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Choosing a good camping spot is part of many DIY hunts. © Marcus Weiner
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Adventures in Moose Country by Marcus Weiner
Roby Medina grew up and lives in Klawock. He and Hunt Alaska Publisher, Marcus Weiner, have become friends and hunting partners over the years. Last fall, they embarked on a DIY moose hunt in Unit 21E to pursue a moose for Roby. If you’ve never done a DIY moose hunt in Alaska, you’ll learn a lot by reading this article.
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Ultimate Izembek by Scott Haugen
Though Alaska isn’t often thought of as a waterfowler’s mecca, it should be. This is especially true in the area around Cold Bay at the west end of the Alaska Peninsula, and the east end of the Aleutian Islands. Says author, Scott Haugen: “I’ve been fortunate to live in some very special corners of Alaska, and to see much more of The Last Frontier through three decades of travel. When it comes to Izembek Lagoon, it’s hard to match the waterfowl hunting, ptarmigan action, small-stream coho and dolly fishing, not to mention the wildlife viewing and sightseeing that exists.”
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Sheep Hunting in Bear Country by Clay Brown
Alaska—all of it—is bear country. Clay Brown and friends embarked on a Dall sheep hunt that required transiting grizzly-maze-like bear habitat on the way to the high country. Everyone made it back in one piece. But did they find any sheep?
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Suppressed or Broken? by George Krumm
A few decades ago, muzzle brakes came on the scene and tamed our hard-kicking magnum calibers, making the shooting experience with heavy calibers a little more tolerable. But muzzle brakes came at a price of extreme loudness. In the past 10 years or so, suppressors have come on the scene. They make shooting much more tolerable, by reducing sound to hearing-safe levels and reducing recoil to an extent. But how should you hunt? Suppressed, or Broken?
