Alaska Brown Bear Hunting

Guided grizzly and black bear hunts in GMUs 11 and 13 from a camp between the Chugach and Wrangell ranges, a four-hour drive from Anchorage.

Guided black bear and brown bear hunts on Baranof Island near Sitka, with experienced guides who know the Tongass terrain and run both spring and fall seasons.

Brooks Range hunts for Dall sheep, moose, grizzly, and caribou with owner-pilot Luke Tyrrell, who flies his own hunters to a Chandalar Lake base camp.

Horse-assisted hunts for moose, sheep, and goat in the Wrangell-St. Elias, plus Alaska Peninsula brown bear — fly in, then ride to spike camps.

Master Guide Paul Brand runs vessel-based coastal bear and big-game hunts out of Homer aboard the expedition trawler Alaska Dawn.

Registered Guide Frank Sanders runs brown bear, black bear, goat, and moose hunts from the Kenai Peninsula, working camps he first hunted in 1997.

Fair-chase guided moose, brown bear, and caribou hunts in GMU 19, run from remote fly-in spike camps by guide Jim Tilton.

Master Guide Tony Dingess runs fair-chase brown bear, Dall sheep, and moose hunts from the Alaska Peninsula to the western Alaska Range.

Father-son registered guides Scott and Zane Mileur run fair-chase brown bear, goat, and moose hunts on Kodiak and in the Alaska Range.

Registered guide Justin Horton runs fair-chase brown bear, grizzly, and moose hunts from Kodiak to the Seward Peninsula, started in 2013.

Registered guides Greg Stewart and Danny Wright run fair-chase sheep, bear, and moose hunts in the Chugach, Alaska Range, and on Kodiak.

Paxson-based outfitter running Alaska grizzly bear and sheep hunts.

Brown bear and wolf hunts in the Bristol Bay area with registered guide-outfitter Darwin Vander Esch — 20+ years with rifle, bow, and black powder.

Owner-flown Alaska Range outfit — spring brown bear, black bear bow hunts, and king salmon from a hand-built, solar-powered camp; guiding since 1985.

Boat-based Southeast Alaska hunts and fishing aboard the 44-foot Ashley Louise — Sitka blacktail, brown bear, coho, and crabbing in the Tongass.

Master Guide Wayne Kubat's small-batch moose, bear, and Dall sheep hunts on a sole-use 600-square-mile Denali Preserve concession.

Backpack hunts for Dall sheep, moose, caribou, and bear with Justin Dubay, guiding in Alaska since coming north in 1995.

Family-run Southeast Alaska boat-based hunting outfit chasing brown bear, black bear, goat, and deer from the 80-foot yacht Alaskan Harvest.

Dall sheep, goat, bear, and moose hunts in the Chugach National Forest with Scott McRae, a guide with more than 25 years in the field.

Master Guide Michael Litzen hunts brown bear from a 65-foot floating lodge along the Alaska Peninsula coast, guiding since 1980.

Fly-in fishing and hunting trips out of Bethel, with custom float and camp trips on the Kisaralik and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta rivers.

Master Guide Larry Benda runs low-volume brown bear, goat, and wolf hunts out of Haines on the coastal mainland of northern Southeast Alaska.

Small-scale fair-chase hunts on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge with Registered Guide Mike Zweng: brown bear, goat, Roosevelt elk, and deer.

Hunting services LLC based in Port Heiden on the Alaska Peninsula; reachable through its Facebook page.

Iliamna Lake outfitter running guided and DIY brown bear, moose, and wolf hunts across 750,000-plus acres of exclusive concessions.

Kodiak-based guide service running brown bear, mountain goat and Sitka blacktail hunts, plus river fishing and bear-viewing trips on Kodiak Island.

Wasilla-based outfitter running fair-chase spot-and-stalk hunts for grizzly, brown bear, sheep, goat, moose and caribou from remote wilderness camps.

Owner-run big game outfit of licensed guide Jerry Cates, running spring coastal brown bear, fall grizzly, and Dall sheep combo hunts in remote Alaska.

Horseback big game hunts in Interior Alaska's Unit 20 out of Healy, with owner Conor Halloran guiding for moose, grizzly, black bear, sheep, and wolf.

Kodiak brown bear, deer, and mountain goat hunts with Master Guide Mike Horstman, drawing on more than 40 years of guiding on the island.

Family-run, yacht-based brown bear, goat, and deer hunts in the Tongass out of Sitka, led by the McLeods — Master Guide Scott and son Dustin.

One-hunter-at-a-time grizzly, brown bear, sheep, and goat camps across Interior Alaska and Kodiak, run by Master Guide Jake Jefferson.

Kodiak brown bear, goat, elk, and deer hunts with Rick Hoskins, a registered guide who retired from 24 years in the Coast Guard to guide full time.

Fly-out lodge in the Alaska Peninsula's Becharof–Ugashik country hosted by Master Guide Tracy Vrem, a lifelong Alaskan with 40-plus years guiding there.

Small family outfit under Cordova Master Guide Dennis Zadra since 1996, hunting mobile tent camps across 2.5 million acres of the Chugach.

Homer-based fishing charters and live-aboard Kodiak-area hunts since 2012 aboard the Allen Ray, a 48-foot, four-stateroom motor yacht.

Registered guide Jason Bunch, a former Coast Guard rescue swimmer on Kodiak since 1997, guides mountain goat and brown bear hunts island-wide.

Yacht-based Tongass hunts for goat, blacktail and bear from the M/V Denali, guided by lifelong Sitkans Bae Widmier and Katrese Melville.

