I AM FLYING TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA ON MAY 24, 2019, TO GO BLACK BEAR HUNTING IN THE TRAPPER CREEK AREA WITH MY GOOD FRIEND GEORGE FAERBER. I WILL BE TRYING FOR MY 4th BLACK BEAR, ALL WITH THE SAME FA MODEL 83 454 8 3/8ths INCH MNP STALKER REVOLVER. MY FIRST 2 WERE WITH 454 EQUIVALENT 45 COLT LOADS IN A 45 COLT CYLINDER. MY 3rd, AND HOPEFULLY 4th, ARE WITH 454's. WE WILL BE HUNTING OVER BAIT, AND FOR BLACK BEAR ONLY, BUT BROWN/GRIZZLY BEARS ROAM THE SAME AREA AND PRESENT AN ADDED DANGER. 2 YEARS AGO, WITH GEORGE, I SHOT A NICE 6 FOOTER (SMALLEST OF MY 3 BLACK BEARS) BUT THERE WAS A BIG 7+ FOOTER ROAMING AROUND THE BAIT I SHOT MY BEAR AT. HE SNUCK UP TO 20 OR SO YARDS OF ME AFTER I SHOT MY BEAR, AND ROAMED IN CLOSE WHILE WE WERE SKINNING AND QUARTERING MY BEAR. GEORGE SAYS HE WAS STILL AROUND LAST YEAR SO I GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED, THIS IS ONE BEAR THAT NEEDS KILLING!

MOST SHOTS WILL BE 50 YARDS OR LESS AND I SIGHT IN/DO A LOT OF SHOOTING AT AN 8 INCH GONG AT 50 YARDS, BUT ALSO PRACTICE WITH A FA 9 1/2 INCH 353 357 MAG REVOLVER ON A 6.5 INCH GONG @ 105 YARDS.