Help Me Hunt Alaska Please

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What a lot of guys forget is the logistics of getting your gear from the lower 48 to Alaska. If you are planning on flying then you had better use a good outfit that supplies most of the gear for a drop camp, ie....rafts,tents, etc. With current baggage limits you can't take much with you and excess baggage is rather pricey.

If you are planning on taking your own boat and gear then you will have to drive and it is a long drive (I guess the other option is a car ferry from Seattle) and this may be your only realistic alternative if you want to bring back all of the wonderful meat from moose and caribou. It also saves problems with shipping the moose and caribou racks.

Driving a vehicle to Alaska and back will take a number of days, depending on where you live, so factor in that extra time off and with fuel, hotels and meals it adds up to a fair amount.

Then you can charter a flight (s) to take you and your gear in. As M.T. Pockets pointed out, there will be additional charter costs involved to get the meat out.

Bottom line is, even doing it the 'cheap' way isn't cheap.