King Eiders 5 for 5 in 30 hours

We started on time as always with our 1st guest's coming in Dec 28, No delays or hickups all our luggage made it with us along with our first group of guest's from Texas. Rex and Deb did a great job opening up camp as they came in the 23 to ready everything and as always had things in ship shape. A big thank you goes out to Moe, Michelle and Dustin for helping Deb and Rex with things and opening up. As for the EPic Day on Dec 28 Congrats to Moe and Jeff sorry i missed out on that fun, Moe stopped over that night to say hi and wish us a good season as I was unpacking and i could tell by the glow in his eyes that they had a great day. Then he told me the body count. 2 boats 6 hunters and allot of eiders. Congrats We started our season off on the 29th with the banks boat taking 3 hunters for kings and Rex and Russ taking 2 for Harlequin on superman point and the hunting didnt let us down, right out of the shoot the first day we banged em hard . Kings, Harlequin and Longtails. Then today the weather changed a bit but we still had a real good day knocking plenty more kings to the water and 5 hunters out of 5 all killing mature drakes in under 48 hours of landing on the Island, Not sure how much better we could do with 1 boat in the water as we were waiting for our 3rd zodiaks along with new motors to arrive for our 2nd King Boat. It arrived finally and as of tomorrow we will be up to full speed 3 boats, 2 snowmobiles and sleds and Me Rex and Russ in full gear. There seems to be allot of Kings around which is good and today one of our couples really hit some hogs, SO we are excited 3 more days and all the pressure is off just gravy hunting. Anyway Heres was opening day along with a few other happy guest's from the first 2 days hunting. Today 1 of our female hunters Stacey and her husband put the smackdown on the hogs, Texas will never be the same where do you go from here. in 2 days Stacey has taken Longtails, Limit of Harlequin, Trophy double barred Henalong with some hog Kings, This gal is a shooter. Guess it doesnt hurt that she has been a topped ranked shooter in the world for females I'll take 9 kings in the first 30 hours of hunting with only 1 king boat hunting and all Pigs any day of the year. No pressure now !! As we shook out the cob webs and are ready to hit it hard, Day 3 is bringing 20-35 knot winds NW so it will be a bit challenging but there is always somewhere to kill kings.[/COLOR][/B]

King Eider Mounts

Just Wanted to post a couple pics of our Kings That we took on island X. As many of you know we pioneered King Eider Hunting in 2000 and with our 12 season coming up you can still be assured of  the top King Eider hunts in all of the world. We are also still the only King Eider Outfitter that offers a 100% return policy for any of our hunters that don't have the opportunity to harvest a King Eider on our fully guided Island X trips.

Cheers Capt Charlie

2013 Dream hunt giveaway

A New fresh Season with Team X Treme and Aleutian Island Waterfowlers is upon us and we are proud to be sponsoring the 4th annual Island X dream Hunt giveaway again  as it is officially starting today.

The 2012/13 Dream hunt will be the biggest and best yet. Along With the 6 day all inclusive King Eider Dream Hunt on Island X, there will also be a Jeff Roderick Print of the King Eider that my wife had commissioned last year for me along with a $800 gift certificate from Harry Whitehead of Gunners Taxidermy towards a custom King Eider Mount , LZ King Eider decoy to hunt over from World Class Carver Michael Braun founder of LZ Decoys and to take home along with and A new Ithaca Model 37 Shotgun from our friends from the new Ithaca guns in upper Sandusky Ohio, And last but not least a Hand Carved and painted king Eider gunning decoy by Capt Russ Owens and owner of RWO decoys. We are very happy our continued supporters from top companies in the industry have joined us for this exciting year coming up.

 Join past Dream hunt winners such as Trip Jones, Darren Norda, Tony Smith Josh Melton or last years winner Jack Nash and win your King Eider Dream Hunt with Aleutian Island Waterfowlers on Island X.  For the slide show of highlights from 2012 here is the link  http://youtu.be/cIw9Gzhi9Is

We started this Dream trip Giveaway years ago to show the waterfowl community how to give back to deserving hunters who would really appreciate and deserve a trip like this but may never be able to pull it off and we are glad to beable to continue what we started due to the overwhelming past support of many of the members on here supporting us.

 Since we started the Alaska Island X Dream Hunt giveaway, many other outfitters have followed our lead and generosity I applaud them for also giving back to other deserving members of the waterfowl community.

