Over the course of years some of us hear a lot of stories about the pursuit of wild animals in wild places, and some of us are privileged to share in such experiences. The Alaska Peninsula is one of those wild places that impresses the mind with a certain magnificence that typically defies description. It …
Learning the ins and outs of spring brown bear is not an overnight adventure, in truth it may take one decades to really learn bears at all, but this past spring confirmed some of my thoughts in regards to the large carnivores. We decided to hunt a mountain that we had struck out on before, …
Big Bores Leave Scars Thunder pealed from the end of the .458 Lott that my client had borrowed from me while I tried to keep my binocs focused on the bear that had been bedded around 2oo yards above us. A long second, perhaps two elapsed before the bear plunged downhill on a dead run, …
2014 Spring Hunts Going Smoothly as One Can Ever Hope There is little doubt that a man can put in a lot of time in pursuit of big game and never get a really big break, or an easy hunt as we would say. As a master guide, having pursued big game in Alaska for …
2014 Sheep hunt with a NY Ukrainian father and son team and our Russian apprentice! Most of you have heard the old saying “It’s a small world,” and I have often used it for that particular situation when I have stumbled into someone that knew someone from my past, or some person in a distant …
My hunter whispered ” I DON’T think I want to get any closer. ” ………… It was October 1st, opening day of the 2015 Alaska Peninsula brown bear season and the four of us had high hopes for the next 12 days. With me was my son, Dalton Harbula, acting as packer and videographer, hunters Jeff Lingren …
Pilot and partner, Cole Hawkins, had just dropped me off on a small knob I would call home for this hunt, and before the drone of the cub engine disappeared I already had two bear spotted. By the time our heads hit the dirt that night we had 6 grizzlies spotted and the outlook was …
A Tremendous Effort From a Tremendous Father and Son Team It has been awhile since I decided I should really let the younger assistant guides do all the sheep guiding and hunts, like this August 2016 father/son combo which convinced me that it was probably the logical thing. But as you can imagine, just because …
Old Style Success in the Modern Day It’s getting along in years now since I began this journey in the guide industry and when you have have been around for awhile you begin to come to some conclusions about what works and what doesn’t. If you had asked me for my opinion years ago on …
The Mindset For Wilderness Hunting If you are thinking about doing a hunt in Alaska, or if you have ever considered doing a wilderness hunt anywhere, there are certain things that every person should take into consideration. While it may all seem so obvious to someone like myself after 20 plus years of working in …