Quote Originally Posted by mark collins View Post
Hi Eric i see you are from anchorage , i just watched a documentry the other night on moose and bears coming into your city in winter, amazing program,but tell me eric how do you go on hawking in such a tough frozen state, do you tend to lose lots of days because its say 40 below , or do you don survival suits and fly your hawks in tip top condition/weight , coming from the uk, we dont see weather much below 4 or 5 below freezing,and then not for to long, be interested to see how you get on, i would love to see some pictures ,atb,cheers,mark.
Hi Mark, missed that show, would have liked to see it. Actually, the weather in Anchorage or anywhere on the southern coast is much milder then the interior of our state. Alaska is a big state and the interior of our state is much like the midwest United States in winter only farther north and a little colder. Can be very cold for exteneded periods (weeks). In southcentral where I live we might only get a handful of below zero temp (F) days, but generally have warmer weather. To give you an example; I generally don't hunt hares when the temp is zero (F) or colder. I may car hawk with a gos at those temps or colder but do not put on snowshoes and hike about looking for hares. Short daylight and frequent heavy snowfalls will hurt quality hawking more than temps in Anchorage.