Fall 2026

Description

Departments

4 Hunt Alaska Online
6 Publishers’ Welcome
8 Editor’s Tracks
10 Hunting for a Compliment
12 Gear Shop
16 Gun Dogs
18 Practical Precision
20 Red Gold
56 Ad Index
58 Recipe

On The Cover
Jeremy waited for the right bull, and this was it! © Sarah Stallone

Rib Eyes in the Alaskan Sky by Josh Leach
There are some truly special waterfowl opportunities in Alaska. Sandhill cranes are one of them. Good numbers of cranes spend time in
Alaska, but cranes are among the wariest of waterfowl. They are also arguably the tastiest, making the challenging pursuit doubly satisfying.
In this piece, Josh Leach tells us how he has achieved success.

Twice as Nice by Casey Dinkel
Casey Dinkel and Patrick Hagens drew the coveted Chugach Range Dall Sheep permit (DS160) as a party in 2024. The Chugach Range in
southcentral Alaska has been known to produce big rams over the years, but it’s a tough hunt and success is not guaranteed. The odds of
both Patrick and Casey scoring a ram were marginal at best.

10 for 7 by Sarah Stallone and Sterling Cook
Twenty-six hours of driving a truck and trailer. A couple hours of preparing boats and gear, then six hours of inflatable jet boat travel up a
wild river. That’s 34 total hours of travel just to get into the hunting area, but the monumental effort was worth it. Seven hunters scored 10
caribou bulls and an interior grizzly on this hunt north of the Brooks Range. The extra effort to get as remote as possible paid off. Bigly.

Of Sons and Blacktails by George Krumm
The hunting tradition, passed on from parents to children, is one of the most treasured of American traditions. Familial bonds and values are
especially strengthened by planning and doing hard things together. George