Here are some pics from my recent Southwest Alaska Coastal Brown Bear hunt. I hunted with Outfitter Justin Johns. I went with 2 other buddies and we went 3 for 3. Flew into Dillingham and then took a float plane back into the Togiak Refuge. I hunted along the coast of the Bering Sea. Had a great trip. It was a little slow at first but once we got a shooter located the hunt/stalk was a blast. Definitely exciting. Comfortable accommodations and food for sure. I used a 300 RUM with the Barnes 200gr LRX bullet. It was a last minute change after my .375 H&H got screwy. It worked great. I used a Paradox pack and it performed well and I'd like to thank Nathan and Kevin for that. Nice lightweight, strong, comfortable pack for my body type.

I also used an Iridium GO! satellite wifi device and it worked great. I was very pleased with the performance of it. I'll post more info on that in another thread.













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Beautiful bear!

Nice Bruin, Congrats on the successful hunt!

I was thinking about you and this hunt a few days back. Glad to see you had a good hunt!

Congrats!

Gorgeous bear!

Congrats!

Gorgeous bear!! What was the range of the shot??

Range was about 60-70 yds

That sez that you made an excellent stalk OR ya pissed him off

Awesome bear. Congrats.

A little of both. Stalked in close and my guide spooked the bear a little. Shot was head on but not charging.

Congrats - that is a heck of a bear!

nice!

Beautiful bear, sounds like you and your friends had a great trip.

Congratulations on your success.

Congrats Lee on the trip of a lifetime. Beautiful brown bear.

Great looking trophy! Did you pop him in the noggin?

Too CooL! dam fine Bear!

Thanks for the pics and story ebby!Congrats on a great bear!

Thanks for your photos and write-up. Congrats on a beautiful trophy.

Great looking bear. Congratulations.

What is with this forum and Crocs!!!

I did shoot the bear in the head/neck. Bear was about to run and the game was up for us. Shoot now or miss your chance. All I could see what head/neck facing me. Tucked it under the chin and dropped it right there.

Thanks for all the replies guys!

Lee

That is a gorgeous bear...Congrtas.

Great bear Lee! Been waiting for this post. I'm glad your trip went so well-thanks for posting and congrats!!

Beautiful bear!

Oustading bear, and it sounds like a great overall hunt and experience. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Awesome bear!!

Congratulations!!! Awesome bear and great photos!

Eric

Very nice! Congratulations!

Congrats man! Sweet bear and pics! Very nice. Was this your first AK hunt?

Awesome. That's my dream hunt

Wowza, that would be a rush for sure!



Great pics as well Ebby, what do you figure the hide weighed?

Looks like a pretty good load.

Hunt of a lifetime!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Awesome bear! Congrats!

Sam, apparently you take the bears size in feet (squared) and square it to he the approx weight of the hide. 8ft bear weighs approx 65, 9ft 80, etc. mine was 8.25-8.5 squared so about 70lbs for me. I had about 20-25 in my pack before so I packed out about 90-95lbs. Guide took the skull which weighs about 10-12 lbs.

Lee

Great Bear......congrats.

Ebby,

Congrat's on a fine bear! Nothing like "live'n the dream"! Congrat's again, memtb

nicely done- a great bear

Very cool. Heart rate had to be up a bit knowing he knew you were there and was squaring off.

Well done!

Where did you dig the bullet out from?

Nice bear, congrats!!

Great job. Nice looking hide. Something to be proud of.

Ebby,

Congrats on an awesome trophy and an experience of a lifetime! Thanks for sharing.