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Alaska's Interior Grizzly Bear are some of the most beautiful you will ever see. Some grizzlies are blond on the shoulders with a brown diamond on the back with dark feet. Others are dark brown with silver tips. These bear average about 6 feet and some are as large as 9 feet. It takes time and patience to bag one of these bears, but they are well worth the effort. A large rifle is recommended, perhaps a 338 or 375. In our area, the grizzly population is high enough that we are allowed to take one every year. In addition to the Wrangell Mountain area, we also have a brown bear and black bear hunting area on the coast of Alaska at Katalla, near Cordova. These tent-camp hunts consist of rafting down rivers, glassing from high ridges, and hiking. There are times when it is important to get still on a hillside and watch an area for activity, the less moving around the better to keep the scent down. The size of an average brown bear is between 8 1/2 to 9 feet. The Katalla area is harsh with thick brush and the weather is brutal and wet, but this is where the big ones live.
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Ellis Big Game Guides operates on the Chugach National Forest under a special use permit issued by the US Forest Service Devil's Mt. Guiding Svc. dba Ellis Big Game Guides is authorized by NPS, Dept of Interior, to serve the public in the Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l P & P |
Bear Hunting
These hunts are
offered during the month of May. The grizzly hunts are conducted from Nabesna
the first weeks of May, and the brown and black bear hunts are on the coast at
Katalla the last 10 days of the month. Rising early and hunting late on these
days when the Alaskan summer daylight is gaining five minutes plus per day can
render some exhaustion, but the adrenalin rush of a bear hunt is well worth the
time and effort.
