Awesome. I was lucky enough to take a bear on the second day of the hunt and a beautiful moose on the ninth day. It was sort of an accident that I went, I was just calling outfitters in the back of the fnaws magazine, in dec. of '01. Kind of a tradition of dreaming about a brown bear hunt every year after harvest here in mn. I was talking with one that was hit pretty hard by hunters not being able to come up because of 9/11 and offered me a good deal. Well, after checking around with references and the state I sent him the down money for a hunt in '03 and ended up making a lifelong friend.
Bear was my primary,but I bought a Moose tag just in case. I figured when the heck am I going to make it back up here. Anyway, Wayne Woods was the outfitter, I hope to go back and do a Dall or goat hunt, but need to let kids get a little older. When in base camp, I was able to meet Wayne's son Shane and spend a couple days with him. Then in '05 my wife and I flew up to fish in the summer and we were able to spend some time with Wayne and his family. Shane was preparing to deploy, but he made it a point to be there when we were. Awesome trip also, glassing sheep in Waynes backyard after an excellent open fire salmon feast. You couldn't ask for much more than that.
Unfortunately the next Aug. Shane was killed in Iraq, an IED buried and asphalted over, it took out there humv. I have never met a kinder soul. I know Wayne has been taking wounded veterans hunting, under a program in Shanes memory.
I'll try and post pics. when I get a chance, but don't want to mess with your thread.
Thank you for the name of your outfit, I need to do some more checking with Waynes area, I see he's not doing sheep for now because of a regulation change in the chugach or something.
Sorry about the book.
Anyway we had gotten within fifty yards and I asked the size again, the reply was "Shoot G#$ Dammit".
