I receive many calls from Alaska hunters, usually non-residents, wanting to know how to “give away” some or all of their meat after completing a successful hunt. I find it hard to believe that anyone would want to even share Alaska wild game, much less give it away; but knowing how expensive it is to […]

As we headed east, out of Fairbanks, my comrade and I were jubilant. We had spent the last year planning this trip—one of a lifetime. As the traffic thinned and the dust overtook the metallic luster of my Toyota, I could think of nothing but the sweet smell of autumn leaves and the grandeur of […]

There are 33 known caribou herds inhabiting Alaska’s 585,000 square miles of available habitat. Herds range in size from fewer than a hundred animals (Twin Lakes Herd) to concentrations exceeding 450,000 caribou (Western Arctic Herd). It’s no wonder Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) has had difficulties maintaining an accurate account of the state’s […]