The Official Publication of The Alaska Professional Hunters Association
Spring/Summer 2022
The Alaska Professional Hunter
HUNTER
The Official Publication of The Alaska Professional Hunters Association
THE ALASKA PROFESSIONAL HUNTER is the official publication of The Alaska Professional Hunters Association, Inc. Copyright © 2020 Alaska Professional Hunters Association. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. Volume 45, No.1. THE ALASKA PROFESSIONAL HUNTER is published three times per year by The Alaska Professional Hunters Association, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at Denver, Colorado, and at additional mailing offices. Subscription is paid through membership in The Alaska Professional Hunters Association: One (1) year sustaining (US) $40; One (1) year sustaining (non-US) $100; Business (US) $100; Assistant Guide Membership $75; Non-Contracting Professional Members $150; Contracting Professional Membership $250. APHA CODE OF ETHICS: • To institute and secure the general adoption of a high and sportsman like conception of wildlife and hunting of game; • To promote hunting by fair chase: the pursuit of trophy in a legal and sportsmanlike manner, without herding, driving or chasing trophies with the use of mechanically powered equipment; • Consistent with the practice of hunting, fishing, and photography, to promote and assist in the conservation of fauna and flora and to cooperate with government officials concerned with the conservation of flora and fauna; • To assist in the prevention of illegal or unsportsmanlike practice by anyone in the practice of professional hunting or by anyone engaged in the sports of hunting, fishing or photography; • To promote and safeguard the interests of all members of this corporation; • To endorse and foster a code of business ethics in accord with ethical standards and the laws and regulations of the state of Alaska. PLEDGE TO SUPPORT OBJECTIVES: By signature, all members shall pledge themselves to support the objectives of the corporation, as stated in these laws.
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EDITORIAL Editor, Deb Moore Associate Editor, Lyle Becker Associate Editor, Sam Fejes Contributing Writers, Thor Stacey, Phil Shoemaker and Sam Fejes BOARD OF DIRECTORS Founding President, Bud Branham President, Sam Rohrer Vice President, Wayne Kubat Secretary, Angie Bloomquist Treasurer, Lyle Becker Director, Cabot Pitts Director, Paul Claus Director, Alicia “Mutts” Rosenbruch-Decker. Director, Sam Fejes Director, Dan Montgomery Director, Jay Stanford Executive Director, Deb Moore Office Administrator, Chelsea Adler GOVERNMENT LIAISON Director of Government Affairs, Thor Stacey ART and DESIGN Publication Design, A.T. Publishing and Printing CONTACT THE PUBLICATION Contributing manuscripts, photographs, advertising & editorial submissions, artwork and other materials pertaining to the Alaska Professional Hunters Association are always welcome. Contributed material will be reviewed by the magazine committee and published at the editor’s discretion. Submissions should be sent to the APHA, ATTN: Editor, PO Box 240971, Anchorage, AK 99524. Please do not send originals unless specifically requested to do so by the production staff. If you wish for the materials to be returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope
DISCLAIMER: While The Alaska Professional Hunter strives to attract quality advertisers and donors, it cannot be responsible for the ultimate quality of the products which they may present to our members and buyers. Neither The Alaska Professional Hunters Association nor its officers or directors is a guarantor of your satisfaction with the products it makes available to you. Our dedication is to the Alaskan hunting and fishing industry and not to policing our advertisers or donors. We cannot, under the law, reject an advertiser or donation simply because of a prior complaint from a dissatisfied consumer. We will strive to make available quality merchandise and hunts, but without warranty or guarantee.
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Editor’s Message Dear readers, It’s been another busy winter heading into spring. We just barely catch our breath from our Annual Membership Meeting and fundraiser/auction when show season begins. January started off with attending sport shows after a taking a year break due to the pandemic. It was great getting back to “in-person” shows! APHA was able to participate in the Dallas Safari Club, Wild Sheep Foundation and Safari Club International shows once again this winter. All were very productive for us with lots of visits to the APHA booth. The shows seemed to have fewer in attendance but those who attended seemed to be more serious about booking hunts and the overwhelming opinion was that most guides sold more hunts than ever before. With all the uncertainty surrounding COVID and travel, Alaska remains a most desired place for folks to come hunt!
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A few years ago, we implemented our Business Partnership Program and welcomed sponsorships from The Wildlife Gallery, KUIU, Stone Glacier, YETI and Global Rescue. We are strengthening that program and are pleased to announce that Justin Walker has joined the APHA team. Justin has been brought on as our Strategic Partnership Director and will be working with our partners to give them the best return on their investment with us. Justin will be working to strengthen our partnerships as well as bringing in new partnerships. In his first month, Justin brought Beretta, Kenetrek and Marsupial Gear to our group of partners! Production for our first ever guide discount catalogue is underway. This will be a complete listing of all our partners and will offer their discounts along with instructions on how to purchase their products. Be on the look-out for this catalogue to hit your email in the coming weeks.
As is the case with most everything these days, magazine production costs continue to rise. We have started digitizing our current magazine and hope to have past issues as well as all future issues online soon. Once this digitizing process is done, we will be asking folks for their preference on how they would like to have their magazine delivered. We will continue to offer printed magazines but now you will have the option of reading it online as well. I’ve been very fortunate to have been a part of this APHA organization for the past seven years. I love the work that APHA does and fully support our mission. I have been fortunate to have such a supportive board of directors and could not have found a better place to work. We’ve come a long way in the seven years we’ve been working together, our fundraiser has grown substantially, we’re now holding extremely successful hunt raffles that not only benefit APHA but also support our guides, we’ve secured some great Governor’s Tags, built a business partnership program, improved the quality of our magazine that is soon to be digital and gone from a small organization that relied heavily on its grant in aid supporters to afford us the ability to fight to maintain hunting rights in Alaska. Due to the hard work of your board of directors, we are in a much better position to stand on our own. I’ve enjoyed being a part of this growth and take pride in all our accomplishments. It’s been a super busy seven years and it is time for me to pull back to enjoy life a bit more. With that in mind, I will be going to part time effective in July. I’m pleased to announce that Angie Bloomquist will be coming back to join the APHA staff and will be doing some “job sharing” with me. Details of this transition will be announced in the coming weeks. Yes, I’ll be cutting back my hours but you’re not getting rid of me yet! I’m very excited to see what the future holds for the APHA organization. We’ve built a great team with Justin, Angie, Thor and Chelsea and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for us. We always welcome suggestions from our membership, if you have something to share, please reach out to the office or any of our board members. Happy spring everyone!
DEB MOORE Editor/Executive Director
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President’s Message Greetings from Kodiak, Spring is in the air in Alaska! The snow is melting, the temperature is warming up, and it is bear hunting time. After a long winter of work in the office and attending regulatory meetings, guides are itching to get back into the field. This was a busy winter for many of us in Alaska. The Conservation Shows we all attend were back in full swing, and hunters were hungry to book trips to Alaska. In addition to the show cycle, for those who operate on Fish and Wildlife Service lands, it was a Concession Prospectus year. This entails spending weeks at the keyboard documenting our individual business operations plans and guiding experience to compete for the rights to guide hunters on Service lands in Alaska, for the next ten years. This is a stressful time for current permit holders as they try and hold on to their current concessions, and a hopeful time for newer guides to try and find an opportunity to expand their operations.
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The Alaska Board of Game (BOG) and Big Game Commercial Services Board were also back to inperson meetings this winter. Unfortunately, the Central and Southwest Region BOG meeting, at the end of January, was not well attended by hunting guides. Even though APHA was in attendance for every day of the meeting, without additional guides there, our industry faced some substantial losses. Thankfully, our membership heeded the call, and the Statewide BOG meeting in March was much better attended by the guide industry. Due in part to the efforts of our attending members, the Board of Game unanimously defeated numerous proposals that were intended to harm our profession.
In the Alaska Legislature, APHA’s biggest priority continues to be the Charitable Gaming bill. Currently the use of the internet to market and sell raffle tickets in Alaska is only legal because of our states covid disaster declaration. Passage of this bill would allow groups, such as APHA, to continue to use the internet to market and sell our raffles after the disaster declaration expires. This bill has widespread support in the legislature, however for various reasons it continues to be held up in committee. On the federal front, the Federal Subsistence Board continues to close hunting on massive sections of federal lands in Alaska to all but local users. While most Alaskans support hunting preferences for local users during times of resource shortage, these closures are not being implemented due to animal population concerns, but rather to address perceived social conflicts. This system of dual federal and state wildlife management in Alaska is not working and a coalition of Alaska based conservation groups are starting to push back against these closures. APHA is engaged in this effort and is committed to helping to build a management model that is fair to all hunters, while continuing to offer priority use for those who need the resource the most. Lastly, in the previous edition of The Alaska Professional Hunter, I noted that Angie Bloomquist would be stepping back from her paid position with APHA. However, I am happy to report that after taking two months off, she realized that she missed APHA and wanted to come back in an expanded role. Also, I am happy to announce that Justin Walker has joined our team as the new Director of Strategic Partnerships for APHA. Some of you might know Justin from his time working with Global Rescue. We are thrilled to have Angie and Justin on our team and look forward seeing how they help APHA to continue to move forward into the future! As always, we appreciate hearing from our membership, if you have any concerns or ideas for how APHA might better serve our industry, I encourage you to call or email the office or one of our Board of Directors.
Sincerely,
SAM ROHRER President, APHA
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Legislative Update Dear Guides, On March 18th Congressman Don Young passed away suddenly and Alaska lost a giant. Young was first elected in 1973 and served 49 years in Congress. At the time of his passing, he was the Dean of the House and the longest serving Republican in history. Don Young is the only Congressman I have known and a leader that I will forever admire.
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personnel far outnumber residents, miners and trappers in the area even as a few locals are hired in support of government agency operations. The Park Service established a beach head only to be followed by waves of occupying agency personnel. I learned as a boy how to help with regulatory compliance. I think I was four years old when began helping monitor the discharge from our tailing ponds. I remember watching hours and hours of equipment time spent tapering tailing piles to the satisfaction of BLM reclamation requirements. As a young man working in the underground workings at Nolan Creek, just over the hill from my family’s property, it was impressed on me the value of knowing when the MSHA inspector was in route. From an early age I have been attenuated to the stress surrounding the arrival of an agent of the government in camp. I was taught and have come to fear the government and its agencies more than I fear a surprise encounter with a bear. Bears will hurt you, but the government will ruin you and your family.
