Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear
Unimak Island is the first island in the Aleutian Island chain. This pristine wilderness is home to caribou, wolves and brown bear and a large concentration of migratory birds & marine mammals. Because of it’s remote location, this windswept island offers some of the best brown bear hunting in Alaska, both in opportunity & size of trophy animals. Unimak is open every year for a fall and spring season hunt. A hunter must apply for their permit through a drawing conducted in December with results published in March.
Spring bear hunts are conducted from camps close to the ocean beach where migrating gray whales wash up dead occasionally attracting bears to the carcasses. Twenty hours of day light in the spring enable hunters to extend their hunting efforts.
The fall hunt centers around a late salmon run. Other species available in the fall are wolf, wolverine, red fox, and ptarmigan. Black Brant and Canada Geese can be hunted, in the fall, from a lodge in Cold bay before or after a bear hunt on Unimak Island. Trophy silver or "Coho" Salmon sport fishing is available in Cold Bay from the same lodge where goose hunting is offered.
All hunts on Unimak Island are conducted from fly in tent camps as well as backpack spike camps.
10 Day Fall Brown Bear Hunt
October 1 - Dec 31
16 Day Spring Brown Bear Hunt
May 10 - 25
Afognak Island lies in the northern portion of the Kodiak Island Archipelago. Sitka spruce rain forests, tranquil tidal bays, & open grass meadows are nestled at the foot of mountains that form the backbone of the Kodiak Island group. Streams teaming with sockeye, pink & silver salmon, in addition to steelhead & trout enable Kodiak Brown bears to reach trophy proportions. Afognak is open to bear hunting every spring and fall by drawing permit only. Roosevelt Elk and Sitka Blacktail Deer can be added to your fall bear hunt on a trophy fee basis. Six of the fourteen speices of sea ducks available in the Kodiak Island Archipelago can be hunted from the bear camps over decoys from the beach or from an anchored layout boat. Accessible sea duck speices include Harlequin, Barrows and Common Goldeneye, Common and Red Breasted Mergazers, and Bufflehead.
Spring Brown bear hunts are conducted from fly in tent camps situated in spruce forests adjacent to the ocean beach. Bears cruise the beach looking for carrion and seaweed to eat. Inflatable rafts can be deployed to access remote beaches, drift, anchor, or to glass for trophy bears.
10 Day Fall Brown bear Hunt
October 25 - Nov 30
16 Day Spring Brown bear Hunt
April 1 - May 15
The Alaskan Peninsula is home to the largest concentration of Brown bears in the state. The terrain is marine influenced with open tundra. Streams with abundant salmon runs and tidal beaches are prime hunting areas. Hunts are conducted from tent camps. These camps are situated adjacent to the McNeil
Refuge & Katmai Preserve. Brown bear tags can be purchased online accessing the the state of Alaska website or over-the-counter in Anchorage. No drawing of a permit is necessary. This area is open for Brown bear hunting one season a year with fall bear hunts falling on odd years and spring hunts open on even years.
10 Day Fall Brown bear Hunt
October 1 - 10
16 Day Spring Brown bear Hunt
May 10 - 25