This is what hunting is all about Steve.  A great read from front to back and back again.  Very informative, thank you.

Thanks for taking me along on your adventure!! TD.

POW is one of my favorite places.  Lots of good hunting memories made there.

Great trip!

WOW....great adventure.♠      

"No Alaskan is going to spend an extra $1300 to fly out and hunt a black bear that they can hunt right down the road."

Wanna bet!

Steve,

Thanks for sharing and as you have stated, that trip was kind of a theme hunt with bear being optional.  The type of visitors that make us re-examine our oppinion of tourist.  Looks like you guys experienced a great Alaskan adventure.  Impressive planning and well documented.

Southcentral to Southeast Alaska has the second largest tidal exchange on the North American Continent.  20ft average.  One of many ways to meet your maker.

We up here are no different than any of the finatics on this site and throughout the world.  We have bows that cost more than the flights into the bush, not to mention optics and iron.  The one constant is that good gear and common sense are mandatory here and most of us see no reason to test that theory.  It is true, some get off the plane and are Alaskan, and some stay here their entire life and never become Alaskan.  And contrary to popular belief, not all of us were running from a past, but were running for a future.

Respectfully submitted,

~CB

Very interesting thread!  I'm planning to apply for bear tags with some in my circle for next year. Have been thinking mostly about September.  However, spring is sounding pretty good from reading this.

Now I'm trying to make sure it is doable for us, age range from 36 to 69 with one cancer survivor.