Bear hunting

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About Bear hunting

Brown bear, a.k.a. grizzly (genetic studies confirm it is the same species) historically occupied all temperate climate zones in Europe, Asia and America. Habitat loss and conflicts with humans have dramatically reduced its range. With the future of grizzly hunts in the Lower 48 still uncertain, the only two areas in North America that offer brown bear hunting are Alaska and Yukon. Russia is the prime alternative for an American who is looking for affordable bear hunting opportunities. Other countries where brown bear season is open include Estonia and Croatia.

Where to hunt Bear

If you look at the BookYourHunt.com Hunting Map, you’ll see that bear hunting opportunities seem to cover all the Northern Hemisphere, from Atlantic to Pacific coast in North America, and from Kamchatka to Scandinavia in Eurasia. Three species of bear are legal to hunt at present. The black bear can be hunted all over the USA and Canada. Brown bear (grizzly) hunting opportunities exist in Eurasia, Alaska and the Yukon. The Himalayan bear can be legally hunted only in Russia.

United States 135 hunts

Canada 110 hunts

Russia 21 hunts

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Let us inspire you

Bears are one of the world's top predators. From black bear in North America to the ill-tempered grizzly to the world's largest land predator, the brown bear of Alaska and Russia, bears have long been a passion and challenge for hunters. Let BookYourHunt help you fulfill your next bear adventure!

Price distribution

Black bear is the most affordable species to hunt, with hunts beginning at $1,500. On the other end of the spectrum are the North American brown (grizzly) bears that can cost $15,000 or more. Brown bear hunting opportunities in Europe and Russia may be as cheap as under $2,000 or as expensive as an Alaskan hunt, depending on location and hunting methods. Himalayan bear hunting costs between $5,000 and $7,500.

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Learn more from our blog story

As you already know, there isn’t just one “bear”. As many as three legally huntable species exist, and even within the species there is much variation. What with color phases of the black bear, that can vary from black to almost white! Read how differences in habitat influence bear hunting - and bear hunting prices - in Russia.

May 11, 2017

From Europe to Kamchatka: Seven Options for Bear Hunting in Russia

When to hunt Bear?

Bear hunting dates depend on the bear’s greatest evolutionary adaptation: winter slumber. They center on the periods when the bruins are feeding actively to accumulate enough fat to last them through the winter (in autumn), or to make up for the fast (in spring). On the Pacific Coast the best opportunities for bear hunting often coincide with salmon runs.

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Hunting methods

Humans devised many ways of bear hunting. Sometimes bears are taken with dogs, packs of hounds in North America or one or two dogs of local breeds in Eurasia. Spot-and-stalk hunting is also possible in the wide open spaces of the Arctic and the American West, and so is still-hunting along salmon rivers. Calling a bear by imitating the sounds of its typical prey (such as fawn in distress) may also be effective.But by far the most common way of bear hunting is waiting for them on high seats or blinds positioned near artificial bait or a natural food source, such as an oat field.

Rifle Hunting 258 hunts

Bow Hunting 185 hunts

Stalking 139 hunts

All methods (17)

Meet your guides

Check out what outfitters have to say about their properties and hunting experience with them!

Bob Cusack

United States

Nestled on the Alaska Peninsula between Lake Clark National Park and the Katmai National Monument is the Cusack's Alaska Lodge. The lodge sits 200 miles to the southwest of Anchorage amid the beauty of wild Alaska. Your hosts are Bob and Lula Cusack, who built the lodge. Bob is a professional grade bush pilot and has been flying fisherman to remote locations for nearly 40 years. This is a rustic, luxury lodge that blends the best of wild Alaska with the best of modern society.

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Alisha Mutts Decker

United States

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4 reviews

With over 40 years of guiding experience in Southeast Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park, We are an exceptional choice for your next hunting adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. We were formed in 1974 by Master Guides Jimmie C. and MaryAnn. Over the years, the business has grown to be one of the largest professional Guide/Outfitter operations in the State of Alaska. We are a family-owned and operated, with Master Guide Mutts and Zach carrying on the outfitting tradition.

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Bush TV

Check out an amazing footage from outfitters and landowners properties.

It is hard to get up

Oh boy its is very hard for this Bear to get up!

Bear search in Snow

This Bear is hard at work looking for something in the snow

Scratch my Back

This bear has a really bad back itch!

Yawning Bear

This Bear must have had a late night

Bears at bait

Bears having a great feast

Bear on a ladder

This Bear wants to see what is at the top

Two Bears

Two Bears feeding

Bear searching

Bear searching for food on the edge of a river

Massive Brown Bear

Massive Brown Bear standing in the rain

Close to tree stand

Bear getting very close to our tree stand

Close encounter

Close encounter with a big Bear while walking in the forest

Bear in rain

Big Bear in the pouring rain

Bear Snacking

Bear enjoys an afternoon snack

Bear eating grass

Beautiful brown Bear strolling about and eating grass

Busted by Bear

Bear strolling along and then he smells us! That was the end of our stalk

Bear fishing for Salmon

This huge Brown Bear is fishing for salmon in Alaska with Full Scope Outfitters

Brown Bear eating lunch

Amazing footage of a Brown Bear enjoying lunch in the water

Curious Shiras-colored Brown Bear

This Shiras-colored Brown Bear really wants to know what is going on and who is looking at him

Brown Bear

Brown Bear giving himself a fright at a feeding site

Black Bear

Black Bear enjoying lunch at a bait site

Black Bear & Racoon

Black Bear & Racoon having a feast at a baiting spot

Brown Bear run

Brown Bear running away from a drone

European Brown bear

The brown bear is the largest land predator on Earth and are quite often a little ill-tempered. These European brown bears are no exception to that.

Alaska Brown bear

The Alaskan brown bear is the largest land predator on Earth. One reason for the exceptional size of these bruins is the plentiful supply of fat and protein in the form of salmon in Alaska's rivers and streams. Here's an up close and personal look a hunter got of this ritual for survival!

Kamchatka Brown Bear in snow

In terms of brown bear hunting, Kamchatka is like Alaska, only twice as remote and twice less expensive. Compare the prices for Kamchatka bear hunts to Alaska coastal browns, and see for yourself.

Why hunt Bear?

Bear hunting is a very emotional issue, as you can see in all debates about hunting. In the ages past humans had many reasons to hunt bears: delicious and highly nourishing meat and fat, warm skin, and getting rid of an unwelcome neighbor that will not miss an opportunity to kill livestock, maraude fields, and may maul and kill people. All these reasons are far from meaningless today. But it’s an open question what is the biggest drive for bear hunters - meal, rug and trophy book entry, or the challenge and the excitement of overcoming an intelligent and dangerous opponent.