Alaska Arctic Adventures

Alaska Arctic Adventures is a family operation with roots stretching back to 1924. Striker Overly, owner and registered guide outfitter, runs the outfit his grandparents and father built decades before Alaska achieved statehood. This isn't a new operation trying to figure things out—this is institutional knowledge about Arctic hunting built over generations.

"The success of your hunt is dependent on many things, weather is a major factor... Never second guess your guide, he knows the patterns, country and how to get you back to camp safely each night."

Alaska Arctic Adventures runs a tight ship with licensed guides including Hunter Overly, Hunter Taylor, John Murphy, George Pine, Jason Weaver, and Randy Krebill. The outfit enforces a philosophy: persistence and patience are your best attributes when hunting caribou and grizzlies. Bad weather happens. Your guide knows when to wait it out.

Caribou hunts run July through September across Alaska's remote north slope of the Brooks Range. Trophy bulls are plentiful during migration, though caribou hunting follows a feast-or-famine pattern—you might go days seeing nothing, then suddenly be overrun with animals.

• •2 on 1 Caribou Hunt: $16,900
• •1 on 1 Caribou Hunt (7 days): $19,900
• •Grizzly on Trophy Fee (during caribou hunt): $12,500

Family hunts are a specialty. Two-on-one and three-on-one ratios make these trips more affordable for fathers, sons, daughters, and spouses hunting together.

Arctic grizzlies come in multiple color phases—chocolate, blonde, all-black, and the distinctive "Toklat" with chocolate paws and muzzle. Hunts focus on glassing over berry patches, root-digging areas, and willow bars with fresh grasses. One-on-one raft hunts, two-on-one packages, and family options available.

• •1 on 1 Grizzly Hunt (7 days): $23,900
• •Additional Caribou on Trophy Fee: $5,000 (Alaska residents only)

Bow hunters get special attention. The outfit takes a high volume of bow hunters and understands the different demands compared to rifle hunting.

May through early June, hunt over bait in high-density black bear country where cinnamon phase bears are common. It's also legal to harvest grizzly bears over black bear bait in this area, and same-day airborne hunting for baiting purposes is allowed. Spot-and-stalk 10-day packages increase your odds on grizzlies.

• •2026 Spring Bear Pricing (May 6 - June 6 dates available):
• •Grizzly 1 on 1: $23,900
• •Color Phase Black Bear 1 on 1: $10,500
• •2 on 1 Black Bear (per person): $8,500
• •Black Bear Trophy Fee: $1,500–$2,500
• •Grizzly Trophy Fee: $12,500

You're not roughing it. Hunts operate from comfortable cabins along rivers in interior Alaska. Stay in Pike's Waterfront Lodge (with steam room, riverside deck, restaurant, and wireless Internet) before or after your hunt. The scenery is genuinely untouched wilderness—you'll see wolves, caribou, moose, muskox, wolverines, and Arctic fox alongside your hunting.

You'll also see that grizzly hunting really is "hours of boredom followed by minutes of stark terror." One documented hunt shows what that looks like: glassing over a known blueberry patch in early September, spotting a bear, waiting two hours for it to emerge from an alder patch, finally watching it come out—then having it run straight at you through thick brush. The bushes parted as the bear charged. It stopped 30 yards away. Then the real work began.

• •Licenses & Tags: Purchase your Alaska hunting license and big game metal locking tags online at least 30 days before your hunt. Harvest tickets must be downloaded online no earlier than July 1st of your hunt year (they expire June 30th). There's no fee for harvest tickets.

• •Documents to Complete:
• •Hunt contract
• •Client questionnaire
• •Travel information and schedule
• •Camping gear checklist
• •Pre-hunt checklist

• •Trip Insurance: Strongly recommended. Medical emergencies and cancellations happen. Trip insurance is worth its weight in gold if you need it.

• •Taxidermy: Partner with RJ Simington, Master Taxidermist and National Taxidermy Association Certified Judge, for your trophy mount.

Tok, Alaska Phone: 907-505-0290 Email: [email protected]