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Yes times have definitely changed. My father in law used to shoot eagles for the bounty and seals for crab bait. He said sea lions didn’t fish well. Wolves and eagles were bonus money. The abandoned school bus was where he and his brother would sit and wait for a good head shot presentation for the brown bears that were a pain in their asses back in the 50’s and early 60’s….their brown bear gun was a .222 Rem Mag and they never required a second shot.

I’d have loved to grow up in Alaska in the post WWII years of the late 40’s-mid 60’s. The stories from family that lived up there for multiple generations are what dreams are made of.