9-5-13 Caribou delayed - Kiana, Alaska, USA
Observation: Caribou are still moving from the east (Kivalina-Red Dog area), through the Squirrel River valley and finally to reach the Kobuk. Generally by Labor Day weekend hunters are coming home having successfully hunted further up river, but not this year. We are all exercising patience, acknowledging the lateness and some folks even concerned that the herds need to appear before rutting season. They will. It shouldn't be much longer. Dale Stotts with Linda Stotts
Media: ADF&G (2013-09-07) has been hearing reports about late caribou run at the regional office in Kotzebue. A recent commentary by Seth Kantner: Caribou slow to show for northwest Alaska hunters in an Alaska Dispatch News article.
Updates:
- (2013-09-17) As reported by Linda Stotts at the monthly LEO Webinar, "still no caribou in Kiana."
- (2013-09-23) See article Caribou herd keeps Selawik hunters guessing, Arctic Sounder.
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