alaska

[joebear]

Alaska Trophy Outfitters. If you are looking for a soild moose hunt they will make it happen.
  There bear hunts have been 100 Percent with a couple bears pushing 10 foot every year.
If caribou is what your looking for then yes Canada is the place but dont let guys stter you away from AK for moose there are still some giant bulls to be had! good luck with whatever you come up with.

[halflife65]

Alaska Trophy Outfitters. If you are looking for a soild moose hunt they will make it happen.
  There bear hunts have been 100 Percent with a couple bears pushing 10 foot every year.
If caribou is what your looking for then yes Canada is the place but dont let guys stter you away from AK for moose there are still some giant bulls to be had! good luck with whatever you come up with.

 

[norsepeak]

call Kelly at huntsinc.com.  Great guy, knows EVERYBODY in the hunting biz, and can probably hook you up with some outfitters who have some discounted hunts.

[jmoyer2]

Yeah, you are probably better off in Canada if you are looking for a guided two animal hunt.  No draw on the good moose areas and good animals in the same valley.  But, it isn't like it was 10 years ago when you could get a good hunt for 10 grand.  With all the Outdoor Life channel features and prices of fuel for planes hunting up north has become commercialized to a point that any good outfitter for a real trophy is going to run you around 25 now.  And then you have to buy the gear, get yourself up there, pay trophy fees, many have charter fees and additional fees to get your meat and animals out of the bush.  It's a shame, but it has really become a rich mans sport to hunt up there.

My best advise would be to get on all the good guide/outfitters cancellation lists and be ready for a last minute hunt.  There was a guy in camp while I was Sheep/Caribou hunting that only paid 12 grand for his trip when it is usually almost 30.  In this economy it's the perfect time for this type of thing.  Even guides that usually have a waiting list for three or four years are complaining about all the last minute cancellations.

Cabela's posts cancellation specials too.

Good luck.  Hope you find a hunt and have the time of your life!

How do people pay for this kind of hunt Thats a new truck, 4 years of college tution for the kids, are you all single and rich Maybe I'm just cheap, but I refuse to pay just $5000 for an elk hunt. 25 k! wow

[cohoho]

[How do people pay for this kind of hunt Thats a new truck, 4 years of college tution for the kids, are you all single and rich Maybe I'm just cheap, but I refuse to pay just $5000 for an elk hunt. 25 k! wow

It is all about their hobby and what it means to them...  I saw once in an article that a portion (don't remember what that percentage was) of hunters put 15-20% of there yearly income into hunting.  Figure if someone made 100k would spend 15-20K for hunting... At 50K - 7-10K...  25K -3-5K....    

[TheHunt]

Interesting...  I have been called a cheap SOB. I would have to win some money before I could pull the trigger on a guided hunt.   

[sea2summit]

Hmmm, maybe I should start another thread but my current retirement plan is to go back home and start guiding.  What would you pay for a guided hunt?  Keep in mind you typically have to fly 2-3 hrs (each way, plus trips for excess stuff like big animals) in a small plane that costs about $300-450 an hour to operate (so far the biggest hurdle in my business plan).

[JColony]

I don't know how much I'd pay.  But I'd let you pay me to be your apprentice

[engelwood]

It seems to me like there are a lot of misconceptions on this post about costs of things for AK. I just got back (last night in fact) from a Moose/Caribou hunt in AK. I was mainly after Moose and passed up a few Caribou and ended up getting door to door (with flights for my bull) at almost exactly $5,000 (self-guided). This included everything, soup to nuts. There were some areas I had some benefits on, but they were nothing out of the ordinary, using miles for commercial flights as one example. This also includes shipping all my meat, gear, and cape home. A lot of preparation and research goes a long ways to saving money on a trip to AK. We also passed on several very large black bears as we were concentrating on Moose. I'll be posting pics and story tomorrow of this hunt. Talk about a great time that I will never forget! Good luck on whatever you decide on. I wouldn't go guided unless you are on short time, and have money to burn! Just my