Also on the islands in southeast ak,if a island has brown bears,that island wont have black bears and vice versa,generally.the brown bears will kill the black bears.that is what the locals say
Yeah that’s what I thinking. We live in between an island full of black bears and another full of brown bears. Although the black bear would have had to have swam 2 miles to get here. This bear was jet black, small hump, and narrow face. I though the hump may have been it’s shoulder blades. Once he was put in the open there was no denying it was a brownie.
Great session! I hope you keep these Wednesday sessions going on. You have a lot of practical wisdom between you. And a funny way of sharing it with us.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I feel the love for what you two are doing. I'm so glad to have found you two. I'm looking to move to Alaska and been doing a lot of research. Your a inspiration and give good pro's and cons for those trying to do what you're doing. Thank you for sharing your life experience with us.
Terrific and informative video with practical, accurate advice. Give Gunner a scratch behind the ears for me. The shopping haul with food prices at Costco was great too. Always be safe, phil
Thanks Phil, I think this was our first wood stove Wednesday. I really enjoy making them. Some people like to watch others hate them. Thank you for watching Phil.
We lived Madison County Virginia back in the late 80's we moved into a small cabin that the owners put barded wire over the windows. After moving in we found out why, we would have 5 to 6 bears in the yard every night until the first day of bear hunting season, matter of fact our deer season opened 1 week before bear and every first day of deer season I would have a bear come to my deer stand.
yes im planning on moving back spring of 2020 ,working on finishing my boats,I would like to stop by and meet you guys when I get back,your vids really help me stay focused on my dream,thanks
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing 3 black bears on my way to Broken Bow, OK. I drive a load of dry ice there twice a week. One was just past the prison outside of Heavener, and the other two were up 259 south just past the Three Sticks monument. Wonderful, beautiful creatures.........admired from a distance, or from the cab of a semi truck!! Lol
Awesome bear talk. Old video, I'm slowly catching up. Great stuff young man. I'm almost 70 or I'd be there. Blew my chance in the early 1970s. Had a shot at a pipeline job & my woman was the issue. My mistake and I've regretted it ever since. 🙃
Well as long as we learn from our mistakes 😂 Its a great state and would have been awesome to have lived here in the 70s. We just had a memorial for a family friend. He was an engineer who played a large part in designing the ALCAN highway. Heard a bunch of stories at the service of when he was younger. Alaska was totally wild back in the 60s and 70s.
You're quite the storytellers, informative and entertainers. I laughed and listened. " I like breathing, I like my life" LOL stay away from those bears...You drive the points home, better presentation and I've been to 3 bear safety classes in Alaska.
Love it, wood stove wednesdays are awesome! Gunner is my hero too. He's living his best life out there bear wrangl'n and what not. Keep doing the WTW series, I love it! :)
Hey BigDirty, Gunner’s my hero baby, he can take my pain away. To the time of Enrique Iglesias - Hero. 😂 Or however that song goes. Dude he does have it pretty good. Chase squirrels, minks and martens all day. Roll in some smelly dead stuff and try and fight a bear every now and then. lol How’s the OK life?
The story about how K-Bar got it's name was that somebody who had their knife was up in alaska and got attacked by a kodiac bear, He killed the bear with just his knife after his rifle jammed and when he got back to the lower 48 they renamed it to Kill-A-BeAR. here it is straight from K-Bar's website. 1920s Wallace Brown receives a package that forever alters the history of the company. The story, as first published in a training manual written years later by M.L. Brown, Vice President of Sales, Union Cutlery, is as follows: "Years ago an Alaskan hunter had shot a bear who then attacked him and knocked his rifle from his hands. In order for the hunter to protect his life, he took a knife made by Union Cutlery company and successfully killed the bear, which was the Kodiak bear species. The hunter in appreciation of the knife having saved his life sent the bear skin to President Wallace Brown. The thought then occurred to the management of the company that if the Kodiak bear is the strongest of the bear species, and the word bear is pronounced "bar", and further, if the cutlery produced by the Union Cutlery Company was the best and strongest of its kind, then it should be very significant that "Ka-bar" might truly represent the qualities of the company's products. Thus the Ka-Bar trademark was adopted."
Thanks for the informative video, I live in Northern Ontario Canada and we have black bears within city limits and it is a huge problem here. Yeah a geologist was mauled to death a few years ago northeast of here, but as you say people, locals get too close to them...
@@AnAlaskaHomesteadI grew up around bears, my parents home is in a small village with the bush in the backyard and encountered them a few times throughout the years, I was more scared of the wolf packs.
Love you guys . Only ever been to the Snow once .and that was like 43 years ago . Myself and about eight mates went to the snow for ten days ,the short of it all second day there compound fracture L/Leg and never been back . Bears and minus 20 to 40 Degree’s blows my mind . As we say in Australia, you guys are living the dream and are Fair Dinkum in what you do . And the magnum 44 makes me laugh .
Thank you Martin. I’ve done a lot of traveling and one place that I’ve always wanted to go to was Australia. Maybe one day I’ll make it over there. Take care buddy.
Howdy Again Again...two posts in one day! We never caught your names in the videos we've watched. I'm Lynnette (49) and my husband Tony (50) we have little David (6) and Lucy our water mutt. A pleasure to virtually meet you.
Hey 👋 I’m Brian and my wife is Diana aka Lulu. You may see our son Phoenix and his girlfriend at the time (recently married) now wife Ashley. We were supposed to go to his college graduation next month but CORVID19 has thrown a monkey wrench into those plans. 😂 Nice to virtually meet you as well. Hope you all have a great evening.
Bears are nothing to mess with no doubt. Poor gunner being a trouble maker and a hero all in the same day! LOL. I for one love this outdoor wed deal! Keep'm coming buddy!
Don’t stop doing these, I am a new viewer. And I am planning on spending this summer in Alaska. End of April until august hopefully. That way I can travel across and see the real wild. Still studying to figure out how to see Alaska if you can help with planning that I can get in touch with y’all to learn more. I have a ton of dumb questions I do need answers to lol
Howdy Again from Libby, Montana! We just found your show and are watching all the episodes...laughing our ass off. You guys are awesome! Keep up the video's!
