A Complete Guide To Float Hunting Alaska

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Summary: First time hunter in Alaska
Review: I have known Larry on and off for the last ten years and was very excited to hear of this book. Most of my experience in hunting was for white tail in Michigan. I always dreamed of hunting big game but had no clue where to begin. This book does it all from what to bring, what to expect, and how it is done. I personally have read the book three times and learned something new each time. I am looking foward to my first float trip next year. The book list so many references that it is impossible to go wrong on planning and executing a sucessful float trip. Outstanding work.

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Summary: A Valuable Tool for Planning Your Hunt
Review: I have lived and hunted in Alaska for 20 years. During that time, I've
learned a lot about float hunting for Alaska's big game, but I still picked up new pointers from Larry's book.

He covers many of the basics which will be invaluable to first-time Alaska hunters and a
great refresher for veteran hunters. There's help with choosing equipment, packing your
raft, hunting Alaska's big game species, care of meat and trophies, and a host of other
important topics. Larry is clearly an experienced Alaska outdoorsman. An example of the
many tips I picked up from this book is to consider using the US Mail to save money in
shipping equipment to the point from which my bush flight will leave.

To me, the big drawback of this book is the lack of specific advice in choosing a river.
There are hundreds of rivers in Alaska, but the vast majority are poor choices due to
navigability or access problems or lack of game along them. The information in this
book did me little good in discovering new rivers to float.

The bottom line though, is whether or not it is worthwhile to buy this book. In my
opinion, if you are planning a float hunt in Alaska and are interested enough to read these
reviews, you ought to buy this book! For me, it was definitely worth it for the photos and
the good new tips I picked up along the way. Good Luck!

Bruce Nelson, Producer of "Alaska Hunting Adventure: 700 Miles Alone by Backpack and Raft"

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Summary: A Must Have
Review: I heard of this book from Alaska Fishing & Hunting News magazine. Larry frequently writes for that publication, and his knowledge of Alaska is superb. I bought the book to judge if I should hunt in Alaska, as I heard the research aspects of getting there and hunting was difficult. His book gave me everything I needed in order to plan my trip. There has to be 300 phone numbers and over 20 detailed mapsof Alaska's hunting regions. I can't believe this book has not been made until now. If you plan to ever hunt in Alaska, you should own this book!

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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: I needed a book that would completely prepare me for my up and coming trip to Alaska. I have heard about floathunting as an effective means of finding animals as well as experiencing the beautiful Alaskan wilderness. Larry's book was very thorough and gave me all the information I needed to make the trip. His style of writing kept me interested and got me even more excited for the trip. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: Complete Guide - Afraid Not
Review: In spite of all the great reviews prior to this one, this book is not a complete guide to float hunting Alaska. I give the author credit for doing a lot of research and the book provides an incomplete but valuable list of phone numbers and some nice pictures. Other than that it reads like college term paper. It has a lot of words but not enough depth to plan much of anything. The maps are straight out of the hunting orders and no specifics are given on any river. There are inaccuracies throughout the book. For example, in the wildlife biology section it states mineral licks for sheep contain protein (p 97) and that sodium and magnesium are organic compounds, a different chemistry than what I learned. Some of the conclusions in the discussion of firearms and ballistics are irrational like including the 7mm(7x57?)and .308 in the list of calibers as good choices for moose and bears (brown and/or black it doesn't specify?). Besides, I hate to see sporting firearms referred to as weapons, we have enough problems with the media and anti-gun groups. If you are a novice hunter and didn't know much about the outdoors, you will find usefull information. Beyond that it covers everything from changing your socks to minimum impact camping. Unfortunately, none of it in enough detail to be of real benefit to any but the inexperienced. It would have been better to write a book on float hunting and concentrate on the basics in depth instead of trying to create the complete guide to everything in 205 short pages and missing the mark the title implies. Go to the AK Fish and Game web site and get a good floating Alaska rivers book, you will be ahead.