Steve Meyer of Kenai is longtime Alaskan and an avid shooter. He writes every other week about guns and Alaska hunting.
Across rural America as well as in Alaska, you’ll find informal displays of artifacts and memorabilia that celebrate hunting, fishing and the outdoors lifestyle.
When brilliant white snow blankets the land, it pulls back the curtain on nature’s dramatic stage.
In a time when it seems your cellphone is outdated every few months, there’s something special about tools built over a hundred years ago that remain relevant today.
Among accomplished hunters, there is humor and camaraderie in a clean miss.
A visit to a waterfowl paradise with a shotgun scarred by years of use and a bird dog gone too soon isn’t as final as first intended.
The hunter’s life is dependent on weather, and there is nothing they can do about it.
Hunting is a holistic endeavor in which the kill is something of value, and the decision not to kill carries the same weight.
Pursuit of upland game birds is a great way to get to know the country, stay active, enjoy the outdoors and eat like a king.
Try using movement that can’t be eliminated to your advantage, the way you might when wingshooting.
When millions of acres of remote forest becomes tinder, wildfires are the norm — and part of the natural process.
It might be cheaper and easier to hunt elsewhere. But those places don’t have the beauty and scope of Alaska.
There are boxes for small spinners and large spinners, small spoons and large spoons, small plugs and large plugs, and one just for the tangled messes of line you say you will unravel later.
