Kodiak Island Sitka Blacktail hunt

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:25 pm

I recently came home from a Kodiak Island hunt. It was incredible. My wife and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary up there. The deer numbers were a little low and the hunting was hard. Last winter took its toll on the deer there. However the bag limit is still 3 deer per hunter. My wife didnt want to hunt. She loves photography and enjoyed taking pictures. I managed to take two sitka bucks and found a monster rack that is shown in my avatar. I believe it was a bear kill.
Kodiak Island is 3000 square miles with 1 bear per square mile. We saw more bears than deer. Luckily only from a distance.

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:28 pm

This buck was my first buck. the smaller one was my second. I called him in.
This buck was basking in the sun. The weather started great and got progressively worse. I shot the smaller buck because time was running out and I was eager to get my second tag filled. His body was rather large for a young Sitka.

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:30 pm

Here is another pic of the bigger buck.

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:31 pm

Here is another view of the bear kill that I found.

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:33 pm

And the one that is now my avatar thanks to Brett. (Thanks again Brett.)

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:35 pm

Well I guess I can only post it samll now. Sorry. Anyway here is a view of it on my pack. I set my pack on this stump while I was waiting for the boat to come pick me up. It looked neat so I took a pic of it.

MULIES4EVER · Post by **MULIES4EVER** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:38 pm

Here is a cool shot of the sporting goods store back in town. They had a sign that that said, "YES, WE HUNT!"

The sitka doesnt get near as big as Mule deer but the meat is tasty. They are real neat looking with their double throat patch.

AGCHAWK · Post by **AGCHAWK** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:27 am

MULIES4EVER, Great pics and it looks like a great hunt too! CONGRATS!

My mother lives in Anchorage and I plan on using that as an excuse to get up there and hunt them Sitka blacktails one of these days myself.

Idahohunter · Post by **Idahohunter** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:24 pm

Looks like you had a good time. Maybe I'll have to make it Kodiak and try to get a blacktail. Nice pics.

J0n · Post by **J0n** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:34 pm

Those are some great looking bucks! It looks like you had a good time... What kind of rifle is that in the picture?