KUIU’s BEARS

[@ALPHAFTUCK]

I'm an avid 52 year old lifetime hunter from Northern Alberta Canada. Raised on a farm, and absolutely live for the outdoors. AND this film is seriously THE best I've seen on KZbin hands down. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing footage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Thank you for your kind comment we really appreciate it.

[@bourbonvalleyfarms3467]

I’m 53 years old and this was by far the coolest hunting video I have EVER seen! I love the passion that Mutt’s and her family/team put into every aspect of the experience and the respect they have for the bears. As to the hunters- Loved to watch their experience together and the relationship they built w/ the outfitters! Nicely done across the board!

[@robertroles4840]

Why are you whispering, it's dead , whoe!

[@allenshafer7666]

One of the best hunting films I've ever seen. Well done!

[@DavePatterson-nf5pe]

Fantastic movie. Mutts and Jack are the absolute best. To have them guide you into their world is truly spectacular. The thing that sets them apart is this is not their job this is their way of life. They have grown up in it, breathe it, respect it, and truly love it. They are raising their children in this wonderful world. To actually experience a trip like this is indescribable.

[@MarkEllsworth-tk3ne]

Awesome movie and done with class ! This movie casts a positive light on a sport many of us enjoy!

[@2spotmooses]

That Kuius Bears Thumbnail would make a killer logo for hat and hoodys! Amazing film and hunt, Mutts and Zach are livin the dream!

[@blainsanford2759]

I had the distinct pleasure of hunting with Mutts, Zach, their boys, and Todd in May 2018. I had goosebumps the whole time watching this and being able to relive the entire adventure. I could never have made this trip without a good friend Dave making it possible. I can never thank Dave enough for making this trip of a lifetime a reality. I realize now how incredibly lucky I was to be able to harvest two mature animals, both a brown and a black bear. You hear it over and over, but it is hard to express how close you feel to their family and the guides after hunting with them. They have an incredible family and a truly remarkable business. If this trip is on your bucket list and you can make it happen, I can't recommend it highly enough.

[@musiccitydog]

I can’t help but see myself in this video, beautiful film!

[@bartb21]

Wow, great video, I watch a ton of hunting videos and this has to be one of the very best. Wonderful family and service they provide.

[@Luther-f4y]

I love the way you guys hunt

[@richardlongo3799]

What an excellent video. The way a hunting video should be. Pat is a true hunter.

[@WilliamMurphy-xx7wv]

I hunted with her father in 1994 and shot a nice brown bear, she was about 10 years old. Quality outfit and great family.

[@gilream]

Mutts, I have seen many many hunting videos and televisions shows but this one had a totally different tone. So relaxing. Congratulations to you and your family on a life well lived and a truly touching filmed adventure.

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Thank you so much for your kind words! We truly love what we do and the ability to share this with so many from all over the world.

[@soulfulenergies]

I recently found your channel and it is awesome, the quality, the view, the partnership. Regards and God bless.

[@burkeylynnadventures]

Spectacular - country, wildlife, bears, hunt, friends, story, commentary, and film! So well done. I must go and will be sharing this film w my comrades. Wow.

[@travis6075]

One of the coolest videos I have ever seen. This is being sent to all my friends and family to watch. Incredible! Thank you for sharing. What a unique experience.

[@TradTech]

Holy cow. Glad I found your channel. Cinema quality. Informative every step of the way on every hunt. Keep up with the good work!

[@gregorymillar285]

Excellent film and people I love Alaska

[@GrittyGearAndPodcast]

I really enjoyed this. Authentic people, beautiful country and big bears… well done. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@toddbritt3999]

Great film! It really portrays a fall bear hunt like it really is. Great fun and the beauty. Makes me want to go back. BADLY!

[@flyingpuma9729]

Arent bears endangered?

[@nunyobizkneez]

being a new hunter, the learning curve can be pretty steep, but seeing a film like this, just reinforces WHY I wanted to start hunting. Im not in it for the kill, Im in it for overall experience, if I get something, its just a bonus. Thank you for this film, well done from a FNG's perspective.

[@michaelbailey8320]

Mutts is absolutely a Badass. She is just a natural. So confident.

[@georgefischer5708]

That's a wow video!! Great job to all . The care and respect for the critters and land is admirable. The thrill of the hunt perfectly captured. G Fischer 👏👍

[@lindagottenstrater402]

Loved the video. If I ever happen to be in Alaska, I'll definitely take this trip.

[@Pathfinder76]

Finally someone who calls bear shot placement correctly.

[@yanceehardy]

Very well done, and what an incredible experience. Thank you for putting this film together.

