While Shooting in Katmai National Park Alaska
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Howdy.....I've fished the "area" many times but never there right at the Russian.....not into combat fishing. I also fish other places around where the salmon are thick so it naturally means bears. So I too carry a sidearm as well. Ran into a sow with 3 cubs last summer when fishing a tributary coming into Tustumena Lake.....which is not far from my house.
What kind of side arm do you recommend? I've been looking into 44mags????? any other suggestions????
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.44 Ruger Super Redhawk
You can also go with the 9mm, just remember to shave the front sightposts down. that way it doesn't hurt so bad when said bear shoves it up your @$$....lol. that joke never gets old.
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Hey guys! Thank you for all the responses to my recent thread from Katmai National Park, Alaska. I'll soon be adding more images of my work throughout Alaska and other parts of North America.
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One of the highlights of my travels photographing in Alaska, was sea kayaking in Prince William Sound, near Columbia Glacier. This glacier from the surface of the water to the top is around 500 feet high. While navigating my kayak through fields of floating icebergs that can stand 2 stories high, you just can't help but to be overwhelmed. When the tide goes out the icebergs will set on the bottom. When the tide returns these enormous mounds of ice will roll over next to you. If you could only imagine standing next to a two story house as it tips over in front of you a few feet away.
While having a shore lunch on a rocky island, I was able to photograph a group of kayakers paddling through an area I had just traveled through earlier.
Not to far from where I photographed this image, was where the Exxon Valdez hit a reef that will change that area forever.
While having a shore lunch on a rocky island, I was able to photograph a group of kayakers paddling through an area I had just traveled through earlier.
Not to far from where I photographed this image, was where the Exxon Valdez hit a reef that will change that area forever.
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Great shot...!!! I've been in the sound a few times both before and after the Exxon Valdez. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my almost 30 years in AK.
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Hi AK4Dave, I remember when traveling past Bligh Reef, all I could envision was all that oil floating on the surface. There is no evidence of the spill today other than the fact that there is still oil in the shallow tidal pools. If I'm not mistaken, the State of Alaska is still trying to get more money from Exxon to extract more oil out of that area.
You're right that area is so beautiful! As far as my picture is concerned, I really don't believe anyone can take a bad picture in Alaska.
You're right that area is so beautiful! As far as my picture is concerned, I really don't believe anyone can take a bad picture in Alaska.
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Hi AK4Dave, I remember when traveling past Bligh Reef, all I could envision was all that oil floating on the surface. There is no evidence of the spill today other than the fact that there is still oil in the shallow tidal pools. If I'm not mistaken, the State of Alaska is still trying to get more money from Exxon to extract more oil out of that area.
You're right that area is so beautiful! As far as my picture is concerned, I really don't believe anyone can take a bad picture in Alaska.
You're right that area is so beautiful! As far as my picture is concerned, I really don't believe anyone can take a bad picture in Alaska.