2015 Newsletter - Stoney River Lodge

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Vol. 31 January 2016
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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.
Alaska
Curly Warren, Master Guide, Stoney River Lodge
2015 Hunting Report
Official scores on
Kevin Kenney’s
caribou 442 5/8” B&C,
placing app. #40 and
526 1/8” SCI placing at
#8 in the current record
books. Kevin & brother
Kurt also took great
grizzlies with Bryce.
Ron “Curly” Culp’s
bull measured 74 1/2”,
scoring #239 for B&C, in the top 50 record book bull moose,
644 2/8 scoring #4 SCI in current record books.
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Happy Holidays to you bot
Trent Kelley with record
book bull moose @ 67” spread,
& 9’ 21/2” Grizzly Bear.
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Pat Franken
May 15 w/
9’3” grizzly
guided by Joe.
Curly
Now that I have had
time to reflect on my
hunting
adventure with you my
summary is WOW! WH
AT
A GREAT HUNT! For a
seventy seven year old
OKIE
on a Bucket List hunt,
the harvest of a Great
Grizzly
bear was a real thr
ill. The hunt was eve
rything
I had hoped for. My
thanks to you and Be
tty,the
guides Joe and Dave,
and the other folks
who
made my hunt truly
memorable and Stoney
River
Lodge a truly specia
l place. Have a great
winter.
Pat Franken
Dr. Brian Sloan
took this
magnificent
record book
bear with Tony.
37” ram taken by John
Tormandson Aug.15 with
guide Tony and packed by
Tony’s son Jake.
Curly & Betty – Thanks again
to everyone at SRL for making
our trip a great one.
Thanks,
Kevin, Matt and Clay Smithhart
On his 8th trip to SRL Kevin Smithhart was nearly out fished by sons Matt & Clay.
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www.stoneyriverlodge.com
On his 7th hunt with
us Sean O’Brien took
nice spring grizzly
with Joe.
Two hunts and three fishing adventures with SRL, Dr. Dave Adcock
and wife Bev with guide/pilot Taj Shoemaker.
Michigan hunter
Mark Carter had
opportunity to take
a black bear after
he secured 60+”
moose, 8’ grizzly and
SCI record caribou
on 14 day hunt Sept.
15. Hunted with Joe
& Ron.
Mark Carter Caribou
Jason Yates and son Lance both
took exceptional caribou hunting
with Mike,
Josh Baughman with good caribou
Aug. 15 guided by Dave.
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Chad Culp and beautiful
bull taken with Dave.
Steve, Sonya & Jimmy Gilji took 3
great bulls on their hunt with Stoney
River Lodge.
Jon Roth took this 160” ram with Bryce.
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Sincerely,
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Steve, Jo, Jimm
This was my 2015 Dall Sheep hun
t booked with Stoney River Lodg
e in Alaska.
Curly and Betty Warren run a first
class operation 250 miles west of
Anchorage.
My ram has 14” bases, 37 1/2” &
36” curls, pushing 160 inches.
John Roth,
August 2015
Father-daughter caribou hunting team
Amanda & Ryan Smith.
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Hunting with dad Mike & Bryce Tadd Baughman
scored on record book bull.
P.O. Box 62 • Sleetmute, Alaska, 99668 • (907) 526-5211 •[email protected]
www.stoneyriverlodge.com
Henrik MoellerJensen hunted hard
for his bull.
Mike Ressler took a nice caribou
on his Aug. sheep hunt.
“The Next Generation”!! Matt Malpass
took great caribou and big grizzly
hunting with Dave.
Howdy Betty and Curly,
It’s Mike Ressler. I just wanted say thank you for the
hospitality and the hunt. Me and Jon had a good time
there. You have some good guys there. My family enjoyed
the care package Betty sent us home with...they ate it
down like a pack of wolves. I liked that Indian Candy
(smoked salmon bellies). I’d like to learn to make it myself
sometime. Great recipe. Truly enjoyed meeting you all and
hope to see you again at some point. Take care.
Mike Ressler
Dr. Roberto Fars scored
on caribou & black bear
Aug. 15.
Kurt Kenny took good grizzly
hunting with Bryce & brother
Kevin.
On 3rd SRL hunt, friend/MI hunter Tracy
Malpass took nice bull with Ron.
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Note: When comparing hunts with other outfitters consider trophy quality
and success of the 2014-15 season
Transportation from & back to Anchorage, Alaska is included in price of trip!
Trips
20162017
1. Spring Brown Bear • 1X1 • 10 Days
April & May – All time SCI world’s record taken April 2013. Second bear can be taken.$19,500$20,500
Record book Grizzlies taken 2014 & 2015
2. Black Bear & Pike Fishing • 2x1 • 7 Days
May – Outstanding lodge based Black Bear hunt by boat and/ATV. Pike, Great man & wife
3. Fishing • 6 Days
Five Species Pacific Salmon, Shee fish, Northern Pike, Char, Grayling, Rainbow
& Lake Trout. Top-Quality, Daily fly-out fishing. Float & wheel aircraft, a dozen
strategically located boats. Maximum group of 6 clients. Special rates on groups of 4.
4. Caribou • 7 Days
1x1
2x1
Unguided X 2 (Fully Outfitted)
$13,000
$14,000
$7,000
$7,500
$8,500$9,000
$14,000$14,500
$9,500$10,200
5. Sheep • 1X1 • 7 Days
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. 100% success 2014
$17,500
6. Moose • 10 Days
$27,500$28,500
Eighty-five percent success 2015 season including two SCI record bulls and a B&C record Moose.
