Kodiak bear

c-fbmi said:
OR.....you can just move to BC and go hunt them on the NW coast for the cost of the trip and grub............same bears, they just happen to live south of the invisible line known as the BC/Alaska border.

If you're hellbent on hunting Alaska for them, you might give Ronny Martin in Haines Alaska a call............
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Agreed I've asked them, and those bears are wholly unaware they are in British Columbia.
 
Myself I've only hunted inland, but one of the top ten is a BC coastal bear at 26 13/16", and the typical range according to an outfitter on the coast would be eight to ten square. It's one of the most beautiful places on earth with barely a fraction of the pressure of Alaska, and you'd be supporting Canadians. I'd seriously look into it there isn't a lot of reasons in my eyes not to.
 
They're the best kept secret on the West coast, Kodiaks, without the name. Same bears as Douglas points out, and they don't know they're not Kodiaks. I should have clarified the one of the top ten reference is to B&C all time top ten, and a coastal from BC is right up there with the Kodiak Island bears. You'll probably have a better time doing it too, and all the while supporting the home team. Or move to BC and do it for a hundred bucks of paper and fuel.
 
It's been a few years since I've even applied for a limited entry grizzly draw.

Think I'll start putting in for a draw before the dippers get in as government again and shut it down.

I already have a B&C interior grizzly time to better it with a coastal bear.

Figure I will target an area that has one of the guide/outfitters that supports the screw the residential hunter allotment changes.
 
In fairness, BC has had a lot of trouble with residents applying for LEHs, getting drawn, and then realising how remote, far away, or that they don't have to gear or experience to do it, and never even trying. While I support the resident hunter argument I also understand a healthy guide outfitting industry is vitally important to our hunting cause as a whole so our sport isn't just a hobby that can be arbtrarily shut down. I can't tell you how many friends I have who've drawn and then decided it didn't fit their schedule, a rather small percentage of the LEH draws are actually hunted and it's pretty shameful. The outfitting industry utilizes their tags in comparison as that is their livelihood, and the outfitting industry is also the strongest argument we have in BC for the continuation of the hunt. I'm in the same boat, have hunted inland, time to take a coastal.
 
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