Alaska brown / grizzly bear hunts

Spring Alaska brown bear hunts - Our EARLY BIRD BROWN BEAR hunts offer the "ultimate" in North America hunting. Our spring bear hunts start in late March, run through early May and are an excellent way to "crawl out of hibernation and jump into spring!" We hunt Game Management Unit 16B (Northern Cook Inlet,) where the spring bear harvest is still near 90% boars, averaging 7 to 9 years of age with skull measurements over 24". The hide from such a bear will square around 9'.

Many prospective Alaska bear hunters we have talked to believe that Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula are the only areas that provide good hunting for large bears. We have long been convinced that a spring bear hunt in Unit 16 is darn hard to beat!

Visibility and access via a SuperCub on skis and snow machines is excellent, hides are prime, large males are leaving their dens and are less alert and when big bears move around they leave tracks in the snow. Tracks help a great deal in determining a bear's size and location and make it easier to retrieve wounded animals. Also bears are hungry and killing a moose (or several) seems to be first on their agenda. We have been very successful harvesting large bears. We have guided in this area since 1987 and keep a detailed account of where and when bears and/or concentrated activity (feeding, tracks, trails, diggings, or dens) are seen. This extra effort is worth it to help you get your bear!

Alaska spring brown bear seasons do not start until May in most other units. By this time the snow is gone, access is more difficult, and vegetation has started to green, making bears harder to see. Bears have been out of hibernation for some time and hides are often "rubbed." We can't control the weather but effort will be 100%+ !