“Tag: alaska”

The sights and sounds of Alaska alone are worth a cross-country trek. But a hunter should never forget there are bears aplenty in the 49th.

If you compare them head-to-head, Africa offers more of everything a hunter wants. Let’s pit the Great White North against the Dark Continent point-by-point.

Per an April 1, 2020 press release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), department commissioner Dough Vincent-Lang closed all black- and brown-bear hunts due to health and safety concerns stemming from COVID-19.

Editorial Director John Zent shares the gear he used on his recent Alaska brown bear hunt.

A lifetime in the backcountry of the Last Frontier has provided the author with some front-row views to what it takes to stand your ground against a bear that may or may not be bent on harm.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Conrado E. Navarro of Cibolo, Texas.

All sheep hunts have their ups and downs. A hunter in his 60s feels every one of them in the Brooks Range.

In November 2012, Blake Gettys was tending his trap line in Alaska when a grizzly attacked him. Now, the victim and his storyteller examine the event in detail to determine what, if anything, could have gone better.

More hunters should be using Picatinny rails. Cork Graham explains why.