The Johnston's of North Pole

Ah September, every year I take the month off for moose hunting and general relaxation. This year was no difference, except my relaxation time was spent working on the cabin.
Hunting was great, bagged my moose, although he was a smaller bull he sure taste good, well at least the tenderloins tasted good, won’t get the rest back for another 2 weeks from Delta Meats who is doing the processing for us.

Summer is coming to an end and Fall is just around the corner, so that means it’s almost hunting season which means it’s time to get base camp setup for September 1st.

This has been one wet summer for Alaska and I’m getting a bit tired of all the mud, but what can you do except travel on through it and hope to stay a little dry. So Jake, Scott, Glenn and I headed into our moose camp to start getting the tarps up and firewood cut. We always get firewood cut before the season opens so were not spending time or making noise in camp after the first. Plus, it always nice to know there’s lots of firewood available for the camp fire should the weather turn narly and cold.

pictures of everyone in their rain gear hanging up the tarps in base camp to, well, you know, get out of the rain.
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