Bear Hunting on the Alaska Peninsula 



this with his hunter, who made a most wonderful 

 stalk. The bear was in an almost unapproachable 

 position, and the two men appeared to be going 

 directly down wind; but Ivan insisted that there 

 was a slight eddy in the breeze, and in this he must 

 have been correct, for he brought Blake up to 

 within sixty yards, when my friend killed the bear 

 with a bullet through the brain. 



I think it is interesting to note that our shooting 

 grounds were the extreme western range of the 

 black bear. A few years ago they were not found 

 in this locality, but it is quite evident that they are 

 each year working further and further to the 

 westward. 



The next day the heavy rain still continued. 

 The meadow was now one vast bog, and the small 

 lagoons were swollen into deep and rapid streams. 

 Everything was wet, and we passed an uncomfort- 

 able day. Our two hunters were camped about 

 fifty yards off under a big rock, and I think must 

 have had a pretty hard time of it, but all the while 

 they kept a sharp lookout. 



About one o'clock the men reported that a large 

 bear had been seen some distance off, but that it 

 had remained in sight only a short time. We ex- 

 pected this bear would again make his appearance 

 in the afternoon, and in this surmise we were cor- 



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