 | the view across the bay from our camp
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Such is hunting on Kodiak Island, off the southern coast of the Alaskan mainland. Aside from a bear encounter or two, I was hoping to bring home a couple of those lovely, stocky little Sitka blacktail deer, transplanted onto Kodiak and thriving on the steep grassy hillsides. I had always been so impressed with their strikingly patterned capes and black foreheads, surely one of the most lovely of our wild deer. Not known for large antlers, and rarely exceeding 100 pounds in weight, their beautiful coats and the often dramatic and strenuous hunting experience more than make up for their smaller racks.
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