Alaska Caribou Outfitter recommendations

[Silas_Norris]

Im going with TOK AIR out of TOK Alaska this August. Had planned to go in September but the new quota got met the first week in september last fall so going after august is not going to work. I will report on my hunt afterwards.

 

[Smerritt84]

Wow

 

[AKBorn]

I would only update it to say that the issue is the fed then, not alaska. But, the subsistence hunters are having the larger impact by shooting cows which has proven in the limited studies to impact the population. Not the NR shooting a few bulls.

My comment about updating your research was referring to overall herd health. As evidenced by your comment about hunting the 40 Mile in August this year as opposed to September, the herd health issues are real...

 

[VernAK]

Im going with TOK AIR out of TOK Alaska this August. Had planned to go in September but the new quota got met the first week in september last fall so going after august is not going to work. I will report on my hunt afterwards.

The 40 Mile Caribou coalition meets this weekend to determine the path forward for the herd. I would not expect very many NR tags to be issued.

 

[Quandary]

I went with Alaska Arctic Adventures last September. The normal routine is transport via Wright Air Service out of Fairbanks to an airstripe north of the Brooks Range about 150ish mile south of Prudhoe Bay. From there groups of 2 are bush planed out to remote camps. When we arrived all the guides were in base camp and that is were we hunted out of as there were no Caribou in the areas of the remote camps. The hunting was via boat up or down the river, hiking, spotting, stalking. All 7 hunters in camp, including a bow hunter, took a nice Caribou. No herds, no big groups. 4 of the hunters also had Grizzly tags. I took my Caribou on the first day of hunting then spent the rest of the week Grizzly hunting. As it turned out I was successful in taking a Grizzly. One of the other hunters had a shot on a Grizzly but missed. In the event you are succesful on a Grizzly you pay an additional fee. Striker who owns the outfitting operation is out of Tok, he is a good guy.