Jaret's Journal
In the fall of 1976, I was guiding for Ron Hayes in the Wrangell Mountains, a very large range of rugged mountains. This area is now part of the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park. Nine of the sixteen tallest peaks in the United States are here. I was...
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I sat down with my 375, aimed, and send a round toward the big bear. I heard the bullet make a solid hit on the bear. He quickly disappeared into the alders. I chambered another round...
It was 1982 and springtime in Alaska. This was my favorite time to hunt big brown bears because there were no leaves on the alders and all the snow made spotting bears easier. The big boar bears are the first...
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Jerry and I just got picked up at Hoodoo Lake on the Alaskan Peninsula where we had been guiding spring brown bear hunters. Don Johnson, the outfitter, was very happy with us as we had filled our hunters out and...
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In the spring of 1976 I was guiding for Mike Brannon in Yakutat, (Southeastern Alaska) for brown bear, black bear, and glacier bear. There is approximately a 100 mile area in Southeast Alaska that seems to be a good location...
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