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Are they out and about, anyone got one yet this spring? I prepared to be very jealous. Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | ||
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I just got back from Kodiak. Saw a total of 5 bears, 2 boars both went up & over, 2 sows and a cub. When I returned my permit to Fish & Game (last sunday) they said a total of 20 bears had been brought in- well below the expected 100-120 they normally have by then. There are two types of people in the world: those that get things done and those who make excuses. There are no others. | |||
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It's been a cold spring after a severe winter and my sources say few bears have been taken. Usually they are showing up on the beaches by this time. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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I leave in 11 days for Unit 17 with AKshooter. I'll post a report upon my return at the end of the month. 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Sorry to hear that. I guess spring is a gamble, but if you want a monster I'm told it's the time to go. I had a great hunt last fall, got a good bear, but now I have to live vicariously until I can afford a spring hunt on Kodiak Island and go after a 10 footer ... 577 best of luck, get a monster for all of us! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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My understanding is the snowfall this year, especially on the Peninsula was incredible? Which has me a bit worried, as I leave in 10 hrs for 10-day brown bear hunt on the Peninsula out of Port Moller. My guide actually emailed me yesterday, told me he flew out to the remote little cabin we will hunt out of, to drop off supplies. He informed me that there was still 4 feet of snow, a few tracks around, the lake in front of the cabin that they normally use for hunting was still frozen, and to be prepared for physically tough conditions, and hunting mostly on snow-shoes! Well, doesn't that just sound like a barrel of fun?? He asked me to postpone by a week, but I cannot - as I leave for Africa on May 22nd. I've have spent the past 6-8 weeks, hiking 6 miles per day - 3 days per week, and still hitting the weights pretty hard 3 days a week as well. I just hope I am prepared for a snow-shoe/backpack bear hunt? No doubt my guide will be, and my cameraman is in good shape too - so likely I'll be bringing up the rear! | |||
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We leave this Friday. I hope the snow is gone or low in our area on the Pennisula in Unit 9A in the Cottonwood Bay area. | |||
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My friend got back last week, and took an 8-footer on a Sno-Go hunt out by the Behring area. | |||
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If you are hunting Cottonwood with Steve Morris, please say hi for me!!! He's a really good guy, and Cottonwood Bay is a good place for bears. Good luck! | |||
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Guys, It been consistently in the 40's and low 50's for the last three weeks or so. There's still snow around but its rotten from top to bottom. The ice all has water on top of it and some rivers are breaking up. Expect the lakes to go another week or three. Hiking in the rotten snow will be the challenge. Be prepared to sweat and have a way to stay comfortable while doing so. Your going to be big time wet inside and out so for petes sake show up prepared to handle it. | |||
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Hi Aaron, Yes, we are hunting with Steve. I will say Hi. Good luck on your hunt. I will call you next month. I will be looking for a deer hunt to take my 8 year old son and his grand father on this fall. We just want to see a lot of deer. | |||
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I'm leaving tomorrow for Cold Bay and the weather looks to be pretty tough with wind chills in the teens for the most part. Good luck to everyone and safe travels! | |||
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I was in the Chigs over the weekend and yes, it was cold w/ lots of snow and ice. Most of the Bering Sea coast from Port Heiden to Egegik is still ice bound. | |||
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Just got back from a boat hunt on Baranoff with Bruce Parker. Bears were very scarce until we found a good one at 7:30 on the last day. | |||
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I don't know about Kodiak or the Penn, but the Kenai Penn and Katchemack bay still have plenty of snow. Best of luck guys. Brett PS> Aaron if you see this and are in Anchorage give me a call on the cell. DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Good luck to you all and post pictures when you get back! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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Bradhe, did you get him??? | |||
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I hunted with Jake Jefferson off of snowmobiles April 20-30th halfway between Paxton and Cantwell. There are a lot of bears in this area. We saw three sows each with two cubs a piece and two lone bears that were too high up in the mountains to go after. Plenty of tracks high up on the mountains and we came across tracks (3-6) of good sized lone bears low enough to hunt, but could never connect. We also set on a den one day. Riding a snowmobile on wilderness trails was a lot more challenging than I expected. I dumped into the snow on many occassions and trying to dig myself out along with the snowmobile, dressed as I was, was much worse than the stairmaster at the gym. I even managed to find a rock in all that snow, bent one of the front skis, crunched the plastic oil pan, and tweaked the front housing which had to be jury rigged with a wire coat hanger for the rest of the hunt. This was my first Grizzly hunt so I am nowhere close to knowing much, but my impression is that the bears don't like deep snow anymore than I did. They came out of their dens, took a look around and went back up to wait for further melt. It was still a great experience and now I have bear fever and will have to try again. We saw caribou, moose, a river otter, lots of porcupine, fresh wolf tracks, and plenty of fox and wolverine sign. I know thats no big deal to you Alaskans, but I am from Southern California. Jake spotted all the bears and it takes quite a talent to find those things high up on mountainsides. Good luck to the rest of you. STAY IN THE FIGHT! | |||
