This Forum looked kind of lonely here with no posts I noticed so I thought I'd add one. I had always hoped, throughout my military career, to be stationed in Alaska and be able to enjoy some of the hunting opportunities there. As it turns out I never was able to get stationed there, but never lost my desire to go. I found a very good opportunity (read that inexpensive) to go this past spring, along with a good friend, on a black bear hunt to interior Alaska. We made our plans, sent our dep...