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<blockquote data-quote="alcesgigas" data-source="post: 1493020" data-attributes="member: 34925"><p>You can do it. And have a fantastic experience.</p><p></p><p>I live here in Arctic Alaska and I depend on moose for my meat, sometimes caribou wend their way to my trapline. In 2013 my right knee buckled as I attempted to shoot cranes. Didn't get a one. I was 67 then and by Falltime (buckling occurred in May) that knee went out several times and they were getting more frequent. No road here so I had to fly out--twice--and get it fixed. I was, and am, very lucky; after the third repair I walked out of FMH unassisted. There's more to the story, but I'll spare all. Moose and caribou are mostly easy and habit relatively flat ground most of the year; both die quickly and well. <em>That is if the shooter knows he or she can access the animal for extraction. </em> If you're with a guide that person will take care of the meat, or should. If you're DIY and it's caribou it's cake compared to moose. For with<em> alcesgigas</em> it's ALL labor before the echoing of the shot is gone. And this is where your knees will be tested to the extreme. You'll be on them--don't even think about sitting on you heels as I have all my life--and you'll be getting up and down countless times. So, good knee pads and knee braces (make sure to do both knees) allow me to continue hunting moose.</p><p></p><p>Don't walk the tundra. Good or bad knees the walker hurts and all over. Envision Your back yard filled with those high buckets (roe cans) filled with water and no two spaced alike. Did I mention this to be done just after a freezing rain? And that the buckets should all be different--in height and width? Then add some of the slickest mud under the thin ice that's more like--and sometimes is--quicksand. It looks so easy from the air... That's regular tundra; mountain tundra is far easier to traverse, but then you gotta get there.</p><p></p><p>All the advice I read in this post is sound; the preparation "will do you good" no matter where you hunt. Do not miss hunting here; first views will take your breath away temporarily. Just don't let it take your knees permanently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alcesgigas, post: 1493020, member: 34925"] You can do it. And have a fantastic experience. I live here in Arctic Alaska and I depend on moose for my meat, sometimes caribou wend their way to my trapline. In 2013 my right knee buckled as I attempted to shoot cranes. Didn't get a one. I was 67 then and by Falltime (buckling occurred in May) that knee went out several times and they were getting more frequent. No road here so I had to fly out--twice--and get it fixed. I was, and am, very lucky; after the third repair I walked out of FMH unassisted. There's more to the story, but I'll spare all. Moose and caribou are mostly easy and habit relatively flat ground most of the year; both die quickly and well. [I]That is if the shooter knows he or she can access the animal for extraction. [/I] If you're with a guide that person will take care of the meat, or should. If you're DIY and it's caribou it's cake compared to moose. For with[I] alcesgigas[/I] it's ALL labor before the echoing of the shot is gone. And this is where your knees will be tested to the extreme. You'll be on them--don't even think about sitting on you heels as I have all my life--and you'll be getting up and down countless times. So, good knee pads and knee braces (make sure to do both knees) allow me to continue hunting moose. Don't walk the tundra. Good or bad knees the walker hurts and all over. Envision Your back yard filled with those high buckets (roe cans) filled with water and no two spaced alike. Did I mention this to be done just after a freezing rain? And that the buckets should all be different--in height and width? Then add some of the slickest mud under the thin ice that's more like--and sometimes is--quicksand. It looks so easy from the air... That's regular tundra; mountain tundra is far easier to traverse, but then you gotta get there. All the advice I read in this post is sound; the preparation "will do you good" no matter where you hunt. Do not miss hunting here; first views will take your breath away temporarily. Just don't let it take your knees permanently. [/QUOTE]
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