Our Brown Bear hunts take place in Game Management Units 8(Kodiak Island), 16 and 9. I have been hunting these areas for the past eleven seasons and have had excellent success. Spring hunts typically are 15 days, with the hunter arriving the day prior to his hunt and departing the day after. The reason for the Spring hunts being longer than Fall is due to uncertain weather changes, which affect bear movement after leaving their dens. Most Fall hunts are 10 full days. Hunters can take one Brown Bear and one black bear (Except on Kodiak) is included with the Brown Bear hunt and the hunter is welcome to take up to 3 black bears in both areas at a trophy fee of $ 500. each.

Unit 8, Kodiak Island, is an area I just acquired, though I have hunted there multiple years and have taken some great bears. Unlike Units 9 & 16, Unit 8 is on a drawing only basis. Applications are due in December of the prior year for Spring hunts and in May for Fall hunts. If you are interested in applying please contact me as I must enter a Guide/Client contract to the state prior to you applying. This is a great hunt but is not a gimme as many people think Kodiak is. The area is steep ridges all the way down to ocean beaches. You may also take Sitka Blacktails on Fall hunts for a trophy fee of $ 500. each. This is a video of one of our hunters taking an all time Boone and Crockett Brown Bear taken Spring of '09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5cXiGVacXA

Unit 9 is open every other year. It is open during the Spring of even years and the Fall of odd years. This unit consists of the whole Alaska Peninsula from Lake Illiamna down to Cold Bay. We hunt the Northern part of the unit in mountain passes, on salmon streams and saltwater beaches, depending on the time of year. During the Spring unit 9 is open from May 10th-25th and we typically hunt beaches where bears come to mate and passes where bears travel. In the Fall we hunt all of the mentioned areas and specifically target the salmon streams. The fall season for Unit 9 is September 20th to October 20th. During a typical 10 day Fall hunt you can expect to see 8-10 bears with 2-3 being in the 9 foot plus category and the spring is similar with maybe a few more bears being seen with the addition of more sows and cubs.

     We adhere to a strict wounding policy and the Alaska Board of Game has made it a law in many of our units that if a bear is wounded it counts as the hunters kill.  Know your limits and your weapon and communicate that with us.  We will do our best to make sure every hunt is a successful one.  Thanks you for your interest in our Brown Bear hunts.