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Dec 9, 2021 in Dispatch

Control Use (Hunting by Bike)

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Our friend Bjørn Olson put together a short video about control use game management areas and substinence hunting by bike. Watch it here…

Control Use game management is defined as closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game. This short film by Bikepacking Journal contributor Bjørn Olson is about a group of friends sustainably hunting caribou in the Alaska Range with bicycles. Watch it below and scroll down to find more of Bjørn’s work in the related posts grid.