Forget Rednecks, here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Alaskans: If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Alaska.... If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Alaska. If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Alaska. If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Alaska. If you know several people who have hit a moose more than once, you may live in Alaska. If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you may live in Alaska. If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Alaska. If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Alaska. If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Alaska. If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Alaska. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Alaska. If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live in Alaska. If you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly', you may live in Alaska.
If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to your entire Alaskan friends & others, you definitely live in Alaska
I loved "almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction."
John Renwick
Minneapolis, MN
Former owner, '55 C-170B, N4401B
'42 J-3 Cub, N62088
'50 Swift GC-1B, N2431B, Oshkosh 2009 Outstanding Swift Award, 2016 Best Continuously Maintained Swift
On my first-ever trip to Alaska (in my J-3) the day we arrived in Anchorage it was 85 degrees there. Second warmest day on record for that city. July 7 2003, I believe it was.
John Renwick
Minneapolis, MN
Former owner, '55 C-170B, N4401B
'42 J-3 Cub, N62088
'50 Swift GC-1B, N2431B, Oshkosh 2009 Outstanding Swift Award, 2016 Best Continuously Maintained Swift
Assuming that's intended for me...
I enjoyed my stay in Buffalo, Wyoming. Buffalo folks were friendly, and seems like a nice area to live.
Excuse the off-topic interruption.
Dwayne
blueldr wrote:Do you guys in Alaska still have those Buffalos up there in the Big Delta and Copper River areas?
Yes.
I've never hunted Delta buffalo, but the Copper River herd(s) takes a little more effort to find and get close enough.
I hear lots of success stories from Delta hunters, but Copper Basin hunters' stories are longer and more memorable.
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'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention. An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Wrong continent, George. Alaska has bison, not cape buffalo.
There is also a good sized herd around Farewell Lake on the Iditarod Trail just west of Rainy Pass in the Alaska Range. Hunts in that area are only accessible by snow machine or airplane and generate some fairly interesting stories as well.
Richard Pulley
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
2023 Best Original 170A at Sault Ste. Marie
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
Back in the olden days, about 1949, one of our guys drew a tag for a "Buffalo Hunt" at Big Delta. What it was composed of was a ride in a jeep with the wild life guy out to where the animals were and then shooting whichever one he liked that the wild life guy pointed out as "condemned". A real sporting hunt!
blueldr wrote:Back in the olden days, about 1949, one of our guys drew a tag for a "Buffalo Hunt" at Big Delta. What it was composed of was a ride in a jeep with the wild life guy out to where the animals were and then shooting whichever one he liked that the wild life guy pointed out as "condemned". A real sporting hunt!
That sounds very similar to our local rednecks when they go "window shopping" (a term used for road hunting, shooting out the window; normally reserved for night time, or to cold outside, or to windy, to cloudy, to drunk to stand, dogs have sore feet, raining like it is today, to hot, sun to bright, and etc. All other occations, window shopping is off limits, because the risk of losing yer position in the community is too risky)
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