Lamonters bag bears in Alaska

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Sandi Swannack and Steven Engles along with their friend, Keith Pigott from Tacoma, recently traveled to Alaska to hunt coastal black bears.

They flew into Ketchikan and then boarded a DeHavilland Beaver float plane for the trip to Prince of Wales Island.

They rented a Suburban and drove to Craig, Alaska, where they stayed at the Kingfisher Lodge.

They hunted with the Suburban for the first few days and then changed to a 16 foot skiff.

All three hunters killed bears, Sandi’s being the largest.

Her bear scored a 20 inch skull and was six and a half feet long which qualifies as a trophy b...