HI,

I am planning to relocate to POW, I will be there this August.I am also thinking of maybe another area, as I do like hunting better than fishing,fish is great but I like hunting alittle more.Now my question, where would be a few of the better areas for hunting Bear black and brown and moose?As far as any other concerns job, family stuff I am not concerned about it so I would be open for any area.I saw a town called Cordova, I thought it was very beautiful.I just wonder how the hunting is there if anyone has any suggestion I am all ears,love the woods and mountains, I thought before I go to take a real good look,Kev

Kev,

I've lived in SW Alaska for 22 years. The overall hunting and fishing are unsurpassed particularly for moose and brown bear. Send me a e-mail if you want specific details.

SE Alaska is great country but it rains all the time and the hunting although good is fairly limited.

Regards,

Mark

Kev,

Spent many a two week stint in Cordova over the years. Always during the summer though. They have brown and black bears, plus plenty of moose. Also some Mt Goats in the area and it's a decent jumping off spot for sheep.

Strange little town though. No road access, and in the winter the long road to the hunting grounds is snowed in under huge snow drifts.

HI,


On there web site, Cordova, they had a mega video and it look great,but no roads,that is alittle strange.I will look into it, I like woods and mountains more than the sea, the sea is great but man it kicks my butt, I have very weak sea legs,I turn green.I also like the fact I would be able to hunt black and brown bear along with moose. The Island has only black and no moose,Thanks Kev

No road access is not very "strange" for a lot of AK.

The advantage of a lack of roads is a lack of people. If you can afford to live in a roadless area, the hunting, fishing and general outdoor lifestyle will be greatly improved. Just don't underestimate the cost of living in roadless areas, it is also greatly increased. Cordova may eventually get connected to the road system.

From the comments of a buddy who has hunted Cordova the last several years, the moose population is down, but there are lots of grizzly bears!

Kev
IMO it's all good...If you can,take some time to visit
different areas before you commit.

I logged in the Adirondacks for awhile.A friend invited me down to "The Southern Tier" in NY to deer hunt the farm.
All my hunting experience was state land in CT.
Well I fell in love with the area.Scraped a down payment together for 50 acres in one of the top two deer counties
in NY.I never had a chance to hunt it myself...too busy
paying for it,but my brother killed his first buck off it,
my cousin killed his first two deer,both the same day.And
an uncle who was dying of cancer got to kill the last
buck of his life there.
Anyways my sole purpose of buying the place was to
retire there.Then I went elk hunting in Wyoming...The day
I came home from that trip I put the land up for sale.
Thought I'd found paradise,and Wyoming is.But,then I
went to Alaska...

Well the point is,if you settle too soon you might not
find "the best" place for you.So in a long winded way
take some time,tour around.Rent places before you commit
to buying.My .02

Good luck Kev
Jeff

HI,

JEFFP, thanks for the help,I am most likely going to do what you have said.I was all set to buy land and set up on POW,but now that I have a far better understand of the area and other areas, I am going to do the camper thing for a time. And I also understand that many of the places I want to check out are not on the road system,so I will get as close to the area I an interested in then either fly or boat into that area to check it out,I have time,thanks,Kev

Bethel. 3 Black Bear yearly limit. Lot's of Brown Bear with a one every year limit instead of the one every 4 year limit. Lot's of Caribou from Sept. through March. If you had a boat there is always the long river trips for moose. Also we have an over abundance of Fox and Wolves.

HI,

ALLEN, it is a very nice area, but again the big problem that I am begining to understand is that places in AK that are not on any road system,which are many. How would one even relocate there if they wanted? How are you to bring your belonging, on top of a airplane and if you buy land there how can you even get building matterals there with no roads? Some things that I see are the problem,if you have a camper,what can you do fly it in? I guess there has to be an answer as there are people there who had to move there one way or another,I am still going to get there,some where in AK, but is not going to be easy at all,Thanks,Kev

What about a job to get .... I dont know?? Money??

HI,

I do not need one it is called retired,Kev

Wherever you move to in Alaska, anything is possible as long as you have a ton of money, since everything is expensive up here. For example, lets say that I buy a 4,000-square modular home from Pacific Lumber in Canada for $92,000. I would have to pay nearly $15,000 to get it shipped to Fairbanks, which is the largest city in Alaska. By the time I buy the lot to build the home on, then the home, materials, etc., the cost would be somewhere around $200,000 (if not more). Flying across Alaska is extremely expensive, too. For example, I could fly to Seattle at a much lower cost than to fly to Cordoba from Fairbanks. No road access means: Flying (the most expensive), or by snow mobile during the winter, or reaching your place by boat during the summer months (the second most expensive).