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Wildfowl Magazine • May 1, 2025
Top 5 Duck Hunting Destinations in the Pacific Flyway
“Last year’s opening week was one of the best we’ve seen,” shares Jeff Wasley of Four Flyways Outfitters. Wasley is not only one of the most respected waterfowl guides in the country, he’s one of the best hunters I’ve met. He’s been guiding in Alaska for 19 years, and hunting it much longer than that. Wasley happens to be the Mayor of Cold Bay, and has a deep seated interest and respect for this special place.”
NRA American Hunter Magazine • March 7, 2025
A Wingshooter’s Paradise: Cold Bay, Alaska
“Few experiences in a hunter’s life compare with acquiring an over-the-counter tag for an emperor goose, or hunting a flock of 80,000 brant or any other of the myriad waterfowl that live on the Alaska Peninsula. And the fishing here—fuggedaboutit. This is a wingshooting and fishing paradise.”
The Waterfowl System Built for Frigid Conditions
There’s harsh conditions, and then there’s Bering Sea, King Eider hunting conditions. Brandon Neitzel breakdowns his skin-to-shell system on his trip to the coast of Alaska with Jeff Wasley and Four Flyways Outfitters.
Kings of the Bering Sea
One of the most unforgiving waterfowl landscapes, St Paul Island, Alaska; where you and your pals make bets on who’s getting sea sick or not. 50+ mile per hour winds, 10-15 foot swells and conditions that only mother nature can guarantee. Brandon Neitzel and crew travel to the edge of the earth to chase King Eider ducks in the Bering Sea with Jeff Wasley and Four Flyways Outfitters.
Wildfowl Magazine • Equipment Issue 2024
The Return to St. Paul: Part Two
“Wasley’s new 115 hp outboard and 22 foot vessel with a modified V hull is a huge improvement over the knock-off Zodiacs deployed on our last venture.”
Wildfowl Magazine • Equipment Issue 2024
The Return to St. Paul: Part One
“Plus, I badly wanted to hunt with Wasley again. For a trained biologist he’s much more of a Jeremiah Johnson character than a scientist. He is cut from a different cloth, ‘ol Cap, one of the most unflappable men I’ve met. So, I called our friends at Benelli to see if they would support a mission back to the Rock, and they were all in.”
Wildfowl Magazine • May 17, 2024
Raising a Waterfowler
Passing On The Love for Hunting to our Kids is a Vital Role of Being a Parent.
Ducks Unlimited Magazine • March/April 2024
Bucket-List Trip
How to get the most out of your hunt of a lifetime.
Wildfowl Magazine • September 13, 2023
Top 5 Pacific Flyway Hunting Destinations
“There’s only one guide I’d hunt with in Cold Bay and Izembek Lagoon, Jeff Wasley of Four Flyways Outfitters. Wasley also guides for prized king eiders on remote Saint Paul Island, and I’ve done this hunt with him. This is all big water with major weather and Wasley is tops for safety and waterfowl hunting knowledge. I’d hunt with him anytime, anywhere.“
Wildfowl Magazine • January 2023
The Pacific Black Brant Enigma: Part 2
Pursuing the Pacific black brant in Mexico.
“The brant hunting was good, but nothing like I’ve experienced over the years in Alaska, especially with noted guide, Jeff Wasley of Four Flyways Outfitters, in Cold Bay–no brant hunting in the world comes close to that.”
Wildfowl Magazine • January 2023
The Pacific Black Brant Enigma: Part 1
A close look at the pacific population of this mysterious saltwater goose.
Wildfowl Magazine • December 2022
The Guide to Completing the North American Waterfowl Grand Slam
“I hunted with Four Flyways Outfitters and I recommend them not just because I killed a king, but because they offer a safe hunt with sound equipment.”
Field & Stream • December 2022
Going Wild for Harlequins in Cold Bay, Alaska
In late November, there are simpler—and closer-to-home—waterfowl shoots than a harlequin hunt. But very few are as adventurous, or wild.
Wildfowl Magazine • September 21, 2022
Why You Should Finish Ducks and Geese in the Decoys: Wildfowl Playbook
It pays to be patient and enjoy the art of decoying.
Ducks Unlimited Magazine • January/February 2022
Divers the Hard Way
“Hunting big water from a layout boat is specialized, difficult, and even a little dangerous. But…nothing else compares.”
Wildfowl Magazine • June/July 2020
Cold Bay: Ultimate Alaska
“I’ve been fortunate to hunt with many avid waterfowlers over the years, and Wasley is among the best of the best. A former biologist, Wasley’s passion for duck hunting is contagious. His knowledge of the birds he hunts, and the land where he makes his living, is unmatched. Even throughout the Lower 48, Wasley is regarded as one of the best waterfowl outfitters in the country, and tops when it comes to Alaska. Wasley is also one of the best, safest boat captains I’ve ever been with. Because he can access prime stretchs of Izembek Lagoon, this opens up a great deal of remote waters where you’ll never see another hunters.”
