Un-Guided Sitka Deer Hunting
Prince William Sound
Live Aboard Un-Guided Sitka Deer Hunting
6 Days, 5 Nights
$18,000 for up to 6 people. This is buy the boat deal, works out to 3k each or more if you want to bring less people.
2023 Dates -
Oct 23-28
Oct 30 – Nov 4
Nov 6 – 11
Prince William Sound offers a variety of hunting areas for Sitka Black-tailed deer, from the big island of Hinchinbrook and Montague to smaller islands like Green Island. We can bring you to and back safely and comfortably to any location. Our 70’ vessel “Alaskan Adventurer” is setup as the ultimate basecamp for hunting in Prince William Sound. Enjoy being in remote bays surrounded by wildlife and having a dry, warm basecamp for your hunts. Alaskan Adventurer can sleep 6 hunters comfortably in its 3 private staterooms, along with having 2 full heads.
With a full modern kitchen, you will also enjoy some amazing meals while on your hunts, from fresh seafood from the waters of PWS including spot prawns, halibut and Copper River red salmon to steaks on the barbeque. When you get up from a long night of hunting you can expect a full hunter’s breakfast from home fries, eggs and bacon to pancakes and sausage.
In the living area there is plenty of seating to hang out and relax along with a 40″ flat screen TV for watching movies on those days the weather delays hunting.
Alaskan Adventurer also has diesel generators below deck allowing us to power al your cameras and gear. We also have an amazing heating system onboard and you can expect 70 degree inside temperatures after those long wet days of hunting. On top of that in the back “drying room” we have 2 chest freezers to freeze your trophy hides and meat, boot dryers, and hanging racks for all your clothes.
The Trip
Day one you will meet the Captain of “Alaskan Adventurer” at 8am and we make sure all license and paperwork are in order and give a short orientation about the boat and the safety devices. We then get packed up and ready to head out to the hunting grounds. Depending on location it takes 5-7 hours to get there and setup. After we will launch the skiffs off “Alaskan Adventurer” and you can start hunting. Basically first and last day of the hunts are travel days. but as soon as we leave the harbor we are officially on our hunt, so you may start glassing the shore line for Sitka Deer Hunting.
Each Morning the crew will get up before daybreak to prepare breakfast, and to help get your lunch packed so you can be out before sunrise. before you leave the boat, the crew will provide you will a VHF radio for you to call the boat when ready for pick-up.
We have lots of room for deer in the covered back deck and we have 2 chest freezer on the back deck if you quarter your deer up we can have them chilled while you keep hunting. We can also save any capes you may want for taxidermy.
About Sitka Deer Hunting
The Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is native to the wet coastal rainforests of Southeast Alaska and north-coastal British Columbia. Its range has expanded via transplants, and established populations now exist near Yakutat, in Prince William Sound, and on Kodiak and Afognak islands.
Related to mule deer, Sitka black-tailed deer are smaller and stockier than the Columbian black-tailed deer found in the Pacific Northwest. The average October live weight of adult Sitka black-tails is about 80 lbs (36 kg) for does and 120 lbs (54.5 kg) for bucks, although 200-lb bucks have been taken. The dressed weight of a 100-lb (45-kg) deer is about 60 lbs (27 kg), yielding about 35 lbs (16 kg) of meat.
Deer populations in Alaska are dynamic and fluctuate considerably with the severity of the winters. When winters are mild, deer numbers generally increase. Periodically, however, a severe winter will cause a major decline in the population. Deer have a high reproductive potential, and reduced populations normally recover rapidly. In some cases, predation may accelerate a decline in deer numbers, or slow recovery to higher levels.
Early season hunting is concentrated in the alpine and subalpine areas. The largest portion of the harvest happens in November during the rut, when both sexes respond to a call resembling the bleat of a fawn. During late November and December, heavy snow sometimes concentrates deer at low elevations. This allows high harvest levels when local weather conditions are favorable.
Text from Alaska Fish and Game about Sitka Deer Hunting
