AN ALASKAN BUCKET LIST W
e recently chatted with former NFL All-Pro defensive lineman and diehard outdoorsman Jared Allen for a Q&A running this month in our sister magazine, American Shooting Journal. And while Allen is no stranger to hunting throughout the Western states and abroad, he’s aching to hunt in the Last Frontier. “I really want to get into either Alaska or British Columbia to hunt,” says Allen, who turned 40 in April and celebrated with an Argentina bird hunt, a birthday gift from his wife Amy. And while Allen has taken Montana elk and Idaho bears, harvested a red stag in New Zealand and hopes to plan an African plains game adventure in the future, there’s an Alaskan big game superstar he’s eager to chase. “But I think my next adventure I’d love to do is fill my freezer with moose,” the likely future Pro Football Hall of Famer admits. “That’s so delicious. You would need a week just to process that dang thing!” Look for our interview with Jared Allen in May’s American Shooting Journal. Go to americanshootingjournal.com for more.
ALASKA BEAT TWEET OF THE MONTH
Jared Allen, who registered 136 sacks in his National Football League career, wants to hunt moose in Alaska someday. “You would need a week just to process that dang thing!” (JARED ALLEN)
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They’re back! Recently, the first bear of the spring was spotted in Denali National Park. Now it’s time to brush up on bear safety in Denali: stay at least 300 yards from bears and make noise as you hike. It’s also recommended that hikers carry bear spray when exploring the park. -@DenaliNP April 10
THEY SAID IT
“While many factors, such as weather, climate change and changes to the historical extent and timing of caribou migration, may be contributing to lower harvests by federally qualified subsistence users, the board should act to help ensure that rural residents are able to meet their subsistence need, and to provide for a subsistence priority. Therefore, non-federally qualified harvest should be eliminated in some areas in times of shortage.” -Thomas Heinlein, acting Alaska director for the Bureau of Land Management at a state board meeting that announced the controversial closures of moose and caribou hunts in Western Alaska. aksportingjournal.com | MAY 2022
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