WHICH DO YOU WANT BROWN OR GRIZZLY? RIFLE OR BOW? BEST AREAS FOR BIG BEARS ARE ON A DRAWING PERMIT SYSTEM SO YOU HAVE TO GET THE PERMIT. KODIAK HAS SEPARATE PERMITS FOR NON-RES. YOUR CHANCE OF DRAWING IS HIGHER THAN IT IS FOR A RES. TO DRAW.
CARL BRENT , LIVES IN WASILLA, GUIDES ON KODIAK. KEN POWERS , LIVES IN ANCHORAGE I THINK, GUIDES ON THE ALASAKA PENINSULA. THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD AREAS AND WOULD GIVE YOU A GOOD HUNT. THEY HAVE GOOD SUCCESS %. DAVE NEEL, LIVES IN WASILLA, ON THE HAUL ROAD GUIDES IN UNIT 26, OUT OF HAPPY VALLEY ON THE NORTH SLOPE FOR TUNDRA GRIZ, THEY DON'T GET ANY PRETTIER THAN TUNDRA GRIZ.
A.B.C. ISLANDS IN S.E. HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF BROWN BEARS ADMIRALTIY HAS NEARLY ONE BEAR PER SQUARE MILE. THEY GET BIG BUT SKULLS DON'T SEEM TO GET NEARLY AS BIG, S.E BOWMAN MAY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU GOOD GUIDES DOWN THERE IN S.E.
RECORD BOOK SIZE IS WHAT YOU WANT, PUT IN FOR KODIAK, UNIMAK ISLAND OR AK PENINSULA. UNIT 13 (DENALI HWY.) HAS ALOT OF BEARS...THEY ARE CONSIDERED BROWN BEARS BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED GRIZ, PRETTY BEARS BUT NOT HUGE. I DON'T KNOW A GUIDE IN THAT AREA. WEST COAST OF AK HAS ALOT OF BEARS.TERRIBLE WEATHER AND DIFFICULT ACCESS. SOME AREAS IN THE FALL YOU COULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MULTI SPECIES HUNT. I'VE NEVER HUNTED WITH ANY OF THE GUIDES I MENTIONED BUT I KNOW ALL OF THESE GUYS. I HAVE NO BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THEM, AND NOTHING TO GAIN BY RECOMMENDING ANY OF THEM. I MAY BE GOING WITH A FRIEND THAT IS TO HUNT WITH CARL BRENT THIS SPRING TO FILM THE HUNT.