So I'm going to see AlaskaCajun in June...

[LouisianaCarry]

I've been thinking about weight. Maybe I will get the Timberline 2. It only weighs like 1/2 as much. That is tempting as I get a little older and wiser, actually.

 

[IonicDOG]

So you're going visit alaskacajun and he's gonna make you sleep in a tent?

 

[LouisianaCarry]

Well, really, the point is that I am going to AK.

He is my point of contact.

(That, and I am not housebroken, yet)

 

[Alaskacajun]

So you're going visit alaskacajun and he's gonna make you sleep in a tent?

Yes...... he's bringin' an AR to a Bear Fight. I want to videotape the hilarity that will ensue!

- Clint

 

[LouisianaCarry]

The bear is next trip.

They do make AR-50s.

 

[LouisianaCarry]

My wife says get the bigger tent.

She wants one she can stand up in. I told her I ain't fixin' to hike a 6' tall tent anywhere. She is bummed out now.

 

[IonicDOG]

I'm sure if he can bump fire that AR it might take the bear down

 

[LACamper]

Yeah, it would, but not before it ate him!

I'm thinking a lever or bolt gun in .45-70!
When we were in Canada in the late 60's my dad found a griz in his fish campsite. He was holding my enfield jungle carbine loaded with 10 240 grain 303 british rounds. Looking up at the bear as it crushed an old coleman steel icechest like a beer can he decided it wasn't nearly enough gun... fortunately, the bear decided there wasn't anything else worth eating in the campsite...

 

[LouisianaCarry]

Were I to know that I was going to shoot a brownie and be within his running distance during the adventure, I reckon the calibers I would want on hand would be, in order of preference:

.50 BMG
.458 Lott
.416 Remington

 

[LACamper]

.308 but only in a minigun...

 

[Alaskacajun]

Well..... Today I put earnest money down on 4 1/2 acres of land 177 miles North of here. It looks like there might be a cabin on the property and is on a stream that has some of the best fishing in Alaska nearby. It is road accessable and you are welcome to stay there while bouncing around the state! Can't wait to meet you in person LACarry!

- Clint

 

[LouisianaCarry]

Can't wait to meet you in person LACarry!

- Clint

You say that now...

 

[Quas]

This is the tent I use for backpacking

And here is a similar backpack

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When is a good time to visit Alaska? I need to make a trip up there to burn up my skymiles.

 

[Technosurfer]

The kit is simply awesome and cool.

 

[Narco]

Well..... Today I put earnest money down on 4 1/2 acres of land 177 miles North of here. It looks like there might be a cabin on the property and is on a stream that has some of the best fishing in Alaska nearby. It is road accessable and you are welcome to stay there while bouncing around the state! Can't wait to meet you in person LACarry!

- Clint

because in 7 months.. AC is gonna post just the opposite...

 

[Narco]

You say that now...

at least your honest...