13 trips into the mountains yield 3 ptarmigan, and that’s OK
Choosing to be conservative in years when the bird populations are lean is as rewarding as taking birds in years when they are abundant.
A cowboy looks at 60, and discovers the view is not bad at all
A storybook place to hunt and fish, a horse's soft muzzle and a partner who knows you better than you know yourself — life at 60 is pretty good, writes columnist Steve Meyer.
For this Alaska hunter, happiness is a .375 H&H in the gun safe
In my youth I fell in love with the idea of having one for the day I would go to Africa or hunt brown bears in Alaska.
Minor rock slide aside, a bird dog’s unwavering focus is a joy to witness
Watching a big running setter, his leg and tail “feathers” billowing in the wind of the high country, is reward enough for the effort to get there.
Long-range shooting is fun, but is it the way you should hunt?
Shooting big game at extreme ranges is legal, but that doesn't make it right, columnist Steve Meyer writes.
Old outdoors magazine brings back memories of Kenai River legend
Clark's Gun Shop was one of those places that may be a business but you didn't want to walk into unannounced -- and besides, the rumor was that Clark might shoot first and ask questions later.
Photography isn’t hunting, but it brings its own rewards in Alaska’s outdoors
Taking a photo of an animal won't put food on the table, but it can be nurturing all the same.
Even with one bad eye, Alaska’s Barren Islands are a sight to behold
Bounded by Cook Inlet to the north, the Barren Islands are lonesome chunks of real estate surrounded by waters that provide some of the Gulf of Alaska’s most spectacular weather.
National headlines wrongly cast Alaska hunters as baby-animal killers
If hunters who have been allowed wide-open hunting of bears and wolves for many years and they can’t find and kill them enough of them, are they going to be able to find bear or wolf dens? Probably not.
What started as a fishing trip turned into an emergency C-section — on a spiny dogfish
Some will say the world is better off without these little sharks, but columnist Steve Meyer offers no apology for saving 15 of them.
An outdoors writer gets his first assignment, and it yields an unexpected tale
The assignment turned into a costly train wreck. But it was a great adventure, the kind of trip that makes Alaska what it is — a story worth telling.
How a case of mistaken identity almost spoiled a successful caribou hunt
I loaded the big antlers in my truck and drove to Soldotna to show a buddy of mine. Then the emergency lights flashed from the Crown Vic that had been following me and soon I was sitting in a patrol car, about to be arrested.