PROBABLY ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO WE WENT OUT THERE AND HUNTED IN THE FAR SOUTH WEST PORTION. NO GUIDE SERVICE BUT WE STAYED ON A 70 FOOT BOAT. IT WAS $1100 FOR SIX DAYS PER PERSON AND WE USED THE MAIL PLANE THAT WAS ABOUT $100 PLUS $0.45 PER POUND OVER 45 FOR GEAR. BUT THEN YOU NEED A WAY TO GET AWAY FROM THE VILLAGE.THAT BOAT WAS A COMMERCIAL BOAT AND I HEARD IT SANK WHEN FISH YEARS LATER. WE SAW 50-75 DEER EACH/ EACH DAY. ONE GUY SAW 13 BEARS. 7 IN A TWO HR PERIOD. THE OTHER 6 WERE ACTUALLY THREE TEENAGE CUBS THAT HE SAW TWICE ABOUT 4 DAYS APART. ONE OF THOSE TRACKED HIM TO THE WATER THE FIRST TIME <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> ISLAND AIR OUT OF KODIAK IS A GOOD FLIGHT SERVICE. IF YOU CHARTERED I'VE HEARD OVER $1000 RT BUT PLENTY OF ROOM AND IT COULD PROBABLY HANDLE 4 PEOPLE AND LOTS OF GEAR.MANY PEOPLE THAT CAMP HAVE LOTS OF BEAR PROBLEMS. SOME GUYS I KNOW SHOT 12 DEER AND ONLY GOT TO BRING 2 BACK, HAD SOME TAKEN FROM A TREE 20 FEET UP..I SAW PICTURES WITH A BEAR UP IN THE TREE....THEY CAN CLIMB..IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS THE YOUNGER BEARS THAT ARE ABLE TO CLIMB.FOR ME CABINS OR BOATS TO SLEEP ON ARE THE WAY TO GO.I CAN SLLEP BETTER THEN <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>