Howdy Godric,
The only parts of Alaska that are tamed are the towns and even they have bears, moose and other 4 footed creatures frequently. All those animals run faster than you can and I don't care how fast you run they can easily catch you.
The outback country is varied, from open tundra to heavily tangled forests, to muck swamps and beaches. The bugs will eat a person alive if they are allowed to! Alaska is and can be pretty. Many of the people are nice and many are not even in small villages where Everybody Must depend on everyone else or else they will not make it. Some of the outback is a touch on the spooky side and folks have lost it out there and just gave up and left. I've been on a five day raft trip where the river was the only road. It had all sorts of delta like breakouts where the river would just split up and go different directions, I would not want to be lost out there.
One evening we had a moose walk right into our camp! The Moose, my brother and myself were all surprised! Since we were moose hunting and several days out from our put in point and the moose was a legal size we shot it. The moment the trigger was squeezed the fun was all over!! Skinning out a moose is a huge job for two guys, you must resharpen your skinning knife a lot as the Moose hair really dulls the blade. It took us about 6 hours to almost completely butcher the animal, some clean up work was needed the next morning, the scavenger birds were busy at work when we got up in the morning.
I would suggest you go to one of the GPAA sights or to some other pay to prospect location as it will save you a lot of time and effort and it will be more likely that you will come away with some gold as well as have a better time. The fishing is always good so I'd suggest you purchase a temp license but find out how long they are good for and what is legal to catch in the area you will be in before you get up there. Or said a different way, have the trip all figured out and Confirmed before you get there! Oh, do not shoot any bear, moose or whatever in the stomach! I do not care what caliber it is as it will only, umh shall we say upset them, and they will be transfixed on you. They will likely die in some period of time but not untill they have digested what they've eaten of you or in the case of the Moose it will really stomp the Guts out of you! Moose are Big, the males are protective of their areas during rutting season and Mama Moose is protective of her Calf so either sex will stomp or gore the dickens out of a person. But in general the state is a lovely place and the animals are neat to watch just not close up.
Plan ahead and go for it as Alaska is an adventure all in itself....................63bkpkr
