Kodiak Brown Bear Hunting Area 13
Karluk Lake

Drawing Hunt Designation

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident DB 213 DB 243
Non Resident DB 113 DB 143

Area Description

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

Location

Southwestern Kodiak Island, includes Karluk Lake and the drainages around the lake. Hunt area also included approximately 3 miles of the upper Karluk River. See area map (Image file 84 kB).

Topography and Habitat

Mountainous terrain intersected with numerous drainages, grass and cottonwood flats along the lower elevations with alder and willow thickets extending up to 1500' in elevation around Karluk Lake. Two small lakes, O'Malley and Thumb, are south and southeast of Karluk Lake.

Land Ownership

Lands south of Thumb Lake are within Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, with the remainder being Koniag, Inc. lands.

Public Use Cabins

Cabins on Camp Island and the outlet may be reserved from Koniag Inc.

Bear Harvest

2017 chance of being drawn

Residency Fall Spring
Alaska Resident 1% 2%
Non Resident 100% 100%
  Hunters Afield Bears Harvested Percent Males Average Skull Size
Fall 2017 5 3 67% 22.29
Spring 2017 8 3 67% 25.12
Fall 2016 4 3 67% 20.66
Spring 2016 5 3 100% 27.18
Fall 2015 4 2 50% 22.72
Spring 2015 8 5 80% 25.07
Fall 2014 5 3 67% 22.80

Largest bear killed in this Hunt Area

29 13/16" (Spring 2014)
"Green" measurement - Not Official

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