Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 05:26:11 PM
Anyway, this is the second brown bear tag I've ever purchased. Tag and licence put a guy back $585 plus your airfare. The one good thing is that if your tag goes unpunched, you can come back in the fall or use it for anything of equal or lesser value which is nice. So....I got the time off of work, came up here a few days early to get everything ready. We bought our tags, registered for the areas we were going to hunt and loaded his boat to the hilt with just about everything you could imagine. Crab pots, shrimp pots, propane, food, rifles, my bow, pack frames, raft and of course a little Alaskan Amber.
We left the harbor Saturday afternoon and started on our way glassing the beaches the whole way but no bear were to be seen. Caught a meal plus worth of crab in about half an hour and looked forward to the days to come. Weather was beautiful! (more to come, got to see if I can find a way to download pics, I don't have the normal cord with me from my phone...)
stay tuned.
Post by: Austrian Hunter on May 12, 2011, 06:08:20 PM
Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 07:19:30 PM
As I said, BEAUTIFUL weather and here are some pics as we left the harbor.
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Post by: mulehunter on May 12, 2011, 07:21:49 PM
Have great time.
Mulehunter
Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 07:25:23 PM
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Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 07:35:55 PM
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We saw a PILE of deer at this spot. I think we counted just shy of 30 in an hour and a half. We were watching them close hoping they would tip us off on a brown in the area.
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Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 08:41:36 PM
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We got up in the morning and weren't doing too much, scrambling some eggs and I look out the window only to see this guy
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and another of the same bear
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ALAS, we found our first brownie! Fact is that while I think I'm decent at judging black bears, these browns throw me a few curves. Our difficulty was how do we load our gear, get on the raft and get to shore without the bear on the beach right across from us knowing what is up. This bear looked good enough that I would not have hesitated. Then....you get the other ideas running through your head about whether or not you take the bow or the rifle....
Well, as it turns out, we didn't end up with too much of a choice, about the 3rd time I opened the back door of the boat, it finally had enough and bolted into the brush not to be seen again. Now the question was whether or not to stick around in this area, knowing we just saw what we thought was a decent bear (yet wondering if it was the same bear from the only track we saw in the area which wasn't real impressive). When we talked about all our options, the lack of general sign was enough for us to move on to another area.
So...
Day 1 Saturday afternoon zero bear
Day 2 Sunday zero bear
Morning of day 3 saw a bear and decided to move on....
As we left, we again started glassing the shoreline and we then found this guy
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I let him walk and notice the lack of green anywhere on the beach. This bear was eating kelp of some sorts and DID NOT appreciate me lip squeaking at him. He had no idea I was there, I took a lot of pics of him, got bored and decided to play with him some, lip squeaked and he looked my way once and bolted.
Post by: Gringo31 on May 12, 2011, 08:58:41 PM
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To ME (and I'm not good at this) but I called this a sow and a yearling cub. We watched them for quite awhile to see if a big boar would show up....no dice. We went to another area....more and more glassing and I had my first encounter with the Alaska State Troopers (aka Johnny Law Dog :chuckle:)
It is impressive the way they just drop in on ya.....he was a real nice guy that checked our licenses and tags and did clarify something for us that frankly may have gotten us in trouble. Because my brother is a resident, I don't need to have a guide. The wording is "non-residents who hunt brown bear must be accompanied in the field by an Alaska-licensed guide or an Alaska resident 19 years or older who is within the second degree of kindred". Well......I suppose the question we had was what does "accompanied in the field" mean? We both assumed that we had to be hunting together and that he couldn't be at his house and turn me loose. This trooper let us know that if were were hunting and I said "I'll go this way, you go that and we'll meet up over there in an hour" that we would be in violation. This includes the scenario where I took a raft or a skiff to shore with him on the bigger boat to shoot a bear. He would have to be next to me or as he said "within 100 feet". Well, that ruled out one of the tactics that we may have considered trying.....so my brother made a call to a buddy and he met us the next morning where his buddy could then run the boat should we go ashore and he wouldn't have to bother anchoring up. Total bear seen Day 3 was 6.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on May 12, 2011, 09:26:56 PM
Post by: dontgetcrabs on May 12, 2011, 09:30:05 PM
Post by: Jason on May 12, 2011, 09:31:25 PM
Post by: windygorge on May 12, 2011, 09:49:26 PM
how do you hunt them without a guide?? the tag fees i can handle, the guide fees i can't. please let me know. it would be a dream
Post by: TeacherMan on May 12, 2011, 10:20:54 PM
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Post by: grundy53 on May 13, 2011, 05:35:58 AM
Post by: Huntbear on May 13, 2011, 06:05:29 AM
Looks like a great time. Now.. did ya get a bearskie???
