Persistance pays off! Fantastic Kodiak brown bear. I hunted Kodiak in 96' and 99' and we flew in with Andrews Airways both times on a DYI sitka blacktail hunt. I absolutely love that island and all that inhabits it. The weather can be absolutely brutal at times, but it is worth it. I'm betting the boys are fighting over who's room the mount is going in!
Wow what a awesome hunt and bear. Also congratulations on a beautiful harlequin duck. I'd love to go to Alaska and hunt ANYTHING. Way to go on the persistence to put in all those days and years for a great result.