Lance Kronberger's outfit since 2003 — sheep, goat, moose and grizzly hunts, with Peninsula brown bear from Cinder River Lodge, bought in 2010.

Boat-based black and brown bear hunts around Sitka with Master Guide Dale Adams, guiding since 1988 and taking two or three hunters per trip.

Small one-guide outfit of registered Alaska guide Ed Zernia, running a few individualized moose, brown bear and Dall sheep hunts each year.

Husband-and-wife outfit of Rudy and Ashley Martin, hunting the Brooks Range and Southeast Alaska with 200-plus guided hunts over 13 years.

Iliamna bear hunting and fly-fishing lodge founded in 1971 by Bob Cusack, one of Alaska's first licensed Master Guides.

Kodiak brown bear and blacktail deer hunts in the Halibut Bay area with Greg Acord, guiding on the island since 1988.

Family-run outfitter since 1983 on a private homestead in Becharof NWR on the Alaska Peninsula, guiding brown bear, moose, and caribou hunts plus fly-fishing for trout.

Anchorage hunting outfitter (FAST) offering fall moose, spring/fall brown and black bear, and spring wolf hunts by snowmobile.

DIY drop camps and guided moose and bear hunts in Alaska from Timmy Winslow, who supplies the gear, scouting and camp support.

Fair-chase Kodiak brown bear, goat, deer and waterfowl hunts with Master Guide Paul Chervenak in three exclusive-use areas of Kodiak Island.

Hunting outfit running since 1985 under Master Guide Les Krank and son Ryan, after moose, bear and caribou in the Kuskokwim Valley west of the Alaska Range.

Petersburg boat-based hunts since 1996 with Master Guide Eli Lucas, a fifth-generation Alaskan, for bear, goat and blacktail in the Tongass.

Master Guide Buck Bowden, guiding since 1974 from his homestead lodge, runs fair-chase hunts for sheep, moose, bear and caribou, 10 to 18 days afield.

Anchorage hunting outfitter (FAST) offering fall moose, spring/fall brown and black bear, and spring wolf hunts by snowmobile.

Dillingham hunting outfit run since 2003 by Chet and Halie Benson — Chet has 27 years guiding, packing, and outfitting in the Alaska backcountry.

Ketchikan outfitter Ed Toribio guides permitted goat, bear, and sheep hunts plus fishing in the Tongass and Misty Fiords backcountry.

Fair-chase brown bear, mountain goat, and Sitka blacktail hunts deep in Kodiak's mountains with Cole Kramer, guiding since 2002 and on the island since 2008.

Registered guide-outfitter hunting brown bear, grizzly, moose, caribou, and Dall sheep across 1.3 million acres of permitted Alaska refuge lands.

Alaska brown bear, black bear, and moose hunts guided personally by owner and master guide Willie Dvorak.

Family-run Kodiak Island bear, goat, and deer camp — master guide Sam Rohrer grew up in the camp his father founded and runs one-guide-per-hunter hunts.

Remote-camp outfit hunting brown bear, moose, and caribou from Ugashik Lake and Western Alaska camps for more than 20 years.

Registered guide Mike Odin runs brown bear, moose, and blacktail hunts across 5,000+ square miles on the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak, and coastal Alaska.

Master guide Joe Letarte, est. 1982, hunts sheep, moose, and bear from the Alaska Range to Yakutat and a 4.3-million-acre Yukon Valley concession.

Colorado-based outfitter founded by Scott Limmer in 1991 that also runs Alaska brown bear, black bear, and wolf hunts.

Family-run Dillingham outfit; bush pilot and guide Gabe Davis runs moose, brown bear, and black bear hunts in western Alaska's Unit 17 and Bristol Bay country.

Registered guide Rob Jones Jr. flies Dall sheep, moose, and grizzly hunters into the Revelation Mountains from his Alaska Range lodge; outfitting since 1992.

Registered guide Jerry Hedrich runs custom bear, sheep, goat, and moose hunts; exclusive permitted outfitter for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Anchorage-based guide service; details and booking run through its Facebook page.

Brown bear and moose hunts from Pumice Creek Lodge on the Alaska Peninsula; Gary LaRose's operation has run hunts there since 1967.

Rod Schuh guides brown bear, moose, and caribou hunts in Game Management Unit 9 on the Alaska Peninsula.

Ellis family lodge at Mile 42 Nabesna Road since the 1950s — B&B stays plus Dall sheep, moose, and bear hunts in the Wrangell Mountains.

Perrin family lodge established 1937 — billed as Alaska's oldest hunting lodge — running fair-chase moose, Dall sheep, caribou, and bear hunts.

Cordova transport and charter outfit running three boats on Prince William Sound for DIY deer and bear hunts, guided sea duck hunts, and fishing.

Master Guide Art Andreis runs bear, moose, caribou, and Dall sheep hunts from his main camp in Tok, with 35 years hunting Alaska.

Craig Hill has guided the Galena country since 1997 — small-scale bear, moose, and caribou hunts from a permanent Yukon-area base camp.

Second-generation King Salmon guide service founded 1976, now led by Master Guide Joey Klutsch — fair-chase brown bear, sheep, and moose hunts.

Kodiak brown bear hunts in the Halibut Bay area with Greg Acord, guiding on the island since 1988 and trained under Pinnell and Talifson.

Registered guide/outfitter hunting moose, caribou, and bears across Alaska — guiding since 2003, fair-chase and by the book.

Family-run outfit in Council, north of Nome — registered guide Krist Zwerneman hunts grizzly, reindeer, and wolf in units 22B and 22C.