KODIAK on my BACK

HUNTING ALASKA’S KODIAK ISLAND FOR CARIBOU AND BLACKTAIL DEER IS PART ADVENTURE, PART WORKOUT.

By Adam Heggenstaller

The cool rain lands squarely on my upturned face, runs across my forehead and sluices along my eyebrows, sheets over my cheeks and finally trickles down my neck, diluting the sweat soaked into the shirt beneath my rain jacket. I don’t care enough to turn my head. I only shut my eyes and try to ignore my aching shoulders and back. The ocean is in sight, but I’ve learned the views on Kodiak Island are deceiving. There is still a mile of alder and tussock to go, and as I lie surrounded by 2-foot-tall yellow grass, I question whether I am going to make it. I can think of no better way to invite a brown bear into my lap than by slowly carrying who-knows-how-many pounds of bloody caribou on my…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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