So, in the next year or two I wanna check off at least one thing on my bucket list: shoot a big bull elk. I want to sit back and save up some cash, and go on a week long trip. I figure a guided hunt would be best, also going to have one of my best friends come along, it’s a bucket list thing for him as well. I have two possible options in my head:
one: go up to Colorado/Wyoming and get a guided hunt/whatever. this is appealing because it’s close and likely cheaper than option two. I spent 6 months working on the backside of the Rockies and absolutely love the area. My buddy also lives in Colorado, so definitely makes things easy.
option two: really make this a trip of a lifetime, and go to Alaska. I really want to go to Alaska and see the place. Elk season also overlaps Moose (also bucket list), Sitka deer, wolverine (another bucket list check), and wolf (yet another bucket list check) season if I time it right. I have also dreamed of making a road trip to Alaska, checking off another bucket list thing. The round trip drive would easily add 6 days to the trip, extending the cost and time needed, but I feel it would be worth it. I am planning on building an off-road teardrop camper trailer after I get done with this current moving/selling the house/remodeling situation that I will likely be taking with me, allowing for more storage and a place to sleep while on the road.
what do you guys think? Anyone done anything similar? Suggestions on reasonably priced outfitters or good places to go? Anyone hunted in Alaska?
What’s it like driving through Canada? Getting a dog/firearms through Canada? Bringing meat/carcasses back?
one: go up to Colorado/Wyoming and get a guided hunt/whatever. this is appealing because it’s close and likely cheaper than option two. I spent 6 months working on the backside of the Rockies and absolutely love the area. My buddy also lives in Colorado, so definitely makes things easy.
option two: really make this a trip of a lifetime, and go to Alaska. I really want to go to Alaska and see the place. Elk season also overlaps Moose (also bucket list), Sitka deer, wolverine (another bucket list check), and wolf (yet another bucket list check) season if I time it right. I have also dreamed of making a road trip to Alaska, checking off another bucket list thing. The round trip drive would easily add 6 days to the trip, extending the cost and time needed, but I feel it would be worth it. I am planning on building an off-road teardrop camper trailer after I get done with this current moving/selling the house/remodeling situation that I will likely be taking with me, allowing for more storage and a place to sleep while on the road.
what do you guys think? Anyone done anything similar? Suggestions on reasonably priced outfitters or good places to go? Anyone hunted in Alaska?
What’s it like driving through Canada? Getting a dog/firearms through Canada? Bringing meat/carcasses back?