So here it goes Please send me an email along with a short story to alaska.charlie@gmail.com with your request to be entered into the Island X dream hunt along with a picture included and we will be Announcing the winner Nov 25th  from Adak via internet while we are hunting for Pacific eiders Aleutian Teal, Harlequin and Eurasian Wigeon.

As always I have held a spot open for the hunt to take place this January and winners will be responsible for there rd trip Airfare from lower 48 to St Paul island.  We will cover the rest Capt Russ, Guide Rex, Debbie along with myself look forward to another great season on Island X with all our clients and The winner.

A huge congrats goes out to Last years winner Jack Nash AKA Waterfowl Fool as He is a true gentleman hunter and was very deserving of the hunt, with all his continued public service and past military service supporting all of us along with being a true family man that never gives up on what he believes in. It was a pleasure having you out on the island and making your dream come true. And a big thanks to Jerry Froelich of Flyway taxidermy for all his support last year and donated taxidermy to Jack Nash. Jacks Hunt interview   http://youtu.be/0KJ6R0LiKKE



We look forward to seeing everyone again this fall on Adak and St Paul Island.  We have 2 last minute cancellations that came open for adak and the deposits have been paid, $2500 balance per hunter will take the last 2 spots for a full week in NOV for Pacifics, ALeutian Teal , Harlequin & Scoters along with Ptarmigan.

Sincerely Charlie & Helen Summerville
Aleutian Island Waterfowlers

New Discovery TV Show filmed in Alaska

Yours Truly just got  back from anchorage after meeting with Discovery Channel and doing a casting call for a new upcoming Tv show based in remote Alaska, We Should have good news in a couple weeks.

The same producers of duck dynasty are negotiating with us for a new show with filming starting next summer. My fingers are crossed.

Alaska duck hunting season Approaches

The duck hunting season is looking great as we are almost completely filled starting in Sept, SPeaking of Sept Duck hunting on the Alaska Peninsula here is a video from opening week last season.

Another blast from the past, Many of you know that i went to florida this past fall in my quest for the Florida slam of ducks, I was very fortunate to have a great host and someone i consider a good friend after having the pleasure of hunting with them. Here is a quick highlight  video of the week.

Thanks Jack

King Eider decoys LZ decoys

A group of gunning King Eiders at the recent Ward's Worlds Decoy show by Mike Braun, These originals are for sale for $500 each, and rumor has it that there will be LZ King & Pacific decoys coming out in the fall. Love your decoys Mike

Australia Wildlife and DUCK hunting

Over in Australia, Duck hunting and Wildlife between Shows

Great Lakes Waterfowlers Westlake Decoy Show

Just finished another short clip from island X with more happy hunters harvesting King Eiders had a chance to put together a couple video clips  on my 15 hour flight Down Under. Just a short highlight when the Great Lakes Waterfowlers guys came up to island X King Eider Hunting, just wanted to share with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeE1s...ature=youtu.be 

Unfortunately i will miss you guys at the upcoming Westlake decoy show as I am sitting in Melbourne Australia attending another show  along with enjoying some fishing and possible Duck hunting, But we will have the Aleutian Island Waterfowlers booth there with Capt Russ & Ethan at the show manning the booth. Thanks again it was great hunting with everyone and hope to see more of the GLW Hunters in the future. If anyone has any questions on our upcoming trips to Adak In November MArk & Luke Costillo will be answering questions also about there hunts last year.

Capt Charlie

Texas Duck Hunter Hunts Adak Island ALaska

Dr Wayne Talking about his trip to Adak Island duck hunting with Aleutian ISland Waterfowlers Congratulayions Wayne on your Success.

Pacific Eider Hunt locations

We have been getting allot of calls about Pacific Eider hunting on Adak vs the competition  here are the facts I have spent the last 26years in Alaska flying to all the remote areas  traveling down the Peninsula each fall and can compare the 2 places honestly. where as many of the so called experts out there havn't even been to either place themselves there just getting 2nd hand info from past hunters.

The Facts about Pacific Eider Hunting By the Expert:

If you want a great Pacific Eider hunt In Alaska without the worry of wondering who your guide is and if he knows anything about duck hunting, Then Aleutian Islands Waterfowlers is your choice hands down. Yes there are other locations to hunt Pacific Eiders but the facts are simple and not debatable that Adak Island in November and Aleutian Island Waterfowlers offers the best value multiple species hunt available with a 100% return Policy, during November with minimal risk that weather is gonna shut you down. 