Post by: runamuk on May 13, 2011, 06:09:17 AM
Post by: bearpaw on May 13, 2011, 06:21:02 AM
Post by: Gringo31 on May 13, 2011, 08:43:02 AM
Picked up a boat driver and were off to get back at it by early afternoon? We spotted a few of the same bears we've been seeing on the way to the spot we thought looked real good. The plan was to be on the beach by 4pm, play the wind and just sit and wait till dark. We came in at 4 with the high tide being at 8pm. The plan was to say out on the beach right at waters edge to not stink up the area. So we dragged (carried) our raft to the high water mark and started glassing.
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That picture of my brother shows how flat this area is an how far we had to carry the raft. We were just going to keep it with us at waters edge, but if we saw a bear, we couldn't leave it as the tide was coming in.
You know how after you sit for awhile your eyes can start playing with you were everything looks like a bear/deer etc? I'm keeping an eye on the beach but really watching the brush that getting closer as the tide comes up. I'll post this picture because I think it's funny. To me it looks like a panda bears head..... :chuckle:
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After a few hours, we spotted the biggest bear in Alaska! Well, that may be a stretch but you could see the bear on the beach with the naked eye close to 2 miles away. We both looked at this bear in the binos and to me it looked like a bison walking down the beach. Amazingly impressive. We were coming up with a plan and even started that way for 75 yards when we decided it better to stay put. That was a LONG ways off and the bear was walking the other way. The wind was good, but we would have it at our backs the whole time should we never catch him. It helped that while were were discussing he went back into the brush......so....back to sitting and watching.
Post by: bucklucky on May 13, 2011, 08:50:21 AM
Post by: bigdave on May 13, 2011, 09:09:39 AM
Post by: mulehunter on May 13, 2011, 09:10:55 AM
Sound like ur having blast time than being home.
Mulehunter. :'(
Post by: Gringo31 on May 13, 2011, 09:17:53 AM
So we head up wind, cross a creek and there is a big flat on the other side maybe 500X500 yards. I glassed it and then focused my attention to the mouth of the creek. My brother 30 seconds later glasses the same area and says, "Bear just came out of the woods". I almost didn't believe him as I just glassed it....but sure enough. There he was walking and feeding but spending more time walking. My brother said when he stepped out he looked good, swaying his front shoulders like a big bear does walking pigeon toed. I told him....alright, let's pretend, we'll put a stalk on this guy and get a better look.
There was a small nob on this flat that would make for good cover if we could get behind it. All we had to do is cover about 60 yards and we would be completely out of sight of him. He had picked his head up a few times but not in alarm, just doing his thing. We got behind the high point and closed the distance. We stop and I peek around to get a range.....277 yards. (I think I forgot to mention that on this evening I was talked into leaving the bow on the boat)
So we keep working our way towards this guy and he is looking decent. Not like a monster, but solid. I think we got to just about 200 yards and I told my brother that I would take this bear. I was carrying his 338 Sendaro Ultra Mag. I laid my pack frame sideways for a rest but it was too tall so I had my brother lean it back towards me at a 45 degree angle. Ahhh...perfect (and he was doing a good job holding it steady). All was fine and good but at this point the bear turn and starts walking dead away.........and keep walking, and walking. All I have is a little bear tail in my scope as I wait for him to turn.
I'm going to guess that he walked 50 yards or so then quartered away to his left. I settle the crosshairs and touch off.
I can say that he didn't appreciate that too much. His back feet came 4-6 inches off the ground and his front feet came 15-18 inches off the ground as he threw his head down, and did a buck/jump. While I don't think he had any idea we were there, it just so happened that he jumped and then here he come.....wide open, right at us.
I load another round and am starting to settle on him for a second shot while my brother still holding the pack, doesn't like the idea of this bear coming hard at us, drops the pack and picks up his 45-70. So I go from laying on my belly to taking a knee and he touches off, I get the bear in my scope who is now no longer running right at us but to our right and give him one more. He shoots a second time and I send my third. When I shot, that bear went completely limp and skidded on his belly and face for 10 feet ending up maybe 10 yards from the brush. I had thought I led him too much at first. I remember kicking myself that this was no coyote and probably didn't require the same lead. While I was happy to have a bear down, I thought I head shot him the way he went down. With light not on long supply, we watched him for 20 seconds or so and went up to take a better looksie of what we had.