Growing up, my family had a complex relationship with the Government. My dad moved to Alaska from New Mexico with the dream of founding his own mining company. After a season of working for Anaconda Mining Company in the Ambler Mining District he As a boy I remember my dad’s proud membership set about to stake his own mining claims and live his in the Alaska Miners Association and his dream. I was not even one year old when staunch belief that Congressman Young my dad, my mom and his partner and “Shut the hell up, and Senator Ted Stevens were powerful wife camped on a tributary of the Middle it’s time for the in DC and would look out for the little Fork of the Koyukuk River to stake pledge of allegiance!” guy. Placer miners statewide worked open placer mining ground. I was just a – Don Young with Young’s office to work to hold the baby, but the die had been cast and my federal government accountable to the relationship with the Brooks Range and promises made in ANILCA to maintain opportunity on federal government had begun, the year was 1979. lands open for development. There was a deep held Geographic boundaries to our opportunity were belief that we had a fighter in DC even as the forces of formalized shortly after our arrival. In 1980 the Gates the modern world pressed in on the little guy. My interest of the Arctic Park was established and with-it Park turned from mining to guiding hunters in my late teens. Service agents. Writ large, miners new and established The promises enshrined in ANILCA to ensure access to detested the idea of “locking the country up.” Alaskans federal conservation units for guides and subsistence who had been guiding hunters, sport hunting and hunting are now my personal and professional focus. mining in, what became the park, were suddenly pushed Until a month ago, I knew Don Young was there and out. The whole country was suddenly smaller as federal would go to war on behalf of hunters and guides if the enforcement officers were deployed to secure the new federal managers encroached on ANILCA’s promises. park boundaries. 1980 was the beginning of a new era Don Young’s presence gave us all comfort that someone in Alaska, one that would forever change Alaskans and with power, our lone congressman, would be there to the relationship with the land in our great state. help if things went totally sideways with a government agency. That Alaska has only a lone congressman has Park Service agents were the tip of the iceberg. Since also always been sobering, truly a lone warrior in the 1980 there has been wave after wave of government face of overwhelming odds. interest in the area. From state DOT to the FAA and of course the federal land managers, each government Don may have been alone, but he was unafraid. agency has taken its turn to stake its claim to the upper For years he fought for Alaskans, deftly leveraging Koyukuk. There are offices and a multi-agency visitor intangible political skill and acumen. At the time of his center, state owned hangars and a steady parade of passing our congressman had passed more bills than regulatory officers patrolling the road. Government
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Two weeks before Don passed my wife, Don, his wife Anne, Lisa and Verne Murkowski and I sat together at the SCI banquet in Anchorage. My wife decided she wanted to go alligator hunting in Louisiana and Don was exuberant on the idea. “I’ve done it! It was great! You will love it!” He was the life of the evening holding court, joking, telling stories, and charming all of us with his blend of off and on color mischief. Lance Kronberger and I were visiting at one point in the evening and it came up that he should say hello to Don. Lance will have to tell you his side of the story sometime but it was easy to see the comraderie and mutual understanding pass between hunters and men of faith. My wife stole a great photo with Don and Anne promising to send pictures of her alligator to him as a reward. Don was sharp as a tack, quick witted and verbosely charming. Yet it was hard not to notice that he seemed winded after helping recognize Josh Revak for his accomplishments on behalf of sportsmen in the legislature. I’ll never forget the last evening I spent with the only Congressman for Alaska I have ever known. May Don’s body rest in peace, surely his spirit will endure with all of us who were blessed to know the Congressman for all Alaska.
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any living member of Congress. I don’t know this for a fact, but he probably sponsored just about as much legislation as any member of Congress EVER. Don fought for Alaska natives, he fought for miners, he fought for hunters, he fought for states rights he worked with republicans and democrats and never slowed down. After Russian invaded Ukraine he sponsored legislation to seize oligarchs yachts. President Biden featured this legislation in his state of the union address. Congressman Young was re-elected every two years for nearly fifty years. He secured earmarks, promises from agencies to get off Alaskans backs. He worked for Alaskans who voted for him, he worked for Alaskans who voted against him. He shaped fisheries management in Alaska he punished environmental groups and “antis” while voicing his support for legalized marijuana. Don Young was an institution and to many in Congress he was Alaska.
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Board of Directors
Nominations for Board members are made during the annual business meeting in December of each year. Directors are elected and serve for a three year term. Officers are elected during the first meeting of the new board at the close of the membership meeting.
SAM ROHRER, President - 2011-2023 Sam was born and raised on Kodiak Island in a guiding family. He has been involved in the business since his early teens. He has been fortunate to have the opportunity to guide in many different areas of Alaska. He received his Assistant Guide license at the age of 18 and his Registered Guide license at the age of 21. Sam lives in Kodiak with his very understanding wife, Sarah, and their four kids. They own and operate a big game guiding, sport fishing and wildlife viewing operation on Kodiak.
WAYNE KUBAT, Vice President - 2012-2024 Wayne received his registered guide license and started Alaska Remote Guide Service in 1986. He’s been a member of the APHA since then and is now a master guide. He guides for brown bear, Dall sheep, and moose and also markets a video on calling and hunting moose. He keeps active in wildlife and guiding issues through the BOG and BGCSB. He and his wife, Marilyn, live near Wasilla and Marilyn is vital to both businesses.
LYLE BECKER, Treasurer - 2013-2024 Born and raised in a small town in central Ohio, Lyle grew up hunting, trapping, fishing, and dreaming of one day moving to Alaska. After commercial fishing in Bristol Bay several summers during college, he moved up permanently in 2006 with the goal of trapping and one day owning a guiding business. He received his Registered Guide license in December of 2008. Lyle is a board member of the South Central Chapter of the Alaska Tappers Association, and resides in Anchorage with his wife Alexandra.
CABOT PITTS, Director - 2014-2023
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Introduced to the outdoors at a young age, Cabot’s passion has always revolved around hunting and fishing. Cabot worked in Alaska as a packer in his off months while obtaining a degree from Virginia Tech in Geography with a focus on Aerospatial and Environmental Analysis. He realized he wanted to fully pursue an outfitting career in Alaska and has since then obtained his registered guide license and now runs Alaska Wild Wind Adventures where he currently holds an exclusive concession on the Alaskan Peninsula.
DAN MONTGOMERY, Director - 2013-2022 Dan was born in a small town in eastern Washington and grew up hunting and fishing. He moved to Alaska in 1982 and got his assistant guide license in 1985 and received his registered guide license in 1993. That same year he started his own guiding business Alaska Trophy Adventures. He has since earned his Master license and also holds a commercial pilot license for both land and sea. Dan has lived in Southeast Alaska (Juneau), the Arctic (Kotzebue) and now lives in Wasilla.
Vast Alaska Rod Krupicka Alaska Raven Guides, LLC Cash Joyce 903- rd. 22 Kenneth Dustin McLeod SAM FEJES, Director 2011-2023 6200 Beechcraft Rd Milligan, NE 68406 1726 Halibut Point Rd. Born and raised in Alaska, Sam entered the guiding industry in 1978 as an assistant Wasilla, AK 99654 907-830-3321 Sitka, AK 99835 guide. In 1981, he received his registered guide license and formed Fejes Guide Service Ltd. 907-350-3982 rkrupicka@gmail.com 907-738-0323 He holds a commercial pilot license—land/sea with instrument rating, air taxi certificate, cash@vastalaska.com mcleod_dustin@yahoo.com Roncoast Lambert guard license. He has also been active with many conservation www.vastalaska.comand a 100 ton Master alaskaravenguides.com 1419 Second childrenAvenue who experienced fishingWorking and hunting in Alaska, and hopes Working GMUs: 7, 9,groups. 13, 14C Sam has three GMUs: 3, 4 99701 that their childrenFairbanks, experienceAK the same. Afognak Wilderness Lodge II, LLC 612-386-0742 Gakona Guide Service Jordan Kamae lambertron50@gmail.com Bryan McMahan PO Box SYB, Seal Bay PO Box 209 LaRose Guide Service - 2019-2022 Kodiak. AK 99697 PAUL CLAUS, Director Gakona, AK 99586 Gary R. LaRose 360-799-3250 907-259-3553 I was born in Anchorage and grew up flying, climbing mountains, skiing and hunting all PO Box 172 808-381-5266 N82491@gmail.com over Alaska. My father, John Claus, was a registered guide and hunted most of Alaska and Girdwood, AK 99587 jkamae@gmail.com I spent my younger years riding around with him in the back ofGuide his supercub. 907-350-6841 Cell Gakona Service One of my www.huntafognak.com favorite places to garylarose30@gmail.com go was the Wrangell Mountains. I started flying myself at age 16. In 1982, Chuck McMahan Working GMU: 8 I married my amazing wife Donna and together beganPO building up our guiding business www.garylarose.com Box 110 Thule Outfitters. We’ve raised our 3 children under the shadow of Working GMUs: 9E Hunter Creek Guidesthat we named Ultima Gakona, AK 99586 Loren J. Karro 907-320-1064 the Wrangell Mountains. God has richly blessed me with an incredible life! And now I’m Magnuson Alaskan Outfitters 26239 E Buckshot Drive 907-822-3553 honored to have been elected to the board of the APHA and look forward to working Dwayne Magnusson Palmer, AK 99645 with and contributing to this great organization that is cmcmahan@cvinternet.net so vital to the continuation of the 1517 W. 47th Avenue 907-745-3712 Working GMUs: 11, 12, 13 Guiding Industry and our Livelihoods! Anchorage, AK 99503 lorenk@mtaonline.net 907-382-6717 Gakona Guide Service dwayne@huntmao.com Joseph Kazimirowicz Johnny McMahan ALISHA “MUTTS” www.huntmao.com ROSENBRUCH-DECKER, Director - 2019 2022184 PO Box 31 PO- Box Ekwok, AK 99580 GMUs: 19 Gakona, AK 99586 Mutts was bornWorking and raised in an9,Alaskan guiding family in Southeast Alaska. She never 907-464-6121 907-882-5925 strayed from her desire and drive to be a hunting guide. Mother of 2 young boys, she Alaska Dall Sheep Guides, LLC joe@alaskarigidoutfitters.com 907-259-5925 and her husband Zach are continuing their second-generation guide operation, Glacier Mont Mahoney Guides, Inc. Passionate about wildlife, their habitat andjmanyabuddy@hotmail.com the ability to pursue our hunting Aniakchak Guide Service PO Box 190905 heritage and traditions. Mutts AK is looking Joey Klutsch Anchorage, 99519 forward to serving on the Board to help ensure we will be able to continue those traditions for generations to come! PO Box 222 907-360-6190
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King Salmon, AK 99613 akcubpilot@aol.com 907-469-3033 Cell www.huntdallsheep.com JAY SANFORD, Director - 2021-2024 joeyklutsch@gmail.com Hidden Alaska Guides & Outfitters www.joeyklutschhunting.com Jay’s Alaskan heritage is as old as the Bristol Bay salmon run. In his early childhood Tony Marchini Working GMUs: 9E, 26C he spent his summers onMeyers Lake Clark 6870 S Cir. with his Yupik Grandmother, Bella. When he was useful he put to work on his family’s commercial set net sites in Wrangell Outfitters old enough to beWasilla, AKwas 99623 Naknek; he continues to make his living off the waters of Bristol Bay each summer. He William Koehler 907-378-2676 got his name and hiddenakguides@gmail.com a deep love and respect of Alaskan Wildlife and natural resources from HC 62 Box 5219 his grandfather, Gov. Jay Hammond. With big, pioneering shoes to fill, Jay graduated Delta Junction, AK 99737 www.hiddenak.com from South Anchorage High and went on to get his bachelor degree in Business 724-427-5350 GMUs 9, 16, School 19 wrangelloutfitters@gmail.com Management and Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana. Fresh out of college, www.wrangelloutfitters.com he came to work Donald for PaulMartin Claus at Ultima Thule Outfitters, where he went on to earn his 8913 White Star Way Working GMU: 12 Registered Guide License in 2017. He also guides for Sam and Dick Rohrer on Kodiak Elk Grove, CA 95758 Island. Between these two legendary guiding families he has developed his passion for Kramer’s Kodiak Guide Service martin@earthlink.net professional hunting and sustaining this lifestyle for all future Alaskans. Having always Cole Kramer made his life in Alaska’s natural resources; commercial fishing, as a registered guide and Clint Mayeur PO Box 2748 9401 Skyview Dr. of this lifestyle is a responsibility he takes seriously. living off the land, the continuation Kodiak, AK 99615 Wasilla, AK 99623 907-539-6447 907-422-4207 kodiakhunter19@hotmail.com Mayeur@mtaonline.net DEB MOORE, Executive Director Stony Mountain Lodge Deb was raised in rural Arizona and grew up loving all things outdoors. She spent many Arno Krumm years in large cities until the day she decided to simplify her life. That decision led her to 1120 Huffman Rd., Ste 24-288 Alaska in 1998. It was love at first sight and she knew instantly she would never leave. Deb Anchorage, AK 99515 comes to us with plenty of business management experience and is enthusiastic about the 907-267-2629 guiding business as well as the conservation of our wildlife. stonymountainlodge@gmail.com
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DEADLINE: 10/31/2022 Essays should describe/incorporate a passion for wilderness and wildlife in Alaska. They should be on the subject of why you want to have an outdoor career. Contestants must use a traditional 5 paragraph essay format. Essays shorter or longer than 5 paragraphs and less than 400 words will be disqualified. Essays should be submitted in PDF format, via email, with the subject “youth essay submission” and must be received by the APHA, please email chelsea@alaskaprohunter.org no later than October 31st, 2022. Prior winners not eligible to enter.
