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Alaska Grizzly Bear Hunt

When you book an Alaska grizzly bear hunt through Outdoors International, you can rest assured that the outfitter has been thoroughly vetted.

  • The spring grizzly hunt is April and May and a second bear can sometimes be taken on a trophy fee.
  • The fall bear hunt takes place in September and October.
  • In the fall, this hunt can be a combo hunt with trophy moosecaribou, and or black bear. These species can be added to your grizzly hunt for additional trophy fees. We highly recommend having the extra tags in your pocket.
  • Success rate for our Alaska grizzly bear hunt stands at about 90%.
  • Our hunters on this hunt have consistently taken grizzlies with hides that will square 8 feet with skulls between 23 and 26 inches.
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An Alaska grizzly bear hunt is typically high on most hunters bucket list, and we work with the best outfitters in Alaska. On most of our grizzly bear hunts, our hunters are harvesting bears between 7.5ft to 8.5 feet. This is due to a very high bear population, top-notch professional guides, not to mention good camp gear and food. In fact, since 2005 our hunters have consistently taken bears that qualify for SCI, with many making the Boone and Crockett records. The all time #1 SCI grizzly was taken by one of our Premier Outfitters!

  • We offer Lodge-Based, Fly-in Basecamp and Backpack style Grizzly Bear Hunts.
  • Record Book Potential – Our outfitters have a track record for producing some of the largest Boone and Crockett grizzly bears in Alaska.
  • Spring and Fall Hunts are Available.

On an Alaska grizzly bear hunt, you’ll covering ground glassing from ridge tops for a trophy boar. You’ll be spending long days on the glass and be prepared to work hard when the time comes!

A spring Alaska grizzly bear hunt is April through june

Alaska’s grizzly bear populations are at all time high in much of the state and hunter success has been amazing. For past five years, 90+% of our hunters have been successful on mature boars squaring over 8 feet. We’ve even had a few hunters take Alaska interior grizzlies over 9 feet! The majority of bear qualify for SCI, and we’ve taken many Boone and Crockett grizzlies as well. Some of the best areas are right on the imaginary border between brown bears and grizzlies, but the bears are classified as “grizzly bears” by SCI. Boone and Crockett considers a good portion of them grizzlies as well. In some areas you can do a grizzly, brown bear combo hunt.

Spring is the breeding season for grizzly bears.

Expect to wake up around 10:00 AM and hunt until approximately 2:00 AM in the morning. There is more daylight in the May-June timeframe than we know what to do with. By concentrating on those “peak hours”, you’ll have a better chance of catching a mature bear out in the open. The goal is to catch a cruising boar traveling the ridges or a breeding pair. The long open ridge tops allows us to glass boars that push sows to the top from afar. Once a good boar is spotted, you and your guide can usually seal the deal, even if it takes a few days.

On the fall Alaska grizzly bear hunt, you’ll start hunting early and glass until around 10:00 PM. Bears will be on salmon streams and feeding on blueberries out on the tundra! In some areas you may need to be flown to a certain camp but expect to do lots of walking.

Once a good bear is spotted, a stalk is made to within 50 to 150 yards. Hunts take place in rolling hills (alpine) areas with elevations between 500′ and 2,000′. Although not difficult, hunters should be comfortable with hiking two to five miles a day in hilly country.

Our Arctic grizzly bear hunts in Alaska are exceptional fly-in, remote, spot-and-stalk Arctic grizzly bear hunting trips.

Your days will be spent glassing mountain sides for bears feeding on blueberries, roaming the tundra, feeding on a recent moose or caribou carcass, or fishing for late run salmon in rivers. The grizzly bears in this region have a wide color variation, with light blonde being the predominant color. Bears in this area typically range from 6.5 to a little over 9 feet.

An average male grizzly weighs about six hundred to seven hundred and fifty pounds but occasionally a monster comes along with weights of twelve hundred to fifteen hundred pounds and standing nine and a half feet tall. In recent years, we had two bears taken who were over nine feet. One came in a nine feet one inch and the other nine feet two inches. To put things in perspective, they were big bears!

Arctic Grizzly Bear Hunting Unit 23 in the Alaska Brooks Range is incredible!

The oldest known wild inland grizzly came from Alaska’s Brooks Range and lived to be 34 years of age. The Brooks Range is a huge mountain range in the far north of Alaska. It spans about 700 miles across northern Alaska and reaches into Canada’s Yukon Territories. It is home to a great number of Arctic grizzly bears. Not convinced? Ask us to send you more photos from this hunt.

