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“Is this how it feels to die?” I asked myself, opening my eyes for a moment to watch crystal bits of heaven do a ballet in the Alaskan night. “I can’t be dying because this whole situation is too ...

At 23 pounds, Lew Bradley’s new comprehensive three-volume set about sheep hunting in Alaska weighs almost as much as the horns of a full-curl ram.

The author's custom sheep rifle chambered in 22 ARC. My sheep hunting rifles have looked very similar over the years. When I started as a broke 18-year-old Alaska resident, I took my Remington Model ...

If you’ve been recreating out at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon long enough, you may have seen a middle-aged man going up and over Misery Ridge, carrying 20 pounds in his backpack. That tired ...

BILLINGS – Packing out wild game after a successful hunt is a grueling test for leg and back muscles, not to mention a rapidly hammering heart. For Kodiak, Alaska, hunting guide and outfitter Cole ...