Alaska Coastal Hunting, LLC
BIG GAME HUNTS
Coastal Brown Bear
Coastal Black Bear
Mountain Goat
Sitka Blacktail Deer
Wolf
HUNT AREA
3 Southeast Alaska Units
GMUs 01-06; 03-04; 04-05
HUNT TYPE
Rifle and Bow
FISHING
Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon
Spin Cast for Salmon
Bottom Fishing
TRANSPORTATION
Primarily Boat-based
Fly-in tent camps on select mountain hunts
ABOUT THE OUTFITTER
Owner Eli Lucas
Owner Eli Lucas operates by USFS special use permit from Petersburg, Alaska. His 28 years of guiding experience throughout the region contribute greatly towards making his hunts a productive adventure. He hunts brown bears on Admiralty Island and black bears on the mainland and Kuiu Island. Southeast Alaska boasts the highest bear densities in the world, with 1.6 Brown bear/square mile and 3 black bear/square mile. Add the phenomenal mountain goat hunting and solid Sitka Blacktail deer and wolf opportunities, and you’ve got the potential for some world-class coastal hunting.
TRAVEL & LODGING
The Emydon
Our 50-foot boat is our transportation and base camp. The Emydon is clean, roomy and comfortable. You will be able to enjoy warm meals, showers, and good atmosphere. There is room enough for 4 hunters and 2 guides. After an exciting day in the field, relax aboard your floating lodge. All bedding and shower needs are provided. You will have plenty of fresh water. Later, maybe try fishing for halibut, salmon or trout. The boat is well equipped and maintained, so you can relax and enjoy your hunt. The captain is licensed and experienced. You will experience whales, fjords, glaciers, eagles, diverse wildlife and the spectacular scenery Alaska is world-famous for. Four hunters maximum in camp.
Boat-Based Coastal Mountain Goat
This trip offers the long white hair of the winter goat. As well as the simplicity of an over the counter tag! Our area holds opportunity to touch areas where the "old men of the mountains" come to winter. Leaving the cold dead mountain tops, our goats sift down into the maritime wintering areas. Offering you the ability to hunt them while they are in rut, and that from the comfort of our main boat as base camp. Thirty two years of goat hunting experience is yours while we work for you.The average billie is over 9", it is not unusual to tag a 10"plus, and our largest goat taken to date is 11 1/2". Make sure you are in the know with your turrets and long range shooting and we will do what it takes to get your billy off the mountain. After tagging that billie, hunt for sea ducks in full plumage (they make amazing mounts), or still hunt the lowlands for a Sitka Black Tailed Deer. You will have dinners of ribeyes seared in cast iron or local caught shrimp. After a day afield get rocked to sleep in a clean warm bunk aboard.
Guided Rifle Hunt (Physically Demanding)
Spot & Stalk
Nov 1 to Dec 31 (2022)
OTC Tag available
Success rates on this trip runs 70 percent. This number slides in ones favor with the ability to climb and shoot further out. It is not unusual to have to spend one day aboard because of weather on this trip. We then drink coffee, play cribbage, read a book, go for sea duck etc.
Fly-In Mountain Goat
If you ever wanted to climb the wild Alaska ridges, just you and your guide, glassing over large goats that have little or no concepts of people; then this is the trip for you. First, our "top of the line" bush pilots will float us down in a pristine lake with their Beaver, Cessna 185, or Super Cub. Next a large base tent will be your hub and place to leave a clean set of long johns. This coupled with comfortable/light spike tents allows us to go where needed to set your sights on a big billie. The goats in our area are large bodied and have aggressive horn growth. This August trip offers sixteen hours of daylight , with an average temperature of 55 degree F., and is the first trip of the goat season. Our average billie has over 9" horns and will weigh in on the hoof at #300 plus. It's not unusual to get an old timer with 10" horns and our largest was a 11 1/2". You will want to be able to climb alpine and mountains all day long. Your weapon and body are the keys to success on this trip. I suggest starting early to get in shape. Doing Kettle Bell swings and hiking with a pack on are the best way to ensure that when you see the "old man of the hills"; that you will be able to get to him. Let our experience be the key to your great Alaska hunt. I tagged my first billy thirty two years ago and have been guiding twenty nine years. Tags are over the counter too, to top it all off!
Guided Rifle Hunt (Physically Intense to Extreme)
Spot & Stalk
Aug. 1 to Oct. 31 (2022)
Success runs 70-100 percent. Our goat density is high. Weather and physical conditioning are typically the reason for not tagging out.
Spring And Fall Bear Hunts
Spring hunts involve glassing grass flats and beaches from our small hunting boats. Bears are feeding on new vegetation, winter-killed deer, and various roots. Females are coming into heat and males spend much time seeking them out.
Fall hunts involve more walking, hunting slowly up salmon streams, as the bears move in and out of the bordering brush while feeding. Shots are usually at a close range.
Spring Brown Bear
As the land awakens to the warmth of Spring, the Coastal Giant are also awakening from their six months of slumber. From the warm comfort of our large boat, as base camp, you can observe it all first hand. Using 16' skiffs, powered by quiet four stroke Yamaha outboards, we will move along the inter tidal zone glassing over many bears. These bears are coming to the beach to look for a mate and begin eating again on the first emerging sedge and grass. You'll need ankle fit hip boots and a good raincoat. The days are long and warm now, so you'll just need light long johns for the cool of evening. For your rifle, I recommend heavy bonded bullets and something of .300 magnum or larger. Shooting sticks also help when everything comes together. Our boars are a little darker than average and average 8 1/2', it is common to get a big guy to 9 1/2', and our largest go 10'. This is a fairly easy hunt with allot of glassing. We will plan on meals that include pan fried rib eye steaks and local caught shrimp and salmon. When you tag out we'll make swiss steak from your bears back strap! All in all, Todd said it best on his brown hunt, " I just don't want to go home." And maybe you won't either!
