Some Petersburg residents would like to see a fall brown bear hunt in Unit 3. The Petersburg Fish and Game Advisory Committee has introduced two proposals to expand brown bear hunting near Petersburg.

Wildlife biologist Jim Lieb has it wrong; we don't to kill more brown bears to make hiking safer in and near Anchorage. Sections. Alaska News Politics Opinions Sports Talk to us Opens in new window.

I wanted to be selective on my brown bear hunt. Instead, the brush was so thick I stumbled into a take-or-be-taken situation. By Frank C. Hibben. Published May 4, 2025 9:00 AM EDT Illustrated by ...

In the meantime a Unit 14C brown bear hunting program focused on generating a minimum harvest of 10 percent of the population per year could be considered. If nothing else, ...

A sow brown bear walks with two cubs through the forest at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) Efforts to conserve Upper ...

Alaska issues six total brown bear hunting permits for that entire region, all serviced by the same outfitter. That outfitter took two 12-day trips with three hunters apiece to that area.

Update: After closing non-resident and resident brown and black bear hunting statewide through May 31 on Wednesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced on Thursday it was reopening ...

I’ve shot a number of black and brown bears with both the .375 Ruger and .375 Ackley, and my friend Luke Randall used a .375 Ackley to stop a giant charging brown bear on video at just a few feet.

The pair were hunting along the Resurrection Pass Trail, a nearly 40-mile stretch between Hope and Cooper Landing, Alaska, when they encountered and were attacked by a large brown bear at ...

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