Jaret's Journal
A Tragic Tale of Survival on an Alaska Bear Hunt
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...
Backpack Glacier Bear (The Blue Ghost)
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...
Jim Rockstad and I just flew into Fairbanks. The fall colors were too good to believe. His brother, Ron, picked us up and we were all excited and laughing. Jim said to Ron, “You won’t believe the lady Jaret met...
In the fall of 1975 I was guiding at Rainy Pass Lodge in the interior of Alaska. I just came back to the Lodge after being on a 10 day sheep hunt in which I had filled out my hunter...
There is no place more beautiful than flying into the Alaska Range in a small plane in the Fall early in September. My pilot Floyd was a very experienced pilot and just landed with me on a rough airstrip that...
It was September of 1998 Patti Cake and I woke up to what sounded like a bear going through our camp. I grabbed my 375 and flashlight and jumped out of the tent. It was 2 giant Yukon bull moose...
The Story of the First Bino Pack - Alaska Guide Creations
Early as a hunter I realize that binoculars were my most valuable tool in open country. I always used more economical binoculars but once I started guiding volumes of hunters I had the opportunity to see all kinds in binoculars....
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