Bowhunting for brown bears is on the list of many hunters. Unfortunately, that dream will never become reality for many, for a number of reasons. For those who will most likely never get the chance, all we can do is live vicariously through those hunters fortunate enough to experience it.

Bowhunting.net’s John E. Phillips has a great story relating the tale of one such fortunate hunter.

Frank Noska of Wasilla, Alaska, is an extreme bowhunter. Over the years he has developed a hunting technique that defies reason. Today, he hunts Alaskan brown bears and grizzlies without a backup handgun or another hunter with a rifle. “I’m often asked why I hunt bears without a backup hunter or carrying a gun,” Noska says. “When I’m stalking bears, I don’t carry a backpack and usually don’t wear boots. I stalk bears in my socks, so I can move really quietly. I’ve found carrying a pistol with me on a stalk encumbers me… [continued]

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