Fascinating report in The Alaska Dispatch analyzing the size of some of Alaska gamefish like salmon and halibut. Here’s reporter Sean Doogan: Small fish were also gumming up the top of many of the state’s silver salmon derby leader boards. And fisheries biologists...
This is a few days old, but a brown bear that mauled a hunter has been found dead close to the original attack site. From the Associated Press: The adult female bear was found Wednesday mortally wounded about 100 yards...
USA Today’s summer/fall fishing and hunting guide is out, and King Salmon, Alaska, made the list of nine top destinations to head to. Here’s some of the description: The name says it all — King Salmon, a small town in...
Photo by Thomas Quine/Flickr I’m a big history geek and love stories like this one in the Alaska Dispatch. Evidence has been unearthed linking this state’s dependence and reverence for salmon fishing dates back thousands of years: A study published...
Clark W. Dixon of Hazelhurts, Miss. has hosted the Sportsman Channel series The Syndicate. But Dixon faces multiple poaching violations in Alaska. Here’s the Associated Press: “The charges show five years of documented, illegal take of wildlife involving over two dozen big...
Hunters and anglers get lost in Alaska all the time, sometimes with tragic results. But a reported happy ending for 49-year-old Charlie Hull. From KTUU: “Every time [people] come back from moose camp there’s always a different story and that’s...
My story last year with now three-time Iditarod winner Dallas Seavey was one of my favorites projects. I enjoyed Seavey’s candor and admired his skills as both a dog musher and his overall outdoorsman skills. Seavey even teamed with two...
A really informative story from the Alaska Dispatch on hunter safety regarding railroads. The author of the story, Doug Engebretson, is the chief operating officer for the Alaska Railroad. Here are some of Engebretson’s thoughts: I grew up hunting with my own father,...
