This huge male brown bear is just a few hundred yards from the line dividing Katmai park from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Unit 9 hunting area. This area includes Moraine and Funnel Creek, popular bear viewing areas for visitors from around the world. This year, the state opened the hunting season a week earlier- October 1st. In most of Unit 9, there is unlimited take of brown bears. In the first week of this October, we observed a slaughter of brown bears that just days before we’re

4 brown bear cubs of the year follow closely behind their mother as she heads out into a meadow full of other bears. She definitely has her hands full! Brown bear cubs have a high mortality- more than half won’t make it to adulthood. #motherhood #mothernature #wild #wildlifeplanet #bears #animallover #alaskawildlife #wildlifeonearth #alaskasummer #brownbears #naturephotography @kodiakairservice | Kodiak Island Expeditions

An old familiar face. I’ve watched this older male brown bear for several years. He’s probably in his 20’s now, but seems to be in good health. I love how the old ones move slowly and deliberately, hardly acknowledging the younger bears or humans. #old #bears #brownbears #grizzlybear #alaskawildlife #naturephotography #katmai #wild #wildlife #wildlife_shots #wildlifeonearth #animals @kodiakairservice | Kodiak Island Expeditions