Just got back this morning from a 4 day Idaho spring bear hunt in the selway/bitteroot wilderness. Trip synopsis: 14 hours flying, 182 gallons burned, 2500 pounds of hunters and gear transferred, 2 bears bagged (one got away), and a lot of backcountry flying = one great extended weekend!

Bear camp was set up at Shearer airstrip on the Selway river. It took three trips in from Hamilton, Montana to ferry four hunters and a TON (literally) of gear into shearer. The weather was beautiful until the clouds and rain rolled in on Sunday. I flew 9 straight hours Sunday and was lucky enough to get all of the hunters out despite the low clouds and constant rain.... flying AK style. (i.e. following the rivers downstream). By the end of the day sunday I had flown the entire length of the Selway, lockshaw, and salmon rivers and flew the entire length of the snake river from lewiston through hells canyon to Boise. Can't wait for next year.

Any snow left at Moose creek? Wouldn't think so, but we had a good bit this year and sometimes the ski guys really pack 'er down. I run into these cute lil' Idaho bears all the time backpacking in that area. Also, Ruffed Grouse, and elk, and trout. Hard to beat. Especially come fall. Cast and blast you know. We are so fortunate to be able to fly into areas like this. Glad to hear you had a blast.--AJ

The snow is long gone at moose creek. The ground is still soft in the mud hole at the base of the hill at shearer.

Sweet. Thanks for the info. I'm probably going to head in there this weekend to snoop around a little.