can still be hunted on reservation land
Polar Bears can be hunted on tags allocated to Inuit communities by annual quota. Best Outfitters to work through are Canada North Outfitting or Ameri-cana Expeditions. My beautiful Polar Bear rug is now displayed on the office conference room wall of a Canadian relative who lives South of Lethbridge. One of the most colorful parts of the hunt is when you and your Eskimo guides (Inuits) have located a shooter boar, the final pursuit must be done by dogsled. Killing from snow machines has long been prohibited. The huskies chase the Polar Bear until it tires and will bay up in cover provided by broken ice and depressions in snow. Shots are not long distance and a bigger caliber rifle is best. A .338 through the front shoulders worked fine. They advise to not shoot through the lungs to avoid a bloody mess. Meat is donated to the village and is much appreciated by the community. It is a travesty that wrong-headed wannabe do gooders have banned importing into the US. Most other sensible countries rely upon Science based Biological recommendations for sustainable harvest. The Arctic lifestyle is terribly damaged when US politicians meddle and eliminate Inuit livelihoods. Take away one of the only sources of employment in those remote communities and bad consequences follow. Abuse often runs rampant with drugs, alcohol, incest, depression & suicide becoming common. Additionally when tag quotas are not filled the numbers of mature adult males get out of balance, Older males kill cubs and upset population balances. A dead cub is easy food and the female becomes sexually available sooner.
Ha, not make it back alive...While Goat hunting you often risk life daily. Hunting moose in AK before GPS, I've barely found my way back to camp a number of times in the dark. Wearing wet wool for 10 straight days of rain in AK is no picnic. Ran out of toilet paper, food, frostbite and hypothermic too many D@#$ times. Close call once when two Brown Bears surrounded the dome tent at 3am along the Alagnak river while my buddy snored. One was inches from the end of my sawed off 12 gauge sniffing me through the thin wall of the tent in the darkness. Held mini-mag flashlights in our teeth (No headlamps then) and confronted the bears firing off several rounds to persuade them to leave. I slept fine the rest of that night and Mike stayed wide-eyed awake till daylight. Buddy of mine was killed by a Brown Bear 2 years ago. One friend died young in a floatplane crash and another died of Carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat that I spent 10 days sleeping in a couple years prior. Every day is a gift and adventure has its price.
It’s just a gemsbok shot in South Africa. That was before I knew of the ones in New Mexico, although I want to do that now. Probably an off range since I have zero luck for an on range. I just had a sudden interest in Alaska and have started thinkingn about muskox. But this year I’ll have to settle for Sitka blacktail. Was the polar bear with a bow? I can’t imagine going after that big of an animal with a bow
Hats off to you Blockcaver. You are much tougher than myself to have hung in there to finish your SS with archery gear. I'll look you up as SS # 199 and Bow # 40. I haven't yet attended a GSCO convention to formally receive my SS # 176 yet as we have some fun family achievers nearing their goals. Oldest son lacks only a Sheep for his Super 10. His 22 pref points in WY should come through for him soon. Youngest son needs only a Caribou and Bison/Muskox for his Super 10. Two grandkids have completed their Youth 3 milestone and a third will complete hers soon also. We look forward to a fun family gathering in Vegas to celebrate those GSCO awards. The CCBG bou was my final #29 specie. I blanked in Northern Canada one year, and took the lesser expensive option and got mine on Greenland.
Thx Afhunter1!
Thover best wishes on your Sitka blacktail hunt. That could be a good memorable adventure for you.
Speaking of being Modest. Mike.adams.467 has accomplished an amazing success record of archery elk kills during a time when even the most dedicated hunters are usually coming home empty. Reintroduced wolves destroyed a once incredible Elk population in Idaho and hunters who enjoyed that bounty in the early 90s have been eating humble pie for many years now. Mike just keeps on bringing home branch antlered bulls year after year and I don't know any non-sponsored hunters who can compare with Mike's success. Pot and a Kettle thing here - "Modest" right back at you big guy!
Well, I don’t really have a fav right now but I’m leaning really hard to a rem 700 Ti 300 WSM. Shot a grizzly with it last year. Was my first hunt with it. When I’m just whitetail hunting around home prob a SS rem 7 in 7mm-08 my dad got me when I was 14. 41 now so a few deer have met that gun.
