Alaska Journal

[SecondsCount]

I just saw a momma and three baby skunks climbing out of the storm drain in our parking lot here in Houston.

I call those SERTs. Self Erecting Rifle Targets

[OlongJohnson]

I call those SERTs. Self Erecting Rifle Targets

I think you pretty much need to destroy the brain stem to keep them from making a smelly mess. Good marksmanship challenge.

But mid-size rodents also keep the populations of bugs and smaller rodents down, and these don't bother anything or anyone. There's a big, open field next door with a patch of trees in it, which is where they went.

[SecondsCount]

I think you pretty much need to destroy the brain stem to keep them from making a smelly mess. Good marksmanship challenge.

But mid-size rodents also keep the populations of bugs and smaller rodents down, and these don't bother anything or anyone. There's a big, open field next door with a patch of trees in it, which is where they went.

Well, when you own chickens, skunks tend to be a predator

[Chance]

Been watching a BBC Documentary "Life Below Zero" on Netflix.

The underlying fatalism in this show is pretty jarring. Everyone is like, "Yeah, I can die at pretty much any moment."

[Duelist]

Well, when you own chickens, skunks tend to be a predator

Omnivorous little beasts. Yep, they'll eat anything.

[SamAdams]

That video posted is amazing. Momma with her two cubs right in front of you & then following you ? A nightmare scenario. That guy showed some level headed calm. I wonder if the bears walked off the trail. How did it all end with the bears on the beach ?


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[GJM]

We decided to head up and explore in the Revelation Mountains today. The "Revs" are a sub range of the Alaska Range, and known for being remote with difficult alpine climbing. Here is some on the Revs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Mountains

The Revs are about 135 nautical north of our cabin, and we topped off on gas, and brought 18 gallons of extra Jet A in the baggage compartment of the helicopter. The plan was enjoy the countryside on the way up, much of which lies in Lake Clark National Park, and then park on a shoulder and hike back in for a few hours. Twenty miles south of our area, we saw a grizzly sow with three young cubs, somewhat unusual, as we normally see just one or two.

Here is where we parked, and the plan was to hike up the terrace behind the tail rotor.



We followed a bear trail, that wound its way up, first through patches of ripe blueberries, then amongst gorgeous flowers.





It seemed like each time we topped a hill, there was another we couldn't see from below.



At our turn around spot, we had a snack and glassed for sheep. Our dog had been running non-stop the whole way up, and was pretty happy her humans had brought water and her bowl along.



On the way down, we saw pieces of old caribou antlers.



It had warmed up to the mid-70's by the time we got back down to the ship, and with the bugs AWOL, we could have done this hike in shorts.



On the flight out, we saw a lake that looked really short for floats, but that appeared to have a cache of stuff on the shore. We circled to look, and realized that the "cache" was really the wreckage of a floatplane, confirming our thought about the size of the lake! Ninety minutes of flying, and we were back to our cabin.

[Coyotesfan97]

My daughter's car after five days on the road with two of them on the Alaskan Highway. The dirt is mostly Canadian and nope I didn't declare it. What you can't see is the thousands of splatterecbugs on the front grill.

[Chance]

Been watching a BBC Documentary "Life Below Zero" on Netflix.

We are officially hooked on this show. That lady Sue is a BAMF.

[GJM]

We are officially hooked on this show. That lady Sue is a BAMF.

She is a PITA. Didn't want my dog at her camp, when we were getting fuel on the way to sheep hunting in the Brooks Range, because it might scare her foxes. Then the next year, because it might scare her new dog. I think she is just anti-Vizsla!