Brown Bear

Hunt BR957

OUR #1 BROWN BEAR BOAT HUNT
ABC ISLANDS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA

This outfitter takes 5 hunters each spring over the course of 3 hunts and 2 hunters in the fall aboard his 48-foot yacht. His past 8 spring hunts have produced 40 bears for 40 hunters until the spring of 2013 when they only went 3 for 5. He was embarrassed and said it was just unbelievable to have 2 hunters go home empty, but they just didn’t see any bears they wanted to take. All 3 bears taken were trophy quality including a monster 9-foot 10-inch boar with a 27-inch skull, another 9-footer that was just shy of 26 inches and an 8-foot 10-inch boar with a 24-inch skull.

Fall hunt went 1 for 2 including an HCU archer who only got some hair. The rifle hunter took a 8-foot 8-inch boar with a 24 ½-inch skull.  Spring hunts are typically April 30 to May 9, May 11 to 20, May 22 to 31 and black bear can be added on the last hunt for $3,500. Spring hunts are normally conducted by cruising the Chichagof Island shoreline until a bear is sighted and then approaching the shoreline by skiff ahead of the bear to intercept him. At times you and your guide may take a small skiff into the more remote bays glassing for feeding bears.  Fall hunt is September 15 to 24 and more time is spent cruising bays and checking salmon streams for feeding bears. It is not uncommon to look over 30 to 50 bears on this hunt.  This has been a very high success hunt priced at only $14,500 for 10 days. Accommodations are on his 48-foot yacht with 6 bunks and a shower.  Hunters fly into Juneau and charter a float plane to the yacht for under $200 roundtrip. Nonhunters are priced at $2,500. Next openings are in 2015. Hunt BR957.

Here are the 2 bears taken this fall. One measured 8’ 9” with a 24 ½” skull and the other 9’1” with a 26” skull. Both hunters were tagged out in 3 days and enjoyed some fishing the remaining days. The largest bear taken on this hunt in past years had a 27-inch skull and it was also taken on a fall hunt.