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RowdyGSP wrote:Nothing at all, I like Idaho a lot. My particular area of Sandpoint is pretty touristy and is growing really, really rapidly. I've also conisidered moving to central Idaho, but I just figure while I have the freedom of living wherever I want since I'm a bachelor, why not exercise that freedom. I've always had a strong interest in interior Alaska. Figure I'm 31 years old and as good a time as any to move there.
orhunter wrote:I can understand the get out of town while you can thing. The way Idaho is growing the future isn't bright. Everyone with any common sense is moving out of Oregon with Idaho as their destination. I was in Bend/Redmond over the weekend, what a dump it has become with the never ending growth and that what comes along with it. People, people, people....cars, cars, cars. Prineville will be next.
You'll have to start investing in rifles.
RowdyGSP wrote:Looking at moving to interior Alaska sometime around a year from now. Quit my job and head on up there. I'm wondering if any of you northern folks have insight you could PM me in terms of what a guy could do for work in places like Tok, Delta Junction, McGrath, Healy or Chicken. Basically anywhere that isn't a big city. I'm at the point I'm ready to just head up there able to live for several months on the money I have saved while I look for a job. Is Alaska any place for a chukar hunter with an old chukar dog and a tired 12 ga. auto?
AlaskaMagnum wrote:RowdyGSP wrote:Looking at moving to interior Alaska sometime around a year from now. Quit my job and head on up there. I'm wondering if any of you northern folks have insight you could PM me in terms of what a guy could do for work in places like Tok, Delta Junction, McGrath, Healy or Chicken. Basically anywhere that isn't a big city. I'm at the point I'm ready to just head up there able to live for several months on the money I have saved while I look for a job. Is Alaska any place for a chukar hunter with an old chukar dog and a tired 12 ga. auto?
I lived there for a long time. There are no real industries in the town's you speak about. If you're a teacher, plumber, etc. I suspect you could find a job.
Hunting up there is tough. The subsistence hunters get all the tags for the road accessible game. You will never qualify for a subsistence hunt. You will have to find a way to get off the road system to hunt. It's not hard, but a little pricey. An Argo, boat, or plane helps. I did a lot of fly in hunting and I had a jet boat.
Upland hunting is good, but the season is short. Ruffed and spruce grouse, sharptails ( usually a drive) and ptarmigan are there. There's not a lot of competition, but there's not a ton of game anywhere up there. It's hard to come by.
Duck hunting is good but the season is so short. I always wanted to get a harlequin duck but never managed. You need to adjust your thinking. Up there you don't get to hunt every weekend so you better plan the time off and do it in one shot.
Well, I guess that's one persons take. Accessibility can be challenging but hunting is pretty good. Duck season is September until late December. Upland, Mid August until the following April. Harlequins are simple, just need to go hunt where they live. Cost to hunt is high and transportation very challanging. I suggest you get a job before you arrive. Jobs are very limmited in the outlying communities.
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