Average cost of a Moose hunt

[73drywaller]

I do a DIY moose hunt in Alaska every couple years. I spend no where near what others are saying. Group of 6

$6 Airfare-last year . I have a alaska airlines card and use points.
$200 Shuttle service round trip
$1,000 license
$500 raft rental
$150 1st and last night hotel
$0 moose processing. Connect with local families in need. They help process and vac seal I give them meet. They supply everything
$100 oversize bag fee for antlers
$ 450 checked meat boxes

I plan $3200 door to door. 17days total. 2 weeks in the bush on a raft. From Pennsylvania

 

[arctichunting]

I do a DIY moose hunt in Alaska every couple years. I spend no where near what others are saying. Group of 6

$6 Airfare-last year . I have a alaska airlines card and use points.
$200 Shuttle service round trip
$1,000 license
$500 raft rental
$150 1st and last night hotel
$0 moose processing. Connect with local families in need. They help process and vac seal I give them meet. They supply everything
$100 oversize bag fee for antlers
$ 450 checked meat boxes

I plan $3200 door to door. 17days total. 2 weeks in the bush on a raft. From Pennsylvania

$200 shuttle service for a raft trip?? Are you getting taken out on an e bike or what?


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[Smithb9841]

I do a DIY moose hunt in Alaska every couple years. I spend no where near what others are saying. Group of 6

$6 Airfare-last year . I have a alaska airlines card and use points.
$200 Shuttle service round trip
$1,000 license
$500 raft rental
$150 1st and last night hotel
$0 moose processing. Connect with local families in need. They help process and vac seal I give them meet. They supply everything
$100 oversize bag fee for antlers
$ 450 checked meat boxes

I plan $3200 door to door. 17days total. 2 weeks in the bush on a raft. From Pennsylvania

Wow you have got that figured out I never would guess a hunt like that could be done for $3200

 

[actionshooter]

I did a full 3 week, fly in float trip to ANWR via Fairbanks. Drove from Washington to Fairbanks, my own gear, raft ect... flew w/ Wright, Hunted moose and caribou, tagged out. That one was about $12.5K with a few nights hotel, gas, everything and was gone exactly 31 days.

My last couple were float trips off a road system.... my hunting partner lives a couple hrs from Anchorage... those trips are cheap... Airfare, tags, gas and food, leave me gear at his place permanently... about $2k per trip but not a huge success rate.

It's all what you want out of the trip...

 

[diamond10x]

^ Yup.

DIY can be cheap. But most guys hit the easy button and hire a transporter like Papa Bear. You are paying for their knowledge and experience. Not sure how guys feel right labeling it as a DIY hunt. The hardest part of a moose area is figuring out WHERE and then HOW to access it.

This is all very true.

 

[AlphaK9]

Bucket list hunt for me someday- great information and considerations us midwest guys never think of.

 

[73drywaller]

$200 shuttle service for a raft trip?? Are you getting taken out on an e bike or what?


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6 guys remember. That's $1200. Which is $600 each way. I have paid slightly more but this shuttle guy does well so we stuck with him. It's a float hunt. Road side drop off and pick up.

 

[chindits]

I guess I’m below average like usual

I stopped putting in for points when CPW added that point fee a few years back. A resident tag was a couple hundred in 2023 I reckon. I spent a couple hundred in gas per month for scouting in the summer and the normal freeze dried food I eat backpacking. I had the giarrdia medical expense right before season opened. I processed most of the bull, but I had a local processor do all the burger grinding. I’m guessing not over 1.5-2k when all done. I don’t think I’d do it again if I had the chance. Elk is enough of a pack out for me and not as tough a meat on the table.

 

[arctichunting]

6 guys remember. That's $1200. Which is $600 each way. I have paid slightly more but this shuttle guy does well so we stuck with him. It's a float hunt. Road side drop off and pick up.

Ahhh roadside roger that makes sense


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[bigsky_hunter]

There is a guy in Alberta doing a moose hunt for 5500.00. Wayne Zaft. I have not been able to find hardly any info on the hunt. A buddy of mine is there hunting now. I had a chance to take a cancellation spot and turned it down. No website and i know next to zero about Wayne. Other than he killed a giant whitetail a few years ago.

I think Zaft is trying to recoup the cost from all of the action figures he ordered after killing that record (not record) deer.