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Why the Havalon is the Best Knife for Skinning and Quartering Big Game
Over the years I’ve gone through enough knives to outfit a steakhouse, but most of them have been just another knife. That all changed the first time I used a Havalon. My buddy Steve let me use his to...
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Live Hunt Alaska: Fishing for Silver Salmon in the Interior
If you’ve spent much time in interior Alaska, you’re aware that the seasons go from full on summer to full on winter in a matter of only a few weeks. On one of the last weekends before the snow hit, my...
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Live Hunt Alaska: Blacktail Hunting on Afognak Island
Tyler Freel spent his Thanksgiving hunting blacktails and fishing on Afognak Island. Check out the photos from his incredible trip.
View ArticleLive Hunt Video: Moose with a Recurve
Most of us know the overwhelming sense of accomplishment when we work our rear end off to harvest an animal, then work it off even harder to get it out of the woods. Although this is often the case,...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 1
My usual greeting when arriving at Afognak Wilderness Lodge for a blacktail deer hunt goes something like, “You should have been here last week! We had a ton of snow and the hunting was phenomenal!”...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 2
Thanksgiving Day on Afognak Island brought a nasty windstorm. This made a lot of areas inaccessible by boat due to a large swell, so we hunted the woods around Seal Bay. Another of Luke’s buddies, Josh...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 3
A couple days after Thanksgiving, my belly still full of turkey, we were out after more deer with two new guests at the lodge, Zeev and Wayne. As if the hunting hadn’t been good before, Luke assured me...
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Trapping in Alaska: First Wolf of 2013
If there is an epitome of trapping, it is the pursuit of the wolf. There are few creatures as intelligent, wily, and powerful as the wolf, and here in Alaska I have the unique opportunity to play my...
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Wolf Tracks: How to Tell If There Are Wolves in Your Woods
With new opportunities for wolf trapping and hunting opening up, more people are keeping an eye out for them. Here are a couple of tips for finding them and determining if wolves are calling your...
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A Bear for My Wife
One of things I repeatedly heard as my wedding day approached was, “You’re done hunting now.” Fortunately I found the right girl, and that oft-repeated bit of wisdom couldn’t be farther from the truth....
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Best Honeymoon Ever: Fishing Alaska's Afognak Island
After getting married in April, my wife Faith and I decided that an exotic tropical honeymoon just wasn’t for us. We did have the perfect place in mind, though. A place that regular Live Hunt readers...
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Gear Review: Easton Axis Full Metal Jacket Arrows
After having a compound bow that did little more than take up closet space for several years, I got back into shooting traditional bows last year. I don’t have anything against compounds, but they...
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Live Hunt Alaska: Fishing for Silver Salmon in the Interior
If you’ve spent much time in interior Alaska, you’re aware that the seasons go from full on summer to full on winter in a matter of only a few weeks. On one of the last weekends before the snow hit, my...
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Live Hunt Alaska: Blacktail Hunting on Afognak Island
1_257.jpgI’ve heard a lot of people say that they live in a sportsman’s paradise, but if I were a betting man I would say they have never been to Afognak Island. Part of the Kodiak Islands, Afognak is...
View ArticleLive Hunt Video: Moose with a Recurve
Most of us know the overwhelming sense of accomplishment when we work our rear end off to harvest an animal, then work it off even harder to get it out of the woods. Although this is often the case,...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 1
My usual greeting when arriving at Afognak Wilderness Lodge for a blacktail deer hunt goes something like, “You should have been here last week! We had a ton of snow and the hunting was phenomenal!”...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 2
Thanksgiving Day on Afognak Island brought a nasty windstorm. This made a lot of areas inaccessible by boat due to a large swell, so we hunted the woods around Seal Bay. Another of Luke’s buddies, Josh...
View ArticleVideo: Blacktail Deer Hunting on Afognak Island, Pt. 3
-->A couple days after Thanksgiving, my belly still full of turkey, we were out after more deer with two new guests at the lodge, Zeev and Wayne. As if the hunting hadn’t been good before, Luke...
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Trapping in Alaska: First Wolf of 2013
If there is an epitome of trapping, it is the pursuit of the wolf. There are few creatures as intelligent, wily, and powerful as the wolf, and here in Alaska I have the unique opportunity to play my...
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A Bear for My Wife
One of things I repeatedly heard as my wedding day approached was, “You’re done hunting now.” Fortunately I found the right girl, and that oft-repeated bit of wisdom couldn’t be farther from the truth....
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