Monday, October 14, 2013

Hunting Tips For Grizzly Hunts In Alaska

By Megan Landry


For non-resident hunters, grizzly hunts in Alaska offer one of the most thrilling trophy hunting adventures possible in North America. It's the best place for hunting bears because the state has 98 percent of the U. S. Population of brown bears. The ones found inland and in the northern part of the state are grizzlies.

Let's go through an overview of the hunting regulations before getting down to details about providers and locations. Apart from a license, non-residents also need to buy a $25 locking tag. It cannot be resold or given to someone else, and the tag has to be attached to the hide immediately following the kill.

The locking tag must stay on the hide until it is fully processed or exported. Hunters may use motorized vehicles while attempting to locate bears, but cannot use the vehicle to chase bears or herd them towards another hunter. Brown bears/grizzlies have to be reported within a month, along with evidence of the kill, to a sealing officer.

Non-residents aren't allowed to go on an unguided hunt anyway, so it's not necessary to explore these regulations in greater detail. Just get in touch with a company that organizes guided expeditions for grizzly hunts in Alaska. This provider will then take care of everything from the paperwork to accommodations, meals, transportation, and the little matter of locating grizzlies in the vast expanses of tundra and rugged mountains.

Many such providers arrange for stays in luxury hunting lodges. Hunters can use it as a base, and take up the chance to bag everything from brown bears/grizzlies to black bears, caribou, moose and wolves. Not to mention some freshwater fishing in between on the innumerable rivers, streams, lakes and ponds.

The guides leading these trips will ensure that guests get to experience the thrill of hunting safely and in full compliance of regulations. It does not mean that hunters should be blissfully ignorant. It's actually quite useful to know about bag limits, hunting units and seasons and other things that will be helpful when it comes to choosing the right guide and location.

For instance, Kodiak comes under Unit 8, where hunters have a bag limit of one bear every four regulatory years. Cubs and females with cubs cannot be shot at all in Kodiak. Unit 13-E is inside Denali State Park, where there is a bag limit of one bear per regulatory year. Many other units such as Unit 17 southwest of Anchorage have bag limits of two bears in each regulatory year.

This is not just about rules, because units where higher bag limits exist tend to have larger bear populations. Hunters will have to spend less time scoping the area in planes, snowmobiles and outboards, and can focus all their time and energy on the thrill of the hunt. Grizzly hunts in Alaska can easily be a huge success and a lot more fun with this kind of advance research and planning.




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