brown bear season closed, time to try for a blackie.

[jrchambers]

Alaska fish and game has decided that we need to kill 70 brownies this spring in the unit I live in,  they also decided to let us take them off of black bear bait stations, what a chance to get real close!!!!

[LB_hntr]

What and opportuninty!
Good luck. I cant wait to see pics this spring!

[huntnmuleys]

wow. you need a long, lost cousin Luigi from Wyoming to come take one as well?

lucky dog!!

Yessir, that would be an AWESOME hunt, for sure! Makes me wish I had the trade bait you mentioned in your PM!

I hope you get a crack at one of those bruisers!

Bisch

[beachbowhunter]

Don't know about you, but sitting in a tree watching a brownie at the barrel  would be a WHOLE LOT different than a blackie.  Post pics when you do it!

[jrchambers]

ive been watching them take over baits every year, some times you cant get out of the tree for a while, but this year we can kill em

[jrchambers]

there is also still chances at blackies

[D. Key]

"some times you cant get out of the tree for a while"...Kinda makes me glad I live in Texas.  Best of luck to ya.  Just don't become scat.

[Chromebuck]

I heard on KDLL today that the Kenai Wildlife Refuge is not participating in the bear or predator hunting of any type including lynx.  The Feds want a healthy bear and predator population.  The state wants a healthy moose population that is low on the peninsula for reasons far more complicated than bear numbers.

If not mistaken I also believe there is a salvage requirement on the carcass.  A brown bear carcass is bait for another brown bear and could get an unexpecting person in a world of trouble.  Called a cache...and ranks right up there with getting between a sow and cubs.

~CB

[RedShaft]

That prob the only way I would hunt brown bear with a bow. That be awesome to get on video. Wink wink!!

[jrchambers]

you are right about the refuge but the state land is still fair and possibly national forest, salvaging the meat is a must, get it done quick, probably cant just drag it out whole, but you do have the right to defend yourself and property,
I hadn't read about the lynx yet, that seems strange as lynx traping on the refuge starts jan 1

[jrchambers]

been thinking about doin it from the ground, ive done it before with brownies on the bait, I usualy make a blind with a chainsaw and heavy wood
almost like a cabin

[SELFBOW19953]

Good luck to you, hope you get a big one.  

I wouldn't think of going, I don't hunt things that hunt me back!!!!

[Caddo]

Outstanding! That is a great opportunity. I had a couple instances, when I lived up there outside of Fairbanks,where a Griz would come in on a Black Bear bait. Increases the pucker factor, considerably! i would imagine it would increase again with a Brownie, especially a 10-12 footer!

Good Luck, Hope ya get a good one!

[AkDan]

Man and u have some monsters !!!!!   Need a camera man?

[FerretWYO]

I will be cook camera man bow carrier arrow retriever just tell me what to do.

That is awesome.

[bruinman]

Man what I wouldnt give. Good luck!

[jrchambers]

more than a camera man some one to watch through some open sights

[jrchambers]

had this one in range a while back  

[Ibow]

Dream hunt! Looking forward to your posts & picts next spring!