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<blockquote data-quote="c-ne-elk" data-source="post: 1365372" data-attributes="member: 33799"><p>Fall hunts are the first hunts to fill up and you will see many, many more bears than the spring hunts. In the spring you may go 10 days and only see one bear. Spring hunts are also weather dependent. Too early, bears are not out, too late, they have moved into the heavy brush and are not nearly as active as they are in the fall. Spring bears may have better hides but both of my bears had excellent hides with no rubs at all. In the fall, the bears move all day long so there is plenty of time to hunt. Just my two cents...</p><p>If you go further South on the Peninsula (say around Cold Bay) they have some EXCELLENT bears but the weather there is horrible. Be prepared to get into the field late or have to stay longer.</p><p>Bear hunting in Alaska is as much of a mind game as anything. You sit and glass in rain, more rain and more rain. Some guys can't take it. Get some good raingear, by good I mean something that does not breath (breathable = leakable after some time) Wear breathable waist waders (yes that goes against what I just said above) to wear as pants with non-felt soled wading boots. When it comes time to make the stalk you will be busting through creeks and swamps plus you don't have to worry about sitting down on wet tundra.</p><p>It is one of the most exciting hunts you will ever go on! I shot my first bear at 28 yards the 2nd at 90, a pure rush!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c-ne-elk, post: 1365372, member: 33799"] Fall hunts are the first hunts to fill up and you will see many, many more bears than the spring hunts. In the spring you may go 10 days and only see one bear. Spring hunts are also weather dependent. Too early, bears are not out, too late, they have moved into the heavy brush and are not nearly as active as they are in the fall. Spring bears may have better hides but both of my bears had excellent hides with no rubs at all. In the fall, the bears move all day long so there is plenty of time to hunt. Just my two cents... If you go further South on the Peninsula (say around Cold Bay) they have some EXCELLENT bears but the weather there is horrible. Be prepared to get into the field late or have to stay longer. Bear hunting in Alaska is as much of a mind game as anything. You sit and glass in rain, more rain and more rain. Some guys can't take it. Get some good raingear, by good I mean something that does not breath (breathable = leakable after some time) Wear breathable waist waders (yes that goes against what I just said above) to wear as pants with non-felt soled wading boots. When it comes time to make the stalk you will be busting through creeks and swamps plus you don't have to worry about sitting down on wet tundra. It is one of the most exciting hunts you will ever go on! I shot my first bear at 28 yards the 2nd at 90, a pure rush! [/QUOTE]
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