My buddy and I decided to hunt brown bears during the salmon spawn along a willow-covered creek. There were bears everywhere.

They will also eat roots, flowers, and herbs, too. Brown bears, such as those found in North America, also love to eat salmon ...

For the approximately 500 brown bears that inhabit the area, pink salmon are an essential food source in late summer. Most bears lose weight in summer because there are not enough plants to eat.

Females are half to three-quarters as heavy as males. HABITAT: Kenai Peninsula brown bears frequent salmon streams and berry patches in the summer and fall and over-winter in mountainside dens. RANGE: ...