BIG BRUIN DOWN! | 2024 Alaska Bear Day-by-Day Ep.1

Kyler I'm filming this on my phone where's your phone when I was getting on the plane to leave today my jacket was getting a little wet so I took my phone out and I put it in my chest pocket well I didn't zip up my chest pocket and uh when I bent over to untie my boots take my boots off before I got in the plane fell right out as Bart May would say my phone's down with Davey Jones he's probably watching all of our sweet all in uh spotting scope footage that was on it probably a couple at least a couple gigabytes worth so there's there's a good amount of footage on that phone hanging out at the bottom of the bay I think there's a lot of I think there's plenty of footage on the cameras and they'll be all right we're decently well covered there's definitely a few things that we're just not going to have anymore but I think it's pretty well covered at least definitely make an episode out of it that's for sure promise yeah I think so [Music] pap [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] jce what are we doing searching for Tyler's phone doing a visual inspection trying not to get in the water cuz it gets pretty murky you start stepping around so from on the floats we can see in there pretty good might have to bust out the the metal detector here shortly though well this is an unusual start to an episode it's very seldom that we start at the end but what we're doing right now is we are out back at our camp the day after the hunt looking for a cell phone that is somewhere down here like down there in the water in the ocean this really was a bear hunt this turned into Scavenging Expedition using metal detectors magnets pretty much everything you can think of in hopes that we can find that phone and if we find that phone hopefully the i iPhone 14 that says it's waterproof well we'll see how much salt water it canand for how long if we find it we've been out here for almost an hour now the Tide's starting to come back up and once the tide reverses and starts coming back up that phone's going to be way underwater so is it we need a salvage Expedition not a hunting crew on this one [Music] hey folks a lot of you have already seen this Southeast Alaska bear hunt out on our fresh track spot form appreciate all of you who support us out there and makes a huge difference we can't thank you enough that's why we try to give you first access to everything if you are interested we'd love to have you out there go to fresh trak.tv and go check it out enjoy the episode well J that was a few years ago we met right on this dock that's spot yeah I walked away I said I need to hire that guy apparently it worked out but yeah that was back in the summer of 2018 I was working for the forest service for the summer here in Peter BG and happen to come out to do some fishing on an evening off work and happen to see you standing out here with Marcus and Mike Spitzer and so I couldn't help myself but I had to go introduce myself and see what you guys are up to and lo and behold you guys are on a Bear Hunt which now we're out here on a Bear Hunt yeah that's crazy that summer was lifechanging for many reasons but I mean that was one of them but just being out in Alaska for a full summer was a totally new life experience for me and it it was one of the coolest things I've ever done and but then it also put me on a path that took me out to Montana and now back to Alaska multiple times I've been out here the last two years filming you usually you're filming yeah you got a tag i' I've got to tag myself this time and we brought filming and uh we fly out tomorrow to a place we've never been to yeah this is Uncharted grounds yeah and the weather looks like it's going to suck so I think you'll shoot a bear I'll do my best sometime in the next five days you'll shoot a bear I I I'll do my best to do that it'll be fun uh we're using the pack rafts this time which Michael and Marcus did a couple years back and it worked out well for them they shot too we're giving it a go ourselves now yeah but after the Lu of last year and the perfect setup and the huge bear it's like all right I don't know that I'm ever going to top all that so I might just be here for moral support and instruction that's probably not worth what you pay for it oh I think it'll be worth it I think regardless of what the weather comes it looks like it's coming but we're going to make the most of it and yeah I'm really excited to explore this new country we're going into it's looking good so for years I've wanted to go film there and finally we get a chance to do it and you know all the years I've come here and done it and I came to this this dock right over here in 1977 that's how long I've been here and uh or how many times I've been here and sharing it with you and Kyler and others that's been the whole purpose for me hopefully we'll get some more some more memories to share I think Co [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] f for for how' you sleep last night I slept so hard last night most the Rocks here were more rless than I was I don't know why I sleep so well when I'm out in the woods what I do it is a beautiful morning here in Southeast Alaska kind of surprisingly beautiful morning so yesterday we actually spent the majority of the day in town waiting for a weather window to get flown out here it's pretty low visibility all day long and it wasn't until I don't know close to 6:00 yesterday that we finally made it out of town made it to the spot out here we're ways out here so it was a little bit longer flight than usual but um we made it got camp set up we're able to find a camp spot in the trees here and got everything set up and then it was dark pretty quick actually so there's this spot we plan on paddling into today I'm assuming and uh we spotted a bear from the plane as we came in back there somewhere back there and then just as just before it got dark last night um we spotted two bears I don't know 500 yards from here right across here when Kyler said that there was two bears I kind of just assumed it was a sa and a cub and then I get the spotting scope on it and it was like two adult-sized bears that we think are Bor so that was kind of really interesting that just two big bears are out feeding all night next to each other so that was pretty sweet our mode of transportation for this Hunt is pack rafts all three of us have a pack raft and so we're kind of in this smaller Bay but it has a channel that kind of goes way back in here that