Jared and Jason
This year with the whole COVID thing we had a major shake up on the elk crew. Two of the usual crew members could not make it for work-related COVID reasons. So meet Jared and Travis! Jared is a dentist from Juneau while Travis is the 'ACS guy' from Kodiak and had a SW Afognak elk tag. Our crew is generally a pretty accomplished bunch and they both added to the mix. We joked that with a dentist, doctor and rescue swimmer on board that all we needed is a nurse or PA to fill things out. Or maybe a lawyer or insurance dude . .. . ?
With this crew the flora and fauna and biological discussions was as much a part of the hunt as the elk hunting. We identified King Bolete mushrooms and sampled them for dinner. We pondered about why Afognak has so few deer and whether they compete with elk for the same biological niche. We looked at the effects of global warming on the alpine tree line. There was always a lively discussion going on in the background of the hunt. Patrick
Patrick and the King Boletes we had for dinner
Jared
Jim - the most important crew member!
Travis on the go
Philip and Ray
Travis
Ray
Ray, Jason, and Philip
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