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