[@jeannegale1811]

What a great video! Such a beautiful setting

[@jaybrown3924]

Absolutely terrific job all around . The hosts the hunters the camera person and all of Gods creation came together in a special way . Loved it .!

[@gilream]

Couple of the hunters used a lot of foul language and acted like boors . I'm glad the well-bellied man didn't hurt himself when he slipped but I couldn't help but chuckle. Thanks for leaving that in the final cut of the film.

[@jamesmooney5348]

Best opening statement ever! Jesus is King

[@madmax3645]

I really enjoyed this hunt even I wasn't there , awesome.

[@robertpirovane88]

Great video very talented guide, one of a kind

[@larrynorton1894]

Very informative! Great video!

[@Alaskahuntr]

That was amazing!! Well done, and I will echo one of the best hunting videos out there!!

[@intothetimberoutdoors8746]

Man what epic bear hunt video. One of the best videos I’ve seen and some straight up Bruin. Congrats fellas.

[@harmonmike497]

Excellent! What a great video.

[@georgemurphy9910]

Your hunts are so nice classy so nice to watch ❤🎉🎉 there’s more than the killing

[@alfredmartinez7792]

LOVED IT WHAT AN AWESOME WAY TO HUNT GREAT GUIDE AND FAMILY GREAT BOAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND BEST BROS WHAT CAN BE BETTER

[@lindagottenstrater402]

I'd love to take this trip if I'm ever in Alaska. Loved the video.

[@MichaelKey-yj1yw]

Great video! I appreciate you sharing with me. I can't help thinking how much Kelly would have loved it but i know he was with y'all . Take care

[@bobbiemayers354]

Amazing ❤and she rocks!

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

No place like our Alaska! Real simple!😳😉👍

[@shaynecompton1602]

Awesome stuff! Amazing video quality as well.

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

Did I see an old logging road???😳prince of Wales island or Hoonah???

[@rwrae72]

You're often really close to the brush. How do you prepare for a surprise bear encounter such as a charge? Do you carry a sidearm?

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Surprisingly, a ‘surprise bear encounter’ is very uncommon due to the fact we are moving slow…and are very strategic where we sit. For us, bears are not aggressive in our view. They want to get away into the woods. We don’t carry a sidearm as we already have a rife in hand and would need to put it down to get a handgun pulled out. Also, in my view a handgun is a very inefficient weapon to neutralize a bear if needed-bear spray is far more effective in that close range situation. Over the last 25 years I have had very few charges….. most with sows and cubs in the fall as she tries to get them off the river. Many can be deterred ahead of time. Thanks for your question. Mutts.

[@rwrae72]

@@glacierguidesinc.3117 Thank you so much for the detailed answer. It's an honor to talk with you after watching you in the videos.

[@tylersathern1076]

Mutt, what make, model and caliber was the rifle you carried in this excellent post? Scope too please. You are one of a kind. Truly a satisfying life.

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Thank you for your kind comment! It is a wonderful life and I’m grateful every day…. I carry a Blaser R8 .416 REM Mag with a Swarovski 2.5-15x56 Z6i scope. The thumb hole stock is outstanding!

[@bc6806]

Tremendous video. Well done 👍🏻

[@zekeharouff6983]

Excellent hunt fellas. Congratulations on 4 beautiful bears, and also a fantastic wolf. Mutts, you seem like a very passionate guide. And that’s awesome. ❤ My question, is what kind of bolt gun was Matt? using that had all that fancy engraving on the receiver. That gun looked marvelous!

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Thanks for your kind words. I believe it was a Blaser.

[@zekeharouff6983]

@@glacierguidesinc.3117 You’re very welcome. The whole video was fantastic. The scenery there, I’m sure the video didn’t do it justice. Alaska is a dream of mine. Not necessarily to hunt, which would be amazing, but just to see it in person and experience the beauty of it. One day!! And a Blaser makes sense! Thank you.

[@waldemarb.3108]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

[@Gunner-73]

Beautiful place to be. I notice the guide skins very well. Doesn't leave a lot of meat on the skins, that is important when its time the flesh the hide and also about the weight of the hide carrying it out. I will check out a bear hunt with her. If I had another life, I would like it up north. I have heard that bears that feed on salmon, stink like dead fish. I have no idea if that is true. I really have no desire to kill a bear, any bear whether Brown, black or polar. But I would like to kill a moose. I was going to hunt with Jim Shockey, but ended up going to Afghanistan for a few years. Now at 63, I think I am a bit old to haul a moose out of the woods. Great video, I will check out your others.

