Good evening, I'm looking to get some information on deadmans bay on Kodiak. It's looks pretty mountainous from google earth. Anybody here hunt deer from that bay? I'm looking at either the cabin or hiking in from the end of the bay. Thoughts? Thanks guys.

Ever since they did a show from that cabin it has gotten hammered.

Somebody did a show there?

Yep, at least one that I know of. Pretty sure it was Alaska Outdoors Television, not 100% sure though.

That whole bay gets hit hard then?

I know it gets hit pretty hard for goats, not positive for deer.

Hey, how ya feeling, sir?

Not my first choice for deer or goats. I’m sure our resident expert on everything in the world will chime in

well, thank you for the lead in.. Deadman Bay, hhmm yes do it.. Or as the nike commercial says just do it! let me go refill my tobacco pipe gents and refill my cup with some Booker T.

Actually, all of the Refuge cabins have been well known forever. They are okay very early in the season and during the peak of the rut. Other than that they get hammered hard and trophy deer are scarce in the vicinity of any of the cabins.

It is fairly steep, but mostly open. There are no spruce patches of consequence, but a fair bit of alder. early in the season the bear grass is ridiculously high. Most years it is broken down by snow and heavy weather by November, but not always. It is miserable to hunt because the deer disappear in it. It is not what I would call mountainous near the cabin.

Watch carefully for pushkie! The Anglo word for it is cow parsnip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_lanatum

After it frosts the main stem stays upright and the leaves and such fall down around it and turn to snot. Ice and pushkie snot can kill you!

Should be good deer hunting as it is far enough south that heavy winters do not usually get there.

Hunting all over Kodiak by boat we always avoid the cabins... getting just far enough ti hunt the areas the ground-based hunters would not reach, but where they would push the deer.

Why quote that idiot? My house is owned free and clear and has been for decades. I do not need a loft in a little man's world to stay, even though it is rent free! I also have the drooler on ignore and only see it when the loser is quoted...

The Unit get s hard for goats, because there are lots of goats there... but the cabin does not really do a lot for land-based goat hunters. If they are going to get a drop off they might as well get dropped off closer to the goats. There are a lot of goats up there and looking for a good goat in small groups does not make a lot of sense, IMO&E.

I'm looking at mid to late October.

It's aksagebrush the smartest guy from Wyoming... lol

Lowering average IQs everywhere he goes and raising them all along his backtrail.

And the smell of urine is everywhere....

I believe you were contributing to the aroma when the idiot first showed up as a butthurt idiot. He took exception to the concept that moose antlers remain pretty much the same shape as they mature. He has proven an inability to think logically ever since...

Moi????

Ignorance can be cured, tho not necessarily is it curable.

I'm a case in point.....

So if the areas near the cabins get nailed pretty hard, anyone have any suggestions on areas to hunt? Haven't hunted Kodiak yet, always wanted to. Looking for a great adventure.

Are you thinking of trying a do-it-yourself trip or hiring a guide?

Buy a boat... me, I know someone for next year, - and it ain't Sitka Deer, the cheap bastard who has never invited me.

And we have toropedos. Not to be confused with torpedos.

Or says the skipper, who doesn't drink. Problematic character....

Pretty much look at the public use cabins and stay a fair distance away. The winter a few years back put a serious hurt on the deer on the entire north end of the island. Deer anywhere farther south did better. There are lots of boat-based charters that work all over down there and you would be hunting different areas every day. With boats you get your bear bait back on the boat every day and you do not have to worry about bears getting it or tearing up your tent.

Uyak Bay, Deadman, Olga, and Horsemarine Lake are all good drop-off points, but that can lead to the same problem as the cabins, but a bit of hiking can usually remedy that. And if you want to find a big buck you will need to get way high and farther than everyone else goes. You will need to pass on a lot of bucks to find one of more than modest proportions. Jap Bay is not really far enough south from what I have heard. The farther south the more mature bucks survived.

You never got the invitation? I thought you were just snubbing me!

Lost in the mail, I guess. Damn that USPS!

You actually want money for fuel for this? Crass!

Being a hardass over gas money is a tough way to start a relationship!

DIY or a transporter. I've spoken to quite a few transporters and that seems like a great way to go but DIY is always fun.

Due to potential weather, cost of transporting a camp and meat on the return, likelihood of weather delays, and a lot of extra reasons and costs boat transporters make a lot of sense. If you are delayed by weather you will be more comfortable on a boat. You also have far fewer bear issues.

Most of your hunting will start steeply from the beach... deer can be gutted and dragged out whole to the beach. Have found that faster and easier than quartering and carrying.

I appreciate the information!

I only ran a charter boat there for 20 years...

On your, "NO WAY, Never, No How List" you should put the Ten Bears.

Good boats to look at would include the Sourdough out of Homer.
I do not think Chris Fajala is still running the U-Rascal but he is competent and experienced and the most ridiculously good fisherman in the area for sports gear. He would be a great choice if he is going far enough south.
Three Bears is an outstanding boat, but not sure if the old Captain is still running it.

If you look at an air transporter realize you are weight-limited...

Thoughts On the Sundy?

I cannot say for sure, the vessel type is quite common, but the colors and so on remind me of another boat and I am not sure if it has been renamed? It is sitting in Dog Bay in the picture on their website.

The boat should be very capable and comfortable, just a question about the driver...

Saw it often at Rick's cabin.

Then he obviously doesn't know anything!

Just kidding! Should be good.

They obviously blew their wad on their website......😉

I listed four boats... which website?

Ten Bears...

First one that popped up on Kodiak on google....

http://www.tenbears.com/

Interesting concept: hydroponics on boats...

Ten bears grows the produce for three bears.

Makes as much sense as anything here!

I'm thinking nobody outside the state will understand my last post, but that's ok.

Fiala. I fished with him a few times, great skipper! finds the white kings for his Japanese clients. He taught me a lot about Chiniak Bay, to quote him "There is a lot of stuff to hit out here", starting with Discovery Reef.

He dubbed me "Dialectric Charters" for a lure I gave him a handful of. The prototypes worked so well he got to saving them for bad days.

He could size up a new party of fishermen better than most. He would ignore the good ones and the pathetic ones, and coach the medium ones, that showed some promise. Had a mixup scheduling with him once; he did not miss a beat/ got me and my visiting brother linked up with Ken Cook and we had a great day with some 100# flatfish that day.

Anybody used Kodiak charters?

PM on the way

I grew some outrageous "moss" on the hull of "Seas-Two-Feet" back when.

For just fishing, another to pass on is Fish N Chips charters...

There’s a 3 bears in montana

Damn look at me making a Sitka deer post!!!

And not even Tok-ing.

And if you get that one.....