Steve Meyer of Kenai is longtime Alaskan and an avid shooter. He writes every other week about guns and Alaska hunting.
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.
It was Memorial Day 1973 when columnist Steve Meyer hiked Resurrection Pass with two friends and enough enthusiasm to make up for challenges they didn’t anticipate.
If you don’t know whether you’ve had the perfect hunting dog, it’s “because you’ve never had one.”
There was a time when columnist Steve Meyer always carried a .44 Magnum when in the outdoors. Now he trusts bear spray and a short-barreled, big-bore rifle.
The sharing of game in a respectful manner is about the sense of community — knowing those who might need a hand and making a personal effort to help them.
The Pittman-Robertson Act provided funding for wildlife conservation.
Learning to shoot is a slow, deliberate process, but once in the hunting field, speed becomes critical.
An injured trigger finger almost doomed the trip, but help was found in an unexpected place.
Early spring may be a time of re-birth in Alaska, but for moose it’s a time when food is sparse.
Given enough time, some of today’s litter might become tomorrow’s treasures.
Bald eagles will take a handout instead of hunt, every time.
The rare value of high velocity is in longer range shooting, where the flat line trajectory eliminates guesswork and scope adjustment for a quicker shot.