Essays will be reviewed by a 5-member panel. The panel will consist of at least two APHA board members and at least one APHA member at large. Essays are scored on a five-point scale addressing the following categories: 1. Knowledge of wildlife 2. Why wildlife conservation is important 3. What good stewards of wilderness environment means to you 4. Creativity
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1st Place: 3 day stay at The Ultima Thule Lodge with one guardian, gear from KUIU. Recognition in APHA magazine.
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2nd Place: Recognition in APHA magazine, gear from KUIU
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I put my Kenetreks (and myself) to the most brutal test I ever have. In August I went on an exploratory hunt in the Brooks Range. It was a unit that hadn’t had a sheep tag in 15 years. We ended up in over 20 miles with 60lb packs and took a beautiful 11.5 year old ram. The pack out was about 6 miles of sidehill and talus then 15 miles of tussocks. Not a single sore spot or blister other than sore feet from all the weight.
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2. 2. Peter Barela Barela’s Alaskan Outfitters
22. Joey Klutsch Aniakchak Guide Service, 40. Cabot Pitts Katmai Guide Service Alaska Wild Wind Adventures 23. Cole Kramer Kramer’s Kodiak Guide 41. Clay Roberts Big Wild Outfitters Service
3. Lyle Becker Alaska Skookum Guides 4. Aaron Bloomquist Alaska Outfitters Unlimited 5. Jeff Burwell Alaska High Peak Adventures 6. Paul Chervenak Kodiak Outdoor Adventures, Inc. 7. Jay Claus Ultimate Thule Outfitters 8. Paul Claus Ultimate Thule Outfitters 9. Zachariah Decker Glacier Guides, Inc. 10. Susan Entsminger Alaska Hunting Adventures 11. Samuel Fejes Fejes Guide Service Ltd. 12. Jacob Fletcher Fletchers Guide Service 13. Cary Foster Full Scope Outfitters 14. Gary Gray Alsek River Guide Service, Inc., Alsek River Lodge, Inc. 15. Richard Guthrie Frosty View Lodge 16. Justin Horton H & H Alaskan Outfitters 17. James “Jake” Jacobson Arctic Rivers Guide & Booking Service
19. Cash Joyce Vast Alaska 20. Gary “Butch” King Wildman Lake Lodge
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PREPARED BY SAM FEJES
In 2010, the State of Alaska restricted the reindeer hunting season on Kodiak to six months and limited the annual take to one reindeer per hunter. The state also reclassified reindeer on Kodiak as “caribou”. Reindeer eat the leaves of willows, sedges, flowering tundra plants, and mushrooms during the summer. They switch to lichens (reindeer moss), dried sedges (grasslike plants), and small shrubs (like blueberry) in September. A reindeer has a thick coat that is brown in the summer and gray during the winter. Its chest and belly are pale, and it has a white rump and tail. A male’s antlers are larger and more complex than those of a female. A male usually sheds his antlers in the fall after the mating season, while a female keeps her antlers until spring. Reindeer can run as fast as 50 mph and are excellent swimmers. They feed on herbs sedges, mosses, and lichens in the summer but mainly feed on lichens in the winter, often digging through the snow with their hooves to expose the lichens. Reindeer breed in October, and after a gestation of 210 to 240 days, females give birth to a single calf weighing 6.6 to 26.5 lbs. One hour after it is born, a calf can follow its mother, and at oneday old, it can run at fast speeds. Calves are weaned when they are one-month old, and reindeer reach sexual maturity when they are one to three years old. The Reindeer (caribou) population on Kodiak has remained stable over the past several years, and biologists estimate there are 250 to 300 caribou on the island. Mature male reindeer weigh about 350 to 400 pounds and female 175 to 250 pounds. Reindeer are smaller than a main-land male caribou can reach weights to 500 to 700 pounds. Life span is 15 to 18 years. Interesting fact with reindeer, is that their eyes are gold in summer and change to blue in winter. They seem to travel on low line flat areas and seem to avoid mountains and hilly terrain. Judging reindeer isn’t difficult, just a few things I look for, double shovels, double bez, long and wide main beams, good mass, double back-scratchers, symmetry, and more than two points at the top. Palmated points on top are best. Harvest limit for reindeer on Kodiak is 1 reindeer (caribou) per-person Aug 1st through January 31st.
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n 1924 reindeer were brought to Lazy Bay on the south end of Kodiak Island as part of a U.S. Department of the Interior program that began in 1892 to bring reindeer into western Alaska from Siberia to provide native Alaskans additional commercial and subsistence opportunities. The reindeer herd was managed by residents of Akhiok, under a contract with the U.S. Reindeer Service. The herd ranged in the Cape Alitak and Olga Lakes area, in tundra vegetation that provided the best reindeer habitat on Kodiak. In spite of various political and biological issues that arose with reindeer in other areas of the state, reindeer on Kodiak were thriving and reached a peak of about 3,000 animals by 1950. The herd declined in size following a catastrophic cabin fire in the early 1950s, which destroyed hundreds of acres of prime reindeer forage. The herd escaped during the fire, releasing an estimated 1,200 animals into the wild. After the fire, most herders did not attempt to reclaim the reindeer and took better paying jobs in the fishing industry. Active management of the herd ended in 1961, although reindeer meat continued to be sold to the canneries and individual hunters were allowed to kill reindeer for $25 a head. In 1964 the federal grazing lease expired. The lease was never renewed and a certified letter from the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (June 10, 1963) stated, “Any property that has not been removed from the leased area or disposed of on or before July 1, 1964 will become the property of the United States Government.” The reindeer were not removed and were declared feral by the State of Alaska the next year. During 1960– 2000, state and federal management of the herd was passive, neither attempting to sustain or eliminate them. By having no closed season or bag limit, all hunters, including former owners of the herd, could take as many animals as they wanted as long as they obtained a caribou harvest ticket before hunting, salvaged all the meat for human consumption, and did not hunt on the same day they had been flying. During that time the herd settled into favored range along the Ayakulik and Sturgeon rivers and stabilized at about 250–350 animals. In 2002 the Alaska Board of Game authorized same-day-airborne hunting and the reported harvest of feral reindeer increased as lodges and transporters began marketing hunts.
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• Transporters will be able to provide meat processing equipment.
If you haven’t been following the progress our Big Game Commercial Services Board (BGCSB) is making, it is good.
• Unique Verification Code requirements have been written more clearly for Guide-Outfitters participating in the ADF&G permit process.
We currently have a landowner seat open. If you know a landowner who is interested, please have them contact us. The following is a recap of the most recent December and March 2022 board meeting.
• 3-year Guide Use Area registration exemption for predator control listed species, new business purchases and areas not yet utilized. SUB-COMMITTEES
• The board requested an out of sequence review with the Division. We currently have surplus funds. The board has decided to wait till the next licensing year to look at reducing fees. A portion of the surplus will be used to pay for the upgraded online services program being conducted.
Watch the BGCSB website for public notice.
• The regulation that was passed December 2021 to implement a refresher questionnaire upon licensing renewal was found to be outside the purview of the board. We will look to make some adjustments to allow for this. INVESTIGATIVE TRENDS
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• Overhaul of the supervision statute. The board will convene between June and July to vote on changes to the supervision regulation. See the website for recommended language. We received good feedback for amendments to the proposed language during the March meeting.
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New Regulation Projects the board will be taking comments on for the December meeting.
• Conflicts in the field. Licensees are encouraged to look at Statute 08.54.720 and Ethics Regulation 12 AAC 75.340. The board is willing and ready to uphold these standards of professionalism. • New licensing and renewal applicants. When in doubt, disclose any violations. If not, do not expect a timely application process, expect a board action and don’t say we didn’t warn you. Our licensees spend tens of thousands of dollars chasing these “failure to disclose” applications each year. GuideOutfitters are encouraged to micro-manage their assistant guides licensing and renewal applications before being submitted. Licensees are spending a lot of money in this area due to lack of attention. NEWLY ADOPTED REGULATIONS • Caribou will be removed from species specific licensing.
• Transporter Sub-committee. We have an increased trend in Marine Transporter activity specifically in southeast Alaska and Kodiak. The board is considering many changes that will be addressed in December 2023. Look for discussions that will include transporter use areas, limiting marine transporter activity and increased regulation for safety mandates. • LLC and Partnership Business Practices Subcommittee. They will attempt to clearly outline lawful practices and regulatory requirements. • Limited Guide Use Area Registration. The board continues to work on a limited GUA registration through prospectus format for state land. Look for progress by the December meeting. If you are a state land concessionaire, you are encouraged to participate. • Online Tools. We continue to press towards a more efficient means of administration for all licensees. The process is slow but currently underway. We invite you to check the BGCSB website often for updates, reach out to us with questions or concerns and know your input is valuable as a licensee, future client or member of the public.
JASON BUNCH Registered Guide; Kodiak, Alaska Chairman, Big Game Commercial Services Board
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PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE THE KEY TO MOOSE HUNT SUCCESS BY JERRY MENESES If you are going to hunt moose anywhere and especially in Alaska, then there is one question you must answer before pulling the trigger: “Where is it going to fall?” As a new hunter in New York chasing whitetails during college, that question never entered my mind. After I retired from the Army and settled out West, it crossed my mind once or twice, but I never dwelled on it. Where I hunted mule deer and elk, in Colorado and South Dakota, I had always been able to access my kills with a truck or ATV. But hunting in Alaska for moose is a “whole ‘nuther ball game.” An AlaskaYukon bull moose is easily double the weight of a bull elk. So, before you pull the trigger in the Alaskan backcountry, and it’s just you and your guide, ask yourself that critical question— “Where is it going to fall?”. Hunting and harvesting an Alaska-Yukon moose was on my bucket list and with the encouragement of two friends who had both harvested 60+ inch moose with Hunt Alaska (www.huntalaskawithus.
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com) I booked a hunt for 2020. Unfortunately, that hunt was cancelled three days out due to Covid—the local village would not allow in any outsiders and wouldn’t even allow the outfitter, Virgil Umphenour, a long-time friend of the tribe into the village to buy gas which is the lifeblood of these river-based hunts. So, everything got pushed to 2021, and with Virgil’s help I was lucky enough to draw a 1 of 1 tag for hunt DM 823. We hunted upriver about 45 miles from the village of Huslia. I only knew where it was because my wife, Christine, is an avid watcher of the National Geographic show “Life Below Zero”—as an aside I met one of its main characters, Ricko DeWilde, who posed for a picture like we were old friends. We (there were 2 other hunters in camp that hunted another area off the Huslia River) stayed in comfortable canvas tents and used Allweld boats to move up and down the Koyukuk River to look for moose sign on the banks then move through the thick patches of willows near the bank to call for bull moose.
Alaska’s moose season typically runs September 1st through the 25th; non-residents get to hunt one of two 10-day periods in that window. This year it was either 3-14 Sep or 16-25 of September. Some people say that the latter half is better because its colder and the bulls are more likely to be in the height of the rut. My availability and Virgil’s recommendation led me to hunt the 1st season and all things considered I didn’t have any complaints. The temperatures ran from the mid-30s at night to mid-50s during the afternoon and except for a near constant drizzle, that was fine weather to run up and down the river checking out spots where either my native guide, Alvin Attla, had harvested bulls before or where we saw fresh tracks of moose on the banks where they came to the river to drink. We did that for the 1st three days with nothing to
show for it but a couple of brief bull sightings but no responses to our calling. Even with good gear the chilling drizzle got old fast. After 3 and half overcast days and a slow start to the rut, our luck changed and the clouds broke on the 4th afternoon. That evening, about 7:30 PM, we tied the boat on the bank at a spot we had already visited three times. Honestly, my hopes weren’t high that we would see anything, but I dutifully followed Alvin up the bank. We moved on a narrow game trail through a 50-yard-deep stand of willows, and we saw a cow almost immediately after we got into the long (about 1200 yards deep) grass lake. We inched along the right side of the narrow meadow (about 110 yards wide) and spotted another cow about 280 yards away on the left side of the meadow. We waited 20 minutes before Alvin started to grunt and rake the nearby willows. Immediately, we got a response from beyond the cow and a few minutes later a single paddle from a giant moose emerged from the willows about 400 yards out. After a few brief minutes the bull closed to 333 yards and proceeded to tear apart a willow stand--branches and leaves flew everywhere. He then “waddled” (he was so big he dipped his head from side-to-side as he walked) another 120+ yards to get between the cow and us. Alvin whispered, “I think he’ll go 70 inches.” It didn’t really sink in. I just knew the bull I was looking at dwarfed the three bulls I had seen so far—and he was still at least 200 yards away.
