2013 Newsletter - Stoney River Lodge

On his first hunt
with SRL
Miguel Facusse
from Honduras
took record book
moose with a
single arrow and
then a quality black
bear with rifle Sept.
13.
Welcome back to our old friends
and hello to our new ones. Thank
you for allowing us to do what
we love most – provide one of the
finest Alaskan hunting and fishing
experiences around.
Curly Warren,
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Alaska
2013 Hunting Report
Vol. 29 January 2014
Master Guide, Stoney River Lodge
Bob Steed and his NEW # 1
Safari Club Intl. World Record
grizzly bear taken April 2013.
Official score 28 5/16”.
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Dale Statson caught lots
of grayling like this one
on his July 2013 fishing
adventure.
ibou on 2013 sheep hunt.
Jamie Bolseth took good car
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with guid
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August 20
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John Krey caught some nice silver salmon
on his August bear hunt.
Father/Son Cory & Clayton Stirling display sheefish,
August 2013
by wife
Randy Kuchenmeister accompanied
2013
took nice caribou Sept
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Sue
Mike Skala and partner Mark Fillback climbed high into sheep country
with guide Bryce to take this great bull on an August 2013 hunt.
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Nate Brown & Christian Bond both took great bulls on 10 day
2x1 hunt with guide Dave Hensel mid-September 2013.
Brothers Bill & Dale Fixler accounted for good moose and caribou on a 10 day hunt with guide Dave Hensel, September 2013.
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Sean O’Brien with great
37” ram August 2013
guided by Mike Petersen
on his 4th hunt
with Stoney River Lodge.
Grant Beasley took beautiful 64” moose and 8’6” grizzly on 14 day hunt September 2013.
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September 2013
Sue and I both want to thank you
for being such stand up people in
making our Alaska hunt a good
one. It is easy to get good reviews
when everything runs perfect and
clients score their trophy. But you
two recognized a unexpected
problem…and earned good
reviews from us. Have a great
winter, hope to be back soon!
Randy Kuchenmeister
Traveling from Sault St. Marie, Ontario Nick Parniak
took big 9’ grizzly on 10 day late August hunt.
Dear Betty and Curly, Wanted to thank
you immensely for an incredible and
magical hunt!! I made it home well.
Best always,
Miguel M. Facusse
All around good guy Ron Boles took great
caribou on last day of his 2013 hunt with us.
ver salmon
t in some quality sil
Jody Coddington go
rly August.
fishing with us in ea
Big Tom Heeger took a massive bull
moose with us on a 2012
hunt and a nice wolf September 2013
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The fishing trip to Alaska at
Stoney River Lodge went very
well. One day we caught and
released over 100 Northern
Pike and another day we
caught a combination of
Grayling and Arctic Char. The
Grayling and Char amounted
to over 100 fish that day.
Kenzie and Elaina caught
several fish and really enjoyed
catching and releasing them.
Clay and I caught the most fish
but he beat me one day which
made him very happy!
Taken from Gail Zimmerman
family letter August 2013:
Mogens Christiansen traveled from Denmark
for an Alaskan Adventure.
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Trips
2014
2015
$17,000
$18,000
$5,500 per person
$5,500 per person
1) Spring Brown Bear • 1X1 • 10 Days
April & May – Three clients per hunt, Master Guide Curly Warren, Registered Guide Joe Mott.
2) Black Bear & Pike Fishing • 2X1 • 7 Days
May- Outstanding lodge based Black Bear hunt by boat and/or ATV. Pike, Sheefish & Grayling fishing.
Excellent with non-hunting companion!
3) Fishing • 6 Days
$7,000
$7,000
Email for quote on custom trips or combination of fishing & B&B June, July & August. Top-quality, daily fly-out fishing.
Float & wheel aircraft, a dozen strategically located boats.
4) Caribou • 7 Days
1X1
2X1
Unguided X2 (Fully Outfitted)
$7,500
$6,500 each
$4,500 each
$8,000
$7,000 each
$4,800 each
Black bear or grizzly can be taken on trophy fee.
5) Sheep • 1X1 • 7 Days
$15,500
$16,000
August – Fly-in & back-pack. 20 lbs. or more overweight; heavy smoker; bad legs, feet or knees – this is not your hunt. Should be able to
climb & descend steep mountain terrain @ 2,000 to 6,000 ft. above sea level, carrying a 35 lb. pack. Can be combined with Black Bear,
Caribou and/or great Silver Salmon fishing.
6) Moose/Caribou/Black Bear • 1X1 • 10 Days
$19,500
$20,000
$18,000
$19,000
$22,000
$23,500
$29,000
$29,500
September- If moose is your primary trophy, this is the best package.
7) Moose • 1X1 • 7 Days
Moose • 1X1 • 10 Days
September Moose – Lots of big bulls! Black Bear each and/or Caribou can be taken @ $1,500 trophy fee, Grizzly @ $5,500 trophy fee.
8) Grizzly/Moose/Caribou/Black Bear • 1X1 • 14 Days
September & October – THE hunt if you plan to hunt Alaska only once and do it right! High overall success rate on this hunt.
9) Fall Grizzly Bear • 1X1 • 10 Days
$17,000
$17,000
August & October – Great hunt for Fall Grizzlies
Price Includes: guides, packers, all transportation, food, lodging, gear (except personal gear and sleeping bag), your trophies delivered to
Anchorage, for the duration of the trip.
NOTE: Trophy fees below are assessed ONLY on animal NOT listed on above hunts.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: On most hunts, OTHER species can be taken on “trophy fee basis.”
