Since non-residents and aliens alike must use a guide for bear hunting in Alaska it looks like if you have got the money, then they have a deal ready to go for you....
Looks like Kodiak Island proper might be trickier regarding draw:
http://www.worldwide-hunts.com/Bear%20Hunts.htm
http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/hunt_...-faq.cfm#paper
HOWEVER, if Afognak island will work for you, then it looks like you could be ready to go as early as April 6, 2004! $650 for an alien license and $12,000 for 10 days of their trouble to put you and Mr. Brown Bear together and then picking up the pieces afterward (hopefully the bears!).
http://www.huntafognak.com/bearhunt.htm
http://www.huntafognak.com/rates.htm
So what do you think? 338WinMag or 375HH or 416 or ..... ?
BTW, here is a quote from the African Hunters, " Once you walked amongst them, no rifle is too large."
Life does change when the hunter can become the hunted and the quarry DOESN' T have to flee at the hunters advance!
EKM