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 Click
Here
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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