By Chris Cocoles Our Alaska Sporting Journal cover story is on the popular Discovery Channel reality show, Alaska: The Last Frontier. Correspondent Luke Kelly, who just happens to be an avid watcher of the show that chronicles the homesteading Kilcher family of Homer, Alaska, submitted a series of questions that were answered by Atz Lee … Read more Atz Lee Kilcher Children On Reality Show
David G. Duncan, a Michigan resident, got to fulfill a longtime dream of fur trapping in Alaska. Local trapper Brad Parsons had David tag along, and he shared his story with us and will appear in the January issue of Alaska Sporting Journal. Here is a snippet of David’s story with some additional photos: PUTTING TOGETHER … Read more Life Of An Alaskan Trapper
By Chris Cocoles Merry Christmas, everyone. The January edition of Alaska Sporting Journal should be available for sale in the next week. We think this is an excellent issue to kick off the New Year. We have a diverse collection of stories, with everything from a cover story on the hit reality TV show Alaska: The … Read more Merry Christmas from Alaska Sporting Journal
A Michigan hunter detailed his Alaska survival story. Adrian Knopps, 51, was stranded for almost a week back in the fall after his hunting partner drowned. Here are a few details, courtesy of an Associated Press report out of Detroit: Resigned that he would die, the 51-year-old electrician from Grand Ledge carved a farewell message … Read more Michigan Hunter’s Remarkable Survival Story
This just in: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game with a report on Santa’s reindeer known to be congregating in Alaska. Among the “facts” about Santa’s special deer: Santa’s reindeer are cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Claus, as well as a few specially trained elves, at the North Pole. Even … Read more But you do you recall…. the most famous reindeer of all
By Chris Cocoles Last night I attended a seminar on snowshoes, put on by sister snowshoes companies Tubbs (tubbssnowshoes.com) and Atlas (atlassnowshoe.com), which have combined on the website snowshoes.com. Kelsey Boyce, marketing coordinator for Tubbs (a division of K2 Outdoors), hosted a group of snowshoe enthusiasts. Here are some photos of the event at … Read more All About Snowshoes
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, is heading back to the small screen in the reality show game and combining that with her love of the outdoors. Palin will debut a new show on the Sportsman Channel in April, Amazing America. Here’s a snippet from the New York Daily News: “The … Read more Sarah Palin Is Going Outside