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Yes. 7:30 on the last day and 450 yards up the snowfield (which entailed 3 more hours of extraction) | |||
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Congratulations! What a great shot under pressure! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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Arrived in Port Moller today, and the Bering Sea is still full of ice - lots of snow everywhere. Right now we are sitting in Bear Lake Lodge, and we are glassing a 9' bear walking along the frozen lake's edge as I sit here typing. Both my cameraman and I are still missing 1/2 of our gear too. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow, we have almost no hunting clothes and no ammo! If we get our stuff, we will fly to HooDoo Lake at starting hunting on Thursday. It's definitely gonna be a snow-shoe hunt! | |||
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In Kodiak last week, heard the Mike Munsey's opinion, ther'was little movement of bears, as compared to the same period in previuos years. Four hunters took two bears. So the success rate was 50%. mario | |||
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sounds like WenAir  good luck Aaron. | |||
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Depart Friday for ANC then on the Sand Point on Saturday with Deltana Outfitters. My daughter is the hunter and I will be along for support and camera duties. Hoping for warm winds. | |||
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good luck Aaron mario | |||
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It was definately a "focus and don't screw up" shot. | |||
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3rd day, still stuck in the lodge at Bear Lake. 40mph winds, snowing like hell, and still no gear either. At least 6" of new snow, and still coming down hard. Bear season opened today, but no for us. Just hurry up and wait! | |||
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Bwanna got back after a spring bear hunt in April and described the very same scenarios. No bear for him either. | |||
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I went with Sam Fejes on Kodiak, we hunted Horse Marine. The weather was not very good but ended up killing a 9'9" with a 29" skull. We saw only 3 bears and ended killing the 3rd one in the worst weather we hunted in all week. I will try an post some pics tomorrow. Sam Fejes has a first class outfit with some unbelievable hunting areas. This was one of the toughest hunts I have ever been on but was well worth it. | |||
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One more thing about the hunt we got it all on video. If you guys are interested you can check out the video on youtube. Go to the search bar and type in joelcolgrove That should bring up my channel, if that doesn't work go to my buddy channel proguide66 he also has it on his channel, you should watch them both they are both a little different. | |||
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Nice bear - congrats! Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Aaron, You only need to see one if it's the right one! Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Brett, that's correct, and congrats to jcjr, what a great bear. I want a 10 footer, this is 5th time trying for a legit 10' bear, but if see a 9' 9" bear with a 29" skull, the guide better duck! We are now on day 4 here in the lodge, again this morning, the weather totally sucks. Still snowing, no doubt we have 18" of new snow, and it keeps coming. Who knows what's gonna happen, at this point I just wish I had my gear, so I could get a fresh pair of underwear, and a clean shirt! Will keep you posted - thank the lord for Internet, or I would be going crazy. | |||
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I posted the pictures of the bear I talked about last night. [IMG] http://i815.photobucket.com/al...r/DSC00161.jpg[/IMG]   | |||
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Heres the link to the two videos I made of the hunt. http://youtu.be/X7AkHr0-J5k http://youtu.be/NvVrH6aTMEw | |||
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Jcjr, that's a beauty - good for you man! Well, you guys will love this one. I now sit in the world of the galacticly freakin stupid!!! Pen Air, quite possibly operated by the dumbest people on planet earth has done the following with my hunting gear, ammo, etc, etc. Finally in the past few hrs planes are in the air. So, Bozo airlines flew our bags to Sandy River, 20 miles from and dropped em off, why, no idea, but they did. So, Sandy river radios over here, says we have two bags for Neilson & Montgomery at our place. Ok, well at least they are closer. So, our guide gets in his super cub headed to Sandy River. No sooner does he leave, than the 2nd Pen Air planes arrives in Sandy, the pilot loads up our bags, and is now on his way 100 miles back to King Salmon. All while our guide is thinking our bags are in Sandy, burning up AV gas, trying to help us get out and hunt. 4 days ago in King Salmon, no fewer than 30 hunters, that's right, 30 hunters, were missing bags, gear, guns, and they all originated one short flight away in Anchorage, with all of their gear. In my life, I have seen such disorganization, lack of information, and frankly, plain stupidity, than with Pen Air. It's mind boggling!!!!!! It's not the first time Ive flown them, I wish it could be the last. But as long as they have the monopoly on this part of the world, their incentive to grow a brain, is lacking. Finally we can fly, finally we can get to camp and hunt, but not now. Well, that's my rant for the day. Hope you other guys fair better, and good luck. | |||
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Aaron, I feel for you; I spent five days waiting to fly out on a moose hunt in BC some years ago. Drove me crazy. But shot a nice moose on Day 6. Hopefully you will get out and whack one. | |||
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