Alaska Brown Bear Hunting

Alaska brown bear hunting is where you’ll want to book for the biggest bears in the world. Alaska has a thriving population of brown bears. Mature Boone and Crockett boars are taken every year. These behemoths can range from 750 to 1,550 pounds and square over 10 feet!

Outdoors International offers great hunts in all of the best areas for brown bear hunting in Alaska, including:

• Kodiak Island
• The Alaska Peninsula
• Afognak Island
• Southeast Alaska
• Check out our baited brown bear hunts. On these hunts, you can combo with up to five black bears!
• Many of these hunts have good combo options for black bears, moose, caribou, Sitka blacktail deer, and/or mountain goat depending on the area where you are hunting.

You can choose to hunt Alaska Brown bears in the spring or the fall.

• If you choose a fall hunt, you may be hunting big bears over salmon fishing streams.
• On our spring hunts, you’ll be hunting bears as they come out of their dens. Later in the spring you can hunt during the brown bear rut.

Southeast Alaska Brown Bear Hunt

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Kodiak Brown Bear Hunts in Alaska

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Alaska Peninsula Brown Bear Hunts

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Spring brown bear hunting in alaska

Our spring hunts are great, and we put hunters on trophy 9 to 10+ foot brown bears yearly.

• Glassing is the name of the game on a spring bear hunt.
• The bigger boars are usually the first to emerge from the dens, so hunting early can be an advantage.
• Bears are typically more active in the early spring, because they are hungry.
• Later in the spring, the rut starts, and boars can be seen all day long as they search for sows.
• Hides are at their peak in the spring as long as you catch them before they start to rub.
• Less foliage in the spring makes it easier to see.
• In some units, baiting is an option in the spring.

Early Spring

In the early spring, you will be looking for bears coming out of their dens. Often they will emerge, do some exploring and return again to the den, leaving tracks in the snow. You can find tracks by glassing the high country, but then it’s a long hike in the snowshoes. And hopefully the bear is still in the area by the time you arrive.

Late Spring

Later in the spring, you will be glassing for boars foraging on hillsides, near shorelines or roaming in search of a sow in heat. Expect to be tons of glassing. Like A LOT of glassing. And learn how to field judge brown bears because it isn’t easy.

Fall brown bear hunting in alaska

In the fall, bears are more concentrated on food sources.

• Fall hunts are all about the food sources. You’ll be hunting near salmon streams or berry patches.
• You will typically see more bears per day in the Fall since they are more concentrated on food sources.
• Fall hunts are usually warmer than spring hunts.
• Bears aren’t quite as active. Hunting will be best in the early mornings and right before dark while they are fishing. You’ll need to move quickly once a shooter is spotted.
• There is more cover, making it more difficult to glass.

BOOK YOUR ALASKA BROWN BEAR HUNT WITH OUTDOORS INTERNATIONAL

Our hunters take big brown bears yearly. Let’s start planning.

Here are a few of our brown bear hunting clients from over the years.

You can find many more in our gallery and hunt reports.

Carlos Garcia

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AFWL

OI Client

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Scott Penman

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AWCG

Ryan Jones

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AWCG

Julian Salutregui

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AFWL

Daniel Clodfelter

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AOU

Maria Glatt

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AOU

Ted Loughner

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AOU

OI Client

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AWCG

Kevin Mitchell

Brown Bear, Hunting

OI Client

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AWCG

Jason Kinyon

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AH

Jared Griffith

Black Bear, Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AOU

Brett Niles

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AH

Kim Frederick

Brown Bear, Hunting

Bruce Templeton

Brown Bear, Hunting, Outfitter #OI-AWCG

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