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One of the strange things about moose camp is that no one is in a hurry to get going in the morning. I mean I’ve been in other elk or deer camps where everyone waits for a guide or motivated hunter to get up and get the stove and coffee going before venturing out of their sleeping bags, but this was different. No one got their gear on and headed for the boats until it was clearly daylight out. It’s obvious once you think about it but after getting dressed, having some coffee and pacing around until the sun broke over the horizon, I finally had to ask about what I thought of as a “distinct lack of motivation to start hunting.” “Its not safe in the water when its dark,” my guide told me. Then he related a story of how a local family heading back to the village after dark, hit a bull moose that was swimming across the river and all seven family members died. There was also driftwood to contend with. After the explanation I was no longer in a hurry to get going in the morning. Not to mention since the sun set after 9:30 PM, we would have plenty of daylight to find a moose.
I wanted to pull the trigger, but Alvin said he could call him in closer… “if not we can come back early tomorrow when he is sleepy.” There was no way I was going to wait until tomorrow, but I let Alvin take the lead and continue to call. The moose slowly crossed the meadow, to get downwind of us I think, and then hung up about 125 yards out. I had my 30-year-old Weatherby MK V in Wby 300 Mag perched on a walking stick ready for him to emerge from the willows when suddenly Alvin cow-called. Now, I’m not criticizing his calling, but the moose surely didn’t appreciate it. He grunted loudly and retreated 50-60 yards. Luckily, he presented one last shot opportunity. The bull walked back across the meadow (to our left) towards the cow presenting a broadside shot at about 190 yards. Just as I was about to pull the trigger Alvin blurted out, “don’t shoot yet... let him get to the yellow grass because he’s standing in water.” About 4 steps later he cleared the green grass... I aimed for the shoulder to anchor him in place…Boom! I chambered another round and got back on him just in time to… witness him fall! Even though the 180 grain Accubond hit a little father back, it shattered a rib (on both sides) sending parts of the jacket and bone splinters through both lungs and into his spine. The bull didn’t even take one more step and just as Alvin urged, he came to rest on dry ground. The bull measured 70.5 inches wide!! Fifty inches or four brow tines is the legal minimum for a nonresident to take a bull moose. Alvin has been guiding for 21 years and shot countless moose himself and he has only had one other client shoot one over 70”. After some quick pictures we gutted him and covered him in willow branches. It took us almost eight hours the next day to break him down and pack the meat and antlers the 500 or so yards to the boat. After the second moose hunt was over, I talked to Virgil and he told me that in 34 years of guiding and outfitting I was only his seventh hunter to take a bull over 70”. I was truly blessed with an experience and trophy of a lifetime. My only regret is that it all happened so fast I didn’t take any pictures while he was alive.
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I want to thank my family for putting up with my “hunting habit,” especially my wife who quietly resigns herself to becoming a “Hunting Widow” each fall.
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The Alaska Professional Hunter
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ALASKA ARMS RUGER RIFLE ACCESSORIES BY PHIL SHOEMAKER Working and living on what most of America considers the far edge of civilization, Alaskans have become used to the difficulty of finding competent local experts in a majority of fields. That certainly fosters a sense of self reliance and independence but when specialized tools are required it usually requires one to order supplies from “outside” and all too often, even then, the products are not up to the rigors of remote Alaska.
owner of Alaska Arms and a member of the prestigious American gunmaker’s guild. I have previously written about his superb scope rings that he builds for Ruger and CZ rifles. This spring he has just introduced a new, all steel magazine extension for the popular Ruger MkII bolt action rifle. Commonly referred to as a “drop box” on expensive English rifles used for dangerous African game, they allow for additional ammunition to be carried loaded in the rifle’s magazine.
Tools, and especially the Rifles used by guides, are a prime example. They naturally need to be both rugged and reliable and, as a guide gains experience, they often acquire signature and useful modifications as well. One ubiquitous modification is some additional means of carrying extra ammunition; usually some sort of bag strapped on the butt of the stock.
The new Alaska Arms drop box magazine extension simply replaces the floorplate on the ubitquous Ruger MkII rifles and allows one additional round of any of the magnum calibers. They are highly popular with all of my guides !
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THANK YOU HPF MEMBERS Dale Adams Adams Alaskan Safaris Peter Barela Barela’s Alaskan Outfitters Lyle Becker Alaska Skookum Guides Aaron Bloomquist Alaska Outfitters Unlimited Jeff Burwell Alaska High Peak Adventures Paul Chervenak Kodiak Outdoor Adventures, Inc. Jay Claus Ultimate Thule Outfitters Paul Claus Ultimate Thule Outfitters Zachariah Decker Glacier Guides, Inc. Susan Entsminger Alaska Hunting Adventures Samuel Fejes Fejes Guide Service Ltd. Jacob Fletcher Fletchers Guide Service Cary Foster Full Scope Outfitters Gary Gray Alsek River Guide Service, Inc. Alsek River Lodge, Inc. Richard Guthrie Frosty View Lodge Justin Horton H & H Alaskan Outfitters Brent Jones AAA Alaskan Outfitters Cash Joyce Vast Alaska Gary “Butch” King Wildman Lake Lodge Joe Klutsch Katmai Guide Service
Joey Klutsch Aniakchak Guide Service Katmai Guide Service Will Koehler Wrangell Outfitters Inc. Cole Kramer Kramer’s Kodiak Guide Service Lance Kronberger Freelance Outdoor Adventures & Cinder River Lodge Alaska Wayne Kubat Alaska Remote Guide Service Gary LaRose LaRose Guide Service Joe Letarte Alaska Wilderness Enterprises Michael Litzen Litzen Guide Service Dave Marsh Big Game Big Country Scott McLeod Alaska Raven Guides Dan Montgomery Alaska Trophy Adventures Mike Munsey Munsey’s Bear Camp Tim Nelson Tim’s Alaskan Guide Service Spencer Pape Alaska Premier Adventures Bruce Parker Parker Guide Service, Inc. Steve Perrins The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge Johnny Richardson Are You Ready Adventures
Brian Peterson Brian Peterson Master Guide, LLC. Cabot Pitts Alaska Wild Wind Adventures Clay Roberts Big Wild Outfitters Richard Rohrer R.Rohrer, Inc. Sam Rohrer Rohrer Bear Camp, Inc. Jimmie (Bud) L. Rosenbruch Glacier Guides, Inc. Alisha Rosenbruch-Decker Glacier Guides, Inc. Jason Semler Alaska Expedition Lodge James Smith Alaska HuntSmith Matt Snyder Alaska Hunting Adventures Thor Stacey Arctic Alaska Adventures Richard Stewart RWS Guide Service Ed Toribio Primo Expeditions Virgil Umphenour Hunt Alaska Tracy Vrem Blue Mountian Lodge Kurt Whitehead Treasure Hunter Lodge Dennis Zadra Lonesome Dove Outfitters Inc. Mike Zweng Alaska Adventure Safaris
THE ALASKA HUNTER PRESERVATION FUND HPF is the most important and effective contribution you can give to future hunting opportunities in Alaska. It represents the most direct contribution any non-resident can give to help preserve and enhance quality hunting opportunities. With your participation, we can substantially help control our own destiny. Without it, we will continue to see our hunting rights reduced and restricted.
Tracy Kensing had another exciting Alaskan adventure with Treasure Hunter Lodge in the Spring of 2021. His amazing XXL POW Coastal Black Bear scored 19 15/16” and his guides were Kurt Whitehead & Trina Nation.
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Brent Murphy of Hickman, NE had a wild goose chase for this ram and finally caught up to him on day six and took two day to pack him out. We logged over 50 miles during the hunt. Well worth it. Score was 172” Brent was guided by Jay Stanford of Ultima Thule Outfitters.
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Lucky Day 2! Ben Bearshield of Gregory, SD arrowed this 9’3” boar (26 5/8” P&Y skull) while hunting with Kodiak Outdoor Adventures in the fall of 2021. Guided by Cole Kramer and Will Wilks, packer Luke Gerig
Dan Dody of McFadden, WY took this 9 1/4” billie in November 2021. Dan was guided by Clay Roberts of Big Wild Outfitters.
Doug Hauck of Richardton, ND found first day success when he got this barren ground caribou in August 2021. Doug was guided by John Della Croce of H&H Alaskan Outfitters.
Fall Brown Bear hunting in Southeast Alaska is unforgettable…John G of Mississippi hunted with Glacier Guides, and took this big boar at a mere 14 yards as he worked to select his next salmon.
Ray Lovell of Bourbonnais, Illinois shot this 243” B & C bull in September of 2021. He was guided by Dominic Richardson with Are You Ready Adventures. And then a few days later, he shot this 8 ft grizzly with Tristan Richardson as his guide.
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HUNTER GALLERY Pennsylvania Hunter Jack Gallino fulfilled a long-time dream in midAugust 2021, while hunting with Wayne Kubat’s Alaska Remote Guide Service. He was guided by David McHoes.
Mark Wright Illinois May 2021 Guide Dustin McLeod Great specimen of a Southeast Alaska Brown Bear with a Perfect Hide
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Chadd Hartwig of Walworth, WI took this amazing Sitka Blacktail Deer in November of 2021 with a 340 yard shot. Chadd was guided by Clay Roberts of Big Wild Outfitters.
Jeff Backus was guided by Dustin McLeod of Alaska Raven Guides
84 year old Bill Murphy from Ohio took this bear measuring 28 3/16” B&C. Bill was guided by Tim Pappas & Nicole Ruesink of Rogue Expeditions,
Moose Picture – Illinois hunter Duane Glasgow harvested this bull in late September 2021, while hunting with Wayne Kubat’s Alaska Remote Guide Service. Matt Zeleney was his guide.
Kuiu’s Jason Widaman and Brendan Burns had quite the adventure in some hairy terrain during a late September goat hunt. Jason took this 49” B&C goat while hunting with Jay Stanford of Ultima Thule Outfitters.
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Winter Mountain Goats are truly magnificent animals and this 9 1/4” billy made a lifelong dream come true for Bruce E. of Llano, TX when he hunted with Glacier Guides in November 2021.
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Michael Lynn from Florida was guided by Dustin McLeod of Alaska Raven Guides in April 2021.
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Mike Booker had an incredible hunt for this XXL bruiser POW Coastal Black Bear in the Spring of 2021 with Treasure Hunter Lodge. His bear scored 19 15/16 and his guides were Kurt Whitehead and Trina Nation. Both he and his friend Tracy Kensing got nearly identical bears on the same hunt!
Lance Barton of Greenwood, AR was guided by James Eicher of H&H Alaskan Ourtitters in May of 2021.
Jason Haddler from Washington was guided by Dustin McLeod of Alaska Raven Guides in October of 2021.
Brian Dickess of Ironton, Ohio was guided by Dustin McLeod of Alaska Raven Guides. Taken in October 2021
Kyle R. took this magnificent Coastal Brown Bear in Southeast Alaska with Glacier Guides, Inc. This old boar hadn’t been out of hibernation long, and his hair was gorgeous!
