Nick's Caribou

Nick got the second caribou of the trip.  His shot was a little far back, so they waited for the caribou to bed down.  While they were waiting, another herd showed up, so Will and Nick climbed back up the hill to put a stalk on them.  Dad stayed near the road to watch the bedded down bull.

The stalk went really well, and Nick and Will got to 60 yards of the herd.  Meanwhile, the AK State Troopers stopped by to visit with Dad.  After talking for a few minutes the Trooper, Leo, said "are you Will's brother?".  Seems Uncle Will is notorious in Alaska!  Dad responded, "of course".

The Troopers stopped because a herd of over 100 caribou was headed right for Will and Nick.  They were both so focused on the 18 feeding caribou in front of them that they didn't realize 100 caribou were coming right behind them.  It wasn't until the Troopers and Dad started laughing 1/4 mile away on the road, that Nick turned and saw the lead cow at 15 yards!

The entire herd went by both Nick and Will, and Will shot the trailing bull that had been wounded earlier.  The hunters that were chasing the wounded bull were happy that Will finally stopped their caribou.  Fortunately for Will, we had plenty of caribou meat, and the other hunter's owned the Fairbanks auto repair shop - something that would come in handy by the end of the trip!