I usually don't post this sort of thing, but I wanted to let the AR regulars know that I've got some special pricing on 7 day brown bear hunts for the last two weeks of Sept. for '03.

The hunts run Fri to Fri from our base camp on the Mulchatna River in unit 17B. We may spike out with a supercub in units 17 or 19, depending on where the bears are at the time of the hunt.

We're 200 miles up the Mulchatna river from the Ocean, right on the Brown bear/Grizzly line, so bears typically run 7-9 foot. Bears over 9' foot are rