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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a life long Alaskan resident, you'll be one of the few without gun protection. And I'm not talking about crime. Take bears as serious as possible, even in National Parks. Our Parks are nothing like your local ones, Rangers can be 100 miles away at times, no hourly Ranger drive-by in most camp grounds like most parks in the lower 48 get.

Just do your homework.[/quote]

I'm NOT a lifelong Alaska resident, but have been a couple of times.  The time of year affects where you'll see bears and how many.  When the salmon runs, there are just an insane amount of bears near the rivers.  But in the interior that's not really an issue because the salmon don't get as far as places like Denali, so the bears there forage all year.  But --- and please correct me if I'm wrong, Alaska resident -- my understanding is that, at this time of year, if you're on the West Coast, bears aren't that much of an issue because the salmon are running and they are all busy feasting, so much less likely to be wandering through your campground looking for snacks (which is more of an issue in June before the salmon run starts, when they are starving).[/quote]

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