you can't get a boat or a skiff into so that's going to be pretty unique that we can get in there with these pack rafts which is going to be a lot of fun so we're going to get those set up here or we're going to get it get those ready here shortly and take off and see what we can find today [Applause] let's go time let's go find a big bear big old bear big old bear [Music] F Well we didn't make it more than 200 yards from camp and we saw another bear so we're going to Beach right up here on this Rocky Point and hop out and get some footage and take a closer look I'm thinking it's probably one of the Bears that we saw last night but you never know check it out oh we beached up and we got we're about 250 yards from that bear definitely going to not go after this one he's pretty rubbed up hard to say if it's a boore or s it's not it's definitely not just one of those you look at and you go oh that's a big boar it's just it's a it's a decent Siz bear but hid's not in very good condition that was cool what 500 y from camp [Applause] what do you think try walking in a little bit what's that try walking in a little while yeah you want to just Beach the boats here more probably easiest guaranteed it's easiest yeah I think if we tied the boats up here then we could just cuz with that wind if we stayed on this side uhuh I think we'd be in good shape I think so I like that plan J you're V I see yeah there's got to be a big one in there [Applause] man you can get real close to him if it looks like a boar it does got a big on butt on his back he's he's not even far from here but no what I think this this rapid is going to cover our noise though yeah yeah I think so I'm with you let's let's get up there get a good luck at it [Applause] [Applause] yeah look at the long necka that's a big Paar not the big you want pretty or you want big we got two bears one at 200 yard that's beautiful no rubs it's a board it's not huge and we got big Hank up here he looks like a pig he's got all of his hair falling off yeah it's like both shoulders down to his front arms he's got a neck on him like a horse about that long got a head on him got a bigger head than I got and I got a big melon [Applause] if this bear was any bigger and you weren't shooting I'd be laying down on the back right now he's 198 yard I'd have to cut another 100 yards off wow that is a beautiful coat I hope we find another coat that pretty but I don't know if we will well depending on how this other bear looks if he's like substantially big from what we can tell I might yeah we'll figure it out when we get there now [Applause] we just let a really nice bear walk into the trees here but we saw a bigger bear just up here about 500 yard so we're going to sneak up there and see if we can get eyes on that one he's rough but he's looks like a Whopper there's another Bear right on the edge of the trees just behind this one close to [Applause] the this is tough there too there's so many bears how do you pick one do you think is this a big one depends on how big you're looking for he looks huge he looks huge he's big now that he's set up you can really see him he's just a freaking blocky unit and his belly is fell down in the grass he's rubbed on that front leg he's got the same thing on the other side too yeah yeah now that he's stood up look at you can see that body size you can see the muscles in his head when you get them in the crossair they look way bigger I bet you if you snuck around with that rock you can get on that and be really steady with your by butt damn I don't know what to do yeah don't be under any pressure 119 yards of a p Crocket bear and Jay won't shoot him cuz he's got a bad hair to you know it's like I keep thinking like if I shoot him and like that's the bar go I'm going to be more than happy with them but like I'm also just like want to keep seeing what else is on there but you're probably right there he goes Jay he's walking in the trees yep he's he's out of here now that was your big Cham this morning it it was and it was very tempting but this like this spot we've been looking at leading up to this hunt talking about we're going going in there and find all these Bears we we haven't even made it halfway through here and we've already found four bears and it's day one of the hunt he's pretty rubbed up it's just like the stars haven't quite aligned yet line for him they line for him very yeah very well cuz he was pretty close getting shot there I was tempted but 115 yard 15 up the closest yeah the good news is I saw another bear walking on the north side of the creek way up there yeah I think that's going to be a pretty nice spot up there yeah do to find some more get up to that point of trees and see if let's do it yep okay let's do it grab my back now that question's been answered Jay that's the bear [ __ ] in the wood yeah sure looks like it where the hell that he come from he's not rubbed at all that's a different bear and then cuz that guy disappeared way over here Jay has got bear number six there this morning we were we spent an hour watching a bear out here and we started walking and we look back and right behind the Rock from where we were comes this other bear that Jay is getting footage of right now he's he's not as rubbed as the other Big Bear out here in most other places this bear dop right now this is the second biggest bear we've seen Jayce might dock himself into it D him a little bit it's like we're at the bear Sanctuary at the zoo yeah if you shot this bear you'd probably go home a happy guy you can tell though he's just not quite in that age class as that other one that was out here in Big Sky country he'd be big Dead bear what he'd be you don't see Bears this size out in Montana that often no [Applause] for [Applause] [Applause] for for for how was your nap was good Kyler was taking a nap big rubbed up bear this Chase passed on walked 40 yard right behind him while he was sleeping right here it pretty cool yeah but while we were doing all that another great big bear came out down there so we got to go down there and Jason is going to shoot him then we're going to bring the rafts up and we're going to float out two of them cuz I'm going to shoot one after Jay shoots this one got it to [Applause] for that one looks big I can he just from the naked eye look how much bigger is we got two great big bears right out here at 500 yards we're going to try loop around them and Jas is going to shoot one and on the other one looks up I'm going to shoot the other one I told you folks