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Treasure Hunter Lodge offers Fully Guided, Lodge Based and Boat Based Hunting Trips for Trophy Sitka Blacktail Deer from Klawock, AK on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.

Treasure Hunter Lodge specializes in conducting fully guided, Lodge or Boat-based, Trophy Sitka Blacktail Deer Hunts out of Klawock in Southeast Alaska. Klawock is only 6 miles from Craig, AK and they are both located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, which is the southern-most island in Alaska. Klawock is an easy 2.5 hour flight from Seattle, Washington on Alaska Airlines via Ketchikan.

The hunting opportunities for giant Sitka Blacktail Deer and Black Bear on Prince of Wales are THE BEST in Alaska for a variety of reasons. The lack of hunting pressure, the remoteness of the area, the prime habitat, the excellent genetics, the lack of winter kills and our expertise of putting you on a trophy deer all combine to make this the best Blacktail Deer hunting in the world.

More record book deer entries are recorded from here than the rest of North America. Prince of Wales Island regularly produces monster bucks that weigh over 150 pounds, score between 85" and 120" and are excellent eating. We consistently guide hunters to deer that are BIG and OLD while doing it with expertise and great attitudes. Prince of Wales Island is 135 miles long, 45 miles wide, is bigger than Delaware and is the 3rd largest island in the USA behind Hawaii and Kodiak. Its large size combined with a temperate climate and abundant food make this the optimal deer habitat. This coastal island is covered with a dense spruce, hemlock and cedar forest and has miles of rocky shoreline, numerous bays, tidal flats and rivers. Two other big game animals reside on the island; Coastal Black Bear and Wolves. Prince of Wales is just 668 miles north of Seattle and its mild climate and winters mean less winter kill than Kodiak Island and areas further north. Hunting for deer on Prince of Wales Island is better than Kodiak Island for several reasons:

1. Less severe winter kills

2. NO brown/grizzly bears, so you don't have to watch over your shoulder! The majority of the black bears on Prince of Wales are in their dens by October 25 and they are not aggressive like the brown/grizzly bears.

3. Prince of Wales is HALF the distance to Anchorage from Seattle, your total flight time from Seattle to Klawock is less than three hours!

4. NO expensive charter flight to the prime hunting areas.

The Sitka Blacktail deer herd on Prince of Wales is at an all time high and the hunting pressure is low. The deer hunting season is August 1-December 31 and we limit our deer hunters to two bucks. We are licensed vendors and can issue the second deer tag after your first buck is taken if something larger appears, but most of our hunters get sidetracked with all the fun of seaduck hunting, mink and river otter hunting, shrimping, crabbing and fishing for rockfish and lingcod.

The Alpine Deer Hunts in August/September/October are backpack/spike tent hunts that are very physical and require excellent balance and conditioning. We hike for several hours uphill through the thick coastal rainforest until we reach 2500' in elevation or wherever the best camping spot is located that allows us to hunt near the top of the mountain. This is where the largest Sitka Blacktail Deer normally live at this time while they feed on the lush, nutritious green grasses and forbes of the alpine meadows. The weather is mild, the days are long and the hunting for big bucks is excellent. A mature buck will average 160lbs live weight with about 65lbs of delicious venison. Backpacking heavy loads up and down the mountain is the norm but luckily we don’t have to hike very far during the hunt, mostly just up. After we establish camp, we are free to hunt without much weight in our packs until you harvest a buck or we head back down the mountain. It is a very rewarding hunt and the views are out of this world! Ocean fishing for salmon, halibut, lingcod and rockfish is also available after the hunt.

The Rut Hunts in November are boat based hunts that are far less strenuous but still require good physical conditioning and balance since we will be on our feet all day. Getting in and out of the skiffs/boats and hiking through the rainforest near the beaches and up the valleys is the norm. The hiking is interspersed with lots of rest while we “call” and/or rattle for bucks. It is similar to coyote hunting. The bucks are rutting and chasing does so the success rate is very high. Seaduck hunting is included and available during the hunt.

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