[@touchet4462]

funny one! What were you doing when you were 5 years old? hahaaa! I laughed out loud. :)

[@joshuacorrow6796]

What knife is mutts using to skin the bear out

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Cold Steel Voyager

[@joshuacorrow6796]

@@glacierguidesinc.3117 thank you.. love the videos I watch them with my boys all the time multiple times

[@billy7805]

Mutt what caliber you carrying

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Billy Thanks, thanks for your question. I’m caring a Blaser 416 Remington Mutts

[@gilream]

@@glacierguidesinc.3117 I was going to ask the same question! Thanks

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

@@gilreamBlaser 416 Remington

[@TheGringoSalado]

Beautiful movie 🙏

[@chadsapp608]

AWESOME VIDEO

[@JessieKoffey]

I was a logger on this island for Alaska pulp they were going to fire me at one time for exploring bear dens because the wolf's use the dens to rear there pups got a lot of good picture's of inside the dens I remember the outfitters camp outside rowingbay

[@janmorse6948]

How is the meat on these coastal fish-eater bear?

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

In the spring it’s not bad when they move on to the grass. Now the fall it tastes like bad fish.

[@timzello3948]

Do you think they want the female fish because of the eggs?

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Absolutely

[@ebendrucker296]

Well done Matthew

[@timbarton6611]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

Want to talk to longtime Alaskans on your Yacht trip???😳😳😳

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

I haves lived In Alaska 45 years, I have hunted moose, caribou, Dall sheep up here, never would kill a bear up here for a hide! Any longtime Alaskan knows the coastal salmon eating bears are full of worms! Meat is nasty! Not real hunting either along our coastal streams! Oh I also live along southeast AK panhandle!

[@samanthaflynn6140]

Did she use the R word!!! 🤦

[@garyo4456]

After watching the Gritty Guys hunt bears and how much they love the meat, it’s sad to see the bear skinned for its hide and the meat foregone. I understand brown and Grizzly is awful and I understand its waste. But that’s not the case with black bear. Trophy hunting…not for me.

[@glacierguidesinc.3117]

Gary, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Conservation hunting has many faces but hunting is hunting and selecting older “Trophy” males is still hunting. Poaching we can all agree is no good. Sometimes people will confuse poaching with trophy hunting. Fall black bear or brown bear meat has a strong fish taste. Fall black bear meat It’s like eating anchovies and exhaling. Trust me we have tried. Spring black bear or bears in the fall only eating berries is much different. “Trophy” hunting in selecting older age class males is the best part of the conservation based game management model. The meat is never truly wasted…it’s a wild world. ADF&G only requires meat salvage in the spring for these reasons.

[@GrittyGearAndPodcast]

Gary, I’m glad you appreciate the bear hunts we do at GRITTY. And although bear meat can be absolutely delicious; not all bear meat tastes the same-not even close. I’ve taken many bears on POW Island and in SE Alaska and the meat from a coastal black bear that consumes vast amounts of fish tastes awful. Hank Shaw (wild game chef) perfectly described the flavor of Coastal black bear meat when he said “it tastes like the ocean at low tide.” Omnivores taste like what they eat-mountain bears eat blueberries and that’s what they taste like. These KUIU bears eat dead salmon-and they taste like it too. As stated by Glacier, there are many conservation-oriented reasons to hunt coastal black bears. And nothing in nature goes to waste. And as a person with a house full of bear furs, I think it’s hard to understate the comfort and usefulness of a great skin-it’s a fully renewable resource that did not require a modern factory, chemicals and machinery to produce. My kids curl up on bear furs and watch movies with their friends. And then there is the experience of hunting itself-there’s an intangible value in the pursuit of hunting that changes you with every experience. I wish coastal black bear meat was more edible though… I totally understand your mixed emotions on the matter. Thanks again for watching our films. 🙏🏼

[@pnw34]

Add pork or deer meat little cranberry double the honey garlic you can mask it some what iv hunted bears all my life on the coast of bc nothing beats a fall mountain bear in the blueberry patch but you can mask some tastes if you put the effort in

[@garyo4456]

Wow!!! Bravo for your thoughtful reply’s and complete explanation’s! I stand corrected and better educated. All the more power to you and yours. I’m a fan now!! (And always with Gritty!!)

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

Kake???😳

[@horse.395]

I don't enjoy the Killin part 😊

[@gilream]

why did you watch a hunting video?

[@TroyOttosen-jg7tt]

I gave up trying to describe Alaska to folks who have never seen it! Simple!😉👍

[@ratorgersen7938]

just another rich guy exploiting our game like it was put there for him and his because he has $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ weeeaaaaak

[@ratorgersen7938]

You love that ?????your touched