The Kodiak Archipelago’s Sitka blacktail deer population originated in Southeast Alaska, and grew steadily over the past century.

But when Sitka offered me a sneak peek of Optifade Cover, their first new pattern in seven years, I’ll admit that I was intrigued. As an avid Southern deer hunter, that intrigue turned to eager ...

Currently, the southern peninsula does not hold a population of black-tailed deer; ADF&G has been developing a strategy to ...

31—An overdue deeer hunter from Sitka was found dead Wednesday ... DeSpain said Fujioka had killed a deer and that there was evidence bears had been feeding on it. A Coast Guard helicopter ...

The Sitka black-tailed deer shelter was demolished by a windstorm that swept through much of Southcentral Alaska. Wind gusts in the Portage area peaked at 82 mph, according to the National Weather ...

This was especially true for the largest predator species, the gray wolves (Canis lupus), and the native deer species, the Sitka deer (or Sitka black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis ...