My heart goes out ... My wife just completed her 15th surgery for related matters associated with cancer. She is the strongest person I know. She has at least one more to go after recovery from 7 hours of recent surgery. GODSPEED on your recovery and never under any circumstances even think about giving up. Life is Good.
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Our thoughts and prayers are with you too!
@bs431980
2 жыл бұрын
Glad your wife’s surgery went ok. Wish u guys nothing but the best
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@howardlashbrook8500
9 ай бұрын
I just found your channel and I love it. And I am subbing for sure. Thank you for sharing your family and your life. I lived in southeast Alaska in the early 1970's. I wish I would have gone further north than where I was. Now I am too old to live that life. But, I will live it thru your channel. Stay safe
@dunk22
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats, I have hunted and fished all my life, a retired trapper and subscribed to literally 100's of youtubers, you guys are my favorite. Thanks for keeping it real! Stay safe!
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we'll be keeping it real but maybe not real safe, lol.
@merrilllewis3926
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful family. So blessed.
@royallenblessing7998
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing another amazing video. Stay safe and continued health. You guys are still #1 in my book.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again! We had another interesting dall sheep hunt... that video won't be out until later October but something to look forward to.
@Coloradoyaler
11 ай бұрын
Great video! Wonderful family! And you are blessed by GOD! All I can say is WOW! You're living the good life! Thank you so much for sharing You're family !
@growingupalaskan
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@ruger8412
2 жыл бұрын
Got to love the AK state bird! Just watching them mosquitoes is making me itching lol. Nice looking grizz & thanks for the content always amazing to see! Stay warm, winter is close so time to put some wood away! Cheers from Colorado!!
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Winter is here now. We got about 2 foot of snow this last week!
@knotengajin7359
Жыл бұрын
Bears have a phenomenal sense of smell. Unsurprising that few showed up to a bait station with a dozen people in close proximity.
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Some of those bears just don't care but the sows with cubs are generally the most cautious.
@chastings77
2 жыл бұрын
New subscriber here from Tx. Panhandle, awesome video! I really liked that you showed your failure with the empty fire. Good looking familia. God bless.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for subscribing! I think it's more important to show the failures then the sucess, no one's perfect and hopefully someone learns from our mistakes.
@Alan-cw8vy
2 жыл бұрын
Nice bear. Still haven't got one out here near Palmer. You have much better terrain it seems too. Great family you have.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Are you baiting too?
@videowatcher413
Жыл бұрын
Thats a nice bear!!
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
She definitely was!
@sman3569
Жыл бұрын
So that first bear was shot with a .223 / 5.56 ? How long before it dropped ? Question because want to know how reliable an AR-15 with 20 round mag would be as defense against a charging grizzly at short range ?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
No. The AR is chambered in the 350 Legend and it went about 30 yards. Personally, I use a Remington 870 with slugs for possible close encounters but the 450 Bushmaster would be a better choice for an AR.
@tonyruth4723
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Great way to start the day.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@randyteich3054
2 жыл бұрын
Great family video 👍👍👍
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@markyoung3044
Жыл бұрын
great video with the family😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
@cristiansardina5472
2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t make more sense to leave sows for more bears in the long run?
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it definitely would, if you wanted more bears but in our area we have too many. Bear season never ends here, every resident can take one Grizzly and three black bears a year. The goal here is to reduce the population. Great question! In our next video you'll see what we do with the meat, it's very good eating.
@timknott750
Жыл бұрын
As the camera pans to the right I count 7 people in the blind, that is a bunch. Nice bears!
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's getting crowded up there!
@aksalaman4689
2 жыл бұрын
All the hard work you guys put in was well worth it. Great shot on the second bear, what happened on the first attempt, was the gun not loaded or a misfire? A great family adventure for sure.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! There was no bullet in the chamber of Bruce's rifle. He hadn't fully seated his clip, so when he racked it before walking out the shell didn't chamber.
@JDsModernMartialArts
2 жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan There was no cartridge in the chamber because he didn’t seat his magazine
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Yep, won't do that again!
@011CJ
2 жыл бұрын
Great vid . I want to hunt bear with my AR .we can't bait so I never know how far the shit may b. Il probably go 450 and hope it's with in 200 and I can moov in on it lol. I'm jealous that you guys can take griz good vid Washington leaves a lot of wanting I wish my wife would move north to Alaska
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that with the adjustable stock it can pretty much fit anyone. The 450 would be a great bear gun! We are blessed with some very liberal bear hunting regulations but that's because there are a lot of bears (at least 10 individuals on our bait this year. Thanks for watching and see if you can find us some more subscribers, lol .
