Some of you may not realize that if you are not a resident of Alaska, in order to hunt big game you have to pay big bucks. Being a qualified as a resident means living in the state for 1 year. We aren't there yet. All the moose, bear, and caribou have a while yet before the "Great White Hunter" (as he has nicknamed himself) is unleashed. The ducks are also in the clear since all the lakes are frozen over. Yep. They froze over just about the time the ducks migrated this way. But all you small game (grouse and ptarmigan) better watch out ('cause the license to hunt those only cost 20 bones).
In the spring Chuck will go after the big game, providing it is some sort of hunting season then. Bear I think. What am I? A Farmers Almanac? The Department of Fish and Game?
"The Great White Hunter" sounds like an Indian name...so cool :)
ReplyDeleteHave Fun!!
Looks like a great hunt!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Chuck. Looks like the Great White Hunter bagged a lot of birds. And Hayley this is great photgraphy.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! On another note, since daylight savings time was today, how does that work close to the artic circle? When does it get dark?
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody.
ReplyDeleteKatie, daylight savings time means that sunrise is at 8:52am (instead of closer to 10:00!) and sunset at 6:07pm. I don't suppose that is too extraordinary just yet, but the darkness is coming.
Lord Katie. I 'm crazy.
ReplyDeleteSunrise: 8:46am
Sunset: 4:06pm
Pretty big sunset difference there. Yeah when it isn't dark, it seems like we have overcast skies. I need some sunshine!!
So has Chuck got a beard and mustache now? He looks frozen in the last pic. Good photos though.
ReplyDeleteWell no, well sometimes he does. He's an off and on shaver.
ReplyDeleteChuck is looking very trim, handsome, and grizzled lately... Has Alaska made him like Robocop or perhaps similar to the Terminator? Of birds I mean? In the more current photos his expression is more like, "Hi. I hunt and kill prey so that my family can eat. No applause necessary. It's what I do." It's quite unlike that top, older pic which is more like "HELLO SWAMP WATER IS DELICIOUS LET'S GET PIZZA AFTER THIS". You know?
ReplyDeleteChuck liked your comments sister. Especially the "grizzled" part.
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