we're getting a doofer this afternoon yeah all they go suppressed rifles can very well make us happen all they got to do is watch one episode and they get to see two bears great big black ones they're not robbed at all this is where the first kind of I don't know what you would call it the first little blip of the hunt happens so it's Jason the lead I'm about 10 yards behind and Kyler's about I don't know 20 yards behind me and he's trying to film get some wide shots of us doing our thing and I walk across the the creek and it's I don't know a little over my knees but it's just slimy as all get out and all of a sudden I hear some commotion behind me and I look back and all I see is Kyler holding our big camera up and he's trying to keep his balance but the current is sweeping his legs underneath him his waiters are filling up with water and he's trying not to make any noise he's trying to save the camera and he finally comes to rest against this big rock and a big splash of water but I never did see the camera go underwater so I'm not sure what happened but once he got up and he like yeah I got a little water in my waiters and we're like everything okay and he's like well audio isn't working on the big camera so we're not exactly sure what happened in there if it was water if it was just the you know banging it or you know whatever holding it and shaking it when he fell but now the big camera is kind of without audio I think we're going to try to shoot one of these Bears big nice coat now we just going to cut the distance think you're going to sh one them I'd like to yeah shoot shot they're stacked up right now Jay I tell him the Bears are stacked it's not every day you got two big BS in your crosshairs at the same [Music] time what's a plan which one I'm trying to remember which one which for [Applause] you got him good water yeah saw himing get up and that other bear take off yeah he's gone sweet dude yeah hope when you want that that was just such a cool experience like two big old beautiful coat bear they were identical once they crossed it don't matter they were not I mean to set up and opportunity is too cool knock down this River B we had to make it worth it after Kyler took a spill in the water I a bad Digger you man he's dead out there I think he's laying in a m [Music] hole congratulations I do [Music] this so I was able to shoot this bear with the 65 PRC and if you guys are wondering which Howa this is it's a kind of a custom build off of a a how Barrel action so myself Marcus Michael and Cara We all built our own rifle off the how 1500 Barrel to action and then we did a ton of shooting we took them to some local matches and an NRL Hunter match I took this guun on a hunt and the three of them are all taking their rifles on a hunt this upcoming fall so you guys are going to want to stay tuned cuz before this fall hunting season we're going to release the whole series and you guys are going to see us build these rifles shoot with them all offseason shoot them at a match and then obviously come out here and hunt with them as you can see it worked great and I think you guys are really going to like this so stay tuned [Music] working on this bear go there say there's a bear over here after we got all the meat off the carers I thought wow wait I better go look at that bear C's like he seems to have a good cat I can't tell how big he is look a freaking King Kong Bundy he got a great big on in I think he's a little up in the wrong but he's down underneath that page I can't really tell for sure I'm going s do this Little Everglades that J's navigated and I'm going pop up there little double up here [Applause] 118 for want didn't get where this grass was shorter so I could lay down might have the reason I should have kept going down brother he couldn't see us he didn't know what but and I looked over at Jason Jay hit his puffer bottle and the wind was G just two minutes ago it was coming this way so that was a nice bear that was a really nice bear he wasn't rough at all we'll go finish Jay's bear and we'll shoot him up here so our plan is we're going to hang this bear up in these trees right behind us and then I think we're going to try to find Randy bear is that right Randy I would love I'd love to find you a bear so yeah hang this bear hopefully kill another bear and then hang that one up and then sounds like we'll pack back in here tomorrow and paddle out two bears if everything goes to plan otherwise we'll come back in tomorrow and kill a bear then pack out all the Bears so one of those two ideas should work just about just about went down for the count there a DE no piece of dri here for a little while you should shoot should shoot him he's got a monster hell what I could tell like biggest I I I think he's got the biggest head on any be we' seen so far once you get them in the crosshairs boy they usually look pretty big but then we'd be done Jace yeah it's a pretty big one you see the blubber on his back legs on his lock oh my gosh that's a freaking unit if he hits the trees that's who we're going after tomorrow yeah czy he's looking for a s looking for love it might lead him to his demise wind is terrible all my wor not taking that shot late in interesting scenario at least you only did one well we got here this raft is flipped over mine's got a great big hole in it you can see a bear track right here another one there another one there here we must have just interrupted him and mine that doesn't get fixed so going have to come up with a plan what we do like I said when you come to Alaska expect everything that's a big hole that there's you can't I mean it's a big H yeah you can't fix that that's not a patch [Applause] repair well one more interesting days I've ever had bear hunting Jay shot a really nice bear nice old boar and then we saw a lot more came back to the boats and a barar it ate my raft tore a great big hole in her so they rafted back I did the big Shoreline Loop and now we're going to see if we can get any of this damn P to start start a fire down here on the tide line and uh hopefully if we do that we'll uh we'll have some some broths right boys oh yeah otherwise we're going to be eating gastron which is great but we're trying to ration out here just in case we get stranded for a couple days Bears keep eating our boats we we will just be hunting from right here we're going to find him tomorrow though going to be a reckoning anyone who complains about him being not done enough or too done I'm I'm not here to put up with snivel