Lucky Day 10! Melissa Bachman Bearshield of Gregory, SD with her 9’6” (27 1/2” B&C skull) taken in the fall of 2021 while hunting with Kodiak Outdoor Adventures. Guided by Cole Kramer and Will Wilks, packer was Luke Gerig.
Craig Puffer of Iowa was guided by Tim Pappas of Rogue Expeditions in September 2021
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ALASKA HUNTING CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HUNTING ALASKA!!!! As Alaskan guides, we take great joy sharing wonderful experiences with people from all over the world. One of our greatest enjoyments is getting to meet successful people and share the experience of hunting Alaska with them. However, the wonderful memories you have of hunting Alaska, the future opportunity for your kids and grandkids to have the same experience, and your ability to come back to Alaska and create more memories are being threatened.
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Alaska Professional Hunters Association has developed the Alaska Hunting Conservation Foundation (AHCF) to help ensure that you and future generations will have the ability to continue to come to Alaska and experience hunting that is not available anywhere else in the world. AHCF was formed to educate, inform, and fight for our hunting heritage, so everyone can continue to enjoy the adventures and memories that come with every single Alaskan hunt. This opportunity is under tremendous assault, and it is coming from many different directions. APHA has been able to fight the battles and keep the “wolves at bay” for a long time, but now the battles are intensifying and the opposition is becoming more aggressive at trying to take away your ability to hunt Alaska. We need your help! These fights are expensive and take surveys, studies, lawyers, educating Legislators, and full-time employees. Without all these arrows in our quiver, we will eventually lose the ability to hunt Alaska the way we have in the past. The AHCF’s organizers and officers are all involved with the Alaska Professional Hunters Association, which since 1969 has actively worked to conserve wildlife and promote the guided hunting industry. AHCF is a 501(C)3 that needs your support to step up our fight to preserve hunting rights and the opportunity to provide great hunting experiences in Alaska. Please consider making a tax-exempt donation to the Alaska Hunting Conservation Foundation so we can continue to hunt Alaska and pass on our hunting heritage for generations to come.
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The Alaska Professional Hunter
Feature #2 We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family’s 40-acre homestead is situated within a designated wilderness, surrounded by a National Wildlife Refuge that adjoins Katmai National Park. I grew up sharing the wilderness with the wildest of living beings. Summers, I ran barefoot through the tundra hunting small game with my bow, spent hours fishing the streams, and trapped during winters. The hope and promise of a game-rich land first attracted my parents to the area. And the Bristol Bay region of the Alaskan Peninsula is nothing if not gamerich. With a host of species ranging from the world’s largest Brown Bears, herds of caribou to an abundant moose population, it was an ideal place for a young family to start a guiding business 35 years ago. But it’s
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the wilderness that kept our family here. A healthy, fully intact ecosystem that has allowed us to live the majority of our years surviving, thriving and enjoying this place we call home. Our ‘lodge’ is tiny. It consists of a 24x24 rustic main building my father built in 1987, along with a modest scattering of outbuildings constructed utilizing surplus World War 11 Jamesway arches. My parents still insist we paint everything “tundra brown” or “alder green” to better blend in with our surroundings. “We don’t want to stand out and be an eye-sore,” mom explained while covering our buildings in drab colors. When early, archaic home-solar panels came out, my father installed them on our roof. He later invested 20 years of research and experimentation into a tiny wind generator that produces the majority of our power.
PROTECTING BRISTOL BAY RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE BY TIA SHOEMAKER
The desire to be small, sustainable, and conscientious has passed from my parents to my brother and me as we slowly begin taking on the family business. The interdependence of everything magnified out here; our reliance on the wildlife and wilderness amplified in such remote existence. But our understanding and appreciation for wild places are not shared by all. One prime example is the highly controversial proposed Pebble Mine.
of wastewater and would involve dams implicitly leaking toxic chemicals into surrounding waterways. Gambling that toxin-filled lakes sitting on porous soil in a seismically active area will never leak is a fool’s bet. Statistically, it is a certainty. What’s more is that an unintended consequence of the resource extraction involves intentional flooding of an area that reduces critical, seasonal forage—the very item which serves as sustenance for all the region’s herbivores.
Mining, like hunting, when done responsibly and sustainably, can greatly benefit our state. This country needs jobs and raw materials, an angle the Pebble Partnership isn’t afraid to exploit. But the problem is location and magnitude. The foreign-owned openpit mine has the makings to be the world’s largest and would sit at the headwaters of the most massive Sockeye salmon run on the planet. While it is well established that Pebble has the potential to irrevocably change the most valuable salmon fishery worldwide, what does that mean for hunters?
Along with having a rich and dependable food source, the Peninsula is also game-rich due to the millions of acres of undeveloped lands. One of the most significant threats to hunting is habitat destruction. While the environmental issues involve the entire food web, it’s to say nothing of the effects such infrastructure and booming human population would have on our game. The infrastructure Pebble would build to operate would have devastating implications. One example is the proposed road, which would quickly and severely impact the bear population as it would go within 400 yards of McNeil River Bear Sanctuary. History demonstrates that once the infrastructure of roads is in place, they will be used by all, thus fragmenting habitat.
The Alaskan Peninsula is one of the world’s last great game fields primarily due to the seasonable accessibility to high caloric fish for Brown Bears. Salmon are the lifeblood of this area. Without them, the entire region’s ecosystem would slowly collapse. Even herbivores such as caribou and moose depend on salmon as the decomposing carcasses create an influx of nitrogen, enriching and fertilizing soil and vegetation surrounding the streams. A mine of this size expels billions of gallons
Lastly, the decline in rich hunting lands will reverberate through Alaska. Increased hunting pressure within the area will lead to the displacement of hunters and anglers and dramatically increase pressure throughout other parts of the state. Environmental Generational Amnesia is the idea that what we perceive as pristine nature is in reality progressively degraded through the generations. Each generation thinks what they have now is the norm. But
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The mine would negatively affect game animals in three significant ways; destroying the food source, habitat degradation and increased hunting pressure.
we need not look back far to see wildlife and hunting changing just within the state of Alaska. Suppose we all woke up tomorrow and fastforwarded 100 years into the future in terms of development. In that case, I am sure many (at least hunters and nature lovers) would be appalled and horrified. But the slow progression of losing one small piece at a time of our rights, our lands and our natural resources slips by unnoticed. Many hunters have thumbed through the book “Last of the Great Brown Bear Men” and thought, “I wish I could have experienced hunting then!” It documents what it was like to hunt the 49th state some 70 years ago with the famed Kodiak guide Bill Pinnell and Morris Talifson. But hunting opportunities throughout parts of populated Alaska, the lower 48 and Africa (to name just a few close to my heart) are quickly diminishing. Fortunately, the Alaskan Peninsula is not one of them. There is no need for habitat restoration or animal re-introduction programs. We don’t currently have a crisis affecting the largest remaining wild salmon run or the world’s densest Brown Bear population. All we need is to retain what we have. But the irreversible damage and long-term environmental consequences the
proposed mine threatens would go beyond anything the world has seen and stands to jeopardize the heart of our hunting heritage.
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There is a sticker my father placed on the fridge years ago. It is a Cree Indian prophecy that reads, “Only when the last tree has been cut down and the last fish has been caught and the last stream poisoned will we realize we cannot eat money.” And my father reminds us that there will always be jobs and money, but once the world’s natural treasures are exhausted, they are gone forever. Hunting is a way of life for many Alaskans. One we must fight to preserve if we wish for future generations to experience the same opportunities we have. And while those of us opposing Pebble have made progress, our collective work cannot stop here. The battle to secure long-lasting, durable protection is not over. Now more than ever, we need to band together to let the current administration and Congress know the only way forward is to issue permanent protection for Bristol Bay.
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Member Directory
EM ER IT US ME MB E RS Ray Atkins
Darrell Farmen
Dick Gunlogson
Roger Morris
Red Beeman
Albert Gilliam
Jim Harrower
Jimmie C. Rosenbruch
B U S IN E SS M E MB E RS Accurate Advantage Sarah Stallone 7350 White Hawk Dr. Anchorage, AK 99507 907-223-8617 akadvantage@gmail.com www.accurateadvantage.com
Northern Ocean Marine H. James LeBoeuf 200 Larch Row Wenham, MA 01984 978-283-0222 Normal 978-283-5577 Fax jim@northernoceanmarine.com