Trophy Fee
20142015
Caribou
$2,000$2,000
Moose
$7,500$8,000
Grizzly
$6,000$6,000
Black Bear
$1,500$2,000
Wolf
$500$750
Non-Hunter at Lodge per day
$300$300
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List of ALL 2013 Clients
Robert Steed
Springville, UT
801-489-6006
rlsteed@gmail.com
Barry Steed
Springville, UT
801-368-6025
jazznic9@gmail.com
Gail Zimmerman
Casper, WY
307-235-1173
g.zimmerman@aol.com
Cory & Renee Stirling & family
Casper, WY
307-268-8499
Paul Bontranger
Swartz Creek, MI
810-348-7015
R59354@live.com
Dave Statson
Davison, MI
248-321-9503
Bret Bandt
Gaylord, MI
989-370-9939
bbandt@alironandmetal.com
James Bolseth
Cologne, MN
612-710-4950
jamie.Bolseth@gmail.com
Peter Weeks
Windsor, CO
970-237-1058
pbweeks3@aol.com
John Krey
Rolla, KS
620-544-5623
kreyfarms@yahoo.com
Jody Coddington
Rolla, KS
620-453-0041
jcodd1989@me.com
Jason & Jordan Sinclair
St. Paul, Alberta
780-645-5242
sinclairwelding@hotmail.com
Austin Warren
Prior Lake, MN
952-440-6438
Tito.warren@redwingshoe.com
Robert Warren
Prior Lake, MN
952-440-6438
Tito.warren@redwingshoe.com
Eliseo de la Serna Mier
Tamaulipas, Mexico 52-1-833-272-8338
eliseo.delaserna@iexglobal.com
Miguel Dick
Yucatan, Mexico
Mark Payne
Gore, VA
540-535-6814
Markpayne80@yahoo.com
Sean O’Brien
Wheeling, WV
304-233-6266
sohauls@aol.com
Michael Skala
Fitchburg, WI
608-225-9271
mskala@skala.com
Mark Fillback
Montfort, WI
608-341-8802
mark@fillback.com
Thomas Heeger
Eureka, MO
314-581-1311
tomh@acmeconstructors.com
George Koprash
Sault St. Marie, Ontario
705-945-9091
gkoprash@msn.com
Dale Fixler
Birmingham, AL
205-234-2034
doc136@hotmail.com
Bill Fixler
Chelsea, AL
205-821-8068
billfixler@gmail.com
Mike Rauschenberger
West Caldwell, NJ
973-226-8988
mikerausch17@verizon.net
Guy Willis
Millbrook, AL
334-285-4488
Guy@willisandfloyd.com
Ron Boles
Prattville, AL
334-303-2954
ron.boles.droid@gmail.com
Randy & Sue Kuchenmeister
Shelby twp., MI
810-602-0327
randykuchenmeister@gmail.com
Mogens Christensen
Silkeborg, Denmark
0045-61611912
mbc@skovlink.dk
Nick Parniak
Sault St. Marie, Ontario
705-779-2265
nparniak@hotmail.com
Grant Beasley
Hazlehurst, GA
912-253-5998
grantbfp@gmail.com
Jason Mask
Missouri City, TX
713-858-5693
jmask@troyconstruction.com
Nate Brown
Edmond, OK
405-650-0042
nh_brown2002@yahoo.com
Miguel Facusse
Miami, FL
305-358-8760
miguelm.facusse@gmail.com
Christian Bond
Edmond, OK
918-231-7822
cbond@customdental-usa.com
Many time hunter and fish
erman at SRL,
Gail Zimmerman, landed
lots of sheefish
on August 2013 trip with
family.
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Meet The Guides
Joe Mott
DAVE HENSEL
Guiding for Stoney River
Lodge both spring & fall
hunters continuously
since 1986, as well as
fishermen for the past
several seasons. Joe
has been in on well over
100 successful grizzly
hunts and probably
even more successful
moose hunts. He has
accounted for over
40 successful sheep
clients. He has been
quoted in several
hunting books and
publications and guided
several hunters for
national TV hunting
shows. Joe is always on
staff when Stoney River
Lodge has clients.
Mike Knapp
Dave came on
board 2010 after
serving our country
as USMC sniper.
He brings great
woodsman/guiding
skills. Hunters
always have good
time and get Dave’s
“A” game, while
taking a lot of nice
trophies”.
Mike Petersen
Bryce Johns
on
Guided our clients
continuously since
1994. Mike does it all.
Trapper and animal
control specialist. Mike
lives to be outdoors
and lives to hunt. We
regularly get comments
from his hunters about
what a hard hunter he
is. Mike always finds
game, he is “Iron Man”
of the tundra.
Bryce is always hunting,
guiding, trapping or
fishing with SRL clients
or family. Bryce started
guiding our hunters
in 2008 with a ton of
hunting experience and
has never looked back.
He seldom has a hunter
with unfilled tags at end
of hunt. Repeat hunters
that he has guided
typically request him as
guide.
Came on board
2009 with 20+ years
big game hunting
experience gained in
western US and several
African hunts. Mike is a
“sheep hunting animal”
and his hunters fill
nearly all moose, grizzly,
caribou and black bear
tags. Mike does an
outstanding job keeping
our fishing clients “in
the fish”. Known for
hard hunting and taking
really good care of
clients in the field or on
the water.
2013 Hunting Report
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Stoney River Lodge
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P.O. Box 62 • Sleetmute, Alaska, 99668 • (907) 526-5211 • srl1@starband.net
www.stoneyriverlodge.com