| If you are looking for the hunting experience | | | | danger of becoming extinct. Their only major |
| of your life, bear hunting is the thrill for | | | | threat is poaching. Legal hunting - that is |
| you. Whether it is brown bear, grizzly bear, | | | | hunting with a licence - regulates the number |
| or black bear, bear hunting is a dangerous | | | | of bears able to be harvested, which is |
| yet thrilling experience that excites most | | | | extremely important to preserve the number of |
| hunters. If grizzly bear hunting is what | | | | bears in the wild. Before you go bear |
| tickles your fancy, travel to Alaska and hunt | | | | hunting, make sure you have the proper |
| in the Management Unit 9. Grizzly bears | | | | equipment to make your hunt successful. Your |
| dominate Unit 9. They dominate Unit 21 in | | | | hunting rifle must be a 30 calibre or higher |
| Alaska, too. Grizzly bears are considered one | | | | and the barrel must be channel glass bedded. |
| of the most dangerous, unpredictable bears in | | | | The best rifle to use is one that shoots |
| the world, so considerable care is required | | | | consistently in all types of weather. |
| when hunting these types of bears. It has | | | | Outfitters will also tell you that you are |
| been noted that Grizzly bears and brown bears | | | | responsible for your own gear - the ammo, |
| are interchangeable. Outfitters and guides | | | | sleeping bags, personal items, and your |
| will dispute this belief as they encounter | | | | firearms permit. Make sure you carry that |
| bears - both grizzly and brown - in their | | | | permit with you at all times when hunting. |
| day-to-day life. Those that travel on the | | | | Alcohol is permitted in camp, but only in |
| shore line while bear hunting will experience | | | | moderation. Excessive drinking and firearms |
| more brown bears. Those bear hunting more in | | | | are a dangerous combination. Food banks are |
| the interior will come across more grizzlies. | | | | the recipients of harvested game animals. As |
| Grizzlies are also smaller than brown bears, | | | | a bear is a huge animal, you would not be |
| but genetically, they are the same. Brown | | | | able to go through that much meat on your |
| bear hunting is as dangerous as hunting | | | | own, so outfitters, who are required by law |
| grizzlies. Brown bears are physically larger | | | | to salvage the meat, donate it. You can take |
| because they live in a more temperate climate | | | | some bear meat home, if you wish. Learn the |
| and their diet is high protein, high fat | | | | tagging system of the area you plan on |
| salmon. They are also distinguished by their | | | | hunting in. Knowing this information will |
| coloring, which can be anywhere from blonde | | | | allow you to hunt other kinds of wild game - |
| to brown, and even black. Black bears, | | | | pending that you have the right permit to do |
| smaller than other bears, are not in any | | | | so - while bear hunting. |