As we were walking up, this bear started getting smaller. Then a bit smaller, then a bit bigger. It was cool! Here is the "as he lays" pic. Many of my pictures were real dark and I had to lighten them up. This pic looks like he had a rub mark on his backside, but that is not the case.
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I don't know how to put in type how cool of a hunt this was. To be in Alaska is awesome enough, to hunt with loved ones is tough to beat, and to kill a brown bear in Alaska with loved ones is just top notch! While I did want to get one with my bow, that is of no regret. Talk about cloud 9! I was quite glad this bear died on the beach. If he had made it into the brush, we would have had to wait till morning and well.....things are a bit more precarious in there ;)
Post by: ORCA_SIX on May 13, 2011, 09:21:55 AM
Post by: Gringo31 on May 13, 2011, 09:27:18 AM
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Just for some kind of reference, I'm 6'4 260
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Post by: bucklucky on May 13, 2011, 09:32:02 AM
Post by: Gringo31 on May 13, 2011, 09:54:22 AM
I did learn a few things, my favorite is that if you leave a brown bear skull in the back yard in Alaska that the ravens do a great job of picking it clean :chuckle:
Anyway, we loaded him up on our pack walked 1/2 mile back to the beach (tide was going out) set him down, went and got the raft and headed on in. We had more beautiful weather and more scenery all the way back. We were hoping to pick up a black bear for my brother on the way in but his work is just starting to take off and he was looking to get back.
We did have these guys play with us for quite awhile. We actually both leaned over the front of the boat and while I tried and was unsuccessful, my brother was able to touch one! Way cool!
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And that is about it....headed back in and I got a few days to dink around and look forward to seeing my wife and kids Sundy.
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Post by: mulehunter on May 13, 2011, 10:33:46 AM
Mulehunter
Post by: bowelkin on May 13, 2011, 10:38:09 AM
Was boat driver that you flew in just fly up from the Seattle area and happen to be a 19 year old?
Great job on the bear, sounds like a fun hunt!
Bowelkin
Post by: Machias on May 13, 2011, 10:47:54 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on May 13, 2011, 10:54:52 AM
Post by: Gringo31 on May 13, 2011, 11:03:37 AM
Post by: mulehunter on May 13, 2011, 11:14:43 AM
Mulehunter.
Post by: bucklucky on May 13, 2011, 11:16:34 AM
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Post by: MtnMuley on May 13, 2011, 11:21:22 AM
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Post by: TeacherMan on May 13, 2011, 07:53:20 PM
Post by: bucklucky on May 13, 2011, 08:00:08 PM
:) That is a dandy Bear. Can't wait to see it. Looks like is have a super nice hide will make a great Rug.
That thing is going to be sweet. You have to let me know when you work on it so I can see it in person Mich !
Post by: Black Ghost on May 13, 2011, 08:01:13 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on May 13, 2011, 08:03:00 PM
MS
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Post by: Gringo31 on May 15, 2011, 12:55:16 PM
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Then we went to see how close to some goats we spotted. I've always wanted some upclose pics. We about stepped on em. I like this pic. It is of them 10 yards below us still sleeping.
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Then they started waking up...
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And on the way out saw this guy...he must have been below the others and out of sight of us.
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Post by: CastleRocker on May 15, 2011, 01:08:27 PM
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Post by: Gutpile on May 15, 2011, 08:17:12 PM
Very impressed. Excellent trophy. Excellent photos. Excellent write up. Thanks for sharing with us all! :bow::yeah:
Post by: Swag on May 16, 2011, 07:19:39 AM
Sounds Like a a perfect trip.... Glad to see you were successful on taking a beautiful bear on what sounds like a perfect hunt..... Congrats....
Post by: bearmanric on May 16, 2011, 08:40:30 AM
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Post by: Gringo31 on May 24, 2012, 12:52:39 PM
FYI,
I did get my results back from Alaska Fish and Game. This bear was 6 years old, skull legnth was 15.19 inches and had a width of 8 inches. Total size 23.19.
The average age of bears taken by hunters during the regulatory year 2010 was 8.75 years. The average skull size of bears taken by hunters that year was 22.38 inches.
So, younger than most taken last year, but he had a bigger head. I was surprised how many bears are killed that are this small. With all of the 8-10 foot bears taken, there must be a lot of 6 footers taken as well...
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Post by: n_mathews13 on February 08, 2015, 04:20:59 PM
I'm going for black bear, maybe brown. Any input would be awesome .Thanks
Post by: Gringo31 on February 09, 2015, 09:39:30 AM
Send me a pm if you're seriously planning on going. I'm assuming you're aware of the brown bear regulations