May 23, 2011: DAY 5: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 23, 2011:

Our fifth day fishing the Spring king Salmon Derby the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff (Great fishing and viewing wildlife on a beautiful day)...



Early morning bite was on, and I was the first to land this nice King Salmon...



And, our luck continued - Max landed another shortly thereafter...

 

Max posing with his catch of the morning...

 

The herring were in abundance during most of the derby days in Tee Harbor, although not as much as we saw today...they were flipping everywere, so the Pigeon Guillemots (not a duck, but an alcid - seabird related to puffins) that breed on coasts and islands from southern Alaska were prevalent everywhere today...

 

These Pigeon Guillemots are so graceful...

 

An action shot of a Pigeon Guillemot taking flight...



The sunrise is just beginning...

 

This quaint cabin simply evokes serenity...



The sunrise from inside Tee Harbor on this beautiful morning...



I was lucky to capture such a close-up of a herring jumping out of the water inside Tee Harbor (you can actually see its eye ;)...

 

A stunning and beautiful morning...

 

Killer Whales approaching - there goes the fishing, and instead, bring on the whale watching...



Killer Whales feeding on schools of herring...



The Killer Whales were really thrashing about...



This huge Whale was attempting to get away from the Killer Whales, so it entered Tee Harbor and ended coming up just a few feet in front of our skiff...



Numerous Killer Whales having a feeding frenzy on herring...





Last sighting of Killer Whales and a Whale, so we're on our way to the beach at Tee Harbor to start the drive home...



We happened upon a young Black Bear along the roadside (it's still shedding its winter coat)...



The Black Bear decided to head back into the brush...



It decided to give us one last look...further on we saw two deer as well (nice huge bucks), although the photographs turned out too blurry due to many other vehicles passing by while attempting to capture pics of them...


 

Winter 2009: Successful Deer Hunting Trip in Southeast Alaska...

Winter 2009:


Credits to my Husband for taking his camera 
along during his and a friend's recent 
hunting trip in Southeast Alaska...

Max sighting in his rifle at the Juneau Rifle Range
prior to this Southeast Alaska deer hunting trip...

A small doe on the beach they chased into the woods 
because they didn't want someone else to shoot the poor thing...

They're going in to chase the same doe off the beach...

The new *Realtree Spruce Camo/Headlight Hat Combo*...(for more information on this new product, contact Randy or Max ~ believe it or not...it's their own design)....

Max's good friend and hunting partner Randy...

Just heading into one of their *Top Secret* deer hunting locations...

Believe it or not ~ Max was knocking a bear bread fungus off of a tree for his Dad to paint a deer on when this buck snorted at him...all was said and done; that is where he fell...

Max was dragging the buck out when he met Randy in a meadow...Randy said, "I'll drag it out for you; keep hunting!"...

So, this was the next buck Max came upon...he said, "I was very lucky!"...

Same second buck ~ heading down to the beach...

Bucks loaded up heading back to camp...

Look at how clear the water is...you can see the rocks on the bottom...

Randy steering them back to camp...it was colder out than it looks...

Max was talking to their buddy Dave on the radio...

An eagle they happened upon...

Two bucks in the four-wheeler cart - ready for transport to the hanging shed...

Beautiful waterfall...

Survival gear that they leave on the beach when they go hunting just in case they get stuck...

600' of ground line they used for attaching to an anchor with a 40 lb. cannon ball attached to a pully to pull the skiff in/out with...

Sea lions frolicking...

Sea lions still having fun in the winter waters...

1 of 11 deer they called up using the *deer call* their last two days in the woods...

Another big doe coming to the call...darn it!...

They were being charged by 3 deer at once...

Close encounter...Randy actually had this fawn sniff his hand and touch his glove; Max had a doe on the other side 3-4' away doing the same thing ~ it's a *Bambi*...

Another buck down...

Max says, "This one measured about 25 inches; not a monster, but still pretty nice"...

Randy with a nice buck...this one was shot right next to a *buck rub*...

Max says, "Nice Rack?" ~ or ~ "Nice Tongue?"...

Heading back to camp...Randy coiling the rope...

Alaska Seaplanes on approach...

Randy checking in from camp giving a *Full Report*...

Max and Randy's good friend Dave who has been kind enough to let them stay at his awesome place over the years...

Max with Dave at the meat shed ~ bucks hanging!...

Southeast Alaska ravens hanging out around the campfire just staying warm ~ end of the hunting trip...more next year ~ we hope!