travelingman1,
The "no nasty Fed regs" was a 'tongue-in-cheek' reference to Moosies post, which got ugly for a minute. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
It's always nice to have a good reference, and it sounds like you buddy is happy with that outfitter.
Since black bear is open year around, and the bag limit is three, I have to assume there's a lot of them around. Even the Griz bag limit is one a year, compared to some areas that the limit is one every four years. So it's sounds like there's plenty of Griz too.
We're getting on the ferry to Juneau today, so I gotta run...
