Check out all the great hunting articles our experts have written about their experiences over the years. They offer great insight and advice for the novice Alaskan hunter.
The smallest of North America's bears (an average male weighs approximately 180 to 200 pounds in the spring), the black bear (Ursus americanus) occurs over most of the Read More...
While formerly listed separately by taxonomists, Alaska's brown and grizzly bears are actually classified as a single species, Ursus arctos. That includes the famously oversized bruins of Kodiak Island, Read More...
Choosing the Right Upland Bird Dog For You by Jim McCann I started out hunting ruffed grouse a very long time ago when I was just a kid, and I Read More...
Hunting the Competition: Predators in Alaska by Steve Meyer The vapor trail from the 55-grain Nosler Varmint Ballistic Tip bullet was clearly visible in the dazzling light of a Read More...
Shotguns, Bows & Fool Hens by E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Although the termination dust had yet to fall, it was the kind of September day that demands the acknowledgement Read More...
Getting the Edge: How to Sharpen your Knives by Tom Claycomb In hunting camps all across Alaska, an old-timer is relegated the task of honing everyone’s knife by the light Read More...
Cold Weather Goats by Tony Russ TWENTY yards below me lay a nice billy. He had no inkling a bowhunter was above him with an arrow on the string. Read More...
Bowhunting the Bearded One by Lon E. Lauber The deafening drone of the small aircraft made verbal communication difficult. I tapped the pilot on the shoulder and then pointed Read More...
A Split Second, to Make Right A Story of a Solo Brown Bear Bow Hunt on Admiralty Island by Tim McGee The Cessna descended toward the blue salt as Read More...
One Day Dall for Dad by Scott Haugen Dad's dream of hunting Dall sheep was finally under way, but we faced a major obstacle—we had only one day to Read More...
Luck of the Draw by Ryan Schmidt Alaska, the Last Frontier—plenty of accessible game and thousands of miles to hunt. Well, this is what everyone that comes up to Read More...
Hunting the Big Boys: Five Steps for Moose Success by Paul D. Atkins I could see the bull long before I got to him; he wasn’t a monster, but he Read More...
Hunting Sitka Blacktail Deer: A Complete Guide by Lon E. Lauber If you were to shoot a quiver full of flaming arrows in my direction to make me choose Read More...
Bear Thirty: Monster Bruins and the Coast by Ryan Schmidt As we wait for the weather to clear, the winds to die down and the rain to let up, Read More...
Caribou Trophies off the Dalton Highway by Cory Black I squinted to the east, trying to make sense of what looked like the curved trunks of small alder bushes Read More...