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Usiness<br />
ALAsKA<br />
D O I N G B U S I N E S S W I T H . . .<br />
The largest US State with the 49th highest population – Alaska is<br />
a true wilderness and a hunter’s paradise. Hunting plays a major<br />
role in sustaining the Alaskan economy and, with relaxed gun<br />
rules, could be a profitable market for your company.<br />
T<br />
he word Alaska means<br />
“The Great Land,” and the<br />
state’s nickname is “The<br />
Last Frontier.” Both are<br />
suitable nicknames for a<br />
State containing enormous<br />
expanses of wild country and<br />
unpopulated areas – a true<br />
hunter’s nirvana, home to<br />
North America’s largest and<br />
most sought-after game.<br />
Covering 365,000,000<br />
acres, an area one-fifth the<br />
size of the entire United<br />
States, Alaska has plenty of<br />
room for the bold hunter to<br />
travel. Alaska has more than<br />
a dozen species of big-game<br />
animals as well as first-rate<br />
small game and waterfowl<br />
hunting prospects. Biggame<br />
species include bison,<br />
caribou, elk, muskox, wolves,<br />
black bears, Dall sheep,<br />
moose, brown and grizzly<br />
bears, Sitka black-tailed deer,<br />
and mountain goats. Most<br />
hunting in Alaska occurs<br />
between August and October,<br />
but bears may be taken in<br />
either fall or spring in some<br />
locations. Alaska requires<br />
non-residents hunting<br />
brown/grizzly bears, Dall<br />
sheep, or mountain goats<br />
to be accompanied by an<br />
Alaska-licensed guide or by<br />
an Alaska resident at least<br />
19 years of age who is a close<br />
relative, defined as within the<br />
“second degree of kindred.”<br />
Non-residents are required<br />
to have a guide to hunt any<br />
big-game animal in Alaska.<br />
All big-game guides in<br />
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