Renfro/ 60" club

[Larry Bartlett]

Sessions doesn't do his own flying and pilots do not like working with him, and are said to be jumping ship after this year so sessions will try working with another pilot (I heard possibly Ram or their affiliate pilot in '25). Renfro has this dialed in and has many plane options himself for logistics. His areas have abundant moose and the cost is said to be worth it. I've flown with him since inception roughly 20 years.

 

[AKDoc]

I've flown with Renfro for moose hunts each year for the past 10 years, and will be flying with him again this September. I've also flown with Renfro for a half-dozen remote 10-day fly-fishing floats. We always bring our own gear and food for each adventure, and we have always gone unguided. I am truly and totally thankful for each and every adventure that I have done with Renfro.

 

[Panhandler80]

Reading all this has me wanting to scratch an itch…. Two seasons in lower 48 about all I can take. Going Indiana whitetail this fall, and a Europe stag hunt in 25. Really want to come up with cheap way to do AK moose for 26. A ways off, but I’m tossing some ideas around. All involve a by-the-hour charter flight and rental gear.

 

[fatlander]

Reading all this has me wanting to scratch an itch…. Two seasons in lower 48 about all I can take. Going Indiana whitetail this fall, and a Europe stag hunt in 25. Really want to come up with cheap way to do AK moose for 26. A ways off, but I’m tossing some ideas around. All involve a by-the-hour charter flight and rental gear.

I’m not sure there is such thing as cheap moose hunting anymore. Maybe there is, but i’d be leery of cheap. The most expensive transporters can’t meet the demand. Tons of research started in ‘21 on my part for my ‘26 hunt, lots of phone calls, and I came to the conclusion that cheap just doesn’t exist if you want a quality experience with people you can trust. Took me almost two fulls years from starting researching to booking. YMMV. Good luck!


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[william schmaltz]

From what I can tell, people don’t care who flys them in as long as they get a spot. Not sure what everyone’s vetting process is, but safety record seems to be somewhere towards the bottom. It’s nothing to joke about, but over the last decade Renfro has had more crashes than Bitcoin.

Make your own decisions. Once is often considered an accident in the world of aviation. After that, various other no so forgiving definitions are used.

Operators of flight that crashed near Tuntutuliak had 3 other incidents in 2019

Yute Commuter Service, whose plane crashed and killed five people last week in Southwest Alaska, is owned by a family whose aircraft were involved in several incidents last year.

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Moose Hunt Crash, Bethel Alaska

This video is from an accident in September 2015 but it only just recently has come to my attention. As usual, I couldn’t resist trying to find out as much as I could about the incident. You …

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Renfro's Alaskan Adventures Pilot Survives Plane Crash

A pilot with Renfro’s Alaskan Adventures is recovering in an Anchorage hospital after surviving a plane crash Friday.The Bethel Army National Guard unit…

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NTSB Says Lax Procedures and Company Oversight Resulted in 2020 Yute Crash | AIN

The NTSB cited the pilot's decision to fly into near whiteout conditions and company procedures leading to that decision as cause for the 2020 Yute crash.

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Owner Of Renfro's Alaskan Adventures Makes Statement About Recent Plane Collision

Renfro's Alaskan Adventures has released further details about this weeks mid-air plane collision that killed five people. Wade Renfro, owner of Renfro's…

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5 passengers sue Yute Commuter Service over 2022 plane crash near Bethel

The passengers say in their civil suit that they have suffered emotional damage, and they're asking for more than $100,000 each.

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Yute Commuter Service plane catches fire in Bethel. No one is injured

“[The pilot] brought the aircraft back to Bethel, safely landed it, and then proceeded to get his passengers off safely uninjured. And the aircraft caught on fire on the ground,” said Yute Commuter Service Director of Operations Terry Cratty.

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[Djacker]

I will say a pilots safety record was not on my vetting process when I was looking. After my hunt last year, a safety record will be part of my proccess from now on. Landing on ridge tops is not an easy deal.