cant they just get a cannuck to take the tags we americans cant get up there for this year. I keep reading about how the bulls will be bigger next year. I am just assuming my back country tag out the country west of grande praire will go to somebody from up there. They may have to discount them a bit. I guess i dont know how moose hunts are viewed by the public up there. If they all get good tags on their own then it will be tough on the guides and outfitters.
Not necessarily.
I own a cabin north west of Grande Prairie. Our draws were done long ago. In order for a resident to "Get your tag" it would have to have been drawn back in June. And even then a certain amount of tags are allotted for residents and outfitters. By law an Alberta resident cant hire an Alberta outfitter to hunt an outfitter tag in Alberta.
Stupid system. An American can hunt big horn sheep every year in Alberta if he has 35K USD, but an Alberta resident cant buy the same hunt cause hes an Albertan.
Im not trying to come off rude or arrogant when I say this, but not a lot of Canadians are to keen to pay a Canadian outfitter 8K CDN (Thats low end on the discounted hunt spectrum this year) to take them to kill a 40" moose when most likely they can draw that tag themselves and spend 2K CDN to go self guided.
For someone that lives in a city and doesnt have the quads, wall tents etc I get it.
But I can draw a bull moose tag every 4-5 years in a fairly good zone and kill a 40-55" moose in a 7-10 day hunt in the rut.
I can also archery hunt an OTC tag from Aug 25-Sep 22 every year in the zone my cabin is in.
As bad as Alberta can be, we have a ton of opportunities that many other states and provinces could only dream of.
18 days till im at the cabin chasing these boys with the Mathews!!!!
