For non-resident hunters, grizzly hunts in Alaska offer one of the most thrilling trophy hunting adventures possible in North America. It's the best place for hunting bears because the state has 98 percent of the U. S. Population of brown bears. The ones found inland and in the northern part of the state are grizzlies.
Let's go through an overview of the hunting regulations before getting down to details about providers and locations. Apart from a license, non-residents also need to buy a $25 locking tag. It cannot be resold or given to someone else, and the tag has to be attached to the hide immediately following the kill.
The locking tag must stay on the hide until it is fully processed or exported. Hunters may use motorized vehicles while attempting to locate bears, but cannot use the vehicle to chase bears or herd them towards another hunter. Brown bears/grizzlies have to be reported within a month, along with evidence of the kill, to a sealing officer.
Non-residents aren't allowed to go on an unguided hunt anyway, so it's not necessary to explore these regulations in greater detail. Just get in touch with a company that organizes guided expeditions for grizzly hunts in Alaska. This provider will then take care of everything from the paperwork to accommodations, meals, transportation, and the little matter of locating grizzlies in the vast expanses of tundra and rugged mountains.
Many such organized trips are high-end experiences that include stays in luxury hunting lodges. The lodge is used for resting and relaxing in between hunting expeditions. Hunters can bag not just grizzlies or brown bears, but also the odd black bear, wolf, moose and caribou. Fishing in these parts is not half-bad either, and any free time can be spent angling in the thousands of rivers, lakes, ponds and streams.
No doubt the guide and the company handling all the details will do a good job and provide a thrilling but safe experience in compliance of state regulations. Even so, hunters should still take some time to learn about things such as hunting seasons, regulatory years, hunting units, and the bag limits in each unit. It will help choose the right provider and guide in an ideal location.
For instance, Kodiak comes under Unit 8, where hunters have a bag limit of one bear every four regulatory years. Cubs and females with cubs cannot be shot at all in Kodiak. Unit 13-E is inside Denali State Park, where there is a bag limit of one bear per regulatory year. Many other units such as Unit 17 southwest of Anchorage have bag limits of two bears in each regulatory year.
This is not just about rules, because units where higher bag limits exist tend to have larger bear populations. Hunters will have to spend less time scoping the area in planes, snowmobiles and outboards, and can focus all their time and energy on the thrill of the hunt. Grizzly hunts in Alaska can easily be a huge success and a lot more fun with this kind of advance research and planning.
Let's go through an overview of the hunting regulations before getting down to details about providers and locations. Apart from a license, non-residents also need to buy a $25 locking tag. It cannot be resold or given to someone else, and the tag has to be attached to the hide immediately following the kill.
The locking tag must stay on the hide until it is fully processed or exported. Hunters may use motorized vehicles while attempting to locate bears, but cannot use the vehicle to chase bears or herd them towards another hunter. Brown bears/grizzlies have to be reported within a month, along with evidence of the kill, to a sealing officer.
Non-residents aren't allowed to go on an unguided hunt anyway, so it's not necessary to explore these regulations in greater detail. Just get in touch with a company that organizes guided expeditions for grizzly hunts in Alaska. This provider will then take care of everything from the paperwork to accommodations, meals, transportation, and the little matter of locating grizzlies in the vast expanses of tundra and rugged mountains.
Many such organized trips are high-end experiences that include stays in luxury hunting lodges. The lodge is used for resting and relaxing in between hunting expeditions. Hunters can bag not just grizzlies or brown bears, but also the odd black bear, wolf, moose and caribou. Fishing in these parts is not half-bad either, and any free time can be spent angling in the thousands of rivers, lakes, ponds and streams.
No doubt the guide and the company handling all the details will do a good job and provide a thrilling but safe experience in compliance of state regulations. Even so, hunters should still take some time to learn about things such as hunting seasons, regulatory years, hunting units, and the bag limits in each unit. It will help choose the right provider and guide in an ideal location.
For instance, Kodiak comes under Unit 8, where hunters have a bag limit of one bear every four regulatory years. Cubs and females with cubs cannot be shot at all in Kodiak. Unit 13-E is inside Denali State Park, where there is a bag limit of one bear per regulatory year. Many other units such as Unit 17 southwest of Anchorage have bag limits of two bears in each regulatory year.
This is not just about rules, because units where higher bag limits exist tend to have larger bear populations. Hunters will have to spend less time scoping the area in planes, snowmobiles and outboards, and can focus all their time and energy on the thrill of the hunt. Grizzly hunts in Alaska can easily be a huge success and a lot more fun with this kind of advance research and planning.
