Waterfowl is hunted during the first weeks of May until the birds begin molting. These are the main animals hunted by residents. Boats are the main type of transportation used when hunting for caribou, moose, waterfowl, and geese, although during the winter snow machines and ATVs are also used for hunting. Most of the meat from an animal is frozen, but some of it is dried, smoked, or eaten fresh. All residents have large freezers for storing their meat and smoke houses for drying and smoking their game.
Subsistence fishing is also an important source of meat for residents as well as for their dogs.
Silver Salmon are the most valued fish community members harvest, but King Salmon, Dog Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Whitefish, and Blackfish are also commonly eaten. The salmon run up the Kvichak River, one of the largest in the world, usually starts around the last week of June and continues through the middle of July. Salmon swim up the Kvichak River into Lake Iliamna when they spawn and later die. An average salmon run is approximately 6 million, but this summer's total run only reached 2 million. Most community members who put up salmon catch the fish in drift nets, but some also snag fish for them.