Kodiak Brown Bear Hunting Area 09
Dog Salmon River

Drawing Hunt Designation

Exclusive Guide Area

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident DB 209 DB 239
Non Resident DB 109 DB 139

Area Description

(USGS Maps - Karluk A-1 & Kodiak A-6 )

Location

Southern Kodiak Island, includes the Dog Salmon River from the upper falls (south of Frazer Lake) to Olga Bay, East Fork valley, the Northwestern side of Greyback Mountain, and the west side of the Moser Peninsula. See area map (Image file 120 kB).

Topography and Habitat

Numerous cottonwood trees and grass flats occupy the lower river bottom. Dense alder thickets on steep hillsides up to alpine areas that start at 1500'. The upper river valley is mostly tundra vegetation and grassland with interspersed willow patches. There are also a few shallow ponds.

Land Ownership

Most of lands along the Dog Salmon River within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, with some Akhiok-Kaguyak Inc. lands and private lands on the Moser Peninsula.

Public Use Cabins

None.

Bear Harvest

2017 chance of being drawn

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident 1% 5%
Non Resident 100% 100%
  Hunters Afield Bears Harvested Percent Males Average Skull Size
Fall 2017 3 1 100% 27.31
Spring 2017 6 4 75% 24.75
Fall 2016 1 1 100% 28.19
Spring 2016 7 5 100% 26.64
Fall 2015 2 0 Not applicable Not applicable
Spring 2015 5 4 100% 27.03
Fall 2014 2 1 100% 28.70

Largest bear killed in this Hunt Area

29 3/8" (Fall 2011)
"Green" measurement - Not Official

Guides registered for this Hunt Area (as of April 2018):