Kodiak Brown Bear Hunting Area 14
Halibut Bay

Drawing Hunt Designation

Exclusive Guide Area

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident DB 214 DB 244
Non Resident DB 114 DB 144

Area Description

(USGS Maps - Karluk B-2 & B-3 )

Location

Southwestern Kodiak Island includes Halibut Bay, Grants Lagoon, Bumble Bay and the headwaters of the Ayakulik River. See area map.

Topography and Habitat

Rolling hills to 1602'and bench lands intersected with numerous drainages, small ponds and lakes. Grass and tundra hummocks flats make up the lower elevations with interspersed alder and willow thickets.

Land Ownership

Most of the area is within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge with some private inholdings and Koniag Inc. lands along the coast.

Public Use Cabins

None.

Bear Harvest

2017 chance of being drawn

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident 1% 9%
Non Resident 100% 100%
  Hunters Afield Bears Harvested Percent Males Average Skull Size
Fall 2017 2 1 100% 24.25
Spring 2017 4 2 100% 21.34
Fall 2016 5 3 67% 23.54
Spring 2016 2 2 100% 21.15
Fall 2015 4 1 0% 20.56
Spring 2015 4 2 100% 24.72
Fall 2014 2 1 100% 27.19

Largest bear killed in this Hunt Area

29 7/16" (November 15, 1974)
"Green" measurement - Not Official

Guides registered for this Hunt Area (as of April 2018):

  • Greg Acord
    P.O. Box 870790
    Wasilla, AK 99687
    (907) 376-0692