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Contemplating a hunt for interior grizzly to mark my 60th birthday next spring. Figured I'd better get on this while I'm still in good shape. Am an experienced black bear spot & stalk hunter, but grizzly will be new to me.

Recommendations re area and/or guides?

Yes, am also torn about the big coastal brownies with Phil... I've seen a BUNCH of them while fly fishing the incredible silver salmon run near Cordova over the years.

Alaska is a relatively short hop for me, coming from Washington State. Have .375, will travel.

Thanks, Guy

Timothy Treadwell is the AK expert on grizzly interiors...

PM sent.

Signed,

Not a smart azz (like the previous poster )


…at least not this time.

A good friend of mine is a guide for an outfit in western AK. He has put clients on some very nice bears, and he will go the extra mile to make it happen. I will PM you the website for the company he works for.

what does a hunt like that go for any one knows ?

Peanuts. 4 or 5 solid gold ones will do.

Jake Jefferson is another good one good guy. He got out of guiding for a year or two and went back to guiding this year.

http://alaska-bearhunting.com/

That's good to hear that Jake is back in the bear guiding business. He's a solid dude and is a helluva bear hunter as well.

A man wakes up one morning in Alaska to find a bear on his roof. So he looks in the yellow pages and sure enough, there's an ad for 'Bear Removers.' He calls the number, and the bear remover says he'll be over in 30 minutes.

The bear remover arrives, and gets out of his van. He's got a ladder, a baseball bat, a shotgun and a mean old pit bull.

'What are you going to do,' the homeowner asks?

'I'm going to put this ladder up against the roof, and then I'm going to go up there and knock the bear off the roof with this baseball bat. When the bear falls off, the pit bull is trained to grab his testicles and not let go. The bear will then be subdued enough for me to put him in the cage in the back of the van.'

He hands the shotgun to the homeowner.

'What's the shotgun for?' asks the homeowner.



'If the bear knocks me off the roof, shoot the dog.

The Bear Hunter




A group of men go up into the mountains to go bear hunting. The first morning out, Bill goes out on his own. He comes to a clearing on a hill overlooking a field and sees a bear slowly strolling across the field. He gets the bear in his sites and fires. He then looks all around, but he can't find the bear.

All of a sudden, he feels a tap on his shoulder. He turns around, and there's the bear. The bear knocks the gun out of his hands, and Bill stands there shaking in his boots.

The bear yells at him, saying he's sick and tired of being shot at and gives Bill an ultimatum. The bear tells him that he can either drop to his knees and blow him, or the bear will eat his face.

Bill immediately drops to his knees and obliges the bear. The bear walks away contented and Bill find his way back to the cabin.

The next morning, Bill takes an even bigger gun with him and goes to the same place he saw the bear before. And sure enough, there was the bear strolling across the field again. Bill gets all excited, gets the bear in his sites and shoots! He looks all around, but there is no bear. All of a sudden he feels a tap on his shoulder again. He turns around, and, surprise, there's the bear. The bear looks at him, knocks the gun out of his hand, and says,''You know the routine.''

Bill drops to his knees and obliges the bear again. When he's done, the bear walks away smoking a cigarette and Bill stumbles back to his cabin.

Bill is all pissed off now. He grabs the biggest gun he can find and heads to the same spot again. And sure enough, there is the bear strolling across the field again. He gets the bear in his sites, and says to himself, ''Now this bear's gonna [bleep]' get it!'' He pulls the trigger and, "Ka-BOOM!" He looks all over again, but no bear. Then, just as before, he feels the same tap at his shoulder. He turns around, there's the bear standing there with a big smirk on his face. He looks down at Bill and says, ''You're not in this for the hunting are you?'''

And it bears three-peating! Might be a couple puns there!

Testing editing feature...

Don't know why it posted 3 times, too late to delete them now.

Ahhh negative. You have 24 hours to edit or delete posts.

Why does it keep telling me "This post may no longer be deleted" on all 3 of them?

You are right... used to be we had 24 hours to edit and that included deleting. You can still edit your posts and say something clever!

I think once it has been replied to, it cannot be dumped.

I'm sure you had a Seahawk fart to post the 'three-pete'.

Yeah, that's the reason. Book it!

PM headed your way...

I just figured it was Really, Really, Really important for you to post that info!

Thanks, thanks, thanks!

This is likely to be a "once in a lifetime" hunt for me. I've contacted one outfitter/guide recently, but still looking for info.

Guy

I hope it helped you then. lol

This thread is worthless without bear pictures (2011 Talkeetnas).