Good info guys. I ran into a bear on a trail once and he did the little fake lunge at me. I got behind a tree and we ended up switching places when he came over near the tree. After tat he just dug in an old stump. Scariest thing ever. But really cool ...when it was over.
Loved your comment "Ya just wanna turn around and walk backwards". I guess if you do a 360 and walk backwards, "towards the bear" that let's the bear know your the main course.
Keep em coming! WSW's with your storytelling ability are sure to be good for a few laughs. I've seen a few vids, one I think was less junk more journey where they went on a bear watching tour. The went up to some river that the bears were feeding good on salmon, and they were 10 or so yards from the bears! With the guides approval ! My thought is that if you are close enough to be able to hear the sound it makes when the bear rips the skin off the fish, you are at least 2 times closer than you should be. I don't care how well fed they are. Only takes one bear to decide you smell better than that fish for you to have a real bad day.
Thanks Scott Maschino. There is a place called Pack Creek a couple of hours from us. You can get a permit and go up there with or without guide. I with you, I like the distance. I’ve been close enough on accident I don’t need to get close on purpose. lol Thanks for watching.
Oh I liked this one. Here we have black and had dealings with a couple. Had grain inside fence, in a metal truck box under kitchen window for my goats. At 1 a.m. it decided to toss the box against my cabin shaking the whole thing. It was terrifying, no light of the moon NOTHING let off my 357 out the opposite window. So dark couldn't tell if it left or climbed tree etc Terrifying night. I'd never ever use bear spray plenty of videos of it not working on them. Ones back was about six inches over my 5 ft fence! It had twins the next spring. On game camera it was massive compared to other blacks Stay safe so glad I found you two, love your talks too.
I'd feel more safe with a 45-70 government or a .500 SW Mag. Would highly recommend you look into either of them. Great vid, I had plenty of black bear incidents in when I was living in Colorado, never worried about them. When I'm in grizzly country, though, I'm always carrying my .500 Mag.
Yeah both bears can be dangerous but brown bears are nowhere near as skittish as black bears. My dog has chased off black bears before but brown/grizzly seem to hold their ground more. I feel comfortable with the 454 casull. It will get the job done.
My Alaska Dream actually 10mm would be a better choice. That’s what we run with up here in the valley (Willow / Talkeetna) area. It’s the most highly underrated caliber.
I think it’s a great idea to have the wood stove Wednesday’s. It’s a way to better get to know you guys. Thanks for sharing what it’s like to live in your world.
First time I see your videos and I been laughing you both make my day I’m 65old and alone so now on I well have some company please b careful thanks from Manassas Virginia
I always like bear stories. 20 years in and 10 at Fort Carson, if you were 4th ID (dog named Gunner) you may have been at Fort Hood. I was there with Lockheed 02-04'.
When it comes to bears and trees, the way we explained it growing up in Montana: A black bear or a brown bear will climb the tree after you, a grizzly bear will knock the tree you are in down!
yea the vids i saw was se ak they were beech hunting ,trying to get close,and they talked about why they were using the black umbrellas,it was interesting,take care guys
Im planning on comming back for good in the spring of 2020,just putting all my money into my boats,I would like to meet you and your family when i get back,your vids realy help me to stay focused on my dream ,thank you for that
I love to listen to you all talk about your adventures. About the only way I will experience anything like that is to listen to you all and the other homesteaders. lol I live in a holler in WV and that's about as close to cold weather as I want. I was born in Louisville, Ky and met my husband who is from here. We've been married 43 years and have lived here 33 years. I still hate it but make due. I have so many allergies it's not funny in certain seasons living here. I make due. I'm never going to get him to move so I might as well make the best of it. I am 64 now and its too late to uproot us and go somewhere else. We raise a garden and I can and also raise different flowers that keeps me interested. I would love to live by a lake and have a boat, he bought an above ground pool and set it up and floated a raft in it and told me that was my boat. lol We do work well together just like you two do so that helps a lot. Keep posting your video's, love watching them. Trying to catch up right now on them. Wish UA-cam would post them in order. lol
Hi Dorene, when I lived down south my allergies were horrible and my sons as well. Once we moved here everything cleared up for both of us. It’s never too late to make a change. My mom just moved to Texas after living her whole life in Oklahoma. This was our first year growing and we both love it. Maybe you could get a small bass boat and do some fishing in a local lake. I’m glad you two work well together. That’s key to making a relationship work. Sorry youtube doesn’t put them in order. Try looking in the playlist. I’ve broke up the videos by season and tried to put them in order. Let me know if that helps. Thanks for writing in and sharing with us. All the best, Brian
When I lived in anchorage I used to do quite a bit of gold mining near gird wood I think it was and a lot of the people there brought dogs simply so they could escape while the bear was attacking the dog
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your wood stove Wednesday’s and would be disappointed if you stopped doing them. Today’s topic was more than valuable. How often do you go to town? What food do you crave and do you satisfy it when you go to town? Questions are for both of you unless indicated. You have the most beautiful hair... not you! Your lovely wife. Ha! Gotcha!
Ha you got me.😂 I had to read it to the Mrs.for her to get a laugh too. We go to town at least once every two weeks. I try to film two videos and then upload them while in town. Film two more and repeat. TexMex would be what we crave the most.
I haven't found too many things that a 300 gr Hornady XTP HP .44 magnum cant gentle on down. Although one thing repoing cars in South Texas taught me is that your attitude has a lot to do with how tense situations are going to go, if you remain calm and confident, it is not very likely you are going to be attacked, but if you panic and show fear, you're going to get attacked.
The biggest bear that I am likely to encounter is a 5ft teddy in the dress makers shop, well actually that just do alterations but close enough, great show though!
Thank you TSP. What part of SE? I used to run a small screen printing company as a side gig, before we moved up here. I loved it. I always need a creative outlet. UA-cam is doing the trick now. 👍 Have a great week.
