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OUTDOORSMAN features the Top Brown Bear hunting guides, Brown Bear hunting outfitters, and Brown Bear hunting lodges in Alaska offering Trophy Brown Bear hunts. Our listed Brown Bear hunting guides, Brown Bear hunting outfitters, and Brown Bear hunting lodges are some of the best in the industry and are proven professionals that offer World Class Trophy Brown Bear hunts.
About Brown Bears: Brown Bears have furry coats in shades of blonde, brown, black, or a combination of those colors. They have a very short, stubby tail, just like all bears in the world. Brown bears have a large hump of muscle over their shoulders, which give strength to the forelimbs for digging. Brown Bears are very powerful, even if considered pound for pound; a large specimen can break a neck or spine of a fully grown buffalo with a single blow. Brown bears retrace their own tracks and walk only on rocks while being hunted to avoid being traced. [Wiki]
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Scouting Brown Bears
If you're looking for a big Brown bear, look for big tracks. The rule of thumb is to take the front paw pad and measure across it. Now add 1 inch and you get the size in feet. Example in picture is a 6 inch across front paw track. 6 + 1 = 7 foot Brown bear. Brown Bears have 5 digits on their paws like us humans. The front toes look like stubby short fingers in a track, and you'll not always see the claw prints. Front tracks about 8 in. long and 8 in. wide. There may be a small heel mark on the front as well, but it usually does not show. Brown bears have plantigrade feet, which means both heel and toe make contact with the ground. The Brown bear's characteristic shuffle results from walking flat-footed, with the hind legs slightly longer than the front legs. Each paw has five strong, non-retractable claws used for tearing, digging, and climbing. Claws extend about 3 1/2 in. beyond toe track . Brown bears have a characteristic way of climbing and descending trees. They mostly use their front claws for climbing and keeping a hold.
Brown Bear scat can tell you a lot about the bear, like it's size and what it likes for diner. Analyze all scat you find to see what the bear has been feeding on. Gooseberries, which are favorite fall treat for bears, have smaller seeds like the blackberries we all have eaten. When berries are in season, scat will be loose like a cow dung. Scat can be in piles or logs.
Brown Bear claw marks on a tree can give you an idea about the size of the bear by how high the reach and how wide the paw is.
Hunting Brown Bears Spot and Stalk: If you're in a area that has a good Brown bear population, you can set up with good optics to glass up a Brown bear. Places to look are berry patches when the berries are ready, oak flats or benches just off brushy canyons or drainages. Once you've found the bear you want, you can then plan your stalk to get in closer for a shot. Remember to watch your wind, as Brown bears have fantastic noses. If the bear is foraging, you will hear the bear when you get close usually. Whether you have a rifle or bow, try to get in position for a rear quartering away shot. A Brown bear has massive shoulders and you do not want to try a shoulder shot. Instead, let the bear take a step forward with the near side leg, this will expose the vital heart/lung area.
Calling Brown Bears: Another way to hunt Brown bears is to call them in with a varmint mouth call. I recommend you only do this with a partner to watch your backside because even a big bear can slip in on you in the oak leaves pretty darn quiet. If you have an area that is choked with brush and a known brown bear loafing or bedding area, setup downwind with a good raised view of any approach if you can. A deer fawn bleat call or even a turkey call can get the bear's attention. Be alert for other animals like cougars or coyotes to barge in on your party too.
Ambushing Brown Bears: Sometimes a Brown bear will have a pattern that you can figure out. Maybe a favorite trail, shoreline, or berry patch at a certain time of the year. You can set up an ambush using whatever cover you have available, even a treestand will work. Again, when you set up, consider the prevailing winds, and watch your approach to your hide as not to alert the bear of your presence. Use full camo and try to keep the fly swatting and nose scratching to a minimum. Brown Bears do not have great eyesight, but they can spot movement good enough to ruin a long wait in the woods for a shot.
Nushagak Guides - Alaska Brown Bear Hunts
Nushagak Guides
Dillingham, Alaska , USA 907-301-1842 |
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Our hunts are high quality, one-on-one and low volume which ensures you an Alaskan Hunting Adventure of a Lifetime! The land and wildlife are my livelihood. By only taking a few customers a year, I maintain at or near 100% success on all species. I work very hard at 100% customer satisfaction. I am personally involved with all the hunts and take great pride in the trophies our clients harvest from this renewable natural resource.
We do Dall Sheep Hunts int he coveted 14C Drawing area. This is a walk-in only area with very large rams. Application deadlines are December 6th of the previous year of the hunt. We can assist you in the application process.
We hunt trophy brown bears in the beautiful Wood-Tichik State Park, which is the largest state park in North America. Our moose hunts take place in Wood-Tikchick State Park and along the Nushagak River.
If fishing is your passion, we will provide you with the opportunity to fish the largest natural run of King Salmon in the world! There are other fish that call this river home too. These include Dog or Chum Salmon, Humpey or Pink Salmon, Northern Pike and even an occassional Rainbow trout.
