The Forbidden Kill takes place in the Alaskan bush country, where a renegade big game guide tries to outsmart a rugged Joe Danner, from the Alaskan Fish and Wildlife Protection. Their cat and mouse battles over illegal game poaching are soon overshadowed by a much larger threat—the destruction of the Iliamna Wilderness by clandestine mining interests. This battle places sportsmen and environmentalists on the same side, as they try to preserve an ecological paradise.