Caribou

Hunt CU247

ALASKA DROP CAMP HUNTS $3150
GUIDED 2 BULLS FOR $6500

Last fall in 2012 the caribou hunting was very good up to the last week in early October when the early snows dumped on northern Alaska.  Up to that point all 18 hunters had tagged nice bulls, but the last week only half of the 6 hunters took bulls.  This outfitter hunts the Western Arctic herd in northwestern Alaska east of Kotzebue and the biologists approximate count is 450,000 to 600,000 animals.  Unit 23 still allows 2 bulls per hunter due to high caribou numbers.  In 2011 he had 14 guided hunters take 27 bulls, one hunter only wanted one bull.  He also had 25 unguided hunters and one group went home empty, the rest scored.

Unguided hunts are priced at $3,150.  This is based on double occupancy, and includes tents, cots, food, cooking equipment, transportation of meat, capes and antlers back to Kotzebue. 

Hunts guided 2x1 for 5 days are $6,500.  Air support continues monitoring the migration and his camps are mobile and can be relocated if necessary.  Non-resident hunting license is $86, caribou tag is $325 each and wolf tag is $35.  Dates are late August to late September.  Hunters fly to Anchorage and then onto Kotzebue where you take a charter for about $500 roundtrip to camp.