7. 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.
$18,500
$30,000
$32,000
$19,500
$20,500
8. Fall Grizzly Bear • 1x1 • 10 Days
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
20162017
Caribou
$2,000$2,000
Moose
$7,500$8,000
Grizzly
$6,000$6,000
Black Bear
$1,500$2,000
Wolf
Non-Hunter at Lodge per day $950.00 flight from & back to Anchorage, AK plus ...
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$500$750
$300 per day$300 per day
P.O. Box 62 • Sleetmute, Alaska, 99668 • (907) 526-5211 • [email protected]
www.stoneyriverlodge.com
List of ALL 2015 Clients
Scott Somers
MI Oct. 98 & 03, Apr.07,
Sept. 09 &12, Apr. 15
810-516-9964
Gary Ferry
TX Aug.15
325-315-7668
Matt Malpass
MI Sept.15
773-573-5311
Patrick Franken
OK May 15
918-494-0706
Tracy Malpass
MI Sept.99, Aug.15
231-536-2437
Joshua Baughman
TX Aug.15
432-258-3695
Steven, Joellen,
Jimmy & Sonja Gilje
ND Aug.15
701-550-9129
Sean O’Brien
WV Aug.10, 12 & 13, Sept. 11 & 14,
Apr. 14 & 15
304-233-6266
Michael Baughman
TX Aug. 15
432-634-3006
Randy Gregory
Alberta, Canada May 15
780-753-0031
Michael Ressler
ID Aug.15
208-941-8149
John Tormondsen
CT Aug.15
203-622-8453
Tadd Baughman
TX Aug.15
432-352-4300
Richard Hawkins
WI Sept. 03 & 04 & 14, Apr.15
262-363-3301
John Roth
ID Aug.15
208-585-3176
Jeff & Michaela Warren
NH July 03, 08 & 15
603-229-0646
Steven Beatty
MI Aug.15
810-334-5299
Henrik Moller-Jensen
Denmark Sept.15
+452-179-3323
Dr. Brian Sloan
IN Aug.15
317-769-1009
Jason Yates
LA Aug.15
225-788-0383
Steven Beatty II
MI Aug.15
810-987-2879
Trenton Kelley
TX Sept. 15
713-416-8920
Amanda Smith
UT Aug.15
907-394-5872
Lance Yates
LA Aug.15
225-305-7508
Gerald Blomberg
WI Sept. 03 & 04, Apr. 15
414-397-2103
Kevin Kenny
WI Sept.15
414-587-1313
Ryan Smith
WY Aug.15
307-359-0152
Mark Carter
MI Sept. 15
810-730-8437
Kurt Kenney
WI Sept.15
414-659-7463
Kevin, Matt, Clay
Smithhart
TX Sept. 99 & 02, Apr. 01,03,
July 04,06,12,15
936-639-5140
David & Beverly Adcock
GA Sept.97, Apr.01, June 03, 06,
July 15
229-941-5024
Jeffery Anderson
NE Aug.15
402-462-0536
Paul Carl
TX Sept.15
713-822-3990
Jeff Sullivan
LA Aug.15
225-573-8646
Will Tarver
LA Aug.15
225-803-2103
Curly & Betty – I wanted to
send you a note to thank you
for the extraordinary week at
Stoney River Lodge! Dad and
I thoroughly enjoyed every
aspect! Our biggest of the
week: 44”, 19 lbs! I couldn’t
be
happier.
Thanks, again, for everything!
Steven Beatty
Chris Culp
CO Sept.15
303-596-6460
Ron Culp
CO Sept.15
303-661-2250
Roberto Fars
WY Aug.15
307-441-1091
Steven Beatty and son, with 44” Northern Pike and Silver Salmon guided By Austin.
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Meet The Guys
Joe Mott
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
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 JOHNSON
Bryce is always hunting, guiding,
trapping or fishing with SRL clients or
family. Bryce started guiding our hunters
in 2008 with many years 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.
MiTCH HALE
Every season since 2003 Mitch brings
a lot to Stoney River Lodge. Several
top quality well equipped beautifully
maintained airplanes, a ton (14,000+
hours) of off airport bush flying
experience, a keen eye for places to
safely land where nobody else ever
has and a totally “can do” attitude. An
accomplished licensed aircraft mechanic
and inspector as well as licensed
assistant guide.
DAVE HENSEL
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”
Ron Douglas
Ron has guided for 20 years from Alaska
to Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Wyoming.
He is hunting or guiding some where for
6 months out of the year. Nearly all his
clients fill their tags and want to hunt
with Ron again..
TONY ABBOTT
Second season guiding SRL hunters
and he always shows them a good
time. Tony spends 8 months of the year
from Alaska to New Zealand, Africa to
Argentina and around the lower 48
states. When Tony is not guiding or
running a boat he puts on an Outdoor
Expo in Utah that feature many outdoor
activities Whether it is in the highest
peak or snowiest ridge Tony gets the
job done.
LEAH FORSS
Leah came on board with us in
January with a great positive attitude,
great organizational skills and great
background in culinary arts. She did a
super job keeping our fishermen and
hunters well fed with variations of choice
wild game meats, seafood, salmon and
fresh produce from Betty’s garden.
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Curly, Betty, Joe,
Thanks
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Best Regards,
Scott Somers
Kevin Smithhart
with a nice
Silver Salmon
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www.stoneyriverlodge.com