Midnight Sun Safaris
BIG GAME HUNTS
Dall Sheep
Grizzly Bear
Alaska-Yukon Moose
Barren Ground Caribou
Predator (Wolf, Lynx, Wolverine)
HUNT TYPES
Rifle, Pistol, or Bow
HUNT AREA
Central Alaska Range (GMU 20A)
GMU 13
ABOUT THE OUTFITTER
Outfitter Coke Wallace
Coke grew up on the edge of Fairbanks hunting, trapping and fishing up and down the Chena and Tanana rivers. His passion for the outdoors followed him through high school and into UAF, where he played hockey, made lifelong friends, continued to develop as a hunter and earned a degree in criminal justice.
During those college years, Coke started taking several of his buddies out hunting for everything from Dall sheep to waterfowl (which remains his favorite kind of hunting).
He began guiding part-time and was fortunate enough to have a college advisor who was also a guide and made it possible for the young hunter to delay the start of each fall semester and extend his season an extra week or so.
Several of Coke’s college hockey teammates had pointed out to him that he would be wasting extraordinary talent if he didn’t pursue a guiding career, and Coke has been guiding full time since graduation. He learned the craft from some of Alaska’s all-time greatest outfitters, and has been running his own outfitting business since 1992.
It has been a remarkable career. Coke has hunted all of Alaska’s big-game animals in each of the state’s mountain ranges and has earned the reputation as one of North America’s premier horseback outfitters. He takes tremendous pride in the quality of his outfit, horses and staff and hires guides on the basis of whether he would want to hunt with them himself.
ABOUT THE HUNTS
Dall Sheep
If you are looking for a real Alaskan trophy dall sheep and big game Outfitter, then hunt with Midnight Sun Safaris. Our Alaska Dall sheep hunt takes place primarily in the historically game rich country of the Central Range east of the Alaska Denali National Park. These Alaska hunting trips are ten days in duration and begin in early August and end on the 20th of September.
Alaska has long been renowned as some of the most pristine and productive Dall Sheep habitat anywhere. The Sheep population has been steady and most of the hunters get their sheep with a little luck and a whole lot of hard work!
The average Alaska Dall Sheep Ram is 35-36 inches long with 13’+ bases. We do typically take several Rams a year in the 38′-40’+ range. The Alaska Range Rams are known for their wide flaring and light colored horns and make a fine addition to any hunters trophy room.
A typical Sheep hunts entail riding up and down various drainages looking for a respectable Ram to go after. We like to tell hunters that they can expect to have a 5-7 hour, fairly arduous, climb from the time they leave the horses until they pull the trigger.
Grizzly Bear | Spring & Fall Hunts
Spring Hunts for Grizzly bear take place in GMU’s 13 and 20 that are home to some of the densest Bear populations in the state. The majority of the state allows for a Bear every 4 regulatory years but these units allow for a Bear every year as the population is strong and growing in spite of my efforts.
Fall Hunts for interior grizzly can be taken throughout the regular fall season Sept 1-Sept 25 and we can extend late season bear hunts from Sept. 26- Oct 15. These late season hunts can be advantageous as we have numerous gut piles to hunt from. Mother nature can put us in the snow this time of year! Winter gear list included!! We will come and go from warm camps via snowmachine or snowshoe as weather dictates.
Barren Ground Caribou | Wood River Herd
The Caribou are the only species in my hunt area that are not an over the counter tag but rather a drawing permit. Therefore the Caribou are an additional species added on to a Fall Sheep, Moose or Bear hunt on a trophy fee basis.
If a hunter wants to participate in the drawing they need to put in the December before the year of their hunt. Typically the hunter will contact me in December of the year before their hunt and I will “walk” them through the process of applying online for the permit.
The drawing application period is from November 1 – December 15 at 5 pm AKST. You can find the permit application at http://hunt.alaska.gov
The probability of drawing is about 8-10% but if you do you can expect to take a nice Bull as this Herd consistently produces trophy animals.
Alaska-Yukon Moose
Our Moose hunts take place in GMU 20A in the Central Alaska Range and are in some of the most dense Moose numbers in the state.
The Alaska Range Bulls are known for having the classic tall (canoe paddle) palms as well as having nice fronts/brow palms/tines. We have taken several Bulls over the years whose outside spread on their brow palms has been over 65″! We typically take Moose in the high 50″ to mid 60″ range. The moose have been holding a steady population and we enjoy one of the longest seasons in the state at 25 days.
A Moose hunt entails riding or walking to a prominent knob overlooking a vast amount of country looking for that distinctive flash of a trophy Moose palm. Once a Moose as been spotted that a hunter finds desirable a stalk will be planned or if they are in a rutting mood we call one over as close as you would like I can assure you!
Predator Hunts | Wolf, Lynx, & Wolverine
These hunts are conducted primarily by snowmobile in GMU’s 13 and 20. I run three different trap lines encompassing over three hundred miles. These hunts take place from December – March.
If the hunter would like an opportunity to harvest a Lynx or Wolverine they will have to come join me in the dead of the Alaskan winter (December – February). I won’t promise warm weather but I will guarantee you some of the most scenic snowmobiling on earth and lots of it!
Wolf hunting Alaska style is always rewarding. We will do some calling for predators as well as setting traps and snares in locales that are likely spots to produce results. Typically we will snowmobile between 50-150 miles a day in search of Wolves, Wolverine, Lynx, Coyote and Fox. If you are looking to only do wolf hunting in Alaska then later in the winter is the prime time.
We will stay at several of my cabins for two and three day stints looking for predators to call and/or trap. These hunts have become increasingly popular over the years so much so that I can’t even break away to attend a show to promote my business.
If the hunter wants to harvest some of the most luxurious fur on the face of the earth then this hunt is for you.
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