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The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

489 | Our Experience Flying for Hunts in Alaska — The Experience Project

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Join Steve and Mark as they recap their experience flying for their recent Caribou hunt. They discuss the commercial flights on Alaska Airlines, as well as their air charter flights with Nick from Nick's Air Service. They discuss tips hunters should know for flying into the field, how to pack a weapon and gear, how they flew home with meat and antlers, and much more... ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: https://the-experience-project.com/flying-for-hunts-in-alaska Subscribe via Email: https://exomtngear.com/newsletter Questions / Feedback for The Experience Project: experience@exomtngear.com Questions / Feedback for the podcast in general: podcast@exomtngear.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Hunt Back Country Podcast. This is episode 489 and as part of the

0:20.4

experience project Steve and I are discussing our experience flying for our recent

0:27.1

caribou hunt in Alaska. This is a somewhat informal follow-up to a private conversation that we had about how to plan a fly-in hunt in Alaska.

0:39.1

So if you missed that episode, be sure to go back and tune into that one.

0:43.7

You'll hear our conversation with Nick from Nick's Air Service.

0:48.2

And it's not about his business in particular.

0:50.9

It's all about how to plan a do-it-yourself hunt in Alaska that includes an element of

0:56.8

finding a pilot how to do that when to do that what to know and more and this does

1:02.4

apply to more situations than just Alaska.

1:06.0

In today's conversation again it's a follow-up to our experience flying with Nick and

1:12.2

getting into the field but we also talk about our experience flying

1:14.4

flying with Nick and getting into the field, but we also talk about our experience

1:16.4

flying commercially with Alaska Airlines,

1:19.2

how we got all of the meat and our caribou racks home from Alaska and more. If you check out the

1:26.8

link in the show description you will not only find that link to the previous

1:30.8

podcast we did with Nick. You will also find a video that I did a couple years ago about how I fly with a rifle and other gear for hunting and other advice.

1:42.4

So whether you're playing a very remote for hunting and other advice.

1:42.6

So whether you're planning a very remote hunt

1:45.8

with a small plane and hiring a pilot for an air taxi service

1:51.2

or you just want to hear a bit more about flying commercially for hunts out of state,

1:56.2

flying with weapons or meat, etc. There's something to take away from this episode.

2:03.3

As always we appreciate you guys tuning in.

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