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.

When I hear talk of Alaskan brown bear hunting, two things come to mind immediately, plenty of ammunition and a first aid kit. Hopefully we would need just the 470-grain, .500-caliber peacemakers.

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, ...

Hunters who travel a lot reach to find that one "do it all" round that is big enough for heavy game and will shoot flat for longer shots they might encounter. By that yardstick it is hard to fault a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the most widely distributed bear species on the planet, with 55,000 found in North America. But its numbers in the Lower 48—where it’s known only as a grizzly ...