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Alaska Trophy Hunting - World Class Brown Bear Hunts
Alaska Trophy Hunting
| 200 West 34th Avenue, Suite 431 Anchorage, Alaska 99503, United States 907-349-4978 |
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Experience the Ultimate Hunting Adventure on a Deluxe Hunting Yacht, as it cruises the vast and magnificent Coastal Waters of Alaska. View dormant volcanoes, rugged coastlines, and majestic mountains that seem to drop magically into the ocean. Cruise past ancient glaciers as they crawl into the sea creating walls of ice that tower hundreds of feet into the air. Observe Humpback Whales, Orca Killer Whales, Stellar Sea Lions, Seals, Sea Otters, and hundreds of thousands of sea birds in their Rookeries.
Hunt the giant Brown Bear, the Alaskan trophy that is included on the list of the "World's Top 10 Trophies" by world renowned hunters. Pursue the elusive pure white Mountain Goat that inhabits the Coastal Mountains of Alaska. Hunt them from the comfort of a yacht in September when their winter hair is six to eight inches long and they are migrating down from their lofty peaks to lower levels with the first snow fall. Enjoy an easy hunt in the Spring when the Black Bear are found along the shoreline coves and meadows filling themselves with beach grass. Add a handsome Sitka Blacktail Deer to your trophy collection. Hunt large trophy Moose on the Coast where the genetics can produce some hugh racks. Or take a break from hunting and enjoy some fishing for Salmon or the monster Halibut that are easily taken from the cold waters of Alaska.
Feast like kings on New York Steaks and chops, King Crab, fresh sea foods, fresh vegetables and fruits, good desserts, and plenty of snacks and beverages. All of which are easily kept chilled and fresh in the yachts spacious coolers.
The yacht has a wide range and can cover a great deal of hunting country. Depending on the animals being sought, your hunting area includes Kodiak Island, Afognak Island, the Alaskan Peninsula, the waters from Homer to Seward, Prince William Sound, and the Coast of Alaska from Valdez to Yakutat. You will be able to explore places that are difficult for other hunters to reach.
Vern Humble is your host and outfitter. He has over 30 years of experience hunting professionally in Alaska. In addition to conducting cruise hunts he is also offering special hunts for Dall Sheep, Black Bear, Brown/Grizzly Bear, and Caribou in other game rich areas throughout Alaska. This year he is offering two special hunts, one is for Brown/Grizzly Bear and Black Bear for 10 days on the upper Skwentna River in August. This area has a bag limit allowing two Brown/Grizzly Bear and 3 Black Bear per season. It also features time to fish for large Rainbow Trout and Salmon. The other is for large Trophy Moose on the Coast of Alaska where the antlers can measure between 70 and 80 inches. Contact us for information about these two outstanding Alaskan hunts.
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Annahootz Alaskan Adventures - Trophy Brown Bear Hunts*
Annahootz Alaska Adventures
Sitka, Alaska , United States 907-747-2608 |
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Welcome to Annahootz Alaskan Adventures, your experienced source for guided hunting, fishing, and sightseeing in Southeast Alaska. Tours that show you a side of Alaska that can only be known by those of us that live and breath the beauty of Alaska on a daily basis. Jim Phillips, Alaskan registered guide, will share his local knowledge gained through over 45 years of hunting, hiking, camping, and fishing in Southeast Alaska.
From Sitka you will travel to some of the most remote and highly populated bear islands in the world. Our hunts are boat-based, spotting and stalking trophy animals on the many tidal flats of Southeast Alaska's Baranof and Prince of Wales Islands. Here the waters team with halibut, salmon, crab and shrimp, bringing your prey to you. The beauty and abundance of wild life will make this hunt a unique wilderness adventure.
Jim grew up in a commercial fishing family, and as so often happens, hunting trips encompass the opportunity to partake of some of Sitka's world class salmon and halibut fishing. During 43 years in Sitka Jim has hunted and fished the entire Inside Passage. Growing up in a family dependent on the land and sea, he can put his local knowledge to work, making your excursion into Alaska's breathtaking wilderness both safe and memorable. Jim has the knowledge, the experience and the enthusiasm to guide you on the trip of a lifetime.
Alaska offers the unique opportunity for the hunter to return home with trophies unequaled from anywhere else in the world.
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Midnight Sun Safaris - Alaska Hunts*
Midnight Sun Safaris takes pride in providing high-quality hunting throughout the interior of Alaska. Our experienced and qualified guides do everything possible to make sure you have a successful and memorable fair chase hunting experience. Our horseback hunts take place in the game rich fields of Units 13 and Units 20 in the Central Alaskan Range. Throughout the years, successful hunt rates continue to climb! Our Dall sheep hunts are exceptionally successful because of the hard-working string of mountain horses we maintain in our stables.
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