Adak weather in January is Horrible and i would never reccomend hunting there that late unfortunately a few hunters in the past have done so with very mixed reviews for Pacific eiders with many getting skunked and so Adak had gotten a marginal Reputation. Its Real simple dont hunt there in the middle of the winter.


All our Nov- early Dec Pacific Eider hunters in 2011 on Adak harvested Trophy Pacific Eiders 100% success and we would be glad to let you talk to them as references.

Were not on Adak collecting glass balls after 1-2 days of hunting or being sent home early or beach combing when the wind blows over 20 or the fresh water river freezes up.  Our guest's don't want  to fly home early cause your local guide drops you off at the local BB after you kill your Pacific Eiders on the first day with nothing else to do.

On Adak We are here to go hunting and thats what our professional Guides do we take you hunting.   We have 8 Species of ducks to go after along with Ptarmigan and we will give you a full week hunt a great value, if you still want more to do you can choose to rent a 4 wheeler and go unguided Caribou hunting for the last  couple days. ANyone who has ever hunted with ALeutian Island Waterfowlers knows we will work harder than anyone to get you to the X.


The  sheer beauty of Adak and the history vs the windblown Alaska Peninsula on the coast. No comparison

I guess in the end It boils down to what kind of hunt you want, and if you want to hunt with a year round Professional guide with a 26 year history guiding in Alaska or a part time local guide that a booking agent booked you with so he made his 20% commission and gets the taxidermy work, Then go ahead i wish you the best will you kill Eiders Probably but it will not be the same high quality trip we offer.  We are in it for 1 reason to build long term relationships with our hunters and become friends and we accomplish this by giving 100% each and every day. We look forward to hunting with you in the future.
If anyone has any further questions or concerns and want the straight scoop i can be reached at my office via Phone or email.

Sincerely Capt Charlie Summerville

Owner/BushPilot-Guide
Aleutian Island Waterfowlers
252-923-9939
www.alaskaduckhuntingguides.com 
alaska.charlie@gmail.com

 

Pacific EIder Hunts on Adak

Just wanted to share with all our duck hunters out there that we just finished our new Pacific EIder Hunting page on our website Please go take a look. We still have a few great openings for November of 2012 at the rate of $3800pp per week. this isnt a 1 or 2 day pacific eider hunt like the competition but a full week Duck hunting Extavaganza to Adak Island with a 100& return policy. http://www.alaskakingeideroutfitters.com/alaskankingeideroutfitters/Pacific_Eiders.html Take care and Good luck. Capt Charlie

Week 1 King Eiders hunting Video

Just wanted to show all the folks out there how much fun was being had on Island X this year with Team Xtreme Opening week of King Eider hunting on Island X with Aleutian Island Waterfowlers.

Our 2011/12 Island x season is finished!! The last 3 days were hands down the worst weather we had to deal with the whole season. With temperatures dipping to 5 degrees and the winds averaging 40-45 with lots of wind around 60 it made a tough last few days as us guides, We never quit and we kept picking away at birds at desperation Cove, NE point and Sealion Point. Everyone went home with Kings and a couple guys even got there 4 this past week. Just a few pics from the past few days with me and the staff saying goodbye in Anchorage and heading south for a while. We only have a few openings left for 2012/13 so if anyone is interested please get ahold of me ASAP. We even saw a moose in Anchorage today and Russell took a couple pics.

Russ and Rex Show at NE

Week 5 went just as planned 3 hunted from the boat with me in the previous post and the other 4 hunters went with Capt Russ and Rex to one of our shore points up north. Mark,Mike Jeff and Bob had a great start with around 200 Kings flying by in the first hour along with several groups of trophy Harlequin,The birds gave the guys some great action to start there week off. As always many of the Kings were outside range of our shotguns, but this still keeps the action and adrenaline pumped up. Mike was the top gun at NE with 2 kings and 3 harlequin in am and another king and 2 WW in the after noon. Bob also broke his cherry with his first King and had some shooting at Harlequin, Overall 5 out of 7 hunters for the day ended with a total of 12 Kings along with a real nice mix bag of WW,Harlequin and Longtails. Russ had a great afternoon in the Bankes boat to finish the afternoon out strong for everyone.