We have tons in common already!! lol Can't believe I just found you... Where have I been?// lol Been printing like mad down here in Portland to save enough to escape this stupid town. My lady Lynn was just up in Sitka last month for work, and we looked at a couple properties while she was there, but I am not a fan of the open ocean/tsunami exposure. I have a couple friends in Wrangell with connections to great affordable land. Leaning twords that area for sure. Curious... does your channel provide any extra income? Have not watched enough to know what you guys do for income, so forgive my lack of insight. I will be catching up on your vids, so look for my dumb ass comments!! lol I also hit you on Instagram with my TSP feed and also my bushcraft feed, Pacific Bushcraft Consortium. My name is Brandon, but just call me TSP is cool! Pleasure to meet you Guys! Cheers to you both and have a great Christmas and New Years!
Ha, we do have a lot in common. I met my wife in Portland, 1994. Way before it turned in to the antifa hub🙄 No we don’t make money off youtube. I’m retired army and get a little extra from disability. We had paid for everything and had a good enough next egg and I said I’m done working. Wrangell or Sitka both sound cool. Good luck to whichever you decide on. Nice to meet you Brandon. Brian
I think my 480 roger would do, gotta have a good dog around bears they can pick up on them a lot better than any human can. And you have an awesome dog. Keep the Wednesday videos coming
I live in the mountains of Colorado. I was working on a fence with my youngest son, he was 8 at the time. He just ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and had it all over his face. Suddenly my goats and highland cow came running out of the woods and made a circle around us and began stomping and snorting. I thought maybe an elk was approaching. I stood up turned around and a huge cinnamon colored black bear was crouched down stalking us 20 feet away! He stood up growled and waved his claws at us! All I had was a saw. I grabbed my sons shoulder and said don't run. I said "you get outta her bear" He slowly turned went to all fours and walked away. His expression was WTF! Is this? I called my oldest who was cutting wood. He got his shotgun, I got the 12 gage and we pressured it to leave. Put the livestock in the pen. And kept pushing the bear away. I saw on the news that night division of wildlife shot a record size aggressive cinnamon black bear in a neighborhood near us.
Great topic. If you want to see bears up close, go to the Anan Wildlife Observatory. Other than that, give them a very, very wide berth. This will definitely improve your chances of making it to a ripe old age. With the salmon harvests being less and less every year, this is going to make for more aggressive bears. Being on your toes at all times is a good idea when you are in the bush. JUST FOR LAUGHS: In light of the rising frequency of human conflicts with bears in the field, the Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fisherman to take extra precautions and be observant. They advise outdoorsmen to wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren’t expecting them. They also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear dung. Black bear dung is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear dung is larger, has little bells and buttons in it, and smells like pepper spray.
JC HD dude you had roped me right in. I was say. Yup, yup that’s right and then it came to knowing the difference in the scat. Lol that was great. Yeah we don’t live to far from pack creek, which is another place to go and view brown bears. Thanks for the laugh.
Dude you are so funny. If I was to come across a bear I would sing real loud then I would loudly ask him for requests. Maybe by then he would leave if not I would stare him down, start laughing, yelling n peeing my pants. Then I would ask him if he was tired pull out my gun n wave bye bye!! Lol!! Actually without much panic I would scream.
Just how far down in south east are you? How would the gardening be in your area? You talk about so many rainy days, I'm thinking the cloudy days would off set any warmer temps, than being farther north.
The closest town to us is Juneau. People do grow things here, we have not yet. That’s one thing in the list for next year is a green house. Are temps are 20-40s on the winter and 40-70s in the summer. We get over 62” of rainfall a year. But I’m eager to get a garden going. 👍
lol Steve M that is an insider secret that no one talks about. That why when you’re with visitors or tourists you can spring into action and leave them in the dust. 😂
good thing you got your wife with you she classes the video up for ya lol jk enjoyed the video , ya we cant pack a pistol here most people pack a short barrel shotty here or a big bore lever would be a lot nicer to be packing pistol thou I pack a 870 with a 12" barrel
Ha that’s my bear advice. Lol They aren’t really too interested in people but I was worried about my dog provoking an attack. Hopefully this guy is sleeping now and we won’t see him until next year.
i thought you were a peace full person /i should report you to the boat police for beating your boat/ lol lol lol lol my nick name is bear/the girls used to like my hugs/great gunner story/your wifes laugh is contages/have a wonderfull week keep the storys coming
I was beating that boat good. lol. That’s a great nickname and you get to give the girls hugs. That a win win in my book. Yeah, she’s a keeper. Thanks for watching buddy. We will see you Sunday. 👍
Greetings from Illinois in the Edgewood of Illinois... Yeah my question is about would steam engines if I was going to move to Alaska where electricity and gas prices are scares or high I would bring with me a small steam tractor engine five eighths of a size steam engine with either a generator or an alternator set up and yes having one of these things with me I would have to be concerned about a vast quantity of water supply but what puzzles me is that this item is not seen on videos about Alaska.. I do not know why this useful item will not be utilized within the vicinity of the shelter of Alaska Home Center quite frankly attached to the home unit itself as it hates the garage laundry room utility unit it was Supply hot water for a bath it will supply Heat throughout the house with the attachment of a hot water pump to radiators you can also utilize it to make pure water from Steam of course on my figuring you would have a woodlot and the steam engine would ultimately bring the wood up to the woodlot from hopefully the pasture area or whatever area it needs to drag it in from and you will be able to use this thing for cooking someone so yet this seems to be not the number one Hobby achievement of Alaska homesteaders or even I saw some mental thing to there solar systems that they like which cannot produce electricity in the dark Yet the steam engine can do so even a stationary engine would be nice went to have moreover if you're keeping water inside the utility room of your homestead and vast quantity Square tanks plastic he would want some type of worm thing within that utility garage corridor but I have not seen this logic within Alaska homesteaders and I do not think that are freezing problem would be a complete wipe out of the issue of having one since when it is cold you'll be using it indoors no I am talking about a 5 to 8 horsepower or maximum 10 steam-engine and I think a 5/8 shaft is a must anything lower would be in danger of breaking under strain load I have noticed that there is a problem with this is that most kits that they Pawn off to school children in the states are with small inadequate engines that are made just to prove the concept of steam engines however I have seen at auctions the popcorn engines and they have a beefier unit but this makes me Furious in the amount of waste of time and having a useless item pain to children or teenagers to perfect and find that it is too small I will carry on with one more point boilers are really not that difficult to make if you go to a primitive concept perfected by West Point in the 1800's they basically used long tanks and had a steam chest at the top they did not have any piping within them but they heated them all around and use low pressure steam that is a steam that one can see visibly and it is probably the steam that one on the homestead would want to make however hydropower probably would beat it out right but if you're making Lumber now I Steam Plant would be the ticket you may have to do some research to make a video about this subject but it will probably be one of your better videos
Thank you for the comment. I’m sure some people in Alaska my use a steam engine. You make a lot of great points on the benefits of a steam engine. This would be a great you tube endeavor for someone like you with a good deal of knowledge on the subject. I think we are going with solar and perhaps a wind turbine. The only downside I can think of for using a steam engine on the coast would be keeping it from rusting. If we leave anything metal out in the elements for any period of time rust will set in pretty fast. Thanks again for some great insight, I’ve never even thought about this. Have a good weekend.
On the topic of bears, I keep seeing and worrying for you with that big window in your cabin. Aren't your at all worried about a sick/starving bear climbing in that window??
It's not that they can't run downhill fast, it's you that can run downhill faster. I've deer hunted all around you and I am looking for bear first and deer second. There have been several mauling's right next to you. Most have been packing deer out but I don't think that would matter if your in the thick bushes and you run into one. The trick is go slow, Situational awareness, claim your ground...Keep your weapon ready...
As far as Bear spray is concerned , two words. DOWN WIND! but where you two are you never know where the Bear or wind will come from. My luck would have it that the bear would be up wind and the spray would get all over me. At that point the best you can hope for is that the bear doesn't like spicy food.
Also on the islands in southeast ak,if a island has brown bears,that island wont have black bears and vice versa,generally.the brown bears will kill the black bears.that is what the locals say
Yeah that’s what I thinking. We live in between an island full of black bears and another full of brown bears. Although the black bear would have had to have swam 2 miles to get here. This bear was jet black, small hump, and narrow face. I though the hump may have been it’s shoulder blades. Once he was put in the open there was no denying it was a brownie.
Gunner the hero!!! Awww. Such a great dog.
Isn’t that a cute story. Gunner is a good boy.
I love Woodstove Wednesdays! They are some of my favorite videos you all do. Please keep them coming!
Thank you. We will be getting some more going soon.
Great session! I hope you keep these Wednesday sessions going on. You have a lot of practical wisdom between you. And a funny way of sharing it with us.
Thank you Pat. We enjoy doing them.
Thanks for posting a Wednesday video. Always like seeing ya'll on the tube and the longer video was great.
Cool! Thanks for the feed back. It’s hard to shut me up after I start talking. lol
Love your wood stove Wednesdays. You two are a happy couple.
Thanks Chuck. We are pretty happy.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I feel the love for what you two are doing. I'm so glad to have found you two. I'm looking to move to Alaska and been doing a lot of research. Your a inspiration and give good pro's and cons for those trying to do what you're doing. Thank you for sharing your life experience with us.
@@chuckchristy4861 thanks, glad you found us and enjoyed a couple videos. 👍
Terrific and informative video with practical, accurate advice. Give Gunner a scratch behind the ears for me. The shopping haul with food prices at Costco was great too. Always be safe, phil
Thanks Phil, I think this was our first wood stove Wednesday. I really enjoy making them. Some people like to watch others hate them.
Thank you for watching Phil.
We lived Madison County Virginia back in the late 80's we moved into a small cabin that the owners put barded wire over the windows. After moving in we found out why, we would have 5 to 6 bears in the yard every night until the first day of bear hunting season, matter of fact our deer season opened 1 week before bear and every first day of deer season I would have a bear come to my deer stand.
Ha you sir have a lot of bears. lol
It’s similar here. Hunter do have run ins with bears after they shoot a deer.
yes im planning on moving back spring of 2020 ,working on finishing my boats,I would like to stop by and meet you guys when I get back,your vids really help me stay focused on my dream,thanks
That’s great. After living here it’s hard for me to imagine living anywhere else.
Glad we can keep you focused.
Yeah, for sure. Let us know.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing 3 black bears on my way to Broken Bow, OK. I drive a load of dry ice there twice a week. One was just past the prison outside of Heavener, and the other two were up 259 south just past the Three Sticks monument. Wonderful, beautiful creatures.........admired from a distance, or from the cab of a semi truck!! Lol
lol that’s the truth. We thought about moving to the Broken Bow area. We ended up here instead. Not as hot here as it is in OK.
Awesome bear talk. Old video, I'm slowly catching up. Great stuff young man. I'm almost 70 or I'd be there. Blew my chance in the early 1970s. Had a shot at a pipeline job & my woman was the issue. My mistake and I've regretted it ever since. 🙃
Well as long as we learn from our mistakes 😂 Its a great state and would have been awesome to have lived here in the 70s. We just had a memorial for a family friend. He was an engineer who played a large part in designing the ALCAN highway. Heard a bunch of stories at the service of when he was younger. Alaska was totally wild back in the 60s and 70s.
You're quite the storytellers, informative and entertainers. I laughed and listened. " I like breathing, I like my life" LOL stay away from those bears...You drive the points home, better presentation and I've been to 3 bear safety classes in Alaska.
😂 it’s true. Bears in general won’t bother humans but they are also unpredictable.
Serious topic...yet I enjoy how you two can be so funny!
Thanks Barb
“Im sitting there peeing” lol who caught that? Haha
Great video thanks!
😂I did, I was there lol
Thanks for watching.
I caught that too!, Right away!
Very good information .Johnny langton
Love it, wood stove wednesdays are awesome! Gunner is my hero too. He's living his best life out there bear wrangl'n and what not. Keep doing the WTW series, I love it! :)
Hey BigDirty, Gunner’s my hero baby, he can take my pain away. To the time of Enrique Iglesias - Hero. 😂
Or however that song goes. Dude he does have it pretty good. Chase squirrels, minks and martens all day. Roll in some smelly dead stuff and try and fight a bear every now and then. lol
How’s the OK life?
