Your first Western Big Game hunt.

[Mammoth Steppe]

Hi there, first post on the forum, thanks for having me.

I live in Eastern Canada and have been racking my brain for months now on just how to get started into Western hunting. This forum came highly recommended for this topic.

This post is mostly directed at those living in the "east" or at least those that don't live right near the mountains. What was your first experience hunting western game, how did it go? For those of you in my shoes today, what are you considering as your first hunt out west?

I've been looking into the costs of some of these outfitters and the prices have come with a bit of a sticker shock. I had no idea sheep hunts were six figures haha.

We've got plenty of white tail, black bear and moose here so I'd be interested in pursuing something we don't have. What would you recommend for that first western experience, elk? caribou? mountain goat? brown bear?

I'd be looking into Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon for reference.