World Champion Taxidermist and guides get it done

Week 5 with Capt Pat Haggerty Owner of Maine Seaduck guide Service good friend Joe Ruggeri and Jerry Froelich Owner of Flyway Taxidermy and current 2 time world champion Waterfowl Taxidermy champion along with many good friends Had the strongest start of any group this year, The winds let up this morning and we busted ice for 200 yds to get out of the harbor but we got there, Our new Decoy Spread was on fire with Kings landing in the decoys as soon as we got them set up. This was one of the top King Days we have ever had with Kings landing in the decoys, I was flagging hard and it worked perfect. With 3 very skilled shooters in the boat and a 2nd Pro Seaduck guide with me hunting and helping me with decoys and lines things went real good. And the pictures will tell the rest of the story. Just ask Capt Pat about Kings Decoying and he will tell you the rest. For about 10 minutes at first light I thought I was gonna have to give these guys some Zanax as they were jumpng out of there skin and heads swiveling around like a possessed demon. 3 type A people and kings flying every where is a recipe for King Fever. The initial King Fever settled down and things all worked out. Capt Pat Haggerty with his first Drake of the Day

Jerry Froelich and Capt Pat with the first 2 kings of the day

Joe Jerry and Pat with the first 3

30 minutes later this is where we were at

The final Outcome at 2pm for day 1 in the Bankes Boat with with me.

Week 5 starting

Team Delta just left tonight and on there way home should be back in anchorage around 930, Our last group with Jerry Froelich and Guest's along with Pat Haggerty of Maine Seaduck guides and friends are in camp and we are all getting excited for tomorrow. A big congrats goes to Pat as he got his first harlequin tonight at desperation cove along with Joe getting a trophy Longtail, Some nice bonus birds.

Wind, WInd and more Wind

Today was the last full day of hunting for Team Delta and GLW, We woke to 35mph NE winds with the forecast to blow to 40, And the weather service was dead on 40 is about the limit to hunt from the boat, We had a few shots at Kings on Sealion neck but the 15-20 ft waves were just too much with the gust's reaching 45. A couple of the guys hunted Desperation cove and shot a few Harlequin and then we went to the Lagoon for a few Longtails. Overall a tough day with the weather. We finished the day off with a great last meal of Surf & Turf Primerib and all the crab legs you can eat along with some dirty rice and Duck. Overall a great week and some memories that will never be forgotten and meeting some great new people that we will have see again in the near future. I want to Personally thank all the guys for coming and there understanding of what a real trophy hunt is and appreciating the raw power and Beauty of the Bering Sea and the bounty she gives up hard the might King Eider. Overall for the week we harvested 19 King EIders along with many HArlequin, Longtails 3 goldeneye and a couple WW scoters, considering the weather and wind We are all very happy. We were blessed to have some very talented people here this week and Singer Song Writer Shawn Philbrick who harvested his limit of kings wrote a very inspirational Song - Ballad about the Bering Sea named In Pursuit of the King. We will be releasing it shortly as it is great. Thank You very much I love it.

John's Redemption

Day 3 of Team GLW was another great day despite the winds and weather, Our experience paid off again making the right calls for our guest's, Rex hunted Sealion neck with 3 of the guys and had a great morning as John got a trophy Pair with em, we got another 7 Kings total for the day so we are up to 19 kings for the week, along with a nice mixed bag of 2 Common goldeneye,4 Harlequin, 2 longtails. AIW keeps Rolling along consistently getting there kings everyday. Shawn and Dan hunted in the Boat this afternoon with me and ended up smashing the kings and Harlequin during our short hunt. Everyone has at least 2 kings for the week and most have 3 or 4. 1 more day and week 5 starts

GLW GETS IT DONE

Team GlW beat the weather and the king Eider gods again, 2 days in a row we have fought 25-40 mph winds, Rex and Russ went to Sea Lion Point and Killed a few nice Birds, And I took the bankes boat out again with team wookie. Here is the outcome, as of 2pm we had to come in as the 40mph east winds really got things riled up in the Washing machine. Darren got his Harlequin and completed his NA waterfowl slam, Congrats Darren Brookes. EVeryone had a good day again and now its time for another great dinner By Deb.