So the almighty question is, “Where do I go?”
Kodiak has an endless number of drop-off locations,
each providing a unique experience. The northern part of the island is very
heavily forested in the lower elevations leading up to alpine in the higher
elevations. The further south you go on the island, the more open it gets. I did
countless hours of research both online and talking with wildlife biologists (references I was put in contact with through the float plane companies).
All of
this research helped me to narrow down our camp locations to a few places on
the island. I had it narrowed down to a recreation cabin on the northern end of
the island, a few high alpine lakes in the central part of the island and a few
lower elevation lakes and lagoons on the southern end of the island. Each of
these locations offer different habitats types and transportation costs.
The recreation cabins
and the locations in the interior of the island had great transportation fares and
offered some decent hunting but, because of their close proximity to the town
of Kodiak these areas tend to get hunted more and can be much thicker vegetation.
The southern location that I eventually chose was expensive to reach, but it
offered the open terrain, low pressure hunting, and high deer numbers I was
looking for.
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| Our camp setup at the southern end of Kodiak island. |
There are wonderful
hunting opportunities all over the island of Kodiak, so regardless of your
budget and the type of hunt you want to experience you are sure to have an
awesome time.
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