Bear Bums – Bear Hunting

I grew up hunting in Idaho and Wyoming and now live and hunt mostly in Utah. When we take rain gear it can be about anything because it seldom rains in this high desert country. I look at snow differently (not like rain). Our upcoming self guided black bear hunt to the coast of Alaska is different. It will rain enough there to not allow us to ignore the wet, and we’ll be isolated enough we cannot exclude the need to stay dry.

My 1^st hunt to the coast of Alaska was a brown bear hunt to Yakutat and it rained inches per day and if I recall it didn’t stop at all. I had the very best Gore-Tex outfits and that kept me good and wet. Now on that coast I only use rubber. Read the rest of this entry »