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Alaska Outdoor Adventures Brad Adams PO Box 994 Soldotna, AK 99669 907-398-1992 akoutdooradv@gci.net Adams Alaskan Safaris Dale Adams PO Box 6021 Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-6108 • 907-747-8227 Fax daleadams458@gmail.com www.adamsalaskansafaris.com Alaska Expeditions Charles E. Allen 3100 Airport Dr. Denison, TX 75020 903-786-7366 • 903-786-7371 Fax ca@alaskaexpedition.com www.alaskaexpedition.com
Chet Benson PO Box 876962 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-240-4868 moreinfo@bearfootadventures.net www.bearfootadventures.net Alaska Wildlife Adventures Frank Bishop PO Box 2491 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-486-2716 • 907-942-7631 Cell frankabishopawa@yahoo.com Alaska Guide Service George Bock 199 Dexter Rd. Cambridge, ME 04923 207-270-1256 • 207-277-5056 Cell alaskaguideservice@gmail.com www.akguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 5, 20
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Mike “Buck” Bowden PO Box 770097 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-863-4665 hiddenak@gci.net www.hiddenak.com Working GMU’s: 16, 19
nnnnnnn Alaska Safari Unlimited, LLC Paul Charles Brand PO Box 1383 Homer, AK 99603 907-252-9091 alaskasafariunlimited@yahoo.com alaskasafarilimited.com
nnnnnn Jeff Burwell 3836 E Country Field Circle Wasilla, AK 99564 907-357-4939 • 907-715-1175 Cell burwelljeff@aol.com
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Adams Guiding Service Bob Adams PO Box 770941 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-688-1499 • 907-688-0369 Fax kipchuk1@mtaonline.net www.adamsguideservice.com
APHA MEMBER DIRECTORY | Master Guides / Outfitters (continued) Cavner and Julian, Inc. Preston Cavner 1 Dice Bay Port Alsworth, AK 99653 907-223-9386 cavneralaska@gmail.com huntingadventure.com Working GMU’s: 6, 8 Majestic Mountain Outfitters Jeff Chadd 204 Prairie Rose Lane Forsyth, MT 59327 406-347-5401 sheephunter@ majesticmountainoutfitters.com www.majesticmountainoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 9, 12
nnnnn Kodiak Outdoor Adventures, Inc. Paul Chervenak PO Box 1961 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-486-3008 • 907-486-3008 Fax paul@kodiakoutdoors.com www.kodiakoutdoors.com Working GMU’s: 8
nnn Brad Dennison 505 First Street Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-8759 • 907-738-3933 Cell bradford.dennison@gmail.com Working GMU’s: 3, 4
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Alaska Hunting Adventures Susan L. Entsminger HC 72 Box 805 Tok, AK 99780 907-883-2833 wildsue@aptalaska.net www.tokmanagementarea.com Working GMU’s: 11, 12, 13, 20
nnnnn Fejes Guide Service Ltd. Samuel T. Fejes, Jr. PO Box 111394 • Anchorage, AK 99511 907-349-4040 fejesguideservice@gmail.com www.fejesguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 5, 6, 8, 11, 13
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Alaskan Mountain Safaris Robert Fithian PO Box 378 Klawock, AK 99925 907-320-0228 fithian@cvinternet.net www.akmountainsafaris.com
nnnn Frosty View Lodge, LLC Richard Guthrie PO Box 220949 Anchorage, AK 99522 907-632-0760 Cell n8484q@hotmail.com Working GMU’s: 9, 26
nnnnnn Alaska Trophy Safaris Dennis Harms PO Box 670071 Chugiak, AK 99567 907-696-2484 alaskatrophy@yahoo.com www.kodiakbearhuntingsafaris.com www.alaskatrophysafaris.com Hodge’s Outfitters James Hodge 13836 Lake Otis Pkwy Anchorage, AK 99516 907-349-0520 cnjhodgesoutfitters@gci.net www.hodgesoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 8, 13, 21
nnnn nnnn Shawn Huffman PO Box 27 Huslia, AK 99746 907-829-2413 shawn.j.huffman@hotmail.com Working GMU’s: 21, 23, 24
nnnnn Richard Hyce PO Box 876017 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-350-1475 rhyce@deltaconstructors.net www.bigwildoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 13, 14, 16
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Arctic Rivers Guide & Booking Service James (Jake) Jacobson PO Box 1313 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-486-5253 huntfish@ak.net www.huntfish.us Working GMU’s: 23
nnnnn North Alaska Expeditions Justin Johns 2492 Northview St Bozeman, MT 59715 360-472-1234 fishingbear@rockisland.com info@huntwildalaska.com huntwildalaska.com Working GMU’s: 4, 17
nn AAA Alaskan Outfitters Brent Jones PO Box 1473 Emporia, KS 66801-1473 907-570-1493 brentjns@aol.com www.aaaalaskanoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 9, 17
nnnn Ultimate Alaskan Adventures Steve Johnson 5116 W Banker Dr Boise, ID 83714 907-223-6181 bookram@hotmail.com www.ultimatealaskanadventures.com CMU’s 13, 16, 19
nnnnnn Wildman Lake Lodge Gary “Butch” King, Jr. 2024 Stonegate Circle Anchorage, AK 99515 830-522-4947 hunt@wildmanlodge.com www.wildalaskahunting.com www.wildmanlodge.com Working GMU’s: 9, 11, 12, 16, 20
nnnn Alaska Adventures Unlimited Tom Kirstein PO Box 83808 Fairbanks, AK 99708 907-455-6117 • 907-388-8667 Cell tomkirstein@ak.net www.kodiakbearhunting.com
nnnn Freelance Outdoor Adventures & Cinder River Lodge Alaska Lance Kronberger 4005 Delores Dr. Eagle River, AK 99577 907-622-0630 • 907-854-2822 Cell freelanceoa@mac.com www.freelanceoutdooradventures.com
nnnnn Alaska Remote Guide Service Wayne Kubat PO Box 874867 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-355-8568 Cell wayne@alaskaremote.com www.alaskaremote.com Working GMU’s: 13, 16, 17, 19
nnnnnnn John Latham PO Box 254 Yakutat, AK 99689 907-784-3287 • 907-784-3603 Fax fran@blueheroninnak.net www.johnlatham.com Westwind Guide Service & Alaska Big Game Hunting Tony Lee PO Box 298490 Wasilla, AK 99629 907-373-2047 • 907-354-1147 Cell westwindnayco@gci.net www.westwindguideservice.com www.alaskabiggamehunting.com Mountain Monarchs of Alaska Dave Leonard 35555 Kenai Spur Hwy. #300 Soldotna, AK 99669 907-252-4952 Cell 907-692-4868 Lodge mountainmonarchsofalaska@gmail.com www.mountainmonarchs.com
nnnnnn Alaska Wilderness Enterprises, LLC Joe Letarte Box 16075 Two Rivers, AK 99716 907-488-7517 • 907-322-1800 Cell wildernessenterprises@gmail.com Wildernessenterprises.com
Litzen Guide Service Michael Litzen 50715 Maranatha Ln. Kenai, AK 99611 907-776-5868 • 907-398-0001 Cell 907-776-8707 Fax michael@litzenguideservice.com www.litzenguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 9D, 19C
nnnn nnnn Alaska Coastal Hunting, LLC Elias Lucas PO Box 1634 Petersburg, AK 99833 907-772-3405 alaskahunts@hotmail.com emydonhunting.com Working GMU’s: 1, 3, 4
nnnnn Big Game Big Country Dave Marsh PO Box 3701 Midway, KY 40347 859-338-4710 dave@biggamebigcountry.com biggamebigcountry.com Working GMU’s: 17,25
nnnnnn Coastal Alaska Adventures Keegan McCarthy PO Box 240034 Douglas, AK 99824 907-723-3006 info@coastalalaskaadventures.com www.coastalalaskaadventures.com
nnnn Alaska Raven Guides, LLC Scott McLeod 1946 Dodge Circle Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-6405 akrg@gci.net alaskaravenguides.com Working GMU’s: 3,4
nnn Alaska Trophy Adventures Dan Montgomery PO Box 874492 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-373-4898 akta@mtaonline.net Working GMU’s: 9, 13, 14
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Arctic Alaska Guide Service Dave Morris 1103 Airline Dr North Pole, AK 99705 907-385-0809 akmg133@gmail.com www.alaskahuntguide.com Working GMU’s: 20, 24, 25
nnnnn Munsey’s Bear Camp Mike Munsey PO Box AOS Kodiak, AK 99697 907-202-5619 info@munseysbearcamp.com hunt.munseysbearcamp.com Working GMU’s: 8
nnn Mike Odin’s Alaskan Adventures, LLC Mike Odin PO Box 772682 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-644-4868 • 907-223-4415 Cell 907-644-1044 Fax mike@mikeodin.com www.mikeodin.com
nnn Parker Guide Service, Inc. Bruce Parker PO Box 6290 Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-6026 • 907-738-6766 Cell 907-747-8576 Fax parkerguideservice@gmail.com www.alaskaboathunts.com Working GMU’s: 3, 4
nnnnn The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge Steve Perrins PO Box 221267 Anchorage, AK 99522 907-770-6304 Lodge 907-230-6093 Cell theperrins@rainypasslodge.net www.theperrinsrainypasslodge.com Working GMU’s: 8, 16, 19
nnnnn nnnn Brian Peterson Master Guide, LLC Brian Peterson 6604 Cutty Sark St. Anchorage, AK 99502 907-830-2802 brian.peterson4@att.net www.ugakbay.com Working GMU’s: 8
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Katmai Guide Service Joe Klutsch PO Box 313 King Salmon, AK 99613 907-246-3030 • 907-439-2222 Cell joeklutsch@gmail.com www.katmaiguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 8, 9C, 9E
APHA MEMBER DIRECTORY | Master Guides / Outfitters (continued) High Country Alaska Jeff Pralle 3060 N. Lazy Eight Ct. Suite 2, Box 176 Wasilla, AK 99654 907-741-7545 info@highcountryalaska.com Working GMU’s: 8,9,19
Alaska Hunting Adventures Matt Snyder HC72 Box 805 Tok, AK 99780 907-883-3083 • 907-632-1666 Cell akhunting@hotmail.com www.tokmanagementarea.com Working GMU’s: 12, 13, 20
Midnight Sun Safaris Coke Wallace PO Box 435 Healy, AK 99743 907-683-4868 info@midnightsunsafaris.com www.midnightsunsafaris.com Working GMU’s: 13, 20
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R. Rohrer, Inc. Richard Rohrer PO Box 2219 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-486-5835 • 907-539-5800 Cell 907-486-5800 Fax rrohrer@ak.net www.kodiakbearcamp.com Working GMU’s: 8
nnn Rohrer Bear Camp, Inc. Sam Rohrer PO Box 1388 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-486-4074 • 907-539-1828 Cell 907-486-8829 Fax sam@kodiakbearcamp.com www.kodiakbearcamp.com Working GMU’s: 8, 9
nnn Southeast Alaskan Adventures Jimmie “Bud” L. Rosenbruch 8174 Keegan St Juneau, AK 99801 907-790-4687 • 907-790-4600 akhunter@live.com southeastalaskanadventures.com
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Glacier Guides, Inc. Alisha “Mutts” Rosenbruch-Decker 1630 Mendenhall Peninsula Road Juneau, AK 99801 907-321-2180 Cell decker@glacierguidesinc.com www.glacierguidesinc.com Working GMU’s: 1, 3, 4
nnnnnn Grizzly Skins of Alaska, Inc. Phil Shoemaker PO Box 876110 • Wasilla, AK 99687 907-376-2234 grizskins@gmail.com www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com
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Alaskan Perimeter Expeditions, LLC Henry D. Tiffany, IV PO Box 329 Ester, AK 99725 907-456-4868 • 907-223-3226 Cell 907-474-8240 Fax henry@alaskanperimeter.com www.alaskanperimeterexpeditions.com
nnnnn Primo Expeditions Ed Toribio PO Box 6743 Ketchikan, AK 99901 907-254-8620 primo@kpunet.net www.primoexpeditions.com
nnnnn Hunt Alaska Eric Umphenour 2400 Davis Rd. Fairbanks, AK 99701 907-978-7344 • 907-456-3889 Fax wildakadventures@alaska.net www.huntalaskawithus.com
