Recommended
Equipment For Alaska Hunting
The items listed
below are recommended minimum equipment for caribou,
moose, and black bear hunts.
- Tent - good quality, water
and wind resistant, with extras lines
...and stakes.
- Sleeping Bag and pad or cot
Temperatures can dip into the
20's in Sept
- Cook Stove - we recommend
white gas over propane
type,
which tend to use more
fuel.
- Cooking and eating utensils,
garbage bags, paper
towels,
etc.
- Collapsible 5 gallon water
containers, 1 per person.
- Food and spices - try to
keep
weight and bulk to a
minimum.
- Pack frame with bag - you
can
pack a lot of your gear
in this
bag.
- Meat bags and tarp (8*10
with
grommets) to cover meat.
- Salt for animal hides - 5
lb. bags
...stored in zip lock
bags to keep
...dry.
- Weapons - gun, bow,
slingshot, fishing pole,
etc.
- Optics - spotting scope and
binoculars recommended.
- Camera, film and flashlight.
- Knife and saw - to remove
antlers
- Personal toiletry items,
pills,
Band-Aids, toilet paper,
etc.
- Hunting license and tags
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Clothing
- Hat for rain, wind and freezing
temperatures
- Light gloves
- Good comfortable hiking boots
(insulated)
- Two changes of clothing and
extra socks.
- Hip boots - optional for caribou
and bear, a must for moose.
- Rain gear - quality coat and
pants, it can rain hard.
- Gortex (TM) clothing is recommended
for Alaska's extreme weather conditions.
- Layered clothing (waterproof/windproof
outer gear, polar fleece, wick away polypro thermal underwear)
Some
equipment is available on a rental basis from HollidayAir
Weight restrictions
Please try to limit
your weight to 75 lbs. per person and keep bags and boxes as small
as possible. We use Super Cubs to fly most of our hunters to their
camps, and their planes do not have the space for large coolers,
Rubbermaid totes, etc.
- Hazardous
Material
- We have Coleman fuel and propane
canisters for sale at cost since the airlines do not allow
them to be shipped. Also federal regulations prohibit the
carrying of pepper spray and bear repellents in passenger
aircraft, so please leave these at home.
We may have left items off
this list that you feel you need in order to make your hunt
more enjoyable. Please do not hesitate to bring such items
along, but please keep total bulk and weight of your camp
to a minimum.
.......
Holliday Air,Inc.
PO Box 670109 Chugiak, Alaska
99567
Call (907) 688-4337
Fax (907) 688-4338
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