and all returned in one piece. We had amazing meals on the boat (better than I usually have at home), and we camped in luxury with a wood stove on shore. While we were away there was a big storm, but we barely noticed the high winds in our camp tucked away in the spruce trees.
On this trip we noticed a lot of mushrooms - mostly highly poisonous - but also angel wings and king boletes. Some of the mushrooms were bright yellow or red with white dots. It was seriously beautiful walking through the spruce forest with all the yellow devils club leaves and green moss.
We harvested 2 of the elk in a high bowl late in the day and had to stash have the meat in a tent behind an electrified fence. The fence was to keep the bears away. When we returned the next day it was snowing. My first snow of the year!
Anyway, we are in the process of cutting up and packaging all the meat now. Filling up the freezer with delicious meat. More to come in further posts. Patrick
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| The Columbia wheelhouse |
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| Jason hits the alpine |
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| The elk I harvested |
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| The 'meat tent' where we stashed what we could not carry with the first load |
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| Brooks found King Bolete mushrooms |
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