Alaska 2014!

[1stimestar]

You don't have them there? Well, learn something new every day.

[alaskabushman]

Nope, no grizzys here! Islands crawling with black bears though. The "ABC" islands north of us (Admiralty, Baronof and Chichigof) are highly populated with brown bears, and bones have been found here in Prince Of Wales but no live ones for a long time.

[1stimestar]

Ah. Well black bears can be pretty darn problematic. They seem like they can have a bear chip on their shoulder lol.

[alaskabushman]

Ah. Well black bears can be pretty darn problematic. They seem like they can have a bear chip on their shoulder lol.

No doubt about it! I've had to "dispose" of 4 problem bears myself.

[1stimestar]

At least they are tasty!

[1stimestar]

Not too hot on shiny but it's an upgrade from the one he originally got me that was too big to fit. Ok, I'm ready to go hunting now. Well, I need to put my new sling on and get some covers for my scope.

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[hunter63]

Ah, another porch hunter......cool.

[1stimestar]

See those willows in the background across the road? Moose LOVE those. In the winter especially when they can walk on the road so they don't have to walk in the deep snow. Eh but no. There is a little road on the other side of those and a couple of families live down there. So I wouldn't shoot them from the porch.

[LowKey]

So maybe set yourself up in a blind parallel to the road?


Black bears are tasty?
I have a buddy who's place is over run with them, he's counted 6 repeat visitors so far this summer.
Maybe there's a WMA near there...hmmmm....
Unfortunately they are "pets." Not pets in the kept-and-fed sense but they all have names.
Kinda like the one time my grandpa named a spring steer. All winter long he would turn pale and lose his appetite if someone said, "We're having John for supper tonight."

[hunter63]

"Never name anything you plan on eating some day"...
That why cattle have ear number tags....easier to eat a number.

[1stimestar]

If you have to shoot a nuisance bear, you don't actually get to keep it. You have to turn it in to Fish and Game. But if you have a bear tag, and one just happens to come along... Yes black bear is tasty. Especially the interior ones who are eating blueberries vs. the southern ones who are eating salmon.

[LowKey]

Ugh, then the ones up here will taste awful. They eat mostly garbage from cans and whatever people are feeding the birds in their feeders.

[1stimestar]

Yea those wouldn't be tasty!

I'm going to quote my friend Lori as it was the most hilarious thing and I wish I had video.

Most excellent and fun afternoon shooting guns with Georganne and her kids! G let me shoot her 30.06! WOWSA. The first shot literally knocked my ear protection off. I am serious. they flew right off my head. I looked at her and said "WHAT THEEEEEEEEEEE heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell happened......." in disbelief. LOLOLOL It was funny but ya wanna talk about immediate respect for a firearm. Holy **** that was a reminder to never underestimate what you have your hands!! It was also the first time I had shot my new gun and it jammed to many times for my comfort since its the gun I carry for work.. I'm gonna try taking it apart and oiling it up real good.And then a late lunch/early dinner at Gallos to celebrate Jordan's birthday! I need more Saturdays like this cause it sure beats sleeping the day away! All in all a day that needs repeated!

Her ear protection literally FLEW off her head. The look on her face was priceless! All in all, I am in LOVE with my 30-06. It's dang heavy but man it is a pleasure to shoot. Recoil's not that bad and it is just so much power. The kids loved shooting the .22s they got for Christmas. I also shot my .357 which is just plain fun. Then we all went out to dinner. Came home, took the dog for a nice little run, now we are off to the movies.

Pictures to come later.

[Rick]

Is her work gun an auto handgun? She may be limp wristing it if it is. Tell her to lock her wrist. I seem to remember she's in a remote camp(?) If it's a long gun she might want to change ammo and see if it still does it. Post the kind of weapon it is. With the gun gurus on here I'm sure they can lay hands on it and heal it.

[1stimestar]

This is one of my local girl friends, not Susan who lives remote. I'll go see what gun she has as I don't remember. Oh yea, it's a Glock.

I think it was jamming because it was brand new and needed oiling or (and now that I think of it, more probable,) she was shooting reloads.

[1stimestar]

I was taking pictures with Lori's camera and kind of caught it when her hearing protection flew off her head when she shot my gun. It was so hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

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What? All 16 year old boys don't want to just go shooting for their birthdays?

[Batch]

Everyone needs to put their weight more forward to help mitigate recoil. The rocks scare me at that range. You'll eventually catch rock or fragments of bullet or bullets.

I could be wrong on the rocks. But, I have been hit by both.

[1stimestar]

Thanks. We'll work on that. I thought about the rocks too but lots of people go here to shoot. Guess we can go into town and go to the actual range. Yuck though. I don't like shooting around people I don't know.

[Rick]

Oooh. Safety glasses. You just never know.

[randyt]

Looks like a awesome fun time.