My dad and I boarded a plane in Portland, Oregon, on August 27, headed for Dillingham, Alaska. This was the beginning of a 10-day hunting trip for moose and caribou, in the Wood-Tikchik State Park.

As non-native axis deer proliferate in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a market hunting and harvest operation has become the conservation tool of choice. 

Moose of Yesterday 

In the Boone and Crockett Club's records, we recognize three categories of moose: Shiras', Alaska-Yukon, and Canada moose. For those of you lucky enough to hunt one of these enormous ungulates, you know how much work comes after the shot.

As a Boone and Crockett fellow and Ph.D. student, Chloe Nouzille studies mountain lion ecology in South Texas through the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University–Kingsville

By Chloe Nouzille
Printed in Fall 2024 Fair Chase Magazine

​Thinking of my latest trip to western Washington to pursue Roosevelt’s elk, a thought from a Spanish philosopher long since past echoes in my mind.

Uniquely American, it's otherwise enigmatic, with no brand name. Millions of hunters own one.

Record-book caribou? We got ‘em. Musk ox, desert sheep, and elk? Check, check, and check.