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Offline 379 Peterbilt

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« on: January 16, 2005, 04:57:00 AM »
Lookin' to find out how much of GMU 20A got burned out last summer.
Hows the wood river area? Japan hills?
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2005, 05:05:46 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2005, 09:27:57 AM »
D I B,

Nice links there. Real helpfull stuff. Too helpfull, as I got a little side tracked in doing my research. :-D

Thanks Dave!!!
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2005, 07:14:11 AM »
EYESORE:  All the fires last year were north, east, and west of Fairbanks.  I don't remember any in 20A.  If there was any over there they were minor.  We did not hear anything about them, if there was any over there.  Saw no evidence of any new fires this fall.  But the two years before that they had some big ones over there.  The area North of the Rex trail, from Rex lake to the second river (Tatlinka creek) burned.  No fires around Japan Hills or Gold King.  In fact my friend almost lost both his cabins, the one at the first river (Totatlanika river) the fire crews managed to save, the fire stoped about a mile from the cabin at the second river.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2005, 12:38:35 PM »
Sourdough,

Once again, you come through offering valuable information, and I thank you. Between DIB and yourself, I've been able to find out pretty much everthing I was lookin' for.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2005, 09:45:46 PM »
Eyesore:  Hope you're not planning to hunt the Rex trail.  If so I need to give you some more valuable info.  Two trips on the Rex in a normal year will trash a 4-wheeler, and will most likely give you the ultimate frustration, Having to be rescued by a track rig or big swamp buggy.   Pot holes full of water, from 20 to 200 yards long, and two to five foot deep.  Others full of mud about the consistency of chocolate pudding.  The first seventeen miles to the first river are the easiest, then it really gets bad.  That's where we leave the 4-wheelers behind.  It's not the place for a do it yourself hunt, unless you have access to the right equipment.  September 2003 I sunk my track rig in a hole, it spent 18 hours under 6 feet of water.  
 
Don't get me wrong, it's a great place to hunt, just access is a killer.  It has the highest Moose population in the state.  Also lots of Grizzlies and Black Bears.  A few Caribou, due to the high wolf and bear numbers.  Caribou is by drawing permit only.  I'll try to post a picture of one of the rigs we use.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2005, 12:08:34 AM »
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Rex trail.  will trash a 4-wheeler... frustration, rescued... Pot holes... full of water...


Sourdough,

Wow, nothin' comes easy for yall up there huh? Do you think my 16' boat will make it down the mighty Rex?  Ha ha, just kiddin'

Actually, I was not considering the Rex. Thanks for making sure I wont in the future. I was thinking of rivers such as the Wood (yeah, me and everybody else) as this is my back-up plan in case I come to my senses and stay off the Yukon.

I would even consider a short bush flight in there but have always told myself not to do a hunt trip that lacks any mobility. I dont know.

Mabie I'll have to walk the railroad tracks...er...wait, thats not legal,  ha ha

I've got more questions for you, sourdough, but I'm outta time right now. so I'll check back with ya later. Till then, thanks.....
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2005, 07:23:39 PM »
I've seen years that an airboat could have been the best rig for the Rex Trail.  The mud on the Rex has silt in it, that silt eats up seals and bearings.  Even sealed bearings don't last long there.  
 
The Wood river is too shallow for props, need a jet on your outboard.  Also need to carry spare water pump for your motor.  The Wood is glacial fed, and is loaded with silt.  We took a sample of the water to the University of Alaska and had it analysed, one of the main ingredients was Obsidian, it is suspended in the water.  It also eats up water pumps.  It is along way up the Wood because it is so crooked.  I personally have not made the trip.  I've flown over it a few times, airboaters use it a lot during Moose season.  I've also been over there on snow machine in the spring.
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