scott the cub guy
FRIEND
Are you talking about jack o,conner the fields and stream writer?...Scott
http://www.wdaguy.com/index.html
Here's a pic history of Kodiak MES Gooses and Widgeons. I flew as a passenger in my pre-pilot days but knew Guy Powell and Larry Malloy (Biologists) and Dave Henley plus Park Munsey...perhaps others as I don't recall.
Not a dry eye in the crowd respecting these planes and pilots.
Gary
Are you talking about jack o,conner the fields and stream writer?...Scott
Yes i still shoot hunt with my 1943 mod 70-270 also carry my 1943 30-30.
On another note does anyone remember Dale Moore from Kodiak , Kodiak Western Airways. He started flying in 1956. Great guy lots of stories from Kodiak.
We had a weasel move into the refuge cabin on Camp Island one winter. He was a noisy companion at night, knocking stuff off the counters, etc. Tame, but not that tame...... The next spring, I was dipping water out of the lake from the rock jetty when he ran past me and slipped into the water. I watched as he foraged around on the rocks underwater, hanging onto those rocks. Couldn’t figure out what he was doing. He climbed out of the water with a sculpin in his mouth, curled up on the rocks and ate his catch. We watched him do that dozens of times that summer. Called him Aqua Weasel. Whatever possessed him to try that the first time? But a great foraging strategy.
MTV
I have been doing a clean out and found a couple of letters from Dick Prenneke. I had a nice visit with him at his cabin on Twin Lakes years ago."Alone in the Wilderness" film, Dick Prenneke had a weasel or similar hanging around.
More to steal grub than listen to music, however.
This has been a great thread to read. I looked at all the Widgeon and Goose photos and was brought back to another time. Kodiak has always been one of my favorite spots in Alaska. I have hunted there for over 25 years, but have only flown there once. But it was to Camp Island and Karluk Lake to haul fuel.
This was in the early 50s, and took place over the course of two seasons. FWS hired a trapper who lived up in the Kenai Mountains to capture Mountain Goats. When he had several rounded up, he'd raise a flag at his cabin, to signal a FWS pilot that there were goats to go.
Mike
Steve may be the only person still operating a Grumman Goose or Widgeon in a charter operation in the country. He started operating that Widgeon in the mid to late 70’s, and has run it pretty steady since, in Kodiak.
MTV
Freshwater Adventures out of Dillingham (http://www.freshwateradventure.com) operates two Gooses. Up until a fatal wreck a few years ago they also had a Widgeon.
Jim