Frank Church

[jstone]

Whats the price for the flight round trip per person? Maybe out of stanley? or i guess where ever some of you have flown from

[Mr Mykiss]

Give them a call. Rod is your man. We fly for work with a bunch of crap with us, usually multiple planes, sometimes multiple trips, islanders and 209's, so it's expensive.

[fishngamereaper]

Whats the price for the flight round trip per person? Maybe out of stanley? or i guess where ever some of you have flown from

It was like $300 round trip, but that was 6 years ago...Check their website if they still have one.

Mykiss sounds like he has flown in a few times. His description of the flight is spot on, tree tops, cliffs, quick drops, cross you fingers when you land hoping a moose or elk doesnt step into the runnway...etc

And BE in SHAPE.....The Mental part is alot of it, but like most back country hunting, if you dont have the legs and lungs, then your more likely to fail...internal drive only gets you so far. It might get you the kill but it wont get you up and down 2000ft ridges to get your kill out.

[brocka]

McCall air is who we planned on using, It was going to be a little over $500 each for 4 of us to go in & out.

[westside Elkhunter]

I have been looking into doing a fly in hunt. I saw there are a few airstrips to pick from. Just curios what helped the most to pick the airstrip you flew into?  I Have looked at Idaho's web site and a few other internet search's but still haven't picked one.

[woodywsu]

Another vote for McCall air. The flight/landing will be the most exciting part of the trip. Last place I landed in there a herd of 30 elk ran across the meadow as we were landing. You know you're in trouble when the pilot is puckering. Amazing country and you better be prepared.

Myskiss, I wonder if I worked for the place you do. PIT-tags and fishing?

[brocka]

I have been looking into doing a fly in hunt. I saw there are a few airstrips to pick from. Just curios what helped the most to pick the airstrip you flew into?  I Have looked at Idaho's web site and a few other internet search's but still haven't picked one.

McCall air has some good recommendations. Id start there.

[Mr Mykiss]

Myskiss, I wonder if I worked for the place you do. PIT-tags and fishing?

Surprised you remember that summer

[fair-chase]

Tagging to follow along.

Been dreaming about a 15 day float hunt and fish trip through the area for years.

[hirshey]

Expect the price to be right around $1 per pound round trip including your personal weights; the more you take in the more expensive it will be. We did it with 3 people/10 days worth of supplies for right around $300/person, but we were living pretty basic... lots of people brought wall tents, fancier meals, etc and I can only guess what their pricetag was.

[hirshey]

Expect the price to be right around $1 per pound round trip including your personal weights; the more you take in the more expensive it will be. We did it with 3 people/10 days worth of supplies for right around $300/person, but we were living pretty basic... lots of people brought wall tents, fancier meals, etc and I can only guess what their pricetag was.

Yet another reason to be in good shape... the less you weigh the less you'll pay. 

[jstone]

Time to Diet 

[hirshey]

Tagging to follow along.

Been dreaming about a 15 day float hunt and fish trip through the area for years.

We had a group of fellas start a float trip from our strip... they were after wolves. Said they filled 10 tags that way the previous season... that would be a blast! Gotta worry about the river freezing over in November, though... there were a few points upriver that would have been impassable unless you took the boat apart and ferried it around the ice on land... frozen enough you couldn't pass, but the ice was too thin to drag the boats over.

[fillthefreezer]

tag. really wanting to put a hunt like this together if i can ever find someone commited to do it with me

[fair-chase]

Tagging to follow along.

Been dreaming about a 15 day float hunt and fish trip through the area for years.

We had a group of fellas start a float trip from our strip... they were after wolves. Said they filled 10 tags that way the previous season... that would be a blast! Gotta worry about the river freezing over in November, though... there were a few points upriver that would have been impassable unless you took the boat apart and ferried it around the ice on land... frozen enough you couldn't pass, but the ice was too thin to drag the boats over.

That would be awesome to fill that many wolf tags, but I think I would be to much of a wus to put into that water in November.    If I recall the float permit season ends around August 1st (guessing). I would think that there would still be adequate water flow and reasonable temps in mid September.

Sorry for the thread jack, back to the planes.