Estimate for a DIY Caribou hunt

[matechakeric]

to include drop off by plane (or rental truck from Fairbanks), meat care, and shipping, flying with gear, airfare, additional costs? asking on a per person basis. I'd love to do one someday with my father but just curious the cost.

assuming well north of $10-15k

From everything I've heard, navigating the logistics of Alaskan hunts is the hardest part by a long ways

 

[the nikster]

Haul Road
2 guys, RT to Fairbanks from lower 48, $1200
4 nights in hotel near airport 2 beds/1 room, $600
2 weeks rental of uhaul pickup $900
Fuel $4 per gallon, 12 miles per gallon, 2400miles, $800
Food, drinks, etc,etc. $1000
Tags, permits for 1 caribou each, $2000
Coolers, boxes, antlers, excess baggage, $1500

hookers, drugs, alcohol, bail, fines, damages to truck, aspirin, $12,000.

Yep, I would say you are pretty close on your guesstimate....

 

[Deleted member 28227]

$1200–> up depends on a ton of variables.

 

[brownbear932008]

Haul Road
2 guys, RT to Fairbanks from lower 48, $1200
4 nights in hotel near airport 2 beds/1 room, $600
2 weeks rental of uhaul pickup $900
Fuel $4 per gallon, 12 miles per gallon, 2400miles, $800
Food, drinks, etc,etc. $1000
Tags, permits for 1 caribou each, $2000
Coolers, boxes, antlers, excess baggage, $1500

hookers, drugs, alcohol, bail, fines, damages to truck, aspirin, $12,000.

Yep, I would say you are pretty close on your guesstimate....

crazy to think we did it for $4,000 each back in 2012 and that was a fly out drop hunt.

 

[Gellar]

Marcus has a pretty good breakdown of the cost of a haul road hunt on the YouTube channel. You could always spend more or less.

 

[Trial153]

I just did it last year. 10k will get you there without pinching pennies

 

[Slate]

$15,000 full guided hunt in NWT. Thats the route I’m going. Give you guys credit for Doing it DIY

 

[Poke 'Em]

I'll do it for around $7k this summer. Solo trip, unguided, fly in Alaska hunt.

 

[brownbear932008]

Brooks range bou!

I am finally getting the chance to sit down and do a little write up on my Alaskan caribou hunt. First off it was one of the most amazing trips I have ever been on in my life and gonna be very hard to beat I think. We arrived on the 8th of Sept. in Fairbanks after a very long flight from...

www.hunttalk.com

Just some fuel for the fire man I would love to go back some day for round two.

 

[matechakeric]

a Haul road hunt sounds like a great way to do it but no rifle within 5 miles of the HWY....that's tough for a non archery dude & I've heard from numerous sources that ground is nasty to hike in long distance

 

[brownbear932008]

a Haul road hunt sounds like a great way to do it but no rifle within 5 miles of the HWY....that's tough for a non archery dude & I've heard from numerous sources that ground is nasty to hike in long distance

Do not do the 5 mile death March trust me! I had 5 buddies that tried it and failed miserably. If you do the haul rd either do archery or fly out which is what I would do hands down.