There are also some quality hunts in SE AK. Bruce Parker of Parker Guide Service (alaskaboathunts.com) has a good outfit and harvests some nice bears every year.
Never hunted the Peninsula but know many that have. Lance Kronberger of Freelance Outdoor Adventures (https://freelanceoutdooradventures.com/) has a good outfit.
Spring hunts are fun and hides are great if you get them early, before they start rubbing. There is typically a much larger area to hunt and boars are easier to spot.
Fall hunts can be much more dramatic because you are relegated to hunting salmon streams with a higher concentration of bears. That can be good or bad... A lot of bears, but more animals to navigate through n you are more likely to harvest a sow in the fall. Hides can be scragglier in the fall depending on the time.
Lots of options n $40k is probably about right to plan on.
Some huge bears on Baranoff. In the fall, you just wade up the feeder streams and choose your bear
