Oscar Vogel

Description: 

Print Photograph, 4 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in.

Cultural Narrative: 

Reverse of Print: Handwritten inscription in ink, "Oscar Vogel (trapper)."

Oscar Vogel, according to an article in Alaska magazine on "Guiding in Alaska," was one of Alaska's finest big game guides, "known for producing huge trophies on quality hunts." Hunters from all over the world came to his headquarters at Stephan Lake to go on hunts lasting from 14 to 30 days. Traveling among remote camps on foot, most hunters went after the "Big Four": a ram, a grizzly, a moose, and a caribou. Oscar Vogel guided his first hunt out of Stephan Lake in 1935 and his last in 1969; in 1977, Vogel was honored by the Alaska Professional Hunters Association for his lifelong adherence to principles of fair chase hunting

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Oscar Vogel