Two men who were preparing for the opening of moose hunting season got caught on a sweeper in their jet boat on the Chilkat River near its confluence with the Klehini, according to Alaska State Troopers and the Department of Public Safety. 

Wildlife trooper Colin Nemec said neither man was wearing a life jacket, but one was able to make it to shore and had headed toward their cabin to get another boat. 

“He made…

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