If Ducks Unlimited’s annual waterfowl forecast is an indication, there should be no shortage of birds in the Pacific Flyway. Here’s what DU had to say about the Pacific Flyway: The Pacific Flyway receives most of its waterfowl from the western United States and Canada,...
The following appears in the September issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: Editor’s note: Eva Shockey had hunted in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands before, an experience she would not soon forget. During a 2011 deer hunt on Atka Island. Shockey, her guide and another hunter...
From our Northwest Sportsman editor Andy Walgamott: Federal land managers are being directed to figure out how to provide more fishing and hunting access under a directive signed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today, a move lauded by sportsmen’s groups. It follows on troubling...
As a longtime college basketball fan spanning back to the early 1980s, the past few weeks have been tough, with the deaths of famed former coaches Jud Heathcote and Rollie Massimino. Both men had long, happy lives, and my friends and I wondered...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will open the Tanner Crab sport and subsistence fisheries from October 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018. A valid permit is required to participate in either fishery. Permits are ONLY available through the Alaska...
Mattracks, located in Karlstad, Minnesota, manufactures over 100 different models of Rubber Track Conversion systems for ATV’s, UTV’s, trucks, tractors, custom harvesters, swathers, sprayers, construction equipment, trailers, and more. Mattracks serves both the recreational and commercial markets, and provides mobility...
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game would like to remind anglers that by regulation, the 2017 Prince William Sound sport and subsistence shrimp season closes...
Our company’s head honcho Andy Walgamott of Northwest Sportsman filed this report on the state of Washington’s new fish and wildlife law enforcement chief, Steve Bear. Here’s the Northwest Sportsman report on Bear, who has Alaska ties. Bear served for 27 years...