http://www.bearbums.net Self Guided Bear Hunting - Guided Bear Hunting - Black Bear Hunting Tips Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:10:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hunting shouldn't have a "season"! That means there must be an "off season". "Off season" to me is filled with tactics to extend the "season". I read, buy hunting toys, watch the hunting channel and plan real hunts. I also try to find ways to ... http://www.bearbums.net/2009/06/15/the-pig-story-hawaiian-hunting/ I try and always have a hunt booked in the future.  This keeps me excited and involved.  I can also gradually pay for the hunt without getting is as much domestic deep soup. A disadvantage of advanced booking is the inability to be available for the unexpected good deal or an ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/12/14/367/ With two days left we hunted Karta River and Karta Lake hard.  All of us ended up hiking to Karta Falls and past the closest cabin to ours, Karta Lake cabin.  Not a bad hike and the Karta River Falls should be in all Alaskan tour books.  They are great.  ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/25/alaska-bear-hunt-day-6-7-8-a-little/ What's happening?! We're suppose to have 1-2 big bears down and deer and fish and photos and?  Frank and Roger open the day at the Armpit where Karta river empties into Karta Lake. Jed and I are on Anderson Creek at the other side of the lake. Frank loaded ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/23/alaska-bear-hunt-day-5/ From the Salmon Lake Cabin we had a 1-2 mile hike to Karta River and about that far the other direction to Anderson Creek.  After breakfast Jed and Roger hiked to Karta River and Frank and I hiked to Anderson Creek.  The trail from the ocean to Salmon Lake cabin ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/22/alaska-bear-hunt-day-4/ On day three we did a lot of learning our bear hunting area.  We had looked things over on Google Earth prior to going and it was entertaining and super helpful.  There were basically three streams we could hunt and fish plus the lake shore.  No other openings are available ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/20/alaska-bear-hunt-day-3/ A big day for us and the day that made me nervous for months.  Today we split up and got, groceries in boxes, 100lbs of salt for hides, hardware type stuff, satellite phone and camp equipment.   The float plane guys, Alaska Seaplane Tours, let us use their jeep to shuttle ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/19/alaska-bear-hunt-day-2/ We're back home and back to work and as usual the hunt was a great, fun blur.  I think we'll list the days chronologically to give info more than entertainment. Day 1 have effect does paxil anti-histamine bob barefoot coral calcium supreme The four of us flew from SLC, Utah to Ketchikan the same ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/17/alaska-bear-hunt-day-1/ That's what Frank said today. "What if we get four bears?".  Well, what if? Tomorrow we start our journey to Prince of Wales Island, Alaska for our do it yourself black bear hunt.  Four of us with four bear tags, deer permits and fishing licenses.  We're going to have fun. impotence ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/09/03/what-if/ A black bear hunt offers us so many trophies. By keeping your camera handy you can get great photos of a live animal, many times. Black bears are so abundant that even as a silent, shy animal the odds of catching a bear by a stream or in a grassy spot ... http://www.bearbums.net/2008/08/26/bear-hunting-trophies-photos/