Kodiak Brown Bear Hunting Area 14
Halibut Bay

		Fall	Spring
Drawing Hunt Designation:	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 (Image file 68 kB).

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

		Fall	Spring
2009 chance of being drawn	Alaska Resident	13%	26%
	Non Resident	100%	100%

	Hunters Afield	Bears Harvested	Percent Males	Average Skull Size
Fall 2010	2	0	0	0
Spring 2010	4	2	100%	26.72
Fall 2009	3	2	50%	22.91
Spring 2009	2	2	100%	27.57
Fall 2008	2	2	50%	23
Spring 2008	4	1	100%	26.56
Fall 2007	5	2	50%	23.54
Spring 2007	5	2	100%	23.32
Fall 2006	3	3	67%	23.52
Spring 2006	4	2	100%	25.76
Fall 2005	2	1	100%	22.75
Spring 2005	2	2	50%	24.22

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 February 2011):

• Paul Chervenak
  P.O. Box 1961
  Kodiak AK 99615
  (907) 486-3008
  Chervenak@gci.net