Bear Bums - Bear Hunting

Here are a few photos of our bear hunting experience on the coast of Alaska.  The first week of May in 2006 we spent on the coast of Kupreanof Island.  We’ve decided we took too few pictures but truthfully the weather restricted our photo taking.  On September 5th (one month from now) we take off for our next self guided, do-it-yourself bear hunt.  This time we’re off to Prince of Wales Island, Alaska landing on Salmon Lake and doing this fall hunt along a great salmon stream called Karta River.

This is Nathan’s black bear that was shot about 30 yards from Frank’s bear.  21″ Plus skull.

Frank’s Alaskan Black Bear.  19″ Plus skull.

The rain on the Alaskan Coast never stopped.

We ate dungeness crabs daily.  One this fall, lake hunt black bear hunt we won’t get any dungeness crabs to eat but we’re hoping to gorge on salmon, trout and dolly varden and possibly black tail deer.  This should  compliment our  black bear hunting!

We are taking more water happy cameras and have committed to being better photographers this trip.  The trip in 2006 was a riot and this trip will be way, way better, safer and more productive.  I can’t wait.  By the way, some of these 2006 photos appear dry and perhaps even sunny.  Wrong, it was always raining to some degree.  Getting rain gear dried out each night was a big deal.  See yah.