Guided Rifle Hunt - Spot & Stalk - April 15 to May 20
Fall Brown Bear
This trip offers streams packed with thousands of pink salmon, while you and your guide, with rifles at ready, ease along bear trails spotting coastal brown bears as they feed in and out of the salmon packed waters. Shots average 30-40 yds. so you'll want the finest bonded bullets and a caliber of .300 mag and up. Really good optics are vital, as is a good head lamp. You'll be working your way up a stream in waist or chest waders with good wading shoes that can deal with slick stones and logs. This is a world class trip on Admiralty Island which supports some of the highest brown bear densities in Alaska. Your guide is a Master Guide and has been guiding for brown bear for thirty years. This is a trip full of electricity. Seagulls screaming, salmon splashing, and there in the deep coniferous woods pad, many-many bears. Average browns go 8 1/2', with large ones going to 9 1/2', Our largest taken being 10'.
Guided Rifle or Bow Hunt - Spot & Stalk - Sept. 15 to Oct. 20
Spring Coastal Black Bear
We invite you to gather up your hip boots and a good rifle and come hunt some of the finest black bear country in the world! These bears are fresh out from hibernation. They grow large due to the maritime environment that offers ample salmon, rock crabs, sedges, berries, and sea life. The long days and mild temperatures of Spring makes for easy days afield. Our big boat is base camp and we use 16' skiffs to spot from. It is common to see big boars chasing sows as they come into rut. The grouse are booming in the mountains, steel head are headed up the streams from salt water, the songbirds are back from their trip South. These days afield are the nectar of a new year beginning. A big boar black bear will give you a gorgeous trophy; and if you are game to try, the meat makes wonderful stew meat, swiss steak, and Summer sausage. This is a great trip for both the trophy hunter looking for a book animal and the young hunter desiring a first animal. Bears average 7', we get occasional 7 1/2', the largest are 8'.
Guided Rifle or Bow Hunt (Physically Easier)
Spot & Stalk
April 15 to June 30
Fall Black Bear
This trip offers allot of bears, and big bears, while they work on piling on the weight eating salmon. You'll need neoprene or Simms G4 waist or chest waders; as well as good wading shoes that will help you deal with slick stones and logs. The warm, clean, comfort of our big boat as base camp makes Alaska wilderness a joy to partake of. Streams are alive with thousands of pink and chum salmon, as the size of these big bears indicate . Our average bear squares seven foot! This is a fun hunt with lots of action. There is a chance to tag a wolf, and once you get a bear you can fish for halibut, bottom-fish, and salmon.
Guided Rifle or Bow Hunt
Spot & Stalk
Sept. 1 to Oct. 15 (2020)
Nearly all hunters get opportunities at trophy boars
Fly-In or Hiking Sitka Blacktail Deer
If stalking along a wild Alaska ridge, glowing green with lily, a rifle in your hand and Sitka black tails as the reward; then this is the trip for you. While not as steep as the early season goat hunt, this is still a true mountain hunt.So you will want your broken in sheep or goat boots. This trip offers spot and stalk hunting for long beamed deer on the alpine. These deer offer great horn growth and excellent densities. We do either a hike in or fly in trip according to your interests. There is the possibility of also tagging a wolf. Genetics are such that book animals are possible, with 115" net Boone and Crockett as our largest taken yet. Terrain is mountain alpine, so good physical conditioning is needed. It is a good trip to couple with an early season goat hunt. Shots average 200 yds. and is also a good match with a long range shooter.
Guided Rifle Hunt (Physically Intense)
Spot & Stalk
Aug. 1 to Oct. 15 (2021)
Success has been 100% but is subject to mountain weather, which may limit opportunities.
Boat-Based Sitka Blacktail Deer
If still hunting along muskegs aflame with color, in old spruce and hemlock rain forests draped with moss, and in real Alaska wilderness are your things. Then you'll love hunting Sitka's by boat during the rut. There could be snow or rain so you'll want the best of your waterproof gear. For the cold crisp days bring your wool or fleece. This is a perfect fit for the bow hunter, as shots average 40 yds. The double throat patch, black forehead, and orange alder stained horns set this deer apart for his beauty. As far as table fare, it is unsurpassed. A breakfast of back strap seared in cast iron will be one you'll surely remember!
Guided Rifle Hunt (Physically Average)
Spot & Stalk
Oct. 24 to Dec. 15 (2022)
Success rates are nearly 100%.
Wolf by Boat
If setting your sights on the "ultimate predator" is on your list, then come with us through the islands with our boat as your base. This is a trip of patience, as Mr. wolf steadily trots over many miles and the trick is how to find him. With a combination of spot and stalk and calling we have high success for one of the hardest to obtain trophies. As Gary put it "Six wolves charging in, is the highlight of my 70 years of Hunting!"
Guided Rifle or Bow Hunt (Physically Easier)
Spot & Stalk or Calling
Jan. 15 to Apr. 30 (2023)
OTC Tags Available
Success Rates - Nearly all our guests have a good opportunity or multiple opportunities at a wolf/or wolf pack. The first wolf is paid with your trip purchase, additional wolves are $1,000/wolf. Our success has been so consistent that If you don’t have an opportunity on this trip we will rebate you $3,000 back!
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