Outdoor calendar

Jan. 1 Nonresident black bear hunting (without the use of registered guides) opens in Game Management Unit 2 (Prince of Wales Island) Jan. 1 Resident brown bear hunting opens in GMU 26 (Arctic Slope) Jan. 15 Last day of resident moose hunting season in GMU 9B (King Salmon) Jan. 20 Last day of resident moose hunting in GMU 9D (King Salmon) Jan. 31 Last day of goat season in GMU 6 (North Gulf Coast/Prince William Sound) Jan. 31 Last day of wolverine season in GMU 13 (Nelchina/ Upper Susitna) Feb. 5 Yukon Quest sled dog race begins, Fairbanks; yukonquest.com Feb. 15 Last day of wolverine season in GMUs 3 (Petersburg/Wrangell) and 4 (Admiralty/Baranof/ Chichagof Islands) March 4 Scheduled ceremonial start of Iditarod sled dog race, downtown Anchorage (iditarod.com)

2023 SPORTSMAN SHOWS

Jan. 19-22 International Sportsman’s Exposition, Sacramento, California, Cal Expo (sportsexpos.com/attend/ sacramento) Feb. 1-5 Washington Sportsmen’s Show, Washington State Fair & Events Center, Puyallup, Washington (otshows.com) Feb. 15-19 Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show, Expo Center, Portland, Oregon (otshows.com) March 24-26 Mat-Su Outdoorsman Show, Menard Center, Wasilla (matsuoutdoorsmanshow.com) March 29-April 3 Bart Hall Shows, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California (hallshows.com) April 14-16 Great Alaska Sportsman Show, Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, Anchorage (greatalaskasportsmanshow.com) April 21-23 Fairbanks Outdoor Show, Carlson Center (fairbanksevents.com/outdoor-show)

For more information and season dates for Alaska hunts, go to adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.main.

On New Year’s Day, brown bear hunting opens in Alaska’s Game Management Unit 26 in the Arctic Slope – at least in theory anyway, given that the animals will be hibernating for several more

months. (KARA LEWANDOWSKI/ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)