We have seen lots of bear prints up here. Damon found some big ones where we camped up the Nushagak river. At Lake Alegnigek, we had a visiting bear early in the morning. Jon's dog Oscar was our sentry through the night as we slumbered in our tents. Then at about 5:00am, he sounded the alarm! Jon always camps with his rifle so he climbed out of his tent and found the prints that showed how close the bear had been. Only about 30 yards off! Thinking that the excitement was probably over, he went back to bed only to be aroused again by Oscar's deep barks. This time he decided to stay awake since it seemed we had persistent visiter. I was up too. About 30 minutes later the bear appeared again about 130 yards away. It walked out into the lake for a swim and then lumbered back onto the beach. It was REALLY BIG! After Oscar went wild again, it ran off into the forest. Grandpaul saw it from the tent but Damon was not able to locate it in his binoculars. However, later we walked the beach and found prints. Not just adult prints but cub prints too! The pictures are of the prints Damon found on the Nushagak and the one in the sand is our visitor. Pretty big print if you ask a greenhorn like me!