Hiking, Camping, Setting Trailcams and Filling a Deer Tag

I set a camera here, it is set to watch 2 trails coming off a ridge where the intersect a trail running a long the bottom of the ridge.

I set a camera here to watch a multiple trail intersection.

A bear ate another bear here, probably a boar ate a cub. The brush was really thick here but the bear tore it all up to bury the carcass to keep it hidden until he could finish it.

Filled my first of four tags, called him in right at dusk only a short distance from my camp after hiking around looking for deer and checking cameras all day. I usually hold out for bigger deer but I ran out of venison and deer tags taste papery.

Looking for Deer August 1-2, 2025

Alaska’s 5 month long deer season opens August 1, The best way to find them is to climb up above the tree line where the best food is out in the open, but I choose to hunt for them down low where the best food is the jungle to save my old knees from the stress of carrying heavy loads down the steep slippery sides of our mountains (my knees are in good condition for 60, and I want to get as many hunting seasons as possible out of them).