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