@011CJ
2 жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan ya il pas the word on I like to support the chanel's I watch .8m broke so I like comment and subscribe lol Thay are good to get new shooters into the sport like u sed adjustable stock is great bolth my kids can shoulder the AR but have a hard time with the old bb gun lol
@mnautefan
2 жыл бұрын
awesome stuff. keep it up man
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@CoryRizzMMA
2 жыл бұрын
Wow that is some grizz up close. What is the AR chambered for? Worked better than I expected. Fantastic adventures with the whole family.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
350 Legend, worked great!
@CoryRizzMMA
2 жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan Wow we sell a lot of ARs and build a lot of them. I didn't think of the Legend as all that powerful. But was it did the trick.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@@CoryRizzMMA I have guided 26 years Alaska Moose and Brown bear hunts. Using that AR in the 350 legend sooner or later the shit is going to hit the fan then someone is going to get mauled or killed. These Green Horns have no idea the rage a Brown or Grizzly bear is capable of unleashing on a person when the bear has been shot - wounded. These bears have an extreme intelligence, and they use it to stalk or set up ambush on hunters who wounded the bear, These bears ability to live just long enough to charge and kill you even when vital organs are blown to blood clots is mind boggling. And using pump shotguns is just as stupid and show these peoples lake of understand of firearms used for these large and dangerous bears. I would bet bank that these clown green horns chose the shotguns from watching Hollywood movies that makeup BS about a sound of a Pump shotgun scare bad guys and blows cars up! My self and other guides I have done work for we all require the minimum of a 338 win mag for Moose and bear. I am moving up to an AR 10 in 375 WSM for more power and an auto loader for faster send shots. In my past experience these bears cover 20 feet on a charge between cycling a bolt gun then firing.
@CoryRizzMMA
Жыл бұрын
@@Lure-Benson I would also not use a 350 legend for big bears. I do think this family lives there and can pick their shots. They are also hunting from a raised blind so the shots are pretty close. Still not what I would use but I also don't live in Alaska.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@@CoryRizzMMA Me and my clients set up ambush on these large bears on salmon spawning stream from High riverbanks for the reason when a bear won't go down then wants to take us on the banks steep bank gives us some protection from the bears getting to us and we have the advantage of shooting down on the bears. So, this tree stands and my clients and be shooting down on the bears isn't any different. Some of the bears have gotten so violent with us we have had to shoot rifle of 338s to repeated vital organ shots and even a 458 Lott a bear took 5 bullets of 500 grain soft points to finish the bear off and each time shot the bear had made it halfway up the riverbank trying to get us. Another Brown bear of good 1500 pounds took 9 300-win mag 180 grain Trophy bonded bear claw bullets and 5 338-win mag bullets from my rifle then jumped into the river and drowned to death because it was so shot up the bear was unable to swim. because of the hell now in lower 48 states Alaska has become the state where mass numbers of city dwellers from lower 48 states are moving to and bringing with bat shit ideas, they are doing from their home states. So living in Alaska now doesn't mean anything until you learn are the people lifers or longtime residents or some of these nuts that moved to Alaska to escape the violence in the lower 48? From the ignorant and stupid massage, I got from them how everyone needs to attend a tactical school to deal with bears and the most used gun in Alaska for bear hunting is a Pump 12-gauge shotgun I'm sure this family are from like Seattle Washington because what I seen in the video is like the family of the 3 stooges.
@j5183
2 жыл бұрын
Real ethical using a 223 for a grizzly or for any bear. way to teach your kids how to respect wildlife. Smfh
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Not using .223. The AR is chambered in the 350 Legend which is equivalent to a 30/30 (which has arguably killed more moose and bear in Alaska then any other round). The bear was shot around 15 yards and made it less then 40 from the bait. It doesn't get much cleaner than that.
@punnarpongchoowassawattapa6548
Жыл бұрын
What’s kinds of shotgun bullet?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Hornady American Whitetail Slug 325gr Interlock (for fully rifled barrels)
@punnarpongchoowassawattapa6548
Жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan Thank . If OO Buck ,Can it stop bear ?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
I don't think I'd risk it but I guess it depends. I had a guy trolling comments about using shotguns but there's nothing faster than (and easier to aim) a shotgun at close range. Yeah, if I were stalking bears in open country with clients I'd use a large caliber magnum rifle but I'd never want my .338 win mag in thick cover. It's also not likely that we'll encounter any really large bears (due to our location). You could always stack 00 buck for your last two loads, that would make sense to me and if you got to those last two rounds on a bear it would be close enough not to matter!
