RE: Brown Bear
LAST EDITED ON Jan-21-08 AT 10:50PM (MST)[p]
I killed my giant bear on Kodiak Island in April of 2001 Without getting into a huge drawn out story, I will
tell you this.
If you want a truly large brownie, hunt the first
SPRING hunt.
The biggest boars are the first to come out of their
dens if you go later, you will see more bears, but you
will see smaller ones and will be tempted to shoot
one.
Also if you go later, you will see rubbed bears that
you will truly regret shooting.
Big bears are certainly killed in the fall too, but remember this, you will see a lot MORE bears including small and medium sized bears and you may be more likley to get an itchy finger and shoot a smaller bear.
Also, the weather is usually much worse in the fall with heavy rain common.
You may lose several hunting days due to being stuck in your tent, another thing is that the fall days are MUCH shorter, limiting your hours of glassing and hunting, when you have spent ten to fifteen thousand dollars, you want as many days available as possible.
Also the biggest boars get very nocturnal during the fall days and the leaves are still on the alders making glassing extremely difficult.
Hunt Kodiak Island or the south western most part of the
Alaskan peninsula.
Forget about southeast Alaska, they just don't produce
giant bears.
I took my 10 footer with
Brian Peterson (907) 783-1886 Girdwood, AK 99587
http://ugakbay.com/
He is a very honest, hard working guide with a real honey hole on Kodiak. He was very reasonably priced at the time.
He offers a 14 day hunt! ($10,500)
He is on the board of directoes of the Alaska Proffessional hunter's Assn.
He has MANY years of guiding under his belt considering he is still in his 40's.
Other great Kodiak choices would be:
#1
http://www.huntalaska.com/
Choice #1 is Scott Mileur Truly a legendary guide on Kodiak, Most honest, tough, hard working guy you will ever meet PERIOD.
LOTS of GIANT bears under his belt.
He hunts the legendary area of Olga Bay where Pinnell & Talifson trained him.
He too offers a 14 day hunt for the price. (VERY IMPORTANT!)
I would go with him if my life depended on killing a giant bear.
HOLD OUT FOR A BIG ONE, YOU WILL GET IT.
Friend of mine killed a 9'6 bear with Scott.
I know him and have talked to him for many years at the different conventions.
HE IS SUPERB.
I would have gone with him, but I just couldn't afford it at the time.
A couple of other top notch outfitters...
#2
http://www.kodiakbearhunting.com/
3.
http://www.alaskakodiakbearhuntingsafaris.com/index.html
Alaska Peninsula...
http://www.wildmanlodge.com/Hunting Photos 2007.htm
Has taken TONS of monster bears, but his hunts are short, very expensive and he runs a lot of hunters through his area, but he does really well on monster bears.
I hope you can attain one of these hunts.
They are adventures of a lifetime.
HH