LAST EDITED ON Jun-21-10 AT 06:54PM (MST)[p]I have received help from numerous Monster Muley members over the years and am truly thankful..
Don't want a beef with either Stinky or you.
If I could ever help out either one of you guys I would in a minute.
Since these are guided hunts by law I'm not revealing any honey holes, so here are some of my choices.
My info might be a tad dated, since it's been a while since the bear fever cooled.
I hunted interior Grizzly in 1996 out of the Alaskan town of Gakona.
It was a long 17 day hunt, we saw some extremely large bears with one that the guide estimated at over 9 foot.
We had very difficult snow conditions.
In the end final stalks on those giants were blown due to crunchy snow and swirling wind conditions.
I'm still haunted by the memories of two of those monster interior bears.
This is the den that that monster 9 footer spent the winter.
After we blew the stalk, we packed up went back to the plane and followed his tracks in the snow.
Here he is from the air.
Another bear that winded us on that hunt...
I ended up taking a smaller bear that squared 7ft 9 on the last evening of the last day of the hunt.
I came home with a real empty feeling knowing I was so close to a couple of huge bears and could not seal the deal.
I decided the only way to get one of those giants that I had dreamed of since my boyhood was to go where the real big ones live.
I scrimped, saved, and even sold my truck, but I finally booked a 15 day back pack bear hunt on Kodiak island.
I killed my giant bear on Kodiak Island April 24th of 2001
They used to take some huge interior bears out of McGrath Alaska, but I think they have thinned them out in recent years.
If you opt for a truly large brownie, I strongly feel that you should hunt the first SPRING hunt available.
The biggest boars are the first to come out of their dens if you go later, you will see more bears, but you will see smaller ones and might be tempted to shoot
one.
Also if you go later, you will see rubbed bears that you will truly regret shooting.
Hunt Kodiak Island or the south
western most part of the Alaskan peninsula.
Forget about southeast Alaska, they just
don't produce giant bears.
I took my 10 footer with
Brian Peterson (907) 783-1886 Girdwood, AK
99587
http://www.ugakbay.com/
He is a very honest, hard working guide with a real
honey hole on Kodiak.
He was very reasonably priced at the time.
He offers a 14 day hunt!
($10,500 in 2001)
He was on the board of
directors of the Alaska Professional hunter's Assn.
He has MANY years of guiding under his belt considering he
is still in his 40's.
Other great Kodiak choices would be:
#1
http://www.huntalaska.com/
Choice #1 is Scott Mileur Truly a legendary guide on Kodiak,
Most honest, tough, hard working guy you will ever meet
PERIOD.
LOTS of GIANT bears under his belt.
He hunts the legendary area of Olga Bay where Pinnell &
Talifson trained him. He too offers a 14 day
hunt for the price. (VERY
IMPORTANT!)
I would go with him if my life depended on killing
a giant bear.
HOLD OUT FOR A BIG ONE,
YOU WILL GET IT.
Friend of mine killed a 9'6
bear with Scott.
I know him and have talked to him for many years
at the different conventions.
HE IS SUPERB.
I would have gone with him but I just couldn't afford
it at the time.
#2
Dennis Harms is a stand up guy with lots of big bears under his belt.
http://www.alaskakodiakbearhuntingsafaris.com/
3.
D.i.c.k Rohrer is a Kodiak legend.
http://www.kodiakbearcamp.com/hunting.html
Alaska Peninsula...
1.
http://www.wildmanlodge.com/prod02.htm
Has taken TONS of monster bears, but his hunts are short and he runs a lot of hunters through his area,
but he does really well.
2..
R&R guide servise does a bang up job on Unimak Island as well.
http://www.rrhunting.com/unimak-brown-bear/
3.
Tim Booch has taken bears up to 11 foot square.
http://www.aleutianislandsguideservice.com/index.html
I hope you can attain one
of these hunts.
They are adventures of a lifetime, you will never regret it.
Take Care.
HH
