Special Drop: Clay and Bear’s Alaskan Coast Black Bear Hunt | 12 in '26

About this episode

Clay Newcomb discusses the Alaska boat-based black bear hunt featured in the MeatEater film series '12 in '26'.

Clay Newcomb gives behind the scenes details and answers viewer questions about the Alaska boat-based black bear hunt feature in the new film for the MeatEater “12 in ‘26” film series.  Both Clay and Bear Newcomb hunt black bears along the Alaskan coast–Bear with a modern rifle and Clay with a primitive self bow. Watch the film now on MeatEater's YouTube channel Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Clay Newcomb

Guest: Bear Newcomb

Topics covered

• black bear hunting
• Alaska
• primitive bow
• modern rifle
• MeatEater film series

Keywords

• black bear
• hunting
• Alaska
• self bow
• modern rifle
• MeatEater
• film series

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MeatEater

Books & works: 12 in '26

Places: Alaskan coast

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