My Hunting Stories
Every now and then I will post a story written by one of my clients or grand kids. This story was written by Tom Wells and it was published in the Alaska Professional Hunter Magazine in 2002. I guided Tom on two more hunts where he harvested a 40" ram and a 60" moose. We had a wonderful time and I am proud to call him my friend.
My granddaughter, Jordan, had just recently taken her first black bear and written a story about her experience on the hunt. The story was then published in the Alaska Professional Hunter Magazine in the fall of 2003. Coincidentally, at about the same time, Boston Gravity was searching for a young, Alaskan outdoor enthusiast to do a guest segment for the PBS children's show, Zoom. Somehow, while completing their search, the Alaska Professional Hunter's Association (APHA) office manager directed them to contact me. In the end, the Boston Gravity team, Alan Grazioso and Steve Eliopoulos, selected Jordan as the "Alaska Girl" for the project.
Steve, my granddaughter Jordan, and Alan fishing during the project.
We decided on a red salmon fishing trip on the Kenai River for the third week in July. Both Alan and Steve were from the East Coast so they had a long flight all the way to Anchorage. They stayed at our cabin with us while filming the project and also had the opportunity to do some fishing of their own. They had a true Alaskan experience, it was great fun. Alan and Steve were great guests and super nice individuals. Everyone had a blast during the filming and the project was an absolute success. The final cut is below, check it out!
It was fall of 1994 at our Western Alaska camp. The day started out as one of those beautiful September days. I had been checking spike camps that morning with the Super Cub. One of the camps had a moose down so I needed to pick up a couple of packers and some supplies. I landed at my strip, taxied the plane into the tie down location, got out and faced into the wind. Most of the morning the wind had been blowing about 20 mph and the weather report never indicated anything about strong winds. It takes me about 10 minutes to tie the plane down and 5 minutes to untie it. Since, I was only going to be at the camp, which was on the other side of the lake for about 30 minutes, I decided to save time and not tie the plane down. I always leave the plane untied when I land at spike camps so there was no difference.
