A close friend of mine is wanting to do a hunting trip to Alaska or British Columbia. More less a guys trip with hopes to take an animal or two. Any of y'all ever done such or have recommendations?

Yep. What would you like to know?

I outfitted and guided in Alaska up until 2015 plus I owned a fishing lodge there. I also book lots of hunts for a few outfitters in BC.

Go to B/C the weather in Alaska can be brutal during hunting season

Friend went on a Kodiak brown bear hunt. He recommends the fall season as the spring is a lot of snow and depending on the year a lot of bears will still be in their dens during the season. He said it was a very physically demanding hunt. The guides expect you to be in shape and may be pissed if you aren't.

Most of my friends are not in shape enough for stalk hunt, especially in difficult terrain. That's why they hunt shooting houses! lol. I would get in shape before you go.

The problem with Alaska or BC hunting is that by the time most folks can afford to go hunting there they are either too out of shape or too old to be able to do it.

How much would a good hunt in Alaska cost? I know it probably depends on what, but if you guided there what would be the best hunt?

I represent that remark.

I’m pretty interested in that myself. Maybe a drop in and float out or a fly in and out with a tent.

What species? Or how many species?

Guided, unguided, drop camp, drop float trip, truck/walk-in, etc?

Alaska is a big place with lots of options. (Not all good ones)

As a non-resident you can only hunt without a guide: Sitka black tail, caribou, moose, or black bear.

I would definitely need a guide and somewhere to stay. I don't have time to do the research for a do it yourself, so I would kinda want an all inclusive. But that being said I don't want a drunk fest . I would go to hunt and would want to be with someone where I have a good shot at a good animal. Speices wouldn't matter as long as it's something unique. And by unique I mean not a deer

The first week of May is the best ever... Use guide Jason Bunch and you'll be happy. I'd go spring bear over fall bear any day

You a little off in your assessment...

I'm un sure what you mean by "drunk fest" but that's generally not how Alaskan hunts work. Most hunts are going to be tent camp hunts....not lodge based.

The species you want to hunt is critical to booking a hunt. Most if not all Alaskan hunts are for one or maybe 2 species. Price can vary from $6500 for a Caribou to $35,000 for a brown bear.

I know nothing about hunting Alaska but think it would be cool. Mainly to experience Alaska. What I mean about drunk fest is I've went to a couple guided hunts. They put you in a very nice lodge, feed you very good food, provided all you can drink, and then everyone goes hunting for very little game, in poorly managed land for a very short time and then heads back to the lodge for the good stuff. I'm not interested in that at all. I would rather not eat for three days and never come out of the woods the entire time and have a chance at a top animal. I have thought about a wolf or mountain lion hunt in Idaho a couple times, it would be really cool to shoot a moose I think. Or something that's more unique to only Alaska. Wouldn't mind a comb fishing hunting trip that would be really cool. The reason I have never pursued it more is because it's alot of money and you never know what your going to get just googling it. I think my dream hunt would be idahoe, elk, would and salmon/trout all in one trip, bit that's only because I've looked at it more than Alaska. I really don't care about shooting a grizzly bear unless it would be cheap or a combo with something else. Same with a mountain goat. But if someone who new what they were talking about told me that's the hunt I need to go on. I would consider anything.

Everything about hunting Alaska appeals to me; except flying in those bush planes. Those pilots are absolutely crazy landing on gravel bars and such.

Not all hunts are fly in but, those pilots are typically top notch...

Yea I know. They are definitely first class pilots and know what they are doing, other wise they wouldn't do it for long.