DEHusker
WKR
Hi all...drew a POW Island Black Bear Tag for 2019. Anybody with any advice on....anything really? My first time to AK to hunt. I’ll be stoked for sure!
DEH
DEH
Talk to Jason at Adventure Alaska SE. He can set you up with everything you need to have a great DIY bear hunt. I’ve done that hunt three times and really enjoyed it. Eat as much fresh Dungeness crab as you can! Jason’s website is www.huntorfish.com
Thanks for the tips guys. Where you able to butcher up your meat there and ship it back? How did you go about this little dilemma? I assume there is a way to get it all back (meat, pelt, skull) as well as a nice load of fish too...I'll be flying so this makes it a big tricky. Did you all float plane in, ferry, or what?
DEH
We carried hides and skulls carry on and donated our bear meat to locals. Fish boxes for meat would be extra checked baggage.
Ferry may only run once day in spring but float plane service in Ketchikan available.
I don’t think bear meat has to be salvaged in Alaska...
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BCbear3, great bear. Classic old school POW bear .
Note to DEHusker, lots of bears there are rubbed. You can see the bear BCBear killed has rubbed a bunch on it's head. If you see any "Orange" on a bear, those are rubbed areas or spots. Bears there are notorious for orange legs, paws, heads, ass ends etc. If you look at the bear above, he has a rubbed head, but his paws look good. Many of the bears there won't have fur on the paws. Some call it "Snow burn" others say it's from the brush, but regardless, you may have to look over a ton of bears if a good hide is what you want. I love hunting there, but the hides are about as bad as they get. Also note, many old boars will have a rubbed spot right down the middle of their heads. It will look like a stripe. Many times this will let you know what you're looking at vs. a sow.
Have fun, I'll be up there as well. Take care.
Hi all...drew a POW Island Black Bear Tag for 2019. Anybody with any advice on....anything really? My first time to AK to hunt. I’ll be stoked for sure!
DEH
Looks like I drew a 2019 tag too...
me and my hunting buddy also drew and will hopfully be driving up from mt and seattle. any and all info is appreciated thanks