Part of the reason for these bigger bears is availability of food sources.

There have been some great salmon runs in the last 10-15 years. The season has also been warmer longer during that time frame, which is great for cub survival. Thirty years ago you would commonly see a sow with one cub. Nowadays it is not uncommon to see a sow with three to four cubs.

This is a spot-and-stalk hunt.

On most hunts, you will rise early and typically glass from camp, eat a hot breakfast, and then hike to a high spot to glass all day or until you find a good stalkable animal. It will be stalking from there. After you tag your animal and take field photos, it is caped, quartered and butchered for packing to spot suitable for aircraft pick-up.

OPTION TO ADD A CARIBOU TO YOUR ARCTIC GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING TRIP

The great thing about Arctic grizzly bear hunting in the Brooks Range is that you can add a caribou for a trophy fee if you see a good one. And seeing a good one is not an uncommon thing in this area. Good caribou hunts are getting harder and harder to come by. So, if you’d like to hunt Arctic grizzly bears and caribou in one trip, this just might be the hunt for you. Contact us to book today!

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If an Alaska grizzly bear hunt is on your bucket list, contact us today for pricing and availability.

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Here at Outdoors International, we pride ourselves on having a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable consultants. They are passionate about ensuring your hunting experience surpasses all expectations. We understand the importance of meticulous planning and seamless logistics for a successful hunt.

Book your Alaska grizzly bear hunt with us today. The Outdoors International team is here to make your adventure safe, memorable, and absolutely exhilarating.

9 reviews for Alaska Grizzly Bear Hunt

  1. Jared Griffith

    Russ Meyer, my miracle worker over at Outdoors International put together the ultimate grizzly hunt for me. The guide I had, Rick took it from there, and helped me fulfill a lifelong dream. Russ and Rick tag teamed this so perfect, I couldn’t think of a better hunt ever!

  2. Kyle Hawkins

    I shot a great caribou as well as a nice Arctic grizzly! Amazing hunt. Thank you to Russ Meyer at Outdoors International for helping me make this happen.

  3. Manny Reichek

    This is the second hunt I have booked through Outdoors International and have nothing but great things to say. They have taken great care of me and my hunts!

  4. Todd Mulholland

    We spent a good amount of time socked in due to weather. The caribou was a bit of a bummer but so excited about my grizzly bear! It was a great experience.

  5. Eric Reffett

    We were both were successful on the bear hunts which was an awesome experience. Separate from the “hunt” itself, the Alaska hunting experience is amazing.

  6. Brian Wagner

    Hunt was a success, caribou were pretty far North so our guide offered us a grizzly hunt at a great price to get us out and hunting. Guide was very knowledgeable about the area and the game.

  7. Andrew Rockwell

    We got our first bear on the evening of the first day. Got the second grizzly bear on the morning of 5th day. The outfitter was very helpful and patient. Very accommodating and great communication.

  8. John LeBanc

    This was my second hunting trip with this outfitter and I am scheduled for a spring brown bear hunt with this same outfitter. I was fortunate to share this adventure with Kyle Hanson, my hunting consultant with Outdoors International. He is an accomplished and experienced hunter, and spends a lot of time in the field evaluating the outfitters before recommending them to hunter-clients. All my future hunts will be scheduled through Kyle and Outdoors International.

  9. Jace Poole

    My grizzly bear hunt went very well. The weather will always cause a few issues when hunting in Alaska but the outfitter performed well by all accounts. The bears were plentiful and the guide was experienced and did his job well. The camp had everything necessary and the whole experience was great. I took a good bear and would not hesitate to use Outdoors International to book another hunt with this same outfitter.

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The outfitter is a fantastic man and incredibly hard working and knowledgeable, there is no doubt he will do everything within his power to make peoples hunts successful and enjoyable. I plan to do it again with him next year for sure.

Wade Zuver

Our hunt was excellent.

We saw bucks every day along with all other sorts of wildlife. Mountain goats, bears, and foxes were common sights. Fishing and crabbing was special bonus. The food was excellent, the crew was amazing. Outdoors International did a great job of finding exactly what we were looking for.

Jesse Neveau

What an amazing experience!

The hunting lodge was out of this world!, Rooms, food and the scenery were all A+. Our guide was exceptional and had us on Shiras moose all five days. We saw over 30 total with at least 10 bulls. They had a plan for everything including taxidermy and game processing.

Kayla Redmon