nnnnn Hunt Alaska Virgil L. Umphenour 2400 Davis Rd. Fairbanks, AK 99701 907-328-8857 • 907-456-3889 Fax akhunt@ak.net www.huntalaskawithus.com
nnnnn Blue Mountain Lodge Tracy Vrem PO Box 771838 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-360-0541 tracy@bluemountainlodge.com www.bluemountainlodge.com
Stoney River Lodge, Inc. M.J. “Curly” Warren PO Box 62 Sleetmute, AK 99668 907-526-5211 • 509-228-3290 Cell stoneyriverlodge22@gmail.com www.stoneyriverlodge.com Working GMU’s: 17, 19
nnnn nnnn Willow Air Service Alaska Guide & Outfitting Service Steve H. White PO Box 231 Willow, AK 99688 907-232-9546 • 907-495-6370 Cell cubdriver55@yahoo.com www.willowair.com Working GMU’s: 16, 19, 21
nnnnn Treasure Hunter Lodge Kurt Whitehead PO Box 388 Klawock, AK 99925 907-738-5000 Cell treasurehunterlodge@gmail.com www.alaskablackbearhunts.com Working GMU’s: 2
nnn Xtreme Xpeditions Alaska Andy Willis 7362 West Parks Hwy Wasilla, AK 99624 907-223-1805 • 907-631-0605 Cell xtremexpeditons@hotmail.com www.xtremexpeditions.com Lonesome Dove Outfitters, Inc. Dennis Zadra PO Box 1389 Cordova, AK 99574 907-424-3718 • 888-388-3683 dennis@idohuntak.com www.idohuntak.com
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R EGIST ER E D GUIDE S Kodiak Wilderness Adventures Kevin Adkins PO Box 50 • Port Lions, AK 99550 907-748-2419 kwa@gci.net www.kodiakwilderness.com Working GMU’s 8, 9, 10
Kodiak Backcountry Adventures, LLC Jason L. Bunch 556 Eli Waselie Circle Kodiak, AK 99615 907-654-4649 jkbunch@kodiakbackcountry.com www.kodiakbackcountry.com
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Ultimate Thule Outfitters, Inc. Paul Claus PO Box 770361 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-688-1200 907-854-5061 cell 97-688-8805 fax Paulclaus.ak@gmail.com Ultimathulelodge.com GMU’s 11
Southeast Alaska Guiding Hans Baertle PO Box 1372 • Haines, AK 99827 907-209-2109 hans@seaguiding.com www.seaguiding.com
Jon Burrows 717 Cabin Road Port Alsworth, AK 99653 907-781-3242 joncooksfood@yahoo.com
Atlin Daugherty 9223 N Douglas Hwy. Juneau, AK 99801 907-723-1293 akhomefire@yahoo.com
Alaska Waterfowl Safaris Arctic North Guides Alaska Angling Safaris Phil Byrd PO Box 34 King Salmon, AK 99613 907-246-2303 • 252-714-4329 Cell alaskahuntingguide@gmail.com
Davis Outfitters Gabe Davis PO Box 1422 Dillingham, AK 99576 907-843-2002 goodnewsfish@gmail.com davisoutfitters.com
Barela’s Alaskan Outfitters Peter A. Barela PO Box 873512 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-775-3833 barelaoutfitting@me.com www.barelasalaskanoutfitters.com Working GMUs: 6, 17, 19
nnnnnnn Lucas Bastian Alaska Coastal Outfitters PO Box 6307 • Sitka, AK 99835 907-738-0739 luke@alaskahunting.com www.alaskahunting.com Game Management Units: 3, 4
nnnn Alaska Skookum Guides Lyle A. Becker 6816 Colonial Ct. Ste. 1 Anchorage, AK 99502 907-250-0973 lyle.a.becker@gmail.com Working GMUs: 9E, 25A
nnnnnn Alaska Outfitters Unlimited Aaron Bloomquist PO Box 871 • Palmer, AK 99645 907-982-2471 alaskaoutfittersunlimited@hotmail.com www.alaskaoutfittersunlimited.com www.alaskahunt.net Working GMU’s 11, 13, 26
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Campbell’s High Caliber Guide Service Thomas Derrick Campbell 1721 Selief Ln Kodiak, AK 99615 662-224-4369 Country1115@gmail.com www.campbellshighcaliber.com GMUs 8
nnnn Aaron Carter PO Box 8742 Kodiak, AK 99615 206-774-8508 Alaskabigtimberoutfitters@gmail.com www.Kodiakbigtimberlodge.com GMUs 8
nnn Castle Guide Service Ryan Castle PO Box 1351 Marion, MT 59925 406-599-6792 ryanz.castle@gmail.com
nnn Ultimate Thule Outfitters, Inc. Jay Claus PO Box 770361 Eagle River, AK 99577 907-688-1200 www.ultimathulelodge.com
Glacier Guides, Inc. Zachariah B. Decker 1630 Mendenhall Peninsula Road Juneau, AK 99801 907-321-2180 decker@glacierguidesinc.com www.glacierguidesinc.com
nnnnn Kokanee Guide Service Justin Dubay PO Box 879547 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-632-7207 akjdubay@yahoo.com Kokaneeguideservice.com GMU’s 8, 16, 19
nnnnn Joseph Dwileski PO Box 7 Malden Bridge, NY 12115 518-755-6787 dwileskij@gmail.com GMU’s 8, 14
nnnn nnnn Josh Ellis 431 W 87th Anchorage, AK 99515 jellisref@hotmail.com
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APHA MEMBER DIRECTORY | Registered Guides (continued) Destination Outdoors Mark Enyeart 6851 Shangri-La Cir Anchorage, AK 99516 907-349-8095 907-240-6161 Cell markenyeart@hotmail.com Hank Flatow PO Box 7795 Helena, MT 59604 907-521-8394 akmontana@msn.com Fletcher’s Guide Service Jacob Fletcher PO Box 245 Talkeetna, AK 99676 907-745-3918 • 907-982-7254 Cell fletchersguideservice@gmail.com www.fletcherskodiakbearhunts.com Working GMU’s: 8, 14
nnnn Full Scope Outfitters Cary Foster 710 Harbor Circle Anchorage, AK 99515 907-230-0488 fullscopeoutfitters@gmail.com fullscopeoutfitters.com Alaska Trophy Hunting & Fishing Mel Gillis 8131 Evans Circle Anchorage, AK 99507 907-344-8589 • 907-349-2020 Fax melgillis2013@gmail.com
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Alsek River Guide Service, Inc. Alsek River Lodge, Inc. Gary Gray PO Box 304 • Yakutat, AK 99689 907-784-3451 • 907-312-9307 Cell 907-784-3151 Fax alsekriverlodge@yahoo.com alsekriverguideservice@yahoo.com www.alsekriverlodge.us www.alsekriverlodge.com Working GMU’s: 5
nnnnn Becharof Lodge Bruce Hallingstad PO Box 108 • Egegik, AK 99579 907-439-3482 Summer 208-337-8211 Winter sea-tac@msn.com www.becharoflodge.net Working GMU’s: 9E
D&L Outfitters Jerry Hedrich 13630 Schroeder Rd St. Charles, MI 48655 989-233-6507 jerry@wolverineoutfitter.com Working GMU’s: 7, 13
nnnn Alaska’s Valhalla Guide Service Drew Hilterbrand PO Box 39865 • Ninilchik, AK 99639 907-252-4090 Brownbear10ft@hotmail.com Alaskasvalhallaguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 8, 19
Robert Jewett Top Gun Treks 2000 W Rivulet Ave Wasilla, Ak 99654 topguntreks@yahoo.com 907-355-4778 www.topguntreks.com Working GMU’s: 13, 14, 16, 19, 20
nnnnnnn Connor Johns 7640 N. Douglas Hwy Juneau, AK 99801 360-317-6247 conner@huntwildalaska.com Working GMU’s: 17
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H & H Alaskan Outfitters Justin D. Horton 47333 Anna Leah Avenue Soldotna, AK 99669 907-244-2993 Cell hhalaskanoutfitters@gmail.com www.hhalaskanoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 8, 9, 22
Chichagof Charters Paul Johnson Box 22 • Elfin Cove, AK 99825 907-789-0944 gull.cove@hotmail.com www.gullcove.com Working GMU’s: 6
nnnn Hunt Alaska Outfitters Rick Hoskins 513 Bonaparte Circle Kodiak, AK 99615 907-654-7487 Cell huntalaskaoutfitters@gmail.com www.huntalaskaoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 8
nnnn Gilbert Huntington PO Box 264 • Galena, AK 99741 907-656-1435 Koyukon99@hotmail.com Charles Jagow Double Shovel Outfitters PO Box 72557 • Fairbanks, AK 99707 907-699-7801 charliejagow@yahoo.com www.doubleshoveloutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 25
nnnnn Greg Jennen Alaska Glacier Mountain Outfitters 3875 Geist Road, Suite E pmb 453 Fairbanks, AK 99709 grizzitch@gmail.com www.grizzinator.com Working GMU’s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 20, 24,25, 26
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R & R Hunting and Outdoor Adventures Robert Jones, Jr. PO Box 670610 • Chugiak, AK 99567 907-350-8249 rrhuntingak@gmail.com www.randrhunting.com
nn Vast Alaska Cash Joyce 6200 E. Beechcraft Rd Wasilla, AK 9964 907-350-3982 cash@vastalaska.com www.vastalaska.com Working GMU’s: 7, 9, 13, 14C
nnnnnn Afognak Wilderness lodge II Jordan Kamae PO Box SYB, Seal Bay Kodiak, AK 99697 360-799-3250 808-381-5266 jkamae@gmail.com www.huntafognak.com Working GMU’s: 8
nn Hunter Creek Guides Loren J. Karro 26239 E Buckshot Dr. Palmer, AK 99645 907-745-3712 lorenk@mtaonline.net
nn Aniakchak Guide Service Joey Klutsch PO Box 222 King Salmon, AK 99613 907-469-3033 Cell joeyklutsch@gmail.com www.joeyklutschhunting.com Working GMU’s: 9E, 26C
nnnnn Wrangell Outfitters William Koehler HC 62 Box 5219 Delta Junction, AK 99737 724-427-5350 wrangelloutfitters@gmail.com www.wrangelloutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 12
nnnnnn Kramer’s Kodiak Guide Service Cole Kramer PO Box 2748 Kodiak, AK 99615 907-539-6447 kodiakhunter19@hotmail.com
nnn Stony Mountain Lodge Arno Krumm 1120 Huffman Rd. Ste. 24-288 Anchorage, AK 99515 907-267-2629 stonymountainlodge@gmail.com Tyler Kuhn A-Team Outfitting PO Box 144 Palmer, AK 99645 907-707-4165 alaskanguide2017@gmail.com Working GMU’s: 8, 13, 14
nnnnnnn Ron Lambert 1419 Second Avenue Fairbanks, AK 99701 612-386-0742 lambertron50@gmail.com
LaRose Guide Service Gary R. LaRose PO Box 172 Girdwood, AK 99587 907-350-6841 Cell garylarose30@gmail.com www.garylarose.com Working GMU’s: 9E
nnn Magnuson Alaskan Outfitters Dwayne Magnusson 1517 W. 47th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99503 907-382-6717 dwayne@huntmao.com www.huntmao.com Working GMU’s: 9, 19
nnnnn Alaska Dall Sheep Guides, LLC Mont Mahoney PO Box 190905 Anchorage, AK 99519 907-360-6190 akcubpilot@aol.com www.huntdallsheep.com
nnnnnnn Hidden Alaska Guides & Outfitters Tony Marchini 6870 S Meyers Cir Wasilla, AK 99623 907-378-2676 hiddenakguides@gmail.com www.hiddenak.com Working GMU’s: 9, 16, 19
nnnn nnnn Donald Martin 8913 White Star Way Elk Grove, CA 95758 martin@earthlink.net Clint Mayeur 9401 Skyview Dr. Wasilla, AK 99623 907-422-4207 mayeur@mtaonline.net Alaska Raven Guides, LLC Kenneth Dustin McLeod 1726 Halibut Point Rd. Sitka, AK 99835 907-738-0323 mcleod_dustin@yahoo.com alaskaravenguides.com Working GMU’s: 3, 4
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Gakona Guide Service Bryan McMahan PO Box 209 Gakona, AK 99586 907-259-3553 N82491@gmail.com Gakona Guide Service Chuck McMahan PO Box 110 Gakona, AK 99586 907-320-1064 907-822-3553 cmcmahan@cvinternet.net Working GMU’s: 11, 12, 13
nnnnnn Gakona Guide Service Johnny McMahan PO Box 184 Gakona, AK 99586 907-822-5925 907-259-5925 jmanyabuddy@hotmail.com
nnnnnn Clint Miller 2025 S Rollinghills St Wasilla, AK 99623 Bogg Outfitters McKenzie Mitchell PO Box 60111 Fairbanks, AK 99706 907-251-1727 boggoutfitters@gmail.com www.boggoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 20 High Country Guide Service, LLC Matt Moskiewicz 17750 E. Kathy Circle Palmer, AK 99645 907-250-0768 moskieakfish@gmail.com www.highcountryguideservicellc.com Working GMU’s: 13, 14
nnnnnnn Tim’s Alaskan Guide Service Tim Nelson PO Box 110 Chitina, AK 99566 907-823-4076 tim@timsalaskanguideservice.com www.timsalaskanguideservice.com Working GMU’s: 11, 24, 25
