Hunting Black Bears on Prince of Wales Island in SE Alaska
Black
bear
hunts
take
place
on
Prince
of
Wales
Island
in
Southeast
Alaska.
Prince
of
Wales
Island
produces
more
trophy
size
black
bear
than
anywhere
else
in
Canada
or
the
U.S..
These
hunts
are
boat-based
on a
forty-two
foot
cruiser
as
base
camp
and
then
spotting
and
stalking
from
small
skiffs.
You'll
hunt
the
beaches,
tidal
flats
and
estuaries
for
bears.
Your
guide
has
been
guiding
on
P.O.W.
for
nine
years
and
every
year
take
one
bear
with
over
a
twenty
one
inch
skull
and
have
taken
several
over
eight
foot
squared.
The
largest
skull
size
was
twenty-two
and
three-sixteenths
taken
in
the
fall
of
'06.
Schedule
2008:
Price
$5,000
Tags
$225
Licenses
$85
April
22-27
April
29-May
4
May
6-
12
May
13-19
Fall hunts are available upon request. Salmon, Halibut, and crabbing are done on most hunting trips. We offer two fall hunts for a reduced price of $4,000.
Fall
hunt
schedule:
Sept
1-7
