SE ALASKA BEAR HUNT III

[Rhinoron247]

Ok going to give this a try again.  First two posts went FUBAR! Will try and post pics first then follow with the Story or should I say Stories!

Short and sweet,  was an amazing trip perfect weather 3 bears down and a freezer full of fish.  Best part of the trip was watching my son take his first Black Bear and Brown Bear.  "and oh yeah I dropped a melon head"

[ShaneTyTrey]

Awesome, I want to see more.  Great for your son!

[Rhinoron247]

Ok. So far so good no crash. 

[cedarriver]

Congrats! great looking bears. Where were you out of? Nothing better than those Alaskan spring bears, great looking coats

[Cap.Silver]

That's what I'm talking about  congrats .

[carpsniperg2]

I hope it sticks this time! Sounds like a great hunt! Plus some great pic's

[Rhinoron247]

Ok here is the boys Brownie, not a giant but had a stunning coat.  Most of the bears we saw were rubbed hard.

[Rhinoron247]

And the fishing wasnt half bad!

[PAW66]

Congratulations, some great looking bears

[Rhinoron247]

Congrats! great looking bears. Where were you out of? Nothing better than those Alaskan spring bears, great looking coats

Juneau, AK.  Saw a dozen Black Bears before we took these two.

[ShaneTyTrey]

What a trip and a beauty of a grizz.  Where u out of, was this guided?

[Machias]

Just awesome, trip of a lifetime for most of us.  Thanks for sharing!!!!!

[jamesjett]

Congrats!   

[JCKILLSHOT]

Those are some brutes great job!!! 

[Rhinoron247]

The story.  My trip was scheduled was May 9th - 16th but at the last second the night before flying out my son called with a nasty weather outlook for the week so I postponed the trip for a week in hopes of a break. 

Was the best move ever as the weather was stunning from the minute I touched down and the bears were out in force.

Our hunt was DIY as my son has been a Juneau resident for the last 6 years.  We had a Brownie and 2 Black bear tags.  Once on the ground we hit the local hardware store for some last minute gear and we were in the boat and headed out within 90 minutes.

On the trip to camp we spotted 4 different brownie sows with cubs and one skinny boar with a rubbed up coat.  One sow was pre-historic in size, biggest Preditor I have ever seen,  was truely a National Geo moment.  Watched her play with her cubs, one of which had a broken shoulder probity from a boar attack for 30 minutes within 100 yards.  Exciting but keep us on our toes. 

Next morning we started scouting beaches and checking out bears "mostly sows w/cubs"  and made a couple failed stocks on a pair of boars.  About 7:30 pm that day we spotted two more boars working a tide line  and made another stock.  Due to a rocky landing we had to anchor the boat several hundred yards from the bears and make a stock.  Once we got back to where we had seen the bears my sons peaked over a rock and spotted them both at 75 yards.  Once I got into position with the video camera he was able to line up on the nicer of the two.  His first shot seemed to miss as the bear froze in its tracks.  The second shot connected and sent the bear running straight at us.  "makes for a very shaky video at that point" and after to more quick shots the bear turned into the tree line and dropped.  Turns out the first shot was to far back and the second & third connected.  What a rush.  We wasted no time getting to work and getting off that Island before dark. 

We made camp that night right at dark and after a little food tried to sleep a bit.  Next morning headed out again in a different direction hopefully looking for a Black bear.  We went 20 min out of the bay and I spotted a montser black dot in a small cove.  We drove right past the bear and were able to beach and stalk to with in 210 yards of a big boar.  We watched as he fed toward us and I settled into my 300 wsm.  I shot dropped him like a brick.  We then watch for a second and he tried to get up again so I reengaged him and it ws over.  ( recovered both rounds 1 large entry hole and 2 exit holes within a inch on the opposite shoulder).   After cleaning and loading the bear he headed out again and within an hour we were on another nice boar and it was my sons turn at bat again.  His bear and story played out identical to mine.  Within 4 hours of setting out we had 2 nice Black boars on the deck and were headed to port.

We were able to catch every monument of all the stocks and shots on video. 

After a day of processing and regrouping we spent the rest of the week, pulling in some monster Kings, Halibut Black Cod and crab.  Couldn't have asked for a more epic trip with my boy his buddy and his father.