@stefandavid7172
2 жыл бұрын
Cool video! What part of Alaska you guys in?
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
We're in between Anchorage and Fairbanks in interior AK.
@calling4life
2 жыл бұрын
This is neat, however, I don't see anyone wearing any hearing protection... 10 million different kinds out there, including in-ear electronic that'll allow you to hear better than normal, or muffs, that'll do the same, when worried about hearing something coming, whether walking out to stand or back, or whenever. And of course there's plain jane non-electric plugs, so on... all price ranges. Muzzle brake on the AR, short barrels on the shotguns, people crowded around those guns, it just isn't wise to say the least. That female was about as gorgeous as they get, stunning, congrats on the success and on the success that is family time spent together, seems a rarity these days, fantastic.
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! We use hearing protection when we're hunting waterfowl and occasionally on dall sheep hunts. Safety in general is not the number one consideration when your filling the freezer in Alaska but I appreciate the concern.
@gastrofile
2 жыл бұрын
Is that a brake or a flash hider?
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's just a brake but I'm not 100 percent sure, my great uncle built the gun during the covid lockdowns, LOL.
@knotengajin7359
Жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan Being able to hear approaching game and predators is the epitome of safety.
@cugir321
2 жыл бұрын
What caliber is the AR-15 you have? What kind of bullet?
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
350 Legend, Hornady Whitetail loads
@cugir321
2 жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan Nice! I bet a 5.56 FMJ would kill 'em.
@knotengajin7359
Жыл бұрын
@@cugir321 Want to see video of you trying and subsequently getting eaten. Be good training videos for future hunters and survivalists or just ignorant city dwellers who decide to move close to nature after watching Bambi.
@moneyx3232
2 жыл бұрын
What bullet did u use in your shotgun?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Hornady's American whitetail 325gr InterLock
@NewtonWashinton
2 жыл бұрын
2 Bears thats a lot of good freezer meat I hoope everoone enjoys bear meat like I do.
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
It's one of our favorites, thanks for watching.
@GenX-Grampa
Жыл бұрын
What tastes better? Grizzly or Black bear?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Prepared side by side I don't think I could tell the difference. I personally seem to have a "mental bock" or bias (might be a better word) for Grizzly bear meat. I suppose it's like anything foreign and it's all in my head. With as many as we've been shooting I'll get over it, LOL.
@GenX-Grampa
Жыл бұрын
I’ve only had Black bear. So that’s why I ask. Like bison and beef cattle. Similar but different. Wondered if it was like that.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
Since 1989 I have guided brown bear & Yukon Moose hunts in Alaska and to see these green horns using an AR 15 and pump shotguns on the large and dangerous bears is Hugh laugh! Sooner or later, someone is going to get mauled by a wounded bear and those kids don't have what it takes to take on a wounded charging bear with an ineffective shotgun or AR 15. I won't even leave the truck for a walk without at least the 338-win mag of the 9.3x62 Mauser with reloads that bump it up to a 375 H&H mag. My clients when we kill a brown bear in SE Alaska all of the bears have in the 10 inches of fat 12-gauge slugs and handgun bullets.
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Ineffective shotgun?! The 12 gauge pump with slugs is by far the most popular gun used for bear defense in Alaska. I'd suggest anyone that is living in state and interested, look up "Learn to Return". They run a one day training course that specializes in bear defense. Half a day in the class room and half a day of tactical training with Remington's 870. I had a friend that was charged a few years ago. He was carrying his rifle that day and managed to get one lucky shot off from his hip that killed a large sow. He'll never go without his shotgun again.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@Trust But Verify You used all of the teenage knowing nothing at all KZitem groupie BS talking points to me. Your head is filled with KZitem Groupie talking point bull shit the 45-70 as if there isn't any other kind of rifle or I am sure you think lead bullets are some kind of unworldly cannon bullets ! Tell you want KZitem groupie teenager you post all of your own Alaskan bear hunting photo's where you've killed bears with shotguns and a 45-70 then I will direct you to my Instagram photo page with my Alaskan guiding photo's. You can't do that then get your sippy cup with warm milk and get on your Bugs Bunny flannel Jammy's and crawl back into bed and stay off KZitem video's talking shit to a 63-year-old professional hunting guide since 1976. It gets mind boggling stupid with KZitem Punk groupies with their only information about hunting - guns and ammo or about Alaska comes from other idiots in video's who never in their live have been their own done that. Then they want to talk shit to me a lifelong professional hunting guide since 1976 with guiding services in the Pacific NW - Alaska and in Romanian's Carpathian Mountains. This same kind or liar know nothing assholes also come to my trade show booth at large outdoor shows then stand for hours at the middle of my table telling me the worst hunting lies as they refuse to let possible real clients talk to me about what I offer. I've had liar assholes like you standing at my booth going on and on about some Bull shit hunting lie as a prospective client is standing and politely waiting to speak to me, then when the liar asshole like you won't let the person speak to me because he wants to continue his hunting story lies the prospective client gives up then goes to the next outfitters table then book a $10.000 to $25.000 hunting trip.