Hey Slas,
I have been lucky enough to get drawn for a Kodiak Island brown bear tag, I shot a beautiful boar that squared out at 9 ft. My best trophy by far. Rich Hamilton is the taxidermist that did the mount and it is amazing. I've also taken a chocolate color phased black bear that squared out at 6ft 6in. This one Rich made into a rug for me, again it's awesome. I shot both bears with a 375 caliber, a 375H&H for the Kodiak and a TC pistol in 375 JDJ for the chocolate. I have shot a decent number of Caribou, I got to hunt with some Native Alaskans two years in a row up on the north slope. Incredible people and fun hunts. I got to host four of my cousins when they came up to hunt caribou, we chased the bou around up north with our bows. One of the most fun hunts I've been on. I've shot four moose, nothing huge, but they've all tasted great. I've been on two Dall sheep hunts where I've been skunked and a goat hunt with the same result. Weather can really kick your *** up here. On the goat hunt we spent five days stuck in the tent, only had two days to really hunt. Found goats but couldn't get to them in time. On the second sheep hunt, weather kept us from hunting and half way through the season I tore my bicep tendon off at the elbow. That's a season ender!
Since this is the Long range hunting my longest shot was on a caribou up north that someone else had wounded and they were out of bullets. I had a Scope that had an extra reticule in it for range finding, I had calibrated it for caribou. The bou was at 500 yds, I dailed the scope up to match 500. I shot the first time and missed. Didn't account enough for the wind, 2nd shot, I saw him fall over before I heard the thump of the bullet hitting him in the chest. I also get out and hunt upland game, the Brittany I have as my avatar is a bird hunting machine. I get out a couple times a year for waterfowl too. Sounds like a lot of hunting, but I've been here for over twenty years altogether. Makes me think I haven't got out enough! Couple more years until I retire for good and then maybe I'll have more time.