nnnnnn Daniel Ondersma 2435 W. Marston Dr. Anchorage, AK 99517 907-942-5096 danulq@yahoo.com
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Joseph Kazimirowicz PO Box 31 Ekwok, AK 99580 907-464-6121 joe@alaskarigidoutfitters.com
APHA MEMBER DIRECTORY | Registered Guides (continued) Rodney Pangborn 2594 Carrie Lynn Dr. North Pole, AK 99605 907-378-1851 rod@rodalaskanguideservice.com www.rodsalaskanguideservice.com Alaska Premier Adventures Spencer Pape 1875 S Paddock Dr. Wasilla, AK 99654 907-631-5999 • 979-820-9169 spencerpape@hotmail.com www.lakeclark.com Working GMU’s: 19
nnnnn The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge Steve Perrins II PO Box 220563 • Anchorage, AK 99522 907-717-7556 Cell 907-770-6304 Lodge guide88@hotmail.com www.theperrinsrainypasslodge.com Working GMU’s: 8, 16, 19
nnnnn nnnn Alaska Wild Wind Adventures Cabot J. Pitts 1240 W. Tammy Cir. Palmer, AK 99645 907-414-5434 Cell info@alaskawildwind.com www.alaskawildwind.com Working GMU’s: 9, 12
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Big Game Backcountry Guides Riley Pitts PO Box 172 • Butte Falls, OR 97522 541-531-7211 biggamebackcountryguides@hotmail.com www.biggamebackcountryguides.com Working GMU’s: 8, 9, 10
nnnn Afognak Wilderness Lodge Joshua R Randall PO Box SYB Seal Bay Kodiak, AK 99697 360-799-3250 • 206-260-9390 Jrandall.lodge@gmail.com Huntafognak.com
Are You Ready Adventures Johnny Richardson PO Box 59090 St. Michael, AK 99659 907-933-1339 areyouready.adv@gmail.com Working GMU’s: 22A, 21E
nnnn Big Wild Outfitters Clay Roberts PO Box 177 • Cantwell, AK 99729 907-250-6754 info@bigwildoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 8, 13, 20
nnnnnnn Mark Rowenhorst 1148 Ridgepointe Dr Fairbanks, AK 99709 907-750-3407 m.rowenhorst@live.com Working GMU’s: 1, 20
nnnnn Rogue Expeditions Jeremy Ruesink 17911 Almdale Ave Eagle River, AK 99577 907-885-1099 jrruesink@rogueexpeditions.com rogueexpeditions.com Working GMU’s: 8, 9, 14, 16
nnnnnnn John Rydeen 1945 N. Belmont Ave. Palmer, AK 99645 907-299-1686 westby13@gmail.com Erik Salitan Bushwhack Alaska Guiding & Outfitting/Talarik Creek Lodge P.O. Box 149 • Iliamna, AK 99606 1(907)388-8766 cell 1(907)571-2041 lodge Bushwhackalaska.com Talarikcreeklodge.com
Rod Schuh 10000 Cobra Street Anchorage, AK 99507 907-244-6146 fishon@hoodoofishing.com www.rrhunting.com Big Alaska Outdoors, LLC Michael Sciotti PO Box 298561 Wasilla, AK 99629-8561 907-538-1368 mvsciotti@gmail.com Working GMU’s: 13, 17
nn Alaska Expedition Lodge Jason Semler 7362 W Parks Hwy #742 Wasilla, AK 99623 907-315-5891 jsemlerak@gmail.com Alaskaexpeditionhunting.com
nnnn Grizzly Skins of Alaska, Inc. Tia Shoemaker PO Box 273 • King Salmon, AK 99613 907-599-0842 tia.shoemaker@gmail.com www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com
nn Grizzly Skins of Alaska Taj Shoemaker PO Box 1523 • Kodiak, AK 99615 907-385-7213 pacificnorthhunters@outlook.com grizzlyskinsofalaska.com Working GMU’s: 8,9,25
nnnnnn Alaska HuntSmith James Smith 1820 Wildberry Loop #7 Anchorage, AK 99502 907-388-6842 huntersmith54071@msn.com Working GMU’s: 22
nnnnnnn n Frank Sanders PO Box 4135 Soldotna, AK 99669 907-252-7413 outfitalaska@gmail.com alaskatrophyoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 7, 8, 9, 15
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AK Expeditions Mark Spencer 9440 Arlene Dr. Anchorage, AK 99502 907-903-2329 info@ak-x.com www.ak-x.com Working GMU’s: 9, 21
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nnn Jay H. Stanford 1 Miller Creek Port Alsworth, AK 99653 907-764-4118 Cell jay.stanford18@gmail.com Bill Stevenson 30820 Glenn Highway Sutton, AK 99674 907-232-8115 • 907-745-8545 Fax blueice@gci.net Jonah’s Alaskan Outfitters, LLC Jonah Stewart PO Box 877896 • Wasilla, AK 99687 907-841-4560 jonahsalaskanoutfitters@gmail.com jonahsalaskanoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 16, 24, 25
nnnnn RWS Guide Service Richard Stewart 35159 Kanak Ave Soldotna, AK 99669 907-953-7700 akstewart49@yahoo.com Working GMU’s: 15, 26
nnnn Alaska’s Greatland Outfitter Shawn Stone PO Box 2333 • Soldotna, AK 99669 907-252-5782 huntalaska@hotmail.com Working GMU’s: 13, 14, 17
nnnnnnn Baranof Expeditions Bert Stromquist Box 3107 • Sitka, AK 99835 907-738-3541 bstromquist@hotmail.com www.baranofexpeditionsllc.com Captain Summers Marine Services David Summers 2 Marine Way, Ste. 120 Juneau, AK 99801 907-957-1152 emailsummers@gmail.com alaskaknifeworks.com Working GMU’s: 3, 4
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Deltana Outfitters, Inc. Robert Summers 91 Shipper Ct. Martinsburg, WV 25404 907-347-7204 hunts@deltana.com www.deltana.com Working GMU’s: 17, 19
nn Wilderness Forge Adventures Jeffery Tart 449 Gamblers Run Dillon, MT 59725 406-925-9995 Jefftrout35@hotmail.com Working GMU’s: 9, 19
nnn Jared Taylor PO Box 281 King Salmon, AK 99613 435-229-6181 Jaredtaylor1980@gmail.com High Cache Alaskan Outfitters Gust Tunguing Jr. PO Box 5040 Koliganek, AK 99576 907-596-6051 g22T10@yahoo.com Working GMU’s: 17
nn Turner’s Alaskan Adventures Nate Turner PO Box 646 Nenana, AK 99760 907-479-7535 • 907-746-1696 Cell alaskanate@gmail.com www.alaskan-adventures.net Working GMU’s: 9, 20, 21, 24, 26
nnnnnnn Tyrrell’s Trails Luke L. Tyrrell PO Box 61228 • Fairbanks, AK 99706 tyrrellstrails@gmail.com www.tyrrellstrails.com Working GMU’s: 24, 25
nnnnn Alaska Elite Outfitters Michael Vanstrom PO Box 45, 3rd Ave Ekwok, AK 99580 907-464-6165 mike@alaskaeliteoutfitters.com alaskaeliteoutfitters.com Working GMU’s: 17-01, 17-02, 17-04
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G’s Greatland Guiding, LLC Gary Wall 2450 Highgate Circle Anchorage, AK 99502 907-223-4640 Cell garywallak@gmail.com
n Wallace’s Guide Service Jordan Wallace 1700 N. Westmoreland Dr. Wasilla, AK 99654 907-308-9190 wallacesguideservice@gmail.com Working GMU’s: 9, 24
nnnnn Brett Weaver Kodiak Bear Guides PO Box 51 • Port Lions, AK 99550 907-745-2264 brett@portlionslodge.com www.portlionslodge.com Working GMU’s: 8,9,10
nnn Alaska Pike Safaris & Wilderness Adventures Bruce Werba PO Box 102 • Holy Cross, AK 99602 907-476-7121 • 907-476-7225 Fax conniem122@hotmail.com www.alaskapike.com Working GMU’s: 9E
nnnn Buckey Winkley PO Box 221267 Anchorage, AK 99522 Stig Yngve 1657 Three Sisters Way Kodiak, AK 99615 907-942-7820 mongoslayer8@gmail.com Alaska Adventure Safaris Michael Zweng 4555 Chartier Rd. Marine City, MI 48039 810-278-7379 810-278-7379 fax alaskaadventure@live.com www.alaskaadventuresafaris.com Working GMU’s: 8
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Arctic Alaska Adventures Thor Stacey PO Box 211231 Auke Bay, AK 99821 907-723-1494 thorstacey@gmail.com
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ASS ISTAN T GUIDE S Stephen Abbott 91-116 Puhikani PL Ewa Beach, HI 96706 907-942-5980 coloradostephen@gmail. com Zach Basmajian 390 Barnes Hill Rd Delancey, NY 13752 631-678-7743 Zachbass29@gmail.com Derek Blake 6021 Bristol Drive Anchorage, AK 99516 907-830-8528 akderek@gmail.com Louis Cusack 23630 Fallow Circle Chugiak, AK 99567 907-790-8329 louis.cusack@outlook.com Kelly Daniels PO Box 112089 Anchorage, AK 99511 907-632-8132 kjdalaska@gmail.com Mitchell Davis PO Box 1193 Girdwood, AK 99587 307-880-1990 mitchdavis848@gmail.com David Dressel 9605 Dinaaka Dr Eagle River, AK 99577 518-951-9191 adkalaska@gmail.com
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Andreas Gruson 2525 Tarpon Road Naples, FL 34102 914-525-4565 agruson@ia-svcs.com Tim Haberberger PO Box 3149 Alpine, WY 83129 307-654-7564 307-654-1299 boxylodge@gmail.com www.boxylodge.com Fred Harbison 2805 Monteverde Road Fairbanks, AK 99709 Elias Holt 10248 Jamestown Dr Anchorage, AK 99507 eliaszaneholt@gmail.com James Hubbs 16812 Eleonora St Eagle River, AK 99577 907-830-8120 yhubbs@aol.com William Kays 6264 S Slipstream Cir. Wasilla, AK 99623 907-888-6961 billykays@yahoo.com Zack Knaebel PO Box 857 Tok, AK 99780 907-322-2903 zknaebel@gmail.com
David Dye 1651 S. Bay View Drive Wasilla, AK 99654 315-725-3162 moedelee@gmail.com
John Madsen Stephan Lake Lodge 5856 Freestate Rd Marshall, VA 20115 907-331-8045 madsen270@gmail.com www.stephanlakealaska.com
Andrew George 2240 Determination Dr Fairbanks, AK 99712 907-378-0130 bravingak@protonmail.com
Richard McAtee PO Box 182 West Glacier, MT 59936 406-249-6501 Richard.mcatee@gmail.com
Norm Goldslager PO Box 136 Anchor Point, AK 99556 510-919-3353 bearand6265@ horizonsatellite.com
Griffin McCullar 9940 William Jones Circle, Unit 2 Anchorage, AK 99515 661-333-0410 griffin.mccullar@yahoo.com
Mike Gray 48291 229th Clearbrook, MN 56634 218-533-0373 mvg8095@icloud.com
Treasure Hunter Lodge Trina Nation PO Box 388 Klawock, AK 99925 907-738-5700 Cell treasurehunterlodge@gmail. com www.alaskablackbearhunts. com Zachary Nemelka 2700 W 31st Ave Anchorage, AK 99517 385-230-5179 hookedonak@gmail.com Alaskan Odysseys Steve Opat PO Box 60242 Fairbanks, AK 99706 507-259-0697 opat1919@gmail.com www.alaskanodysseys.com Stephen Ostrander 236 Cox Road Sharts Chapel, TN 37866 907-315-9687 ostrander1967@icloud.com Travis Peden 2143 N. 21st St. Grand Junction, CO 81503 970-712-8292 wsom.peden@gmail.com Alexander Perez PO Box 1456 Palmer, AK 99645 954-243-3500 alex1988p@gmail.com Phil Perry Alaska Expedition Hunting 4801 Loretta Lane Anchorage, AK 99507 907-244-4828 Philperry77@yahoo.com www.alaskaexpedition hunting.com Ernest Pierce PO Box 556 Cooper Landing, AK 99572 907-797-4143 Aaron Pingree PO Box UGI Kodiak, AK 99697 907-942-0793 CHANGE kodiaktrapper@gmail.com Shane Reynolds 2040 Ripon Ave. Lewiston, ID 83501 208-880-2994 nwfishingexp@gmail.com
Shay Rosser 1950 W Sunday Circle Wasilla, AK 99654 907-414-4765 Shay.rosser@gmail.com Nicole Ruesink 17911 Almdale Ave Eagle River, AK 99577 907-854-5796 nicnhorses@hotmail.com www.rogueexpeditions.com Mark Saladin 4955 Deer Run Loop Carthage, MO 64836 417-850-6009 marksaladin@ cornerstonefamilydental. com John Sherwood 413 Shane Creek Rd. Columbus, MT 59019 406-780-0043 Sherwood451@gmail.com Barak Sternberg 1621 Early View Drive Anchorage, AK 99504 907-891-0550 barakandkim@gmail.com Hunter Taylor 9113 Lees Ridge Rd Warrenton, VA 20186 301-520-6613 hunterptaylor@gmail.com Kile Thimsen PO Box 873172 Wasilla, AK 99687 907-414-2772 kilethimsen@gmail.com akmountainhunter.com Jonathan White PO Box 3632 Soldotna, AK 99669 adventurequestalaska@ gmail.com Dan Wright 2367-A US Hwy 34 Drake, CO 80515 858-603-0900 danni_w2000@yahoo.com Matthew Zeleney 235 E. Kalli Ciricle, Apt 239-2 Wasilla, AK 99654 907-521-0521 M_zeleney@yahoo.com
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