Alaskan Black Bear Hunt, 2011 - Come join us!
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:53 pm
I have set up a special deal for a black bear hunt in Alaska for the spring of 2011. My goal is to have a camp of all houndsmen from these websites. We only take four hunters every other year to this spot so it doesn’t get hardly any pressure at all for the number of bears that are in there.
I spend most of May and all of Sept. in Alaska guiding for my outfitter buddy, Ron Aldridge. Ron is a master guide in Alaska and has been guiding there for over 25 years. Ron, myself and at least two other guides will be in camp for this hunt.
This is for a guided black bear hunt to a remote fly-out camp. The area is called Day Harbor and is located S.E. of Seward, AK.
You will be picked up at the airport in Seward, AK by Ron and his brother that both fly 180hp Super Cubs. These are your typical Alaskan bush planes.
All flights in and out of Seward, guide, camp food, field/trophy care and 7-8 days of fun are included.
This will be a spot and stalk hunt or over bait, whichever you prefer. We always have 2-3 active baits going but some years they don’t even get used. Most guys prefer spot and stalking these bears since they are out all day long feeding and are very visible. Your choice of weapon. Here is the plan for this hunt.
The hunt would begin the second week of May which is the best time because more bears are out then the first week. (These bears are just coming out of hibernation the first week). I have mounted hundreds of bears over the past 25 years and can honestly tell you that these bears have thickest, heaviest hair of any bears anywhere! Guaranteed! There are no color phased bears this far north, they are all black. The river does not have any salmon in it because it is a glacial river. This is why there are very few Brown Bears in the area. They stay closer to the salmon rivers. But, this is also why there are so many Black Bears in this valley! (they don’t like competition from grizzlies).
We will extend the length of this hunt to 7-8 days. (just a side note: Ron is not real strict on the number of days hunters are in camp so if the weather is bad and you need more time or he can’t fly you out because of bad weather, you just stay and keep hunting if you haven’t already shot your bear. No extra cost) To be perfectly honest though, I would be surprised if it took that long for everyone to get their bear (weather permitting). Bear tags can be bought right from Ron in camp, there is no drawing. $300 for the tag and $85 for a NR hunting lisc.
Camp consists of a large cook tent and separate 4 man tents for 2 hunters. There are no other charges or hidden fees. Ron and I are both taxidermist and can also take care of your hide, mount it and then ship it down to you later if you don’t want to take it back with you. Or you can take it back on the plane with you. We will keep the same price as the hunt was this year at $3500.
If you are interested, Ron would need 1/3 deposit to hold this for each hunter. He can be reached at: 907 398-7595. Please feel free to call me or Ron anytime with any questions. I can be reached at 303 588-1869.
I will personally help everyone prepare for this hunt and help make all arrangements for lodging, transportation from Anchorage to Seward and any other ‘extra’ activities you’d like to do while in Alaska (salmon and halibut fishing are excellent this time of year out of Seward or the Cook inlet.)
A typical day consist of glassing for bears right from the beach at camp. When a large bear is spotted, we head out upriver and begin the stalk. The bears are on the hillsides all the way up river as far as you want to walk. Some days, we’ve spotted over 20 bears.
Here are the GPS coordinates for this camp. You can copy and paste these coordinates into Google Earths website and look at the valley we hunt.
lat=60.0460872482, lon=-149.122801936
One opening has already been booked.
Fred Moyer, aka Machias (hope I spelled that right Fred)
First come first serve. Hope to see some of you in camp in 2011! This is going to be a blast.
I have created a photo folder of this camp so you can get an idea of the camp and the valley we hunt.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/570774039hSOFfL
I spend most of May and all of Sept. in Alaska guiding for my outfitter buddy, Ron Aldridge. Ron is a master guide in Alaska and has been guiding there for over 25 years. Ron, myself and at least two other guides will be in camp for this hunt.
This is for a guided black bear hunt to a remote fly-out camp. The area is called Day Harbor and is located S.E. of Seward, AK.
You will be picked up at the airport in Seward, AK by Ron and his brother that both fly 180hp Super Cubs. These are your typical Alaskan bush planes.
All flights in and out of Seward, guide, camp food, field/trophy care and 7-8 days of fun are included.
This will be a spot and stalk hunt or over bait, whichever you prefer. We always have 2-3 active baits going but some years they don’t even get used. Most guys prefer spot and stalking these bears since they are out all day long feeding and are very visible. Your choice of weapon. Here is the plan for this hunt.
The hunt would begin the second week of May which is the best time because more bears are out then the first week. (These bears are just coming out of hibernation the first week). I have mounted hundreds of bears over the past 25 years and can honestly tell you that these bears have thickest, heaviest hair of any bears anywhere! Guaranteed! There are no color phased bears this far north, they are all black. The river does not have any salmon in it because it is a glacial river. This is why there are very few Brown Bears in the area. They stay closer to the salmon rivers. But, this is also why there are so many Black Bears in this valley! (they don’t like competition from grizzlies).
We will extend the length of this hunt to 7-8 days. (just a side note: Ron is not real strict on the number of days hunters are in camp so if the weather is bad and you need more time or he can’t fly you out because of bad weather, you just stay and keep hunting if you haven’t already shot your bear. No extra cost) To be perfectly honest though, I would be surprised if it took that long for everyone to get their bear (weather permitting). Bear tags can be bought right from Ron in camp, there is no drawing. $300 for the tag and $85 for a NR hunting lisc.
Camp consists of a large cook tent and separate 4 man tents for 2 hunters. There are no other charges or hidden fees. Ron and I are both taxidermist and can also take care of your hide, mount it and then ship it down to you later if you don’t want to take it back with you. Or you can take it back on the plane with you. We will keep the same price as the hunt was this year at $3500.
If you are interested, Ron would need 1/3 deposit to hold this for each hunter. He can be reached at: 907 398-7595. Please feel free to call me or Ron anytime with any questions. I can be reached at 303 588-1869.
I will personally help everyone prepare for this hunt and help make all arrangements for lodging, transportation from Anchorage to Seward and any other ‘extra’ activities you’d like to do while in Alaska (salmon and halibut fishing are excellent this time of year out of Seward or the Cook inlet.)
A typical day consist of glassing for bears right from the beach at camp. When a large bear is spotted, we head out upriver and begin the stalk. The bears are on the hillsides all the way up river as far as you want to walk. Some days, we’ve spotted over 20 bears.
Here are the GPS coordinates for this camp. You can copy and paste these coordinates into Google Earths website and look at the valley we hunt.
lat=60.0460872482, lon=-149.122801936
One opening has already been booked.
Fred Moyer, aka Machias (hope I spelled that right Fred)
First come first serve. Hope to see some of you in camp in 2011! This is going to be a blast.
I have created a photo folder of this camp so you can get an idea of the camp and the valley we hunt.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/570774039hSOFfL