To bad John that you met with such nonsense. Wasting wildlife by shooting it is illegal. When I moved to town in 1990 from Skewenta area, I couldn't believe you passed for "subsistence" ~ motorhomes, gut piles in the road. It was disturbing at the time. This year I got a permit and had an awesome time. I met only wonderful people ~ one of whom came to our camp along the Denali and told my friend and I a caribou was close to us. Ten minutes later my friend shot the caribou. We both had meat. What a blessing. We thanked the man, found out we were previously friends. Ptarmigan, caribou, duck hunters, cyclists ~ all kinds of folks were there. I saw little crowding and met only nice folks. The northern lights were awesome, the weather was awesome, the trip with my friend of 31 years was awesome. Life is good along the Denali Hwy. Along with awesome mountains and sky we saw or heard loons, swans, ducks, ptarmigan, caribou, parka squirrels and met really nice people enjoying the season.