Brown – Grizzly – Polar Bear

ALASKA PENINSULA BROWNIES EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE NATIVE LAND SPRING $33,000 FALL $28,000

This Alaska Peninsula hunt is on the southeastern side of the peninsula, one of the top brown bear trophy areas. The outfitter’s success on large boars past years is mainly due to having exclusive rights to prime native land with 3 major bays and rivers, including over 30 miles of coastline.

2024 spring season ended with 12 hunters tagging 9 boars, including an amazing 6 bears hovering around that 10 foot mark, best went 10 foot 4 inches.

2023 fall season finished with 4 of the 9 hunters tagging bears from 8 foot to just over 9 foot. The 5 unsuccessful hunters were all in one group and only stayed for 4 days and saw plenty of bears but elected not to shoot any.

Spring hunts are normally conducted on even numbered years like 2026 and then in 2028, from May 10 to 31 Fall hunts are on odd years like 2025 and then 2027, from October 1 to 21. Spring hunts are $33,000 and fall hunts are priced at $28,000 and also the easier time to hunt. Rates are for the entire season, stay until you kill, and most hunters are successful in 7 to 9 days. A packer can be hired for $200 per day.

Hunts can be conducted out of base camp with the use of 4 wheelers or jet boats, but mainly this is a spike camp operation. Round trip flights from Anchorage to Sand Point run about $1,200 and the flight from Sand Point to base camp is included in the price. Hunt BR781. BR781 Hunt Photos.

 

ALASKA BROWN BEAR BOAT HUNT $30,000 10 HUNTING DAYS

Here is a highly successful southeast Alaska outfitter with over 30 years of experience that is not high profile like most of his competitors. He is not into doing sports shows or taking TV personalities and he does not shoot sows or small boars.

2024 spring all 3 rifle brown bear hunters tagged out on bears 8 1/2 to over 9 foot, including the largest skull 25 3/4 measured by Fish and Game on Admi- ralty this spring. He also had one bow- hunter miss at 20 yards and had multiple opportunities.

2024 fall was really good and both hunters were done by day 6 on really nice furred 9 foot boars. There were less fish than normal and less streams to hunt, but overall was good.

2023 spring first hunt, early May, ended with both hunters killing boars including one over 9 foot and one over 8 foot, both good bears with good hides. Second hunt, mid-May, he only took one hunter, and he tagged a solid 8 1/2 footer.

2023 fall hunt ended 1 for 2 taking an extremely heavy upper 8 footer and the second hunter crippled and lost a bear looking to go over 9 foot at only 50 yards.  10 day 1×1 brown bear boat hunt is $30,000 spring or fall. He plans on taking two hunters April 29 to May 9 and two hunters May 10 to 20. Fall hunts he normally takes two hunters September 15 to 26.

Accommodations are a 50 foot hunting vessel pulling along two 18 foot skiffs with 40hp motors to access the shoreline. He normally con- ducts hunts off the coast of Admiralty and across Chatham Strait off the mainland coast. Spring charter flights out of Juneau to or from the boat run about $300 per hunter. Fall hunts typically do not require a charter flight. 2025 spring hunts are booked full and fall of 2025 both spots are open September 15 to 26. 2026 both spring and fall are booked full. HCU’s Cliff Graham has been on this hunt. Hunt BR907.

 

$19,500 ALASKA BROWN BEAR! 10 DAYS SPRING OR FALL ADD MOOSE IN FALL FOR $16,500

This may be the least expensive Alaska brown bear hunt with a very experienced quality outfitter. He has an isolated lodge that even has a steam bath along the Hoholitna River about 75 airmiles northwest of Lake Clark. Five nice log cabins are used for accommodations. 10 day hunts typically run 80 percent success for both spring and fall bears averaging 8 to 8 1/2 foot, similar to southeast Alaska bears.

2024 spring he had 6 hunters tag 5 bears and, in the fall, his 16 brown bear hunters killed 13 bears, including a monster Boone and Crockett 9 foot 8 inch boar with a 28 3/4 inch skull!

The rest were all 8 to 8 1/2 foot.

2023 spring ended with 5 hunters killing 4 bears, one hunter passed. All the bears were be- tween 8 foot and a little over 8 1/2 foot. Fall sea- son had 8 hunters tag 5 bears, including 2 combination moose/bear hunters that scored on both.

10 day hunts are only $19,500 spring or fall. Spring hunts are April 14 to May 1. Snowmobiles are used on the spring hunts to access den areas and catch boars coming out of hibernation. Fall hunts start August 20 and finish September 25. They are spent glassing blueberry hillsides or checking moose kills. They utilize jet boats and quads in the fall. This brown bear hunt can be combined with moose for $36,000 and would be mid to late September.

Hunters fly from Anchorage to Port Als- worth for $500 round trip and then the outfit- ter will charter you into camp at his expense. Hunt BRSF781.  BRSF781 Hunt Photos.

 

ALASKA BROWN BEAR BOAT HUNT 2 AREAS OFF THE MAINLAND SECOND HUNT CAN BE COMBINED WITH BLACK BEAR

This small outfitter does brown bear, black bear and mountain goats with one of the hardest working crews you will find in Alaska. Hunts are conducted off his 45 foot vessel, typically taking 2 hunters at a time.

Spring 2024 first hunt May 5 to 15 he had a rifle hunter and a bowhunter. The bowhunter tagged a really nice 8 foot 8 inch boar the first day with no rubs. Rifle hunter passed on several bears before killing a 8 1/2 footer. Second hunt May 18 to 28 he only had one hunter, and he killed a monster 9 1/2 footer with 26 1/4 inch skull on day 5 and then hit and lost a black bear.

His third hunt is black bear only priced at $8,500 for 7 days and we went 3 for 3, best squared out at 7 1/2 feet.

2026 spring brown bear hunts are $29,000 1×1 for 10 hunting days. The second hunt is open for 2 hunters May 13 to 24 and will include black bear once hunters are tagged out on brownies.

2025 is booked full, book now for spring 2026 second hunt. Hunt BR838.

 

#1 ALASKA GRIZZLY HUNT $24,500 7 DAYS 1X1
2024 – 37 HUNTERS 35 GRIZZLIES 2023 – 32 HUNTERS 30 GRIZZLIES

This longtime Alaska outfitter/bush pilot acquired the first outfitting/guiding non-residents permit in the Noatak National Preserve for arctic grizzly in 2019, a large area located northeast out of Kotzebue. He will continue to run his high success grizzly hunt in country located adjacent to the Preserve, but this just gives him a much larger area.

2024 turned out to be his best year yet. His 37 hunters tagged 35 bears, 1 sow, with an unbe- lievable number of 20 bears that would qualify for Boone and Crockett! 4 bears had skulls over 26 inches with the best going 26 10/16. Lots of bears squared 8 foot and the average was probably 7 1/2.

2023 his 32 hunters tagged 30 grizzlies, one hunter crippled a bear the other unsuccessful hunter only was able to hunt one day due to bad weather. Lots of 8 foot bears and the best one had a 26 1/2 inch skull. Grizzly numbers appear to be very high.

7 day grizzly hunts guided 1×1 will be $24,500 running from late August into early September. 2026 price will be $25,500. Grizzly tags are sold over the counter.

Hunters fly from Anchorage to Kotzebue for about $500 roundtrip, where they are met by the outfitter and flown to camp. Hunt GR247.