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Hunt coastal brown bear on Chichagof Island |
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| This hunt takes place where there are more brown bears per square mile than anywhere else in Alaska. The outfitter has been conducting hunts in this area since 1996. He takes just one hunter a year and is booked through 2009, but will take a hunter in 2010 at this year's price.
Most hunters see 20 to 40 bears during a week. The animals don't get quite as big as they do on the Alaska Peninsula, but the bigger boars are close. Hunters typically take bears between 8 1/2 and 9 1/2 feet square with an outside chance of a 10-footer. We have used this outfitter for several years. He used to take up to four hunters a year, but then he took only one hunter in 2001 because he wanted to spend some time hunting with his son. Unfortunately, the government soon decided to set a quota on the number of hunters he could take, and his quota was based on that one year. Another nice feature of this hunt is that you don't have to pay for an extra charter flight. You'll meet the outfitter in Juneau, and he pays for the float plane flight to the hunting area on Chichagof Island. The outfitter himself is your guide. Since he began outfitting in 1996 he has been 100% on this hunt with the exception of two hunters. One of them missed the biggest bear he has ever seen, a monster over 10-foot square. He found out his scope was off, and he quit hunting and went home. The other hunter had to make his trip in April, which is before the outfitter likes to hunt, and he had opportunities to kill a bear but didn't get it done, seeing only three bears. Normally the hunters in May see 20 to 40 bears during a 10-day hunt. That hunter came back the following year and killed an 8'10" bruin. You'll sleep on a cot in a large Cabela's tent and eat camp meals. Not included in the price are your license and tag, taxidermy and any hotels or meals in Juneau. Hunts.Net Customers have given this hunt high marks. The outfitter often uses motorized rafts to provide maximum mobility while searching the shoreline and tidal flats during the spring hunt. Hunters typically see an average of two to four bears a day and a shootable bear every other day. The majority of the hunting is patrolling shoreline and glassing. The outfitter considers a shootable bear to be an eight-footer or larger with a really good hide. "We get some big bears," he said, "but we don't usually see bears as big as on Kodiak Island or on the Alaska Peninsula. However, we also have the highest brown bear density in the world., and our hunt is more affordable and physically easy compared with most other bear hunts. We often see big brown bears right from camp. We camp on a 200-yard-long rock jetty, and we often wake up in the morning and see bears along the beach close to camp." |
Next opening May 12-21, 2010
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