Alaska brown bear season 2026….updated as season progresses!

[kwackkillncrew]

Those tags are 450 now. But yes. Before woulda been good. Lol

was gunna say, $200 bucks seemed a little cheap from what i remembered, if it was true, my buddy would have been real happy this fall for our blueberry bear hunt in september.

 

[Smtn10pt]

was gunna say, $200 bucks seemed a little cheap from what i remembered, if it was true, my buddy would have been real happy this fall for our blueberry bear hunt in september.

my bad not sure why 200 was stuck in my head. I just spent a month up there and none of the hunters I was with purchased one, I thought it was kind of crazy if you were coming from a state that doesnt have many black bear opportunities.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

my bad not sure why 200 was stuck in my head. I just spent a month up there and none of the hunters I was with purchased one, I thought it was kind of crazy if you were coming from a state that doesnt have many black bear opportunities.

If you’ve spent that much already, what is $450 more?

 

[Smtn10pt]

If you’ve spent that much already, what is $450 more?

I agree, unless you have multiple Booners already

 

[BRWNBR]

I agree, unless you have multiple Booners already

Does shooting booners make you stop hunting? Not me. Lol

 

[Smtn10pt]

Does shooting booners make you stop hunting? Not me. Lol

Doesnt make me stop hunting them, but has prevented me from buying an out of state tag when Im after another species and would have to pay an additional trophy fee if I shot one.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

Doesnt make me stop hunting them, but has prevented me from buying an out of state tag when Im after another species and would have to pay an additional trophy fee if I shot one.

should be called a meat fee.

 

[BRWNBR]

Well. Four new cylinders on the super cub and we are back in the air!! Got the guys out today. Two browns and three blacks bears down.

 

[BRWNBR]

And of course the one black bear that thinks he’s a sea turtle. Leaves tracks on the beach like a sea turtle…lives in the water like a sea turtle….breathes under wate….ya know, I think he’s not really a sea turtle.

 

[Steve O]

Well. Four new cylinders on the super cub and we are back in the air!! Got the guys out today. Two browns and three blacks bears down.

Hope you found that issue while you were on the ground!

Would love to know more about your plane; they are always a highlight of most of my Alaska hunts. Always wanted to be a pilot…

 

[BRWNBR]

Hope you found that issue while you were on the ground!

Would love to know more about your plane; they are always a highlight of most of my Alaska hunts. Always wanted to be a pilot…

It’s a 1952 piper pa-18. Aka super cub
Mine is modified in a few ways.
I have bigger wings, longer and wider.
Also have extended tail feathers, so they are four inches bigger.
My landing gear is 6” longer than stock which gives me a much wider stance and ground clearance.
My prop is an adjustable carbon, over the metal prop it is 17lbs lighter and gives me about 10mph more speed and much quicker throttle response.
I have 31” tall Alaska bushwheels and they run at 7lbs of air in each tire.
I had a 160 horse lycoming engine that was port and polished, dyno was right about 187hp. With these cylinders now it’s a straight 160hp. Jake is sad.
I cruise about 90-92mph. Touch down about 39-42mph depending on my approach and wind.
It weights 1250lbs dry weight and can legally have a gross weight of 1750.

 

[Steve O]

Awesome airplane! I hope you get your horsepower back eventually.

I always buy the Valdez raffle tickets. I won’t be flying the winner but I figure I can turn it into a brown bear hunt and a few drop offs for deer pretty easily.

 

[BRWNBR]

Awesome airplane! I hope you get your horsepower back eventually.

I always buy the Valdez raffle tickets. I won’t be flying the winner but I figure I can turn it into a brown bear hunt and a few drop offs for deer pretty easily.

Ya I hear ya. The taxes on it are pretty silly you gotta pay first. I never buy a ticket. Lol

 

[wyosteve]

The only problem with Jake’s plane is that it takes a while for us old fat boys to squeeze into the back seat!! LOL!

 

[BRWNBR]

The only problem with Jake’s plane is that it takes a while for us old fat boys to squeeze into the back seat!! LOL!

Takes this fat boy a while to squeeze into the front seat!!!

 

[BRWNBR]

The only problem with Jake’s plane is that it takes a while for us old fat boys to squeeze into the back seat!! LOL!

 

[BRWNBR]

Last spring bear client of the season is in the field! I’ll be picking them up tomorrow. Will give a summary of the season after the weekend!! Almost done for the year!!

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Last spring bear client of the season is in the field! I’ll be picking them up tomorrow. Will give a summary of the season after the weekend!! Almost done for the year!!

Sad post. I’ve enjoyed this thread.

 

[One300wsm]

Since I stopped using barrels for the bait we see it quite often. Sometimes every night sometimes a couple times a week. The interactions are fun to watch. Last year a 6’ black bear did not like one of the browns he ate with and would walk up and pound him in the head with his paw and chase him off!!View attachment 1064575View attachment 1064576View attachment 1064578

That’s freaking awesome, I would have thought the brown would kill and eat the black bear. Crazy!!!

 

[One300wsm]

Awesome Thread !!!!