He’s a very big bull. That much I can tell, even though he is among the first wild caribou I’ve ever seen. I settle the spotter on him and watch his rack tower over the alders. The bull’s main beams ...

In all, caribou numbers in the seven largest of Alaska’s 31 caribou herds have fallen from more than 900,000 to 525,000, the lowest number since 1986, Fullman said.

Caribou may not be the most iconic Alaskan animal, but just about anyone who dreams of hunting Alaska has caribou on their radar. It’s hard to argue that a big caribou bull isn’t one of the most ...

A caribou herd in Alaska. CBS News He and his family live in Anaktuvuk Pass, population just over 300. The main way in or out of ... Big Bend National Park, Texas; Everglades National Park, Florida; ...

Porcupine Caribou Herd in the Brooks Range, June of 2017. (Photo by Steve Meyer) ... From the 1950s into to early 1980s, it seems, was the apex of modern big-game hunting in Alaska.

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A caribou herd in northwestern Alaska has been the state’s largest for several years, but its population is on a downward slide and now it may have lost that status. The Western Arctic Caribou ...

Alaska’s caribou are having a moment. Last year, for the first time since 2003, the Western Arctic caribou herd—the state’s largest herd—grew, and by over 50,000 individuals. Meanwhile the ...

Jun. 30—The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preemptively canceling the Nelchina caribou hunt, one of the most popular hunts in the state, citing low population estimates for the herd.

Alaska needs to revamp its outdated Intensive Management Law, passed in 1994 to ensure that certain populations of moose, caribou and deer are sufficient to provide food for Alaskans.