Pioneer Outfitters has been

one of the finest Hunting Outfits anywhere in North America since 1924. With a team of guides and staff chosen by Master Guide Terry Overly, the goal has always been not only to provide a successful hunt, but to also ensure that each client and guest enjoys the entire experience. The guides are chosen and trained here, in Chisana by Master Guide Terry Overly and his senior guides that a trainee accompanies during the years needed to develop the skills necessary to be one of Pioneer Outfitters' guides.

We are experienced in guiding and the art of hunting. Still, at times, the fickle finger of fate is a formidable foe. As are the Pioneer Outfitters Extreme Pro-Team Guides. Hard working, horse-savy, wilderness wonders and simply professional hunting guides will lead you up mountains, across rivers, through willows and stay at your side every step of the way.

We are located in the Wrangell St.-Elias National Park and Preserve. Master Guide Terry Overly has one of the largest areas in the largest National Park. Pioneer Outfitters' guide area is 65 miles long and 55 miles wide in the Guide Management Unit (GMU) 12. The Hard Park Boundry borders the area on two sides, keeping in mind that hunting is prohibited in the Hard Park. Due to the position of our guide area in relation to the Park's boundries, Sheep, Grizzly Bears, Alaska-Yukon Moose and Mountain Caribou roam freely into the hunting area out of the Hard Park, and as a result we will never run out of fine trophies to hunt with you.

Master Guide Terry Overly has lived and guided here in Chisana, in the same area, for over 6 decades. Chisana is unique in that it is a fly-in area only. Remote, as few places are anymore, outside of Alaska.

By the time our first hunter and guest arrives here in Chisana, at Pioneer Outfitters, we are at least 3-4 weeks into our preperation of his hunt. Wrangeling in all the horses from their summer range, trimming feet, getting them ready for shoes, checking saddles and gear, cutting firewood, making any repairs and hauling in groceries and supplies for hunting season.

Master Guide Terry Overly or one of the staff will meet you as you get off the plane. We will take you to one of our comfortable cabins that you will use while still in the main camp, take you or direct you to the Lodge, give you a familiarization tour around camp, so that you can find your way around and be where you want to be, when you want to be there. We'll have dinner, fill out paperwork, sort duffles, sight in rifles and get to know one another a little.

We use saddle horses and pack horses in all of our camps and on all of our hunts. Horses afford you the luxury of covering rough terrain, crossing rivers, creeks, and packing a very comfortable camp deep in excellent game country where no vehicle or even aircraft can go. When it comes to packing out meat and camp, I'm glad it's them and not us!

Our camps vary from small cabins with propane cook stoves and wood heat stoves to very comfortable wall tent camps. We use high quality nylon sleeping tents and wall tents with stoves on the last hunt in certain camps. Even though we have an extensive inventory of tents, camp gear, horse tack and that we strive for perfection and comfort on all of our hunts, it is good to note that we hunt the wild and wooly interior of the South Wrangell Mountains. This area is, once again, only accessed by aircraft is game rich, remote and surely one of the most spectacularly beautiful places in the world. We promise you, to do everything to ensure that you have the experience of a lifetime.

For more information, visit the Alaska Department of Fish & Game's Licensing website by clicking here.

Master Guide Terry Overly and his Pioneer Outfitters Pro Team Guides live in Chisana, Alaska year-round. There is no one, more qualified to lead you to your hunt of a lifetime.

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