HUNTER: Bruce Templeton
TRIP TAKEN: Spring, Alaska Peninsula Brown Bear Hunt
HOST: Cory Glauner, Outdoors International

May, 2012

I went brown bear hunting on the Alaska Peninsula with one of our clients to vet a new outfitter. It was just days after chopping off the end of my finger…. with a lawnmower. But that’s a different story.

Hunting the Alaska Peninsula

Brown bear hunting in Alaska on the Peninsula switches from a spring hunt to a fall hunt every other year.

Even numbered years are spring brown bear hunts and take place May 10-25.
Odd number years are the fall brown bear hunts which take place October 1-20.

We would be hunting in May.

It was a tough, ten day grind of glassing from the exact same spot all day, every day… but on the tenth day they got it done on a monster bear.

Walking up to this giant was a humbling experience. Photos and videos just don’t do it any justice.

Photos from the hunt:

If you want to go on a brown bear hunt, be prepared to do a lot of glassing. It is an exercise in patience, but so worth it when you finally spot the one.

Notice the finger? I cut it off 3 days before I left for the hunt. I was kind of miserable to say the least, but I wasn't gonna let that stop me. (Duct tape rocks!) Keeping that sucker clean was a challenge. — Notice the finger? I cut it off 3 days before I left for the hunt. I was kind of miserable to say the least, but I wasn’t gonna let that stop me. (Duct tape rocks!) Keeping that sucker clean was a challenge.

The scenery wasn't bad...I spent A LOT of time looking at this view... a lot. — The scenery wasn’t bad…I spent A LOT of time looking at this view… a lot.

Tundra intrigued me.... but it limits your mobility (as I would come to learn in spades on a later DIY caribou hunt). I didn't realize that tundra consisted of multiple species. And it's beautiful if you look closely. Walking through it... well, that sucks. — Tundra intrigued me…. but it limits your mobility (as I would come to learn in spades on a later DIY caribou hunt). I didn’t realize that tundra consisted of multiple species. And it’s beautiful if you look closely. Walking through it… well, that sucks.

I thought we would be staying in tents, but we stayed in this hunting shack along the creek. I didn't complain, I've spent plenty of time in tents before. — I thought we would be staying in tents, but we stayed in this hunting shack along the creek. I didn’t complain, I’ve spent plenty of time in tents before.

Stories of past hunts were written everywhere. It was cool.

I try to keep a journal on every hunt I go on.

Bruce layin’ down the Thunder on a monster brown bear digging for beavers in a dam.

We found the bear evicting… and eating the beavers.

Cory Glauner and Outdoors International client Bruce Templeton with a giant 10' 4" Alaska Peninsula brown bear. — Just over TEN FEET! Awesome bear! What an adrenaline rush!

I wasn’t a ton of help because of my finger. That bothered me, but forced me to get good video.

Cory comparing his foot to the back foot of a ten foot brown bear. — Cory comparing feet with a brown bear.

Cory packing out a grizzly bear. — I recommend a 338 for brown bears. The 338 is a perfect rifle for everything in Alaska. Good bonded bullets such as Nozlers, Swift or Barnes are the best.” What a cool experience. Next time it’s my turn.

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Cory Glauner: Alaska Peninsula Brown Bear Hunt Report

HUNTER: Bruce Templeton
TRIP TAKEN: Spring, Alaska Peninsula Brown Bear Hunt
HOST: Cory Glauner, Outdoors International

Hunting the Alaska Peninsula

We would be hunting in May.

Photos from the hunt:

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