Alaskan Brown Bear Hunting

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game does a wonderful job of managing our Brown Bear populations. On the Alaska Peninsula for example, Brown Bear seasons are staggered on the odd and even years. On even numbered years Brown Bear hunting is open in the spring (May). On the odd years, it is opened in the fall (October). What this means is, it will be open the spring of 2010 on the Peninsula and not reopen until the fall of 2011. This gives our Brown Bear plenty of time to keep their population healthy. This is GOOD!

If All Else Fails, Hide In the Barrel!

Rooting large brown bear out of the Alaskan bush can be very dangerous. In my guiding days it was up to me to always back them up or worse go find the bruins after the client fired and it disappeared. My backup rifle is a .505 Gibbs. "Mr.Gibbs" as he is generally referred to, got his name from my friend and client Denny Crum, Hall of Fame Basketball coach from Louisville, Ky.

Dangerous Photograph at Home!

I go through this every year. My home sits next to the Alaskan wilderness on Bald Mountain and there is a salmon stream below my house about a mile. Brown/Grizzly Bears come through here every year on there way to that river,the  Little Susitna River. I never shoot at them around the homestead,  I generally let them be and go about my business. This day they got a little too close.

The Re-Distribution of Bill

For many year's I have noticed that people in Alaska have a tendency to opt for being turned to ashes when they transition instead of the traditional Lower 48 method. Most REAL Alaskans are all non-conformists; it's not just me.

I was ask one time to spread the ashes of some poor wife's husband. She wanted him flown over the mountains he loved so, and then dump the urn containing his ashes. Who can say no to a grieving widow? So I obliged.

Grim Reaper Took A Shot and Missed!

Two summers have now passed since my long time friend Thomas H. Miller and I found ourselves aboard the Lady Elizabeth in the frigid waters of the North Pacific.  I had not seen my friend for over 15 years and this was his first trip to Alaska, he arrived from Brandenburg, Kentucky, where we were high school classmates.Wow, did I impress him!  Our boat sank...

Hunting Alaska For Less- Part 3

  Hunting Alaska is not like any other hunting you have done before. It's not like elk hunting in Montana or Colorado. Its nothing like that Canada hunt you went on.  It's not like an African safari-IT'S HARDER!

Hunting Alaskan Big Game for LESS-Part 3

Budget Breakdown and Gear
We can assume as outdoorsmen you have some gear. Granted some of it will not work, but some of it will. We'll get to that in a minute. Let's see how our budget is doing.