Happy New Year, Alaska Sporting Journal readers! Given that it’s been a year of untimely celebrity deaths, a forgettable presdiential election and an uncertain – though clearly fascinating – political future for our country, it’s time to turn the page to 2017. But we feel like our magazine had a lot to say in 2016, … Read more Quotes Of The Year
BY PAUL D. ATKINS You hear a lot about extreme hunting, but really, what is it? How is it defined? Is hunting a bear more extreme than, say, hunting moose? There are many hunting situations that could be called extreme. Whether you are crawling through the long grass somewhere in Africa (more on that next … Read more Extreme Alaska Christmas Hunting
It's unclear whether or how Trump could undo Obama's ban on offshore oil drilling in most of the US Arctic https://t.co/MTJ47rgZSH pic.twitter.com/ppKsC7hjRT — Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) December 20, 2016 Obama prohibits offshore oil drilling in most US Arctic waters. https://t.co/1hIVhsanWr — Alaska News (@Alaska) December 20, 2016 As President Obama prepares to pass the … Read more Obama Orders Ban Of Arctic Drilling
The following appears in the December issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY CHRIS COCOLES It’s become one of the most commonplace scenes when an earthquake strikes: TV footage of grocery store shelves tipping over and sending bottles of food and drink smashing onto the floor and creating one hell of a cleanup on Aisle 4. … Read more All About Eve
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The following appears in the December issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY DENNIS MUSGRAVES Shuffling across the snow-covered ice in the early-morning darkness had us feeling confident about our arrival time. The overloaded sled we dragged behind us slid smoothly across the frozen surface, doing little to slow our quick pace. We were determined to … Read more The Quest For An Iced Lake Trout
The following appears in the December issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY RANDY KING It would have been an idyllic place to camp, I figured, if not for the Kodiak brown bear tracks in the sand. They dwarfed my size 11 boot by nearly 5 inches. Whatever bruin it belonged to was huge, and I … Read more Buffs And Bears All Alone On Kodiak