Bear Hunting?
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Black,
I have openings for this year for New Mexico Black bear. This hunt runs $3000. License is about $300 I don't have a NM proc in front of me but that' close. This hunt is behind hounds which if you haven't tried chasing a pack of hounds chasing a bear through the rocky's for multiple miles in serious steep terrain you haven't truely lived. It's a serious tough deal!
If you are into an easier (less phyisical) hunt you can go to Canada or Alaska for either spot and stalk or baited hunts if you'll send me an E-mail i can give you some specifics. But your looking at about $3500 minmum for anything decent. then add your licenese and travel on top of that.
If you want to hunt Grizz or brown bear (same critter different habitat) your looking at considerably more.
I have openings for this year for New Mexico Black bear. This hunt runs $3000. License is about $300 I don't have a NM proc in front of me but that' close. This hunt is behind hounds which if you haven't tried chasing a pack of hounds chasing a bear through the rocky's for multiple miles in serious steep terrain you haven't truely lived. It's a serious tough deal!
If you are into an easier (less phyisical) hunt you can go to Canada or Alaska for either spot and stalk or baited hunts if you'll send me an E-mail i can give you some specifics. But your looking at about $3500 minmum for anything decent. then add your licenese and travel on top of that.
If you want to hunt Grizz or brown bear (same critter different habitat) your looking at considerably more.
i am looking into this as a joint graduation gift from my parents and grand parents. so i just wanted to get an idea. i don't graduate till next year, but i thought i should find out to see if i need to save any money on the side to help fund it.
[email protected] is my e-mail if you wouldn't mind sending me more specifics on what all i need to do, besides have the money. to get this thing rolling for probably 2 seasons from now.
yeah i know it's planning a little far in advance but it's a pretty penny, so i think it's a good idea.
[email protected] is my e-mail if you wouldn't mind sending me more specifics on what all i need to do, besides have the money. to get this thing rolling for probably 2 seasons from now.
yeah i know it's planning a little far in advance but it's a pretty penny, so i think it's a good idea.
Keith
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Fly up to Ketchikan and then hop across to Prince Of Wales Island and rent a pick up or a jeep. On a spring hunt (no brush) you can spot a dozen bears a day on the hillsides - take your pick. Rent a forest service cabin or just stay in a local motel.
Fly out to Kuiu island and you may see fifty bears a day, but no roads or jeep rentals or motels out there... Fifty bears sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not, Kuiu is just crawling with them!
That hound hunt in New Mexico sounds like a great deal if you want to hunt with a guide. An Alaska guide would cost quite a bit more than that.
I hunted black bears in the fall on Prince of Wales and we saw bears every day, even with all the brush up. I'll never hunt down there in the fall season again though, the brush is almost impenetrable - second growth after logging. Still, it's unbelievable just how many bears there are down there.
Keith
Fly out to Kuiu island and you may see fifty bears a day, but no roads or jeep rentals or motels out there... Fifty bears sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not, Kuiu is just crawling with them!
That hound hunt in New Mexico sounds like a great deal if you want to hunt with a guide. An Alaska guide would cost quite a bit more than that.
I hunted black bears in the fall on Prince of Wales and we saw bears every day, even with all the brush up. I'll never hunt down there in the fall season again though, the brush is almost impenetrable - second growth after logging. Still, it's unbelievable just how many bears there are down there.
Keith
Smoke
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You know.....there seems to be a few thousand people on THR that are frequently in the vecinity of bears. (Or at least concerned about it
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Maybe you could hook up with one and just go hiking with 'em.
With all the devotion I've seen on this sight to the right weapons for bears and the carry of such, it shouldn't be hard to find. All you'd be out is travel and tags.
)Maybe you could hook up with one and just go hiking with 'em.
With all the devotion I've seen on this sight to the right weapons for bears and the carry of such, it shouldn't be hard to find. All you'd be out is travel and tags.
TallPine
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Actually, there is an area out here where the state wildilfe folks dump many of the "problem bears" ....
i would be up for that. i am from cincinnati and have only come in contact with the bears at the zoo.
though not too far from land i have in kentucky they dump bears that ventured to far into the cities up north so i have seen a couple there. but i would much rather perfer going with someone experienced instead of venturing out without the proper guidence for my first bear hunt.
though not too far from land i have in kentucky they dump bears that ventured to far into the cities up north so i have seen a couple there. but i would much rather perfer going with someone experienced instead of venturing out without the proper guidence for my first bear hunt.
Sunray
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Go to any State's site via Yahoo or whatever and do a search for their MNR/Fish and Game etc. You'll find a link to the assorted hunting places in that State.
My question is, Why would you want to hunt Bear in the first place?....Do you actually eat these animals?.....and if you don't eat them, then I ask the question again....Why do you hunt them?
I'm not a member of PETA or any other animal rights activist group, I'm just curious.
I'm a true believer of hunting and putting food on the table but hunting bear just seems like nonsense....JMHO.
Thats kinda like Hunting Mountain Lions.....Who wants to eat a Cat?....
I guess if you just want to kill something, to each his own......
GhostCat
I'm not a member of PETA or any other animal rights activist group, I'm just curious.
I'm a true believer of hunting and putting food on the table but hunting bear just seems like nonsense....JMHO.
Thats kinda like Hunting Mountain Lions.....Who wants to eat a Cat?....
I guess if you just want to kill something, to each his own......
GhostCat
Art Eatman
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GhostCat, mountain lion is some of the finest meat you'll ever throw a liplock on! Yummy-tasty! Plumb scrumptious!
Dunno 'bout bear...
Art
Dunno 'bout bear...
Art
Keith
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Most people compare bear to pork.
In Alaska you are required (in most areas) to take the meat of a black bear. You don't have to take brown/grizzly meat because a high percentage carry trichinosis.
Keith
In Alaska you are required (in most areas) to take the meat of a black bear. You don't have to take brown/grizzly meat because a high percentage carry trichinosis.
Keith
well i was probably going to make some suasage out of the meat. and i could use a nice bearskin rug in front of the fireplace.
maybe some meat loaf, or steaks
Bear Recipes
i am sure old Nugent has got some recipes in his book too.
Horsesense
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I would rather eat black bear than dear. Would love to try mountain lion.
Hey Black, Try Maine... not as far as New Mexico or Alaska and for a under a $1000. or so says a brochure a friend who hunted there gave me. Take a State hunter safety course before and you may find more places to hunt . I live 2.5 hours from you and am considering a Maine of Georgia bear/boar/deer combo. hunt. Georgia is quite affordable
jdkelly
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Bear Hunting in Maine
Black92SL and Slow,
I don't know him personally and I've never hunted with him, but I'm told that Wayne Bosowicz is the best in Maine. In any conversation about bear hunting in Maine his name will be included.
http://www.foggymountain.com/
http://www.state.me.us/ifw/aboutus/i&e.htm
Respectfully,
jkelly
Black92SL and Slow,
I don't know him personally and I've never hunted with him, but I'm told that Wayne Bosowicz is the best in Maine. In any conversation about bear hunting in Maine his name will be included.
http://www.foggymountain.com/
http://www.state.me.us/ifw/aboutus/i&e.htm
Respectfully,
jkelly
Newt
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This place is in Arkansas. They've got deer, elk, bear and turkey too. Looks like the price list has bear listed at 1500.00 but I think that includes liscense, food, and lodging. You may want to call to confirm this though.
Snow Lick Ranch
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Oops!!! Looks like the hunts are 1500.00 plus liscensing and fees. I dunno what "fees" include. They may want to charge you for every flush of the 
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