Alaska: Adak Island Caribou

Hunting Adak Island Caribou on the Aleutian Islands. Catch all full episodes here or on Amazon Prime Video.
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[@ogdensloan8555]

My father was born on Adak at the Marine barracks 1/1951. I am trying my hardest to get him to go back with my brother and I for a caribou hunt. According to what my grandparents told me, he was the first non native to be born on the island. Hopefully we can go in 2020. Thanks for the video.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you for watching. This comments from four years ago, but did you manage to get your father back to Adak?

[@ogdensloan8555]

Unfortunately not, his health has been declining over the years and he can’t make it. He went dove hunting with us in September and he hung up his hunting boots. He said he just can’t do it anymore.

[@briangodfrey5079]

I was stationed on Adak in the mid-'70s - on the tugs. During the summer the Navy Special Services operated a hunting camp on the far side of the island. Every Monday morning we would leave with a group of hunters and that evening would return with the one's from the previous Monday. If they didn't get a caribou and we liked them, we'd glass the slopes on our way back and try to help them get one. If we didn't like them we offered them sardine sandwiches. (Usually rough seas in the area. :-)

[@patrickpatrick9132]

I was stationed there for 18 months. Left in 91

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

What a great story Adak has a lot of memories for a lot of folks over 70,000 people at one time residents of Adak, which is as you well know a extremely small town. Today I think they’re between 50 to 100 people that live there full-time or seasonally.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

I bet that was quite the experience for you. We visited many of the buildings, and it appears as if the last person there was to hit the lights out because everything was like just left behind.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

@@patrickpatrick9132 Adak’s an amazing place so much history. We wandered through many of the naval military buildings and it was like everybody left at once and just left everything there. Have you been back since you served there on the island?

[@Adak6881]

Made me more homesick than ever. Thanks for sharing this!

[@Sailor3598]

Was stationed there in 91-92. Bagged 3 Boo while I was there. Back then there was no such thing as taking AV's out in the tundra. It was hike in, hike out. We would go out in parties of two or three and once someone dropped a Boo the hunt was over. We would butcher the animal on the spot divvy up the meat and pack it out of the tundra. One thing I'll never forget was that hiking a mile though that spongy moss tundra was like hike 8 miles in any other terrain I ever experienced. Will never forget my times on Adak

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

I bet you have a lot of memories from being stationed there back in the early 90s. Adak is a special place in Alaska. That spongy tundra like you say, will tear you up really quick.

[@bradleyotto]

Love seeing the old base again. looking forward to my own chance to revisit. Stationed their 1987-1988 Marine Barracks NAS Adak.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Bradley! We filmed another adventure on Adak recently which will air on Outdoor Channel this year. Keep tabs on us over on Facebook.

[@pinz2022]

AlaskaOutdoorsTV 03.29 Williwaw.

[@pinz2022]

AlaskaOutdoorsTV Can't help but think of the method I read about in an older book. The Inupiaq used/use the method of shooting the caribou in a foreleg, crippling it. Then, with the animal unable to run away or fight, kick it and goad it back to the hunting camp, then apply the finisher, easier and...unsentimental.

[@MitchellBrown-su9dc]

Thanks buddy haven’t seen !!

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Hope you like it!

[@samclarin5291]

Now the caribou are flying ..

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Those are reindeer ;-)

[@louiemoses7205]

Nice Hunt. I miss hunting out there

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you for watching. Alaska Airlines still fly is down there if you want to go.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you. It was a fun experience.

[@KnikValley]

Nice job fellas.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you for watching.

[@generalmanager4094]

Nice video. Just booked tickets and a place to stay, first week of November.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Right on Joseph! You'll have fun.

[@msteele1979]

How was your trip? I am going next week.

[@MarktheMartian]

Very cool deal guys

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you. Sorry for the late 3 year reply. We're active over here now. Adak was a fun trip. Amazing history. At one time the Navy had 77,000 stationed there on that island. Caribou were put there to entertain the troops and provide some emergency food so goes the story.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Its a great hunt and interesting area to be.

[@erickfleming2233]

I SPENT A YEAR ON ADAK 87-88 L/CPL MARINE BARRACKS WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

You should go back and visit. Use your air miles to get down there on Alaska Airlines.

[@Adak6881]

Yeah. or not. Enjoy your caribou and ptarmigan.

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

LOVE Adak caribou. Love the island too. So much history.

[@davidsmart3580]

Nice Hunt> So when is a good time to hunt the island? thanks

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Closer to December the closer they are to reach. But later you wait more chance they drop their antlers. www.fws.gov/refuge/alaska_maritime/adak_hunting.html

[@BlackIrishx8x]

Want to make my way down to Adak soon. How/where did you rent the vehicles?

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Rental options can often change. Here's is an ADAK visitors info contact adak-ak.us/content/info/visitinfo15.pdf

[@BlackIrishx8x]

@@AlaskaOutdoorsTV Thank you so much! Much appreciated!

[@kevincampbell643]

They are reindeer, not caribou

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

During 1958-1959, 23 barren-ground caribou (R. tarandus granti) from the Nelchina herd on mainland south-central Alaska were transplanted to the west side of Adak to provide recreational hunting and an emergency food supply for military personnel (Jones 1966).

[@kristalor7702]

Dow is upset of loss

[@kristalor7702]

Beautiful hunting documentary

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Thank you

[@Cowri]

is the shotgun used for Bear protection?

[@Cowri]

then he says: there are no predators ;)

[@AlaskaOutdoorsTV]

Shotgun is used for upland ptarmigan hunting on Adak. There are no predators on Adak Island. No bears.