New guy from Alaska

[havoc7]

Well... technically I'm from New Jersey.

I'm also a "new guy" in the Army. I'm 11b, 1SBCT - 25th Infantry div, I'll keep the battalion to my self . I absolutely refuse to call my self a "sniper" until I get my B4 (sniper identifier), however, I am in the position and have a school date. To be honest, I never wanted to be one until I fell ass backwards into the position. I wanted to go to Ranger Battalion or SFG but a hip injury in basic kind of ruined that dream for the time being. Anyway, I've been lurking a bit and finally decided to join.

Greeting, salutations, hi, how are you.. what ever the standard is here.

-H

 

[den42]

Welcome to the HIDE.. thank you for your service..

 

[Country]

Welcome fellow soldier. Alaska sounds chilly but a great place to do some hunting. I hope you are not lonely up there.

 

[havoc7]

Welcome to the HIDE.. thank you for your service..

thank you

Welcome fellow soldier. Alaska sounds chilly but a great place to do some hunting. I hope you are not lonely up there.

the weather isnt as bad as i thought. it does, however, get rather chilly when youre laying in the prone under a foot of snow while the instructor calls out targets for us haha. as far as hunting goes, from what i hear, there is no better place. although, i was advised if i were to go out (mountain climbing, hiking and the like) to carry no less than a .45 on me or i can be the one that gets hunted.

 

[Country]

Yeah don't go out in the bush without a gun . I have never seen a wild bear but those grizzlies sure scare me. Oh and don't believe that crap about if a bear is chasing you stand still and don't run . Trouble with that idea is no one is alive to say it don't work . Well if he has not seen you and the wind is in your favour , ok , but if he has seen you and is coming at you start shooting or run like hell . Allowing them to get too close is very risky as they can move very quickly when they need to.
And remember you don't have to out run the bear you only have to out run someone else .
I remember that guy who lived with bears in Yellowstone , got himself and his poor girl friend eaten because he believed all this Greenie crap about bears not being dangerous .
They are only not dangerous when they don't want to be dangerous , like any large predator if they want to kill something they will without hesitation .
I booked a snowmobile trip once in Canada but I asked them if I would be allowed to carry a firearm to protect myself and my wife against bears and other things but they said no the bears are hibernating but I have heard about bear attacks in winter .
So I cancelled . I did not know enough about the situation to be taking that kind of risk with my wife in tow . Locals live with them and know how to survive them but unarmed tourists don't do as well . At my age I can't outrun a Grizzly for long and I would not want to out run my wife anyway so I would be dead meat .
Fighting off a Grizzly with a pepper spray does not appeal to me much as a holiday sport . I think there is too many tourist guides that take risks with their customers lives just so they can make money and let the insurance companies mop up the blood if anything happens . They don't want to draw any attention to any risk that is involved. They get away with it because the risk is very low I know , but with my luck I would be the one . Pity I would have loved to do that trip.

 

[Llatikcuf]

Bears are no big deal as long as you don't startle them, on a snowmachine or 4 wheeler they would hear you coming for miles. I get more freaked out by spiders and snakes when I go to the lower 48.

 

[randyrucker]

Hi.