Vol. 31 January 2016 All trophy pictured taken 2015! Alaska 2015 Hunting Report 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, Master Guide, Stoney River Lodge 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. Hi Curly, Harvesting a Black Bear and a record book Bull Moose is much more exciting than anyone could ever imagine. Joe and Bryce were exceptional!! I feel that you and your staff did the best job possible for me and I appreciate that very much. Happy Holidays to you both, Curly II. Trent Kelley with record book bull moose @ 67 spread, & 9 21/2 Grizzly Bear. Both taken on a 10 day hunt. Supporting Our Troups I had an excellent hunt. A 66+ moose that may very well make B&C. A 9 2 Grizzly that has a 26.5 inch skull that should make B&C. The food was great, the planes, the guides, the lodge, the pilots and the experience are second to none. I HIGHLY recommend your outfit and all of your staff and family were downright great and a delight to spend time with! I can t imagine a finer time in Alaska. Thanks Curly, for the experience of a lifetime. Trent Kelley
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! WHAT 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 thrill. The hunt was everything I had hoped for. My thanks to you and Betty,the guides Joe and Dave, and the other folks who made my hunt truly memorable and Stoney River Lodge a truly special 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.
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.
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. Thanks so much for making our family vacation to Alaska such a wonderful success! Our experience was as close to perfect as we could have imagined. Thanks Curly and Betty, you run a topnotch operation. We wish you the best of success in this and every season to come! Sincerely, Steve, Jo, Jimmy and Sonja Gilje This was my 2015 Dall Sheep hunt booked with Stoney River Lodge 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. Hunting with dad Mike & Bryce Tadd Baughman scored on record book bull. P.O. Box 62 Sleetmute, Alaska, 99668 (907) 526-5211 stoneyriverlodge22@gmail.com
Henrik Moeller- Jensen hunted hard for his bull. The Next Generation!! Matt Malpass took great caribou and big grizzly hunting with Dave. Mike Ressler took a nice caribou on his Aug. sheep hunt. 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.
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 2016 2017 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 $13,000 $14,000 3. Fishing 6 Days Five Species Pacific Salmon, Shee fish, Northern Pike, Char, Grayling, Rainbow $7,000 $7,500 & 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 $8,500 $9,000 2x1 $14,000 $14,500 Unguided X 2 (Fully Outfitted) $9,500 $10,200 5. Sheep 1X1 7 Days August-Fly-In & back-pack. 20 lbs. or more overweight; heavy smoker; $17,500 $18,500 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 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 $30,000 $32,000 and do it right! High overall success rate on this hunt. 8. Fall Grizzly Bear 1x1 10 Days August & October Great hunt for fall Grizzlies $19,500 $20,500 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 2016 2017 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 $950.00 flight from & back to Anchorage, AK plus... $300 per day $300 per day
David & Beverly Adcock GA Sept.97, Apr.01, June 03, 06, July 15 229-941-5024 Jeffery Anderson NE Aug.15 402-462-0536 Joshua Baughman TX Aug.15 432-258-3695 List of ALL 2015 Clients Gary Ferry TX Aug.15 325-315-7668 Patrick Franken OK May 15 918-494-0706 Steven, Joellen, Jimmy & Sonja Gilje ND Aug.15 701-550-9129 Matt Malpass MI Sept.15 773-573-5311 Tracy Malpass MI Sept.99, Aug.15 231-536-2437 Sean O Brien WV Aug.10, 12 & 13, Sept. 11 & 14, Apr. 14 & 15 304-233-6266 Scott Somers MI Oct. 98 & 03, Apr.07, Sept. 09 &12, Apr. 15 810-516-9964 Jeff Sullivan LA Aug.15 225-573-8646 Will Tarver LA Aug.15 225-803-2103 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 Mark Carter MI Sept. 15 810-730-8437 Paul Carl TX Sept.15 713-822-3990 Kevin Kenny WI Sept.15 414-587-1313 Kurt Kenney WI Sept.15 414-659-7463 Ryan Smith WY Aug.15 307-359-0152 Kevin, Matt, Clay Smithhart TX Sept. 99 & 02, Apr. 01,03, July 04,06,12,15 936-639-5140 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.
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. Stoney River Lodge Curly, Betty, Joe, Just wanted to say Thanks again. I had a great time. Enjoyed everyone s company as always. Still looking at the pictures daily and having trouble getting back into the swing of things. I d like to do a fishing trip sometime soon. I ll see what I can put together. Best Regards, Scott Somers Kevin Smithhart with a nice Silver Salmon