Planning Your First Western Hunt The rangefinder read 202 yards. That was far longer than any shot this Kentucky boy had ever taken at an animal, but it was a shot that I had practiced routinely in the weeks leading up to this hunt. I slowly slipped into a sitting position and rested my Sako .308 across the shooting sticks. As I steadied the crosshairs of the Simmons scope just behind the front shoulder, I took a deep breath to settle my nerves. With the bark of the Sako, I watched as my first Wyoming antelope fell in his tracks.
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Alaska Board of Game to Meet Nov 13-16 11/02/09
The Alaska Board of Game will meet November 13-16, 2009 in Nome at the Mini-Convention Center to consider over 30 proposals regarding hunting and trapping regulations in the Arctic and Western regions (Game Managements Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A). [Comments?]
Alaska's Black Bear Foot-Snaring Program Concludes 09/07/09
An experimental foot-snaring program to reduce the number of black bears and increase the survival of moose calves on the west side of Cook Inlet has concluded this year with the removal of 81 black bears. [Comments?]
Alaska's Winter Fortymile Caribou Hunt Canceled 08/23/09
The winter State of Alaska hunting season for Fortymile Caribou will not be held this year because the herd's harvest quota for the entire year was unexpectedly exceeded in a short three-day fall season. [Comments?]
Alaska Moose Permits for Minto and Tanana Flats 08/05/09
Registration permits for "any moose" hunts in the Minto Flats Management Area in Unit 20B (RM775) and "antlerless moose" hunts in the Western Tanana Flats in Unit 20A (RM768) will be issued August 6, 2009. [Comments?]
Alaska DFG Reduces Number of Bison Permits 07/20/09
A total of 90 Delta Junction bison hunting permits were issued this year, down from 140 predicted by the Drawing Permit Supplement newspaper this spring. [Comments?]
Alaska Winter Moose Hunt in Minto Flats Area 01/02/09
Registration permits (RM785) for moose hunting in the Minto Flats Management Area in Unit 20B will be issued from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in Minto, Nenana and Fairbanks. [1 Comment]
Alaska Board of Game Terms Change 10/16/08
On April 14, 2008, Governor Palin signed into law Senate Bill 253, an act relating to the appointment of members of the Board of Game sponsored by Senator Charlie Huggins. [Comments?]
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Arizona Muley It took me four days to get close to this Arizona muley buck. On the last day of the hunt, I shot him at about 400 yards, with my 270 that I have had since 1967.
