Incredible Waterfowl Hunting

The waterfowl hunting opportunities on Northern Prince of Wales island are unsurpassed. There is no better duck hunt in Alaska than on the north end of Prince of Wales, hunting over world class dogs. We offer you superb hunting for sea ducks, geese and puddle ducks with no hunting pressure.

Be sure to check out our good friend "dogman" Jim Sawyer at www.fiveoaksretreat.com. Jim is a southern gentlemen, with the "hands down" finest British Labs in the country. We've been honored to have him work with ours!

Sitka Black Tailed Deer

Prince of Wales island offers exceptional sitka black tail deer hunting. September is the month to hunt the alpine, October is prerut, and November is the rut season. Late fall is the Cook family's favorite time to be in the woods. Mornings are frosty, and weather is across the board, from a skiff of snow to bright sunshine days. All in all, the late fall offers temperatures that allow hunters to hang their deer.

The harvest limit is 4 bucks per person, one buck per tag. The most common way to hunt deer on the island is the "spot and stalk" method. Sitka Blacktail deer also respond well to fawn distress or predator calls. Later in the fall as the rut approaches the buck come into calls more easily. Hunting for Sitka Blacktail deer is a unique experience and there isn't a milder tasting deer on earth.

Black Bear

If you are after a trophy black bear, Prince of Wales is the place to hunt, offering the highest population density of trophy black bears in the world! Studies have shown that bears on Prince of Whales have a skull size averaging of one and a half inch larger than bear populations of the same age found anywhere else in North America. With a spring hunt offered in April, May and June and a fall black bear season in September and October, opportunities for the self-guided hunter are limited only by the imagination.

During spring, bears frequent beaches and tide flats, foraging for mussels, crabs and grasses. In fall, bears key in on the salmon spawning streams and berry patches. Typical bears weigh in between 300 to 500 pounds, while a large fall bear can be as heavy as 700 pounds. Skulls average 19" to 21".

Bow Hunting

The combination of dense old growth rain forest and countless salmon streams offers the ideal close range scenario for the bow hunter. Success artes on Prince of Wales for bow hunters are higher than

The Skiff Advantage

Renting our 20' Lund skiff opens tremendous opportunity for a hunter to comb thousands of miles of shoreline and reach otherwise inaccessable beaches and streams.

Tags

Hunters can buy black bear and deer tags over the counter. A non-resident hunting license is $85, and an over the counter black bear tag is $225, while a sitka blacktail tag is $150. You must pay by cash or check when you purchase your license and tag on the island. You can also purchase your license and tag online at www.admin.adfg.state.ak.us/buyonline.

Black bear can be hunted in Alaska without a guide.