Spearing Alaskan Whitefish with MeatEater

Bear in the Darkness: Encounters with a True Alaskan Giant

I woke to the sound of a large brown bear crackling through the brush near my tent. It was early April and I was guiding a small natural history film crew on an island in Southeast Alaska. At the beginning of three weeks of filming, our primary goal was to capture video of brown bears feeding on a humpback whale carcass. I grabbed my flare gun and .44 pistol, unzipped the tent, and crawled out into the black night. The bear paused 7 yards away...

MeatEater Season 7: Doug and Mark Join Steve on an Alaskan Caribou Hunt

On this hunt, Steve takes his midwest whitetail hunting buddies, Doug Duren and Mark Kenyon, on their first Alaskan big game adventure. They fly by bush plane into an untouched, remote area of the eastern Alaska Range wilderness to intercept the caribou migration. Once they arrive at their destination, they find a seemingly endless parade of caribou traveling on their annual journey to their wintering grounds. With plenty of large, mature bulls...

How to Spear Alaskan Whitefish

Steve and Brandt drill through Alaskan ice with hopes of striking white gold. This late winter ice fishing mission in Central Alaska revolves around a small hole in the ice, a trusty spear and white meat perfect for a smoker. Watch the video to see how the team does from this dark Alaskan ice shanty.