“It was the best waterfowl hunting we had ever experienced, anywhere in North America, and was the most Alaska adventure we could ask for.”
American Waterfowler • November/December 2019
Navigating Rough Water
“Wasley is one captain whom I would trust with my life operating a boat in any situation, and we have had our fair share of experiences in both Cold Bay and off Saint Paul Island in Alaska.”
Shooting Sportsman • September/October 2019
Cold Bay Fowling
“Overall, my visit to Cold Bay was one of those waterfowling experiences that had it all: excellent hunting for a variety of species, quality accommodations and food, and a knowledgeable guide—all shared with a group of good friends.
While hunting at Cold Bay requires effort and is a commitment of time and money, it is a magical experience, with uncrowded conditions, excellent action and spectacular scenery. Seeing the largest concentration of brant in the world and an amazing array of ducks is well worth the journey.”
Shooting Sportsman • September/October 2019
Hail, Emperor Geese!
“Emperor geese are birds of the Arctic found in Alaska and portions of Siberia. Up to 90 percent of the population breeds in western Alaska, with a significant segment utilizing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. They winter on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island.”
Delta Waterfowl Magazine • Fall 2019
The Emperor’s Return
After three decades of closed seasons, a father and daughter draw rare Emperor Goose hunting tags.
Delta Waterfowl Magazine • Fall 2019
A Bering Sea Rarity: The banded King Eider shot by a Montana woman was at least 24 years old
“Rogers and her father booked the January 2019 hunt with Capt. Jeff Wasley of Cold Bay, Alaska. St. Paul Island is a speck of land in the Bering Sea west of the Alaskan Peninsula and north of the Aleutians known for fur seals, king crabs and King Eiders…Rogers shares, “I was really lucky to have a dad who took time to enthusiastically share these lessons with me.”
Hunt Alaska Magazine • July 2019
Technical Talk – Izembek Waterfowl Extravaganza
“I love hunting brant, as they decoy unlike any goose I’ve seen. They’re also my favorite eating of all waterfowl.”
Hunt Alaska Magazine • Summer 2018
Sea Duck Reflections
“I’ve hunted with many great waterfowlers over the decades, and Wasley is among the best. Since boyhood, Wasley had a passion for waterfowl hunting, which led to his getting a biology degree and later working for the U.S. Geological Survey, condusting waterfowl studies from Alaska to Mexico. Wasley’s knowledge of and passion for hunting these birds is contagious.”
“I’d hunted brants before, and rank them as the number one-eating goose by far. Taking a possession limit of these birds home for the family to enjoy was worth the price of admission.”
Wildfowl Magazine • April/May 2018
Quest for an Emperor
“Closed for three decades, the hunt is on for one of North America’s most prized birds.”
Wildfowl Magazine • April/May 2017
Alaska Part I: Cold Bay
“In the pre-dawn, winds were soon gusting to 70 mph, howling straight off the ocean and lashing at our windows, spewing sideways rain and slush. You could hear storm surf pounding as we awoke at “sunrise,” roughly 9:30 a.m. The group of hunters assumed we’d wait for it to calm, that no ducks could fly in that kind of weather.
But that’s not the Captain Jeff Wasley way. The lodge door burst open, and Wasley blew in with a gust and stood there, already soaked, with waterdrops flecked on his eyeglasses, and murmured “20 minutes and we roll out.” Ever more the bearded sea captain
than mild-mannered biologist he also is, Wasley started Four Flyways for his great love of ducks and hunting, and he is at the top of the food chain and, well geographically, the world.”
Ducks Unlimited New Zealand • November 2016
Judgment in Cold Bay
“The first day we were attacked by hordes of pintails and mallards, so many that we all ran out of ammo.”
Shooting Sportsman • November/December 2015
Hot Times in Cold Bay
“One morning we took one of Jeff’s sturdy aluminum boats and headed across Cold Bay. Jeff always seemed to know exactly where and when to set the decoys, and his experience paid big dividends.”
Hunt Alaska Magazine • Fall 2015
Cold Bay: A Small Town with a Big Waterfowl Problem
“Ryan met his guide, Jeff Wasley, at a tiny Cold Bay airport and immediately began his friendship with a fellow who has spent his whole life in the study and pursuit of waterfowl. Jeff is consumed by everything to do with waterfowl. The Duck Commander has nothing on this fellow! He came to Cold Bay in 2002 to work for the government, studying, counting, mapping, banding and in the end learning the entire area so well he has become perhaps the most knowledgeable expert on the entire refuge and each of its many wildlife inhabitants.”
Alaska Sporting Journal • January 2015
Hunting for the Hearty
“I’ve been fortunate to travel much of the state, and the bird hunting at Cold Bay is unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” shares Tim Delarm, produce of Alaska Outdoors TV.
California Waterfowl • Summer 2012
The Izembek Lagoon
“Jeff made us fresh brant that evening, and I have to say that it tasted like finger steaks right off the grill.”