Alaskan Adventures by Alaska's Greatland Outfitters

07/30/2026

We have an opening for a Brown bear hunt September 16-27th 2026. Fully guided all inclusive hunt in an area that has a high population of bears. Cancellation priced. Pm for details.

06/27/2026

06/24/2026

Kodiak Island, 1955. Grancel Fitz stepped off the floatplane with a .30-06 and one goal: find the biggest brown bear on the island.

Fitz carried that same rifle on every hunt across North America. He wasn't a regular member of the Boone and Crockett Club, but his contributions to refining the Club's scoring system left a mark that's still felt today.

What happened on Kodiak that year, and what Fitz brought back, is one of those stories that deserves to be told right.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/adventures-archives-grancel-fitzs-alaska-brown-bear?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016788_9b65q8&utm_content=bc_1782259200952_h5o69q

05/31/2026

Four grizzly bears were equipped with collar-mounted video cameras in mid-May, 2011, in Southcentral Alaska, between the Little Nelchina and the Susitna rivers. Each camera took a 10-second video once every 15 minutes, and cameras and video files were retrieved a month later by wildlife biologists w...

04/09/2026

They said it was gone forever.
Now it’s back… and not everyone is happy about it.

This might be the biggest conservation comeback you haven’t heard about yet.

👇 Full story in the comments
🌍 This one’s wild

04/09/2026

Where do the biggest black bears in the world actually come from? The record book might surprise you.

The current world record black bear, taken by Todd H. Thayn in Utah, scored 23 10/16 inches and sits at the top of the Boone and Crockett Club records. Not Alaska. Not Canada. Utah.

And that tells you something important. Giant bears aren’t just about being far north or deep in the wilderness, they’re about food and age.

Look at where the most Boone and Crockett entries come from and the pattern shows up fast. States like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania consistently produce top-end bears. Head north into Ontario and Saskatchewan and it continues, plenty of bears, good nutrition, and enough age structure for them to reach their full potential.

Places like Alaska and British Columbia absolutely grow huge-bodied bears, but not all of them make the books. Access, opportunity, and fewer official entries all play a role.

Here’s the takeaway. The biggest bears don’t come from one specific region, they come from places where a bear can get old and eat well doing it. Agriculture, mast crops, and habitat matter just as much as location.

If you’re chasing a Boone and Crockett bear, don’t just look at a map. Look for groceries and time.

Aaron B. Futrell, Author|Owner, Delong Lures

04/02/2026

If Alaska isn't on your bucket list, you haven't been paying attention.

Brown bears, Dall's sheep, Alaska-Yukon moose, musk ox, barren-ground caribou, Rocky Mountain goat, black bears... the Last Frontier holds some of the most impressive big game records in North America.

Once the bugs freeze and the weather cooperates, there's nothing else like it. Explore the current Alaska state big game records and see what the 49th state has produced.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/alaska-state-big-game-records

03/25/2026