Alaska journal, v4429
Page 543
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Maclan 1966 around 25 animals. 3 of the hunters flew back to Barrow, leaving a lot of wounded and unskinned animals. Burned us up. Spent the day skinning and hauling meat and knocking off cripples to keep them from going to waste. Had a heck of a time with one bull in a lake - always on the far tside of the lake. Finally waded (chin high!) across to get him ... and, the gun misfired. Got him eventually on our last shell. Turned out to be the best (fattest) animal of the whole lot. Saw small flocks of semi-pals in wet tussocky marsh. Seemed some non-breeders; I don't know about Paul's report of feeding flocks of breeding birds. Saw non-flying juvenile pheasants on two occasions in same wet tussock-cdrex marsh. An ARL plane with Cliff Alberfer and Bob Lewellyn flew over in the morning and dropped a note saying they might return in the evening; they didn't. Not much else - dinner of caribou steaks, dishes, and the rack.