I remember my first couple DIY bou hunts round trip CT to AK all in $2500/3500 door to door.....
When I went up there i used 40 mi air as a fly service. I paid total all the way from New Mexico 4500 dollarsHi Folks!
Amazingly savvy crew here!
Getting ready to pull the trigger on a 2018 Hunt--some of our crew are a little more sensitive of extra costs so I wanted to make sure I have everything included when I present them the total costs of the trip.
Please let me know if I am missing any costs.
Commercial Flight- $500-$1200
Gear Shipping- $100
Car rental from Fairbanks-$500
Tags/licenses- ??$700ish??
Night before and after hunt in town of transporter- $50 per person per night
Bush flight $2500-$3500 (with meat flown out of bush)
Meat and Trophy transportation home- $200
Total roll-up-- ??Around $6K??
This is pretty accurate, if you are successful, you will have some additional costs with meat, capes, and antlers. You can save a few dollars here and there......but one should be of mindset that its a $6k trip if you are heading to the slope. South of the Brooks, you might come in with lesser cost. I'd love to do another slope trip, it's just an amazing place, but there are so many other places I want to see too. Hitting western Nebraska this season for antelope, and sending deposits for Kodiak for 2020. Maybe get back to chasing caribou in 21.Obviously I am still tallying thing here and there but it is looking like we will be about $6,000 said and done. There are not a lot of places to “save money”. Once your flights are booked, tags are purchased, and calories are in your pack the expenses are pushing around 5k and you still have to get your things back home. I’ll post a summary at some point but I think the 6k was realistic for a 2019 hunt.
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That seems excessive on price. Where are you flying into and whom are you using for an air transporter?No way I am doing mine next year for 6k, I will be over that in the transporter and airfare alone.
Flying into the 40mile area. The transporter I am using is about 25-30% higher then the going rates. Even still I don't think I could get it all for 6kThat seems excessive on price. Where are you flying into and whom are you using for an air transporter?
Yup.it has been 11 yrs since i went and round trip out of memphis was just over 4000$
i always try to make guys understand how much the prices are going up. you cant wait -go now.
When you look back on it - you will consider it 7k of the best money you ever spent.I’ve ran the numbers hard for our upcoming hunt with RAM-it’s going to be a tad over 7k all in and that’s with getting the AA credit card and splitting the airfare from CO with my hunting partner. That includes 3 nights total in Kotz, 1 on the front end and 2 on the back end