Post by: RUM on May 19, 2022, 07:20:02 PM
I'm hunting Sitkas out of a wildlife refuge cabin this year.
Anyone have any first hand experience hunting out of a public use cabin on Kodiak? Willing to chat ? Msg me if you'd rather not comment here.
FYI dates are set cabin is booked float plane and commercial flights booked. Thanks!
Post by: redi on May 19, 2022, 07:28:52 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on May 19, 2022, 07:34:49 PM
Post by: Benny on May 19, 2022, 07:37:47 PM
Time of year also plays into it. If there were dudes hunting out of it prior, it will feel like the area has been pressured. If nobody has been there for a month…different story.
Where abouts is the cabin? Have a blast…no cooler place on earth!!
Post by: RUM on May 19, 2022, 07:45:18 PM
Post by: actionshooter on May 19, 2022, 08:31:25 PM
My experience has been hunting from a public cabin on Kodiak is a little like hunting from a national forest campground in the lower 48. There could be critters around but the further you get from the cabin, the higher the deer density is.
Time of year also plays into it. If there were dudes hunting out of it prior, it will feel like the area has been pressured. If nobody has been there for a month…different story.
Where abouts is the cabin? Have a blast…no cooler place on earth!!
This is exactly the way it was explained to me when I was up last year... did a tent camp and was miserable in November... so it does have it's perks
Post by: Karl Blanchard on May 19, 2022, 08:32:07 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on May 19, 2022, 08:37:02 PM
you guys got the REAL misery with that rain! When actionshooter was in the bush, we were grounded in kodiak. 5" of rain in 36hrs :chuckle: we had some good weather and some not so good the following week. Cabin would have been clutch but not without a way to cover some ground. Frazer is THICK with bears the first few weeks of November so keep your head on a swivel.My experience has been hunting from a public cabin on Kodiak is a little like hunting from a national forest campground in the lower 48. There could be critters around but the further you get from the cabin, the higher the deer density is.
Time of year also plays into it. If there were dudes hunting out of it prior, it will feel like the area has been pressured. If nobody has been there for a month…different story.
Where abouts is the cabin? Have a blast…no cooler place on earth!!
This is exactly the way it was explained to me when I was up last year... did a tent camp and was miserable in November... so it does have it's perks
Post by: millerwheeler on May 19, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Post by: Benny on May 19, 2022, 08:55:28 PM
Bears are a reality there. But you know that. Early Nov the grass is still usually long and it can be tough to see the dang things. I’ve never hunted Frazer but would love to…lots of history on that lake!!
Post by: callturner on May 19, 2022, 09:35:45 PM
Post by: RB on May 19, 2022, 10:01:43 PM
Post by: spin05 on May 20, 2022, 05:17:56 AM
Post by: actionshooter on May 20, 2022, 11:08:13 PM
you guys got the REAL misery with that rain! When actionshooter was in the bush, we were grounded in kodiak. 5" of rain in 36hrs :chuckle: we had some good weather and some not so good the following week. Cabin would have been clutch but not without a way to cover some ground. Frazer is THICK with bears the first few weeks of November so keep your head on a swivel.My experience has been hunting from a public cabin on Kodiak is a little like hunting from a national forest campground in the lower 48. There could be critters around but the further you get from the cabin, the higher the deer density is.
Time of year also plays into it. If there were dudes hunting out of it prior, it will feel like the area has been pressured. If nobody has been there for a month…different story.
Where abouts is the cabin? Have a blast…no cooler place on earth!!
This is exactly the way it was explained to me when I was up last year... did a tent camp and was miserable in November... so it does have it's perks
Ya... that was the wettest camp/hunt I have ever done... insane but deer or no deer, a cabin would have been pretty nice LOL
I will say, I did see more bears than bucks, they are freakin EVERYWHERE!
Post by: RUM on May 21, 2022, 06:02:40 AM
You taking a zodiac and motor by chance? If not I highly recommend.
Yes on the zodiac trying to set one up thru Kodiak kamp now. Will ship.om up if need be!
Post by: actionshooter on May 28, 2022, 03:41:23 PM
You taking a zodiac and motor by chance? If not I highly recommend.
Yes on the zodiac trying to set one up thru Kodiak kamp now. Will ship.om up if need be!
Good call on the zodiak.. it adds some cost, but is great way to get into areas that are tough to access. I wished we would have done it. When we had the amount of rain that we did, the creek at the end of the lake we were on rose and we were unable to cross in waders and essentially cut our area in half.