Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The most common resource harvesting activity among Lower Tanana Athabaskan bands, [7] Moose hunting is always a popular activity in modern Athabaskan communities because of the meat's economic value and a food preference for large game. [7] Moose hunting in the fall was either an individual pursuit or a group activity.
The Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories is a historic waterway, used for centuries by Indigenous peoples, specifically the Dene, as a travel and hunting corridor. Also known as the Deh Cho, it is part of a larger watershed that includes the Slave , Athabasca , and Peace rivers extending from northern Alberta .
Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
The Alaskan subspecies of moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest in the world; adult males weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds (542–725 kg), and adult females weigh 800 to 1,300 pounds (364–591 kg) [17] Alaska's substantial moose population is controlled by predators such as bears and wolves, which prey mainly on vulnerable calves, as well as by ...
Cajune Boats is a custom manufacturer of wooden drift boats in Montana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established as Montana Boatbuilders in 1996 in Whitefish, Montana . [ 2 ] The business is owned by Jason Cajune and the paddle fishing boats, including the Kingfisher, are produced near the Yellowstone River . [ 3 ]
The Chuitna River, sometimes called the Chuit, [1] emerges from a broad expanse of forest and wetlands west of Anchorage and drains into Cook Inlet. The river and its tributaries support all five species of Pacific salmon , Dolly Varden and trout, [ 2 ] and the region is home to abundant wildlife, including moose, wolves, and bears.
During the late 19th century, large moose antlers made their way to the Lower 48 and trophy hunting became a popular business on the Peninsula. A picture of a set of antlers measuring 73.25 inches (1.861 m) taken by Berg and acquired by a dealer in Tacoma, Washington , was published in Field and Stream in March 1897. [ 4 ]
The Riverboat Discovery business was founded in 1950 by Jim and Mary Binkley. [1] The Binkleys were approached in 1950 by Alaska tourism entrepreneur Chuck West, who expressed interest in a local river tour in Fairbanks, Alaska, and asked if they could provide such a service. [2]