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CAST and BLASTs Across Alaska

Cast-and-blast is the generic term for fishing and hunting in the same trip. This blog will highlight several such opportunities across the state. Elfin Cove: Extreme Cast and Blast Salmon shark, or Lamna ditropis, is an apex predator in Alaska waters and a thrill to catch on rod and reel. Elfin Cove Resort offers a cast-and-blast […]

Small Game Alaska

By Paul D. Atkins As we pushed our way through the waist deep snow the big snowshoe hare just sat there and waited. His “white” camouflage blended perfectly with the snow, but not quite good en

Mountain Goat

Alaska’s Mountain Goat Alaska’s other species of all-white, hoofed, large mammal is the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), inhabiting steep and broken mountain terrain from southeast Ala

Sitka Blacktail Deer

The Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is native to the wet coastal rain forests of southeast Alaska and north-coastal British Columbia. Its range has also been expanded by transplants, and established populations now also exist near Yakutat, in Prince William Sound and on Kodiak and Afognak islands. The average size of Sitka black-tailed […]

Moose

The moose (Alces alces) is the world’s largest member of the deer family, and the Alaska subspecies (Alces alces gigas) is the largest of all the moose. In prime condition, a mature male

Caribou

Distributed across Alaska in 32 different herds, caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are the only member of the deer family (Cervidae) in which both sexes grow antlers. Antlers of adult bulls are large

Black Bear

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 forested areas of the Alaska, though they are not found on the Seward Peninsula, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta or north of the Brooks Range. According to […]

Hunt Alaska Essentials

Hunt Alaska Essentials Obviously, there’s no way to come up with a single list of the gear and equipment you can’t leave home without when embarking on an Alaska hunt, since like the state

Scenic Alaska

SCENIC ALASKA PHOTOS More PhotosSubmit your Photos PHOTOS Moose Sheep Bear All Other Species Scenic Alaska HFC Favorites Kids’ Photos Joe Gauges and his dog Sam take in the view on a caribou hun