Sarg you got all that right. I do the 10 day float trip each year same river. We almost always get 1 moose sometimes 2. Both bears and wolfs are on the menu also. Caribou usually closes 1 or 2 days before we begin. I usually coat the rifle with Johnson's paste wax. It's for cars but does a heck of a job as a water repellant. I do the inside of the stock as well.