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan Green horn I have guide in Alaskan for brown bear hunts since 1989 and I have seen far more in raged bears than you can imagine. Your head is filled with total green horn big city slicker ideas that a shotgun is some nuclear cannon! Yeah, and I am sure you chose a pump shotgun from the Hollywood movies that make people think a pump shotgun sound being worked scares off bad guys and the shotgun is more deadly. You also proved to me you are clueless and new to Alaska by using I know of a friend than knows a friend kind crap that proves all you know about Alaska hunting comes from hearsay and you hang out at a bar where these kinds of wild story are told, and you base your whole information about bears and gun from some BS training group. You are also a bad liar. You are one of then you can't cure stupid! You or someone in the family is going to get kills that is an absolute guarantee it is coming. So stupid can't even load the gun and then tries to shoot a bear on an empty chamber. GREEN HORN CITY SLICKER ALL THE WAY.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan It is mind boggling of the Big city slicker green horn stupidity and ignorance you can saying the most used bear gun in Alaska is a pump 12-gauge shotgun. Oh really? I have lived in Alaska since 1989 and guided Brown bear and interior Grizzly hunts all during this time and have done contract guide work for many other AK bear guides. Not once have I ever seen another guide using an ineffective Pump 12-gauge shotgun. In fact, we long time Alaskans can pick out the big city slicker green horns by seeing them with shotguns and handguns as they believe these are far better than any kind of rifle used on the bear. And that includes work done from guides in the Alaska professional hunter association. My self and all the other big game guides all use as a minimum a 338-win mag and the 375 magnums are top favored with many of the 416 Remington mags and the 416 Rigby or 458 Lott many of those rifles are used. From the stupidity I've seen in the video of failure to load the gun and trying to shoot the bear with an unloaded gun and using pump shotguns on the bears I would bet bank on it you are from one of the lower 48 states big inner cities that is why you are an ignorant Big city green horn.
@Lure-Benson
Жыл бұрын
@Trust But Verify Where ever did you come up with such BS as cast harden milled and rolled slugs. What a ton of bull shit ! lead shotgun slugs are made from lead, or a lead alloy melted then poured into molds. Because all you know about guns & ammo and hunting comes from KZitem video's maybe try learning about the 338-win mag or the 375 magnums and even some of the 458-win mag or 458 Lott that are really used on dangerous game. I like my CZ 550 in 9.3x62 Mauser with reloads I can duplicate the 375 H&H magnum so look into that also. These rifle the energy is multiplied many times over compare to the old 45-70 that is a short range and mild energy rifle in 45 cal. I am not in Alaska at this time but when I return, I will be bringing a New AR 10 upper to use in 375 - 300 WSM that is just a bit more in energy than the 375 H&H magnums. This is using 300 or 325 WSM brass opened to 375. Instead of being another KZitem ignorant groupie only blabbering about the 45-70 and lead bullets try expending your knowledge about all firearms
@carlmcclarrino2488
2 жыл бұрын
Might want to cut out the sea gull part
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Check out our "Annual Carlton Seagull Hunt". Seems crazy but there's actually a season for them up here, if you live in the right area.
@SomeGoodChips123
2 жыл бұрын
Does this hurt the bear?
@growingupalaskan
2 жыл бұрын
Of course, but everything that lives dies and although the grizzly bear is normally the apex predator in our neck of the woods it is also a sustainable food source for us. We use all of the meat from our bears and it is excellent! It has to be cooked all the way (possible trichinosis) but I'd prefer it to moose in a stew or roast. I'm fairly confident they lived and died better than the cow that was in my last Big Mac. There's always conflicting emotions for me when I kill what I'm going to eat but that's hunting.
@lynneurbanik8703
Жыл бұрын
@@growingupalaskan good, these monsters need predators too, nothing that warms heart to see predator become prey..keep up the good work
@johnkristopher2796
Жыл бұрын
You guys eat the bear?
@growingupalaskan
Жыл бұрын
Yes we do, it's one of our favorites! There's some of the bear processing in season 3 episode 3.
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