Prince of Wales black bear hunting, was done watching the beaches from a skiff, during my short stay in southeast! Locate a bear, pull the skiff into the next inlet, get out and sneak up on them! To friggn thick to walk the woods. Sit above a clearcut glass and stalk was the second choice of the people i knew there! Needing a hand gun seems unnecessary, but then I carried my .41 in a Blackhawk while there. It has been a long time since I wandered Southeast Alaska. I like the mainland better for hunting. I do like fishing southeast, as well as any place I ever wet a line. Hope you go and have the time of your life!!