The Options

Fall Black Bear in Alaska

This is an incredible experience that I have teamed up with Bushwhack Alaska on.
We will cover the primary skillsets used on all Western big game hunts, but the hunting component of this option is also serious business and an incredible value. The vast majority of clients will have the opportunity to harvest a black bear.
Mornings will include structured lessons that will be applied during the prime hunting hours each afternoon. Depending on the Alaskan weather, we may structure full days as classroom days to optimize hunting days.
Unlike a guided hunt where you may feel awkward about asking detailed questions or stopping your guide for an explanation – we are seeking to foster the opposite! Ask questions… let’s get into the details, so you can leave feeling much better equipped on the skillset front.
The other instructor/guides on this trip are Alaskan guides with vast amounts of experience hunting moose, black bears, caribou, dall sheep and grizzlies.
For an Alaskan adventure, this trip is easy logistics. Flight into Anchorage followed by a air-taxi over to the lodge in Iliamna, AK. Full lodge accommodations.

 

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California Free-Range, Spot and Stalk Wild Boar Option

This seminar includes free-range wild hog hunting that covers all the primary skillsets used on all Western big game hunts. These are not baited, high-fence or stand-based hunts. They are hike, glass, spot and stalk hunts in real terrain.
Mornings will include structured lessons that will be applied during the prime hunting hours each afternoon.  On average, 50-70% of students will have an opportunity to harvest and animal.
Unlike a guided hunt where you may feel awkward about asking detailed questions or stopping your guide for an explanation – we are seeking to foster the opposite! Ask questions… let’s get into the details, so you can leave feeling much better equipped on the skillset front.
These hunts are easy logistics, locations vary but all are within 2hrs of an airport. Ranch house or wall-tent style accommodations and meals included.

 

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Spring Bear Option Idaho Wilderness

I have teamed up with Jordan Jonas to operate several hunting courses in his Idaho Selway outfitting area.
Although these April/May classes will take place during Spring bear season, we will cover the primary skillsets used on all Western big game hunts.
Mornings will include structured lessons that will be applied during the prime hunting hours each afternoon.  Harvesting animals should be considered a bonus, not an expectation.
Unlike a guided hunt where you may feel awkward about asking detailed questions or stopping your guide for an explanation – we are seeking to foster the opposite! Ask questions… let’s get into the details, so you can leave feeling much better equipped on the skillset front.
The other instructor/guide on these trips will be experienced guide and hunter Cade Cole.
We will be at a remote fly-in location in an area with high bear density and low hunting pressure.

 

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What We'll Cover

Syllabus and schedule vary some on venue and hunt. Any weather delays or down time will be utilized as seminar time.

Day 1:

Elements of a Good Camp Site
Basic Camp Setup
Rifle Shooting Positions and Rests
Identifying Glassing Locations
Common Game Violation Mishaps and How to Avoid Them
Afternoon Hunt

Day 2:

Winds, Thermals, and Scent
Hunting Gear
Rifle Setup, Zeroing, and Basic Ballistics
Afternoon Hunt

Day 3:

Glassing – Optics and Glassing Setups
Planning Stalks
Afternoon Hunt

Day 4:

Tracking/Game Behavior
Fire Building, Navigation, Wilderness Survival/First-Aid
Meal Planning for Hunts
Afternoon Hunt

Day 5:

Vegetation, What Does Each Species Eat
Afternoon Hunt

If Animal Harvested:

Skinning, Quartering and Packing Meat

Current Openings

Fall Black Bear in Alaska-

Guided 5 Day Hunt/Seminar, Lodge Accommodations (Excludes alcohol, air-taxi, and tags) – $5,750 per client

Includes the harvest of one black bear. Trophy fee on additional bears harvested.

August 2nd-6th, 2024 (Cliff and Bushwhack Guides)

August 8th-12th, 2024 (Cliff and Bushwhack Guides)

2025 Hunting Master Class dates will be posted soon. Details will be sent out to my membership group, then my newsletter subscribers and then posted here. Sign up for the newsletter below.

Contact Cliff@pursuitwithcliff.com with questions.

Prerequisites

  • All participants must be capable of hiking 2-3 miles at elevation. We view hunting as an active activity and each day of the seminar will contain physical activity.
  • Students are encouraged to take a hunter’s safety course in their state of residence before attending. You can’t purchase hunting tags without a hunter’s safety certification. The majority of the course can usually be taken online through Hunter-ed.com. All state’s vary but most also require a “field course” that is 4-6 hours.
  • Firearm and archery marksmanship is only touched on in the course. To become proficient in these fields, we suggest self study/practice before the course dates.
  • Gun Werks rifles and ammo will be provided for hunters needing to borrow a rifle.

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