Wao thaks for all this advice every word is a reminder to save our lifes. I enjoying
The story about how K-Bar got it's name was that somebody who had their knife was up in alaska and got attacked by a kodiac bear, He killed the bear with just his knife after his rifle jammed and when he got back to the lower 48 they renamed it to Kill-A-BeAR. here it is straight from K-Bar's website.
1920s
Wallace Brown receives a package that forever alters the history of the company. The story, as first published in a training manual written years later by M.L. Brown, Vice President of Sales, Union Cutlery, is as follows: "Years ago an Alaskan hunter had shot a bear who then attacked him and knocked his rifle from his hands. In order for the hunter to protect his life, he took a knife made by Union Cutlery company and successfully killed the bear, which was the Kodiak bear species. The hunter in appreciation of the knife having saved his life sent the bear skin to President Wallace Brown. The thought then occurred to the management of the company that if the Kodiak bear is the strongest of the bear species, and the word bear is pronounced "bar", and further, if the cutlery produced by the Union Cutlery Company was the best and strongest of its kind, then it should be very significant that "Ka-bar" might truly represent the qualities of the company's products. Thus the Ka-Bar trademark was adopted."
Now that’s a story. Thanks
Thanks for the informative video, I live in Northern Ontario Canada and we have black bears within city limits and it is a huge problem here. Yeah a geologist was mauled to death a few years ago northeast of here, but as you say people, locals get too close to them...
Yeah they are fun to watch but don’t get to friendly with them.
@@AnAlaskaHomesteadI grew up around bears, my parents home is in a small village with the bush in the backyard and encountered them a few times throughout the years, I was more scared of the wolf packs.
Yeah I’d be scared of a pack of wolfs too.
Love you guys . Only ever been to the Snow once .and that was like 43 years ago . Myself and about eight mates went to the snow for ten days ,the short of it all second day there compound fracture L/Leg and never been back . Bears and minus 20 to 40 Degree’s blows my mind . As we say in Australia, you guys are living the dream and are Fair Dinkum in what you do . And the magnum 44 makes me laugh .
Thank you Martin. I’ve done a lot of traveling and one place that I’ve always wanted to go to was Australia. Maybe one day I’ll make it over there. Take care buddy.
Howdy Again Again...two posts in one day! We never caught your names in the videos we've watched. I'm Lynnette (49) and my husband Tony (50) we have little David (6) and Lucy our water mutt. A pleasure to virtually meet you.
Hey 👋 I’m Brian and my wife is Diana aka Lulu. You may see our son Phoenix and his girlfriend at the time (recently married) now wife Ashley. We were supposed to go to his college graduation next month but CORVID19 has thrown a monkey wrench into those plans. 😂
Nice to virtually meet you as well. Hope you all have a great evening.
LOVE ME SOME WOODSTOVE WEDNESDAY!!!!!
Thank you Joy Dove. That’s a super cool name. Just thought I’d through that out there.
We’ve taken a break from WSW but they are coming back.
Bears are nothing to mess with no doubt. Poor gunner being a trouble maker and a hero all in the same day! LOL. I for one love this outdoor wed deal! Keep'm coming buddy!
Thanks CB. Yeah we try not to mess around with bears. Gunner on the other hand is a little more reckless. lol
Ya’ll take care.
Don’t stop doing these, I am a new viewer. And I am planning on spending this summer in Alaska. End of April until august hopefully. That way I can travel across and see the real wild. Still studying to figure out how to see Alaska if you can help with planning that I can get in touch with y’all to learn more. I have a ton of dumb questions I do need answers to lol
Shoot me an email with your questions.
Howdy Again from Libby, Montana! We just found your show and are watching all the episodes...laughing our ass off. You guys are awesome! Keep up the video's!
Thank you guys. We need to do some more or those videos.
hi... youtube selected your videos for me so you popped up suddenly.
enjoyed you guys... good info
Thanks Jackie
Good info guys. I ran into a bear on a trail once and he did the little fake lunge at me. I got behind a tree and we ended up switching places when he came over near the tree. After tat he just dug in an old stump. Scariest thing ever. But really cool ...when it was over.
Yeah it’s cool to talk about after the fact but during it’s scary as all get out.
Encounters make good stories... for those that live to tell em...
😂 dude all great stories starts with a near death experience. Lol
My Alaska Dream LOL!
Loved your comment "Ya just wanna turn around and walk backwards". I guess if you do a 360 and walk backwards, "towards the bear" that let's the bear know your the main course.
😂
Thank you that was informative and funny, yes definitely woodstove Wednesday!
Thanks Helen.
Keep em coming! WSW's with your storytelling ability are sure to be good for a few laughs.
I've seen a few vids, one I think was less junk more journey where they went on a bear watching tour. The went up to some river that the bears were feeding good on salmon, and they were 10 or so yards from the bears! With the guides approval ! My thought is that if you are close enough to be able to hear the sound it makes when the bear rips the skin off the fish, you are at least 2 times closer than you should be. I don't care how well fed they are. Only takes one bear to decide you smell better than that fish for you to have a real bad day.
Thanks Scott Maschino. There is a place called Pack Creek a couple of hours from us. You can get a permit and go up there with or without guide. I with you, I like the distance. I’ve been close enough on accident I don’t need to get close on purpose. lol
Thanks for watching.
Oh I liked this one. Here we have black and had dealings with a couple. Had grain inside fence, in a metal truck box under kitchen window for my goats. At 1 a.m. it decided to toss the box against my cabin shaking the whole thing. It was terrifying, no light of the moon NOTHING let off my 357 out the opposite window. So dark couldn't tell if it left or climbed tree etc
Terrifying night. I'd never ever use bear spray plenty of videos of it not working on them. Ones back was about six inches over my 5 ft fence! It had twins the next spring. On game camera it was massive compared to other blacks
Stay safe so glad I found you two, love your talks too.
Yeah them bears love getting in to stuff.
Glad you found us and thanks for watching.
I'd feel more safe with a 45-70 government or a .500 SW Mag. Would highly recommend you look into either of them. Great vid, I had plenty of black bear incidents in when I was living in Colorado, never worried about them. When I'm in grizzly country, though, I'm always carrying my .500 Mag.
