Dall sheep are found in most of the mountain ranges. Four wheelers have made much more of Alaska accessible to moose hunters. Photo by Mike Rawalt Muskox , extirpated from Alaska in the late 1800's. are now present in good numbers in some areas of coastal western and arctic Alaska. Wolves are also numerous in places in this region. Wolverine are distributed across the region.
Waterfowl hunting is locally good, but again, only for a short time.
Waterfowl begin moving out of the Interior as early as mid-August, several weeks before the beginning of the hunting season. Some of the best Interior waterfowl hunting occurs on broad river flats, like the Minto Flats west of Fairbanks, shown here. There is a wide variety of game birds here, and populations can be quite good at the high point of their cycle of abundance. Grouse species include ruffed, spruce and sharptail. In the hills and mountains, hunters may find willow, rock and whitetail ptarmigan.