That sucks...the western Arctic used to come down to about 100 mi north of here..but they never come down that far anymore

we have to go over to the kusandswim for bou now a days and can only shoot two I think..not like 5 a day over here
these are much smaller though,but taste real good..you can crack the leg bones like crab legs with the back of your table knife mmm mmmm goood.

Anyone know of guns shows going on in the next few months in the Valley?

Are most Alaskan Women this tough and gutsy ???

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/01/alaska-woman-punches-bear-in-snout-to-save-dog/?test=faces

Uh yup. Cept most of us woulda just shot it.

Nice moose Jeff! When are you going to start your boat rental biz so we can get some of that two moose action!

Thanks..I just paid 5 grand for a new yamaha 40 4 stroke....not sure I could make it in the rental buis.

YK:
I think you will like the 40. I've been running both the 2 and 4 stroke versions of that in a jet for 25 years and the only thing I've had to replace is the lower unit bearing. 5K for a new 4 stroke is a good price.

UB
I like it so far...way less gas than my old 2 stroke Johnson..I would say less than half fuel consumption than what I was used to...unfortunatly gas is $7.05 a gl not countung tax!

I've been happy with mine. I used to run Honda 30 hp, and still have a couple of them, but my 40 Yamaha is about right for power, and I like added things like the air assist tilt. I paid more than that for mine in pull start, no electric start, several years ago. No problems with mine, and I average almost 1,000 hrs per year on mine.

they didnt have a 4 stroke rope start..only electric..which means no battery...no go.. I kind of didnt like that...but so far so good.

You can't remove the cowling and rope start in an emergency ?

Early enrolly of Whites wife school.

Yep YJ, I bought the last rope start 40 in stock, and they aren't currently being made. Only electric start. Heavier, and need a battery to haul along, no thanks. Keep it simple as possible is my rule of thumb.

One of the earliest graduates.

as long as you have enough juice to run the fuel pump its electric..so need a battery.

hopfully I can keep the starter in good repair and a good battery..no worse than a truck.

Jeeze ! Dontcha wish you could have an engineer stranded on a cutbank with lots of rain and mosquitoes with no way home ? !

At what point does a 4 stroke get too big to pull start? My understanding is the reason the they don't have them on 4 stroke snow machines is that you can't get it turned over to start unless you had a kick start.

-TJ

Probably depends on the number of cylinders and the compression ratio. I would think, and could easily be wrong, that more cyls make it easier to start.

Extraction of the last of my seasonal neighbors yesterday. Always food for thought to see the last scheduled plane of the year depart.

How does the plane fly with the prop not moving?