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summitx,
I usually hunt around/above Snug Harbor road, that is the one just after you cross over the Kenai lake/river bridge, it is on the left hand side. There is alot of houses back there, but there is park road that access's this area. There is a guy who lives right across it that likes to try and give you "That you are on Private Property" b.s. He is a big guy who drives and older Ford(early 80's), the last time I was down that way I was helping a friend track a bear he had shot. He threatend to kick my @#@, but I just loaded up my 44 and put it in its holster and then I turned around and told him to start the party.
He backed down when i told him he was harrasing hunters and that was illegal and that I was going to call the troopers if he did not back off. The Trooper's did show up(he called them) and they did confirm me on that it was not private land and that we were free ti hunt up there, but my friend was ticketed for baiting to close to houses. He was a couple hundred feet shy of being the required mile. He moved it after that of course.
There is a power line that runs thru there and the bears will cross it in the evening headed down towards the lake and there is a logging road that they walk on too. Lots of open hillsides to glass or if you want you can just still hunt thru there. I have heard Cooper lake is just the same, I have just never been there.
Hope this helps some.
Nimrod,
I do not doubt you and have seen it done before that ealry. I was just laughing at so many people looking with the intent of actually getting one. Running up and down that valley might get you one but I think that if you got off the wheeler and sat up high then they might see one. There is so many people riding out there these days that the bears are going to keep way off the trail system in daylight hours, in fear of getting run over, rather then shot.
AlaskaBoy.
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