Yeah both bears can be dangerous but brown bears are nowhere near as skittish as black bears. My dog has chased off black bears before but brown/grizzly seem to hold their ground more.
I feel comfortable with the 454 casull. It will get the job done.
My Alaska Dream actually 10mm would be a better choice. That’s what we run with up here in the valley (Willow / Talkeetna) area. It’s the most highly underrated caliber.
I think it’s a great idea to have the wood stove Wednesday’s. It’s a way to better get to know you guys. Thanks for sharing what it’s like to live in your world.
Thanks. We need to get them going again but right now when we get back in the cabin we are pretty tired. lol
I love the Woodstock series. But then again you are living my Alaska dream. I would been fine watching you pill potatoes. Keep’em Safe brother.
Thanks buddy
Thanks buddy
love woodstove wednesday the best like being around the campfire there in person with you guys and chatting.
Thank you rasz mataz, it’s nice to have you around the campfire. 👍
Just watched your "how not to get mauled" video. dam funny. Great job.
Thanks Pete
First time I see your videos and I been laughing you both make my day I’m 65old and alone so now on I well have some company please b careful thanks from Manassas Virginia
Thank you Carmen. We are glad you enjoyed the video.
Gunner is the hero. That a boy gunner!!!
I always like bear stories. 20 years in and 10 at Fort Carson, if you were 4th ID (dog named Gunner) you may have been at Fort Hood. I was there with Lockheed 02-04'.
I was at Hood 97-00 and Carson 03-13, with a one year break from Carson at Bragg and Korea.
Your wife cracks me up, my eyes are as big as saucers while your telling these stories and she’s giggling 😳😳😳😂😂😂
Ha it’s just the way life is here.😂👍
When it comes to bears and trees, the way we explained it growing up in Montana: A black bear or a brown bear will climb the tree after you, a grizzly bear will knock the tree you are in down!
Lol true
wood stove Wednesday is funny even if you don't like the questions .you 2 make me laugh 👍👍
We like to sit back and BS with our peeps
Well it's about time you two came back. Welcome back 😜🤪
Lol it was a nice break, visiting family and friends but it did feel good to get back home.
yea the vids i saw was se ak they were beech hunting ,trying to get close,and they talked about why they were using the black umbrellas,it was interesting,take care guys
Cool
Another good one, Thankyou.
Thanks for watching Robert
Im planning on comming back for good in the spring of 2020,just putting all my money into my boats,I would like to meet you and your family when i get back,your vids realy help me to stay focused on my dream ,thank you for that
Great stories, Thanks for sharing.
Thanks guys.
Love your humor
Thanks.
I try to keep it clean. It’s hard. 😂
Enjoyed it! 👍
Lol! My dad used to say “Barking spiders”! He was from Anchorage....never heard anyone else say that until now😂
Ha that’s awesome. I’ve only heard it in the military. Funny term though.
Loved the video!
Thanks
There are old ones and bold ones, but there are no old bold ones. I learned this in ROTC back in 1979.
lol I like it.
I love to listen to you all talk about your adventures. About the only way I will experience anything like that is to listen to you all and the other homesteaders. lol I live in a holler in WV and that's about as close to cold weather as I want. I was born in Louisville, Ky and met my husband who is from here. We've been married 43 years and have lived here 33 years. I still hate it but make due. I have so many allergies it's not funny in certain seasons living here. I make due. I'm never going to get him to move so I might as well make the best of it. I am 64 now and its too late to uproot us and go somewhere else. We raise a garden and I can and also raise different flowers that keeps me interested. I would love to live by a lake and have a boat, he bought an above ground pool and set it up and floated a raft in it and told me that was my boat. lol We do work well together just like you two do so that helps a lot. Keep posting your video's, love watching them. Trying to catch up right now on them. Wish UA-cam would post them in order. lol
Hi Dorene, when I lived down south my allergies were horrible and my sons as well. Once we moved here everything cleared up for both of us.
It’s never too late to make a change. My mom just moved to Texas after living her whole life in Oklahoma.
This was our first year growing and we both love it.
Maybe you could get a small bass boat and do some fishing in a local lake.
I’m glad you two work well together. That’s key to making a relationship work. Sorry youtube doesn’t put them in order. Try looking in the playlist. I’ve broke up the videos by season and tried to put them in order. Let me know if that helps. Thanks for writing in and sharing with us.
All the best,
Brian
When I lived in anchorage I used to do quite a bit of gold mining near gird wood I think it was and a lot of the people there brought dogs simply so they could escape while the bear was attacking the dog
Oh if a bear got my dog it would be the last thing it ate.
Fantastic vid guys
Thank you 👍
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your wood stove Wednesday’s and would be disappointed if you stopped doing them. Today’s topic was more than valuable.
How often do you go to town? What food do you crave and do you satisfy it when you go to town? Questions are for both of you unless indicated.
You have the most beautiful hair... not you! Your lovely wife. Ha! Gotcha!
Ha you got me.😂 I had to read it to the Mrs.for her to get a laugh too.
We go to town at least once every two weeks. I try to film two videos and then upload them while in town. Film two more and repeat. TexMex would be what we crave the most.
Love them keep em coming
Thank you. Hope you have a Happy New Years.
I haven't found too many things that a 300 gr Hornady XTP HP .44 magnum cant gentle on down.
Although one thing repoing cars in South Texas taught me is that your attitude has a lot to do with how tense situations are going to go, if you remain calm and confident, it is not very likely you are going to be attacked, but if you panic and show fear, you're going to get attacked.
Yeah that’s the truth, staying calm and level headed will go a long way.
AHHH. Theres's nothing like the smell of fear in the morning.
The biggest bear that I am likely to encounter is a 5ft teddy in the dress makers shop, well actually that just do alterations but close enough, great show though!
😂I would be to worried about those🤣
All smart advice you guys... spoken from experience. We are not bear snacks! lol
New sub... future SE AK resident... Thumbs up, bell rung, and TFS!
Thank you TSP. What part of SE?
I used to run a small screen printing company as a side gig, before we moved up here. I loved it. I always need a creative outlet. UA-cam is doing the trick now. 👍
Have a great week.
We have tons in common already!! lol Can't believe I just found you... Where have I been?// lol
Been printing like mad down here in Portland to save enough to escape this stupid town.
My lady Lynn was just up in Sitka last month for work, and we looked at a couple properties
while she was there, but I am not a fan of the open ocean/tsunami exposure. I have a couple
friends in Wrangell with connections to great affordable land. Leaning twords that area for sure.
Curious... does your channel provide any extra income? Have not watched enough to know what
you guys do for income, so forgive my lack of insight. I will be catching up on your vids, so look for
my dumb ass comments!! lol I also hit you on Instagram with my TSP feed and also my bushcraft
feed, Pacific Bushcraft Consortium. My name is Brandon, but just call me TSP is cool!
Pleasure to meet you Guys! Cheers to you both and have a great Christmas and New Years!
Ha, we do have a lot in common. I met my wife in Portland, 1994. Way before it turned in to the antifa hub🙄
No we don’t make money off youtube. I’m retired army and get a little extra from disability. We had paid for everything and had a good enough next egg and I said I’m done working.
Wrangell or Sitka both sound cool. Good luck to whichever you decide on.
Nice to meet you Brandon.
Brian
Bro I love tour Channel l live in nz you've got some pretty good things goin on there
Thanks Heath. Tell Stabicraft to give us a discount on a new boat😂 We’ve decided that’s the next boat for us.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead great boats, not cheap though.
@@heathgeraghty1545 I know. It would be a great boat for Alaska.
When bears walk up within a few feet of you, they're scary. yep... I second that :-o
Stay safe out there buddy.
Hey Boss, and they are incredible quiet for their size. They can sneak up on you like a ninja. lol
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Love the video, thanks
Thanks for the feed back Russ.
I think my 480 roger would do, gotta have a good dog around bears they can pick up on them a lot better than any human can. And you have an awesome dog. Keep the Wednesday videos coming
Thanks Tom
keep em' coming
👍
thanks for the vids
Thank you. You every moving back?
Blessings and Godspeed :)
I'm new enjoy very much
I live in the mountains of Colorado. I was working on a fence with my youngest son, he was 8 at the time. He just ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and had it all over his face. Suddenly my goats and highland cow came running out of the woods and made a circle around us and began stomping and snorting. I thought maybe an elk was approaching. I stood up turned around and a huge cinnamon colored black bear was crouched down stalking us 20 feet away! He stood up growled and waved his claws at us! All I had was a saw. I grabbed my sons shoulder and said don't run. I said "you get outta her bear" He slowly turned went to all fours and walked away. His expression was WTF! Is this? I called my oldest who was cutting wood. He got his shotgun, I got the 12 gage and we pressured it to leave. Put the livestock in the pen. And kept pushing the bear away. I saw on the news that night division of wildlife shot a record size aggressive cinnamon black bear in a neighborhood near us.
That’s a good story. It’s always good when no one or nothing gets hurt. Yeah, if they get hungry enough they will come after a person.
Great topic. If you want to see bears up close, go to the Anan Wildlife Observatory.
Other than that, give them a very, very wide berth. This will definitely improve your chances of making it to a ripe old age. With the salmon harvests being less and less every year, this is going to make for more aggressive bears. Being on your toes at all times is a good idea when you are in the bush.
JUST FOR LAUGHS: In light of the rising frequency of human conflicts with bears in the field, the Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fisherman to take extra precautions and be observant. They advise outdoorsmen to wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren’t expecting them. They also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear dung. Black bear dung is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear dung is larger, has little bells and buttons in it, and smells like pepper spray.
JC HD dude you had roped me right in. I was say. Yup, yup that’s right and then it came to knowing the difference in the scat. Lol that was great.
Yeah we don’t live to far from pack creek, which is another place to go and view brown bears.
Thanks for the laugh.
I’ve heard of admiralty island. They have the largest brown bear population
You heard right. The Tlingit call it Kootznoowoo “fortress of the bears”.
I would crap my pants and have a heart attack, so I wouldn't have to play dead.😂😂
😂I hear yoi
Dude you are so funny. If I was to come across a bear I would sing real loud then I would loudly ask him for requests. Maybe by then he would leave if not I would stare him down, start laughing, yelling n peeing my pants. Then I would ask him if he was tired pull out my gun n wave bye bye!! Lol!! Actually without much panic I would scream.
😂 serenading a bear might actually work. Maybe singing a lullaby would put em to slip.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead that's what I'm thinkin. Never know til ya try.
When I lived in AK just running into moose while hiking would make my feet feel like lead!
I couldn't hv run if I had wanted to!!
Ha now that’s the truth. Moose are so huge.
Just how far down in south east are you? How would the gardening be in your area? You talk about so many rainy days, I'm thinking the cloudy days would off set any warmer temps, than being farther north.
The closest town to us is Juneau. People do grow things here, we have not yet. That’s one thing in the list for next year is a green house.
Are temps are 20-40s on the winter and 40-70s in the summer. We get over 62” of rainfall a year.
But I’m eager to get a garden going. 👍
I thought that everyone knew that you only need to outrun the person you are with to survive a bear attack.
lol Steve M that is an insider secret that no one talks about. That why when you’re with visitors or tourists you can spring into action and leave them in the dust. 😂
Those two biologists you were talking about where hiking back up creek in a line of numerous people and the bear hit them indiscriminately...:(....
Great video, I have been thinking about getting a glock 10mm. I currently carry a 44 mag.
Yeah that 44 mag is the standard. 10mm would be cool.
good thing you got your wife with you she classes the video up for ya lol jk enjoyed the video , ya we cant pack a pistol here most people pack a short barrel shotty here or a big bore lever would be a lot nicer to be packing pistol thou I pack a 870 with a 12" barrel
It’s like amateur hour without the Mrs. lol
870 will work for sure.
Thanks for watching.
Fact, the predator mud trick is highly effective against crazy ex girlfriends!
Good info here, we haven't run into one yet, hoping not to!
Ha that’s my bear advice. Lol
They aren’t really too interested in people but I was worried about my dog provoking an attack. Hopefully this guy is sleeping now and we won’t see him until next year.
Eric your dogs will likely find them before you.
Hey I like your woodstove wednesday, but what happens if I watch it on a sunday? Do I get sprayed or shot?
lol luckily for you non of those things happen.😂. I’m glad you like them. We need to start them up again. It’s been busy since the weather warmed up.
just a question....what's with the spiting?
i thought you were a peace full person /i should report you to the boat police for beating your boat/ lol lol lol lol
my nick name is bear/the girls used to like my hugs/great gunner story/your wifes laugh is contages/have a wonderfull week keep the storys coming
I was beating that boat good. lol.
That’s a great nickname and you get to give the girls hugs. That a win win in my book.
Yeah, she’s a keeper. Thanks for watching buddy. We will see you Sunday. 👍
That is absolutely creepy that that poor fellow didn’t even know he was being followed by a bear! Yikes😳😳😳
I’ve had that happen before. Luckily I smelt a super strong wet don’t smell and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up it’s spooky.
Lol (I smell some snacks) pmsl
What do bears call people camping in tents?
Soft tacos 🌮
Good to hear from you Allen Long.
At Ft. Wainwright, I once watched a young 2LT try to put bear spray on like bug spray..... He got MEDEVAC'ed..
Somehow I don’t doubt that😂
Don't you recommend 30-06 Springfield for bears?
For hunting but I don’t feel like carrying a rifle around all day for protection. 👍
Serious question - do any of the mama bears cosy up to you thinking you're a papa bear? :-)
😂
We pour bleach on rags. I put them on my grill and it seem to work.. They say that the smell is like needles poking there nose.
That’s a good one
Greetings from Illinois in the Edgewood of Illinois... Yeah my question is about would steam engines if I was going to move to Alaska where electricity and gas prices are scares or high I would bring with me a small steam tractor engine five eighths of a size steam engine with either a generator or an alternator set up and yes having one of these things with me I would have to be concerned about a vast quantity of water supply but what puzzles me is that this item is not seen on videos about Alaska.. I do not know why this useful item will not be utilized within the vicinity of the shelter of Alaska Home Center quite frankly attached to the home unit itself as it hates the garage laundry room utility unit it was Supply hot water for a bath it will supply Heat throughout the house with the attachment of a hot water pump to radiators you can also utilize it to make pure water from Steam of course on my figuring you would have a woodlot and the steam engine would ultimately bring the wood up to the woodlot from hopefully the pasture area or whatever area it needs to drag it in from and you will be able to use this thing for cooking someone so yet this seems to be not the number one Hobby achievement of Alaska homesteaders or even I saw some mental thing to there solar systems that they like which cannot produce electricity in the dark Yet the steam engine can do so even a stationary engine would be nice went to have moreover if you're keeping water inside the utility room of your homestead and vast quantity Square tanks plastic he would want some type of worm thing within that utility garage corridor but I have not seen this logic within Alaska homesteaders and I do not think that are freezing problem would be a complete wipe out of the issue of having one since when it is cold you'll be using it indoors no I am talking about a 5 to 8 horsepower or maximum 10 steam-engine and I think a 5/8 shaft is a must anything lower would be in danger of breaking under strain load I have noticed that there is a problem with this is that most kits that they Pawn off to school children in the states are with small inadequate engines that are made just to prove the concept of steam engines however I have seen at auctions the popcorn engines and they have a beefier unit but this makes me Furious in the amount of waste of time and having a useless item pain to children or teenagers to perfect and find that it is too small I will carry on with one more point boilers are really not that difficult to make if you go to a primitive concept perfected by West Point in the 1800's they basically used long tanks and had a steam chest at the top they did not have any piping within them but they heated them all around and use low pressure steam that is a steam that one can see visibly and it is probably the steam that one on the homestead would want to make however hydropower probably would beat it out right but if you're making Lumber now I Steam Plant would be the ticket you may have to do some research to make a video about this subject but it will probably be one of your better videos
Thank you for the comment. I’m sure some people in Alaska my use a steam engine. You make a lot of great points on the benefits of a steam engine.
This would be a great you tube endeavor for someone like you with a good deal of knowledge on the subject.
I think we are going with solar and perhaps a wind turbine. The only downside I can think of for using a steam engine on the coast would be keeping it from rusting. If we leave anything metal out in the elements for any period of time rust will set in pretty fast.
Thanks again for some great insight, I’ve never even thought about this.
Have a good weekend.
I like wood stove Wednesday
Thanks I like doing them but they aren’t very popular with everyone.
On the topic of bears, I keep seeing and worrying for you with that big window in your cabin. Aren't your at all worried about a sick/starving bear climbing in that window??
No, we had a bear go after the chickens once, only once.
You can run, just make sure you are with someone else and that you can run faster than them,
😂true
Being from the UK we don't have any wild animals that think of a fully grown man/woman as a snack so no Gunn's needed.
I figured you were from the UK from the last post. I had to look up (pmsl) 😂
It’s not a common term here. It should be because it’s funny.
It's not that they can't run downhill fast, it's you that can run downhill faster. I've deer hunted all around you and I am looking for bear first and deer second. There have been several mauling's right next to you. Most have been packing deer out but I don't think that would matter if your in the thick bushes and you run into one. The trick is go slow, Situational awareness, claim your ground...Keep your weapon ready...
I hope I don’t have nightmares tonight😳😳😳😳😇😇😇
Ha I hope you slept well.
Do you ever have a problem with Wolves?
Arb We don’t have any issue with wolves. There are non on this island but Juneau does have a pack of wolves running around but so far no issues.
10mm is my choice when moving to Alaska
I think that will do you just fine👍
Practicing for the World Spitting Championships, are ya?
;)
😂note to self, don’t film and dip at the same time.
As far as Bear spray is concerned , two words. DOWN WIND! but where you two are you never know where the Bear or wind will come from. My luck would have it that the bear would be up wind and the spray would get all over me. At that point the best you can hope for is that the bear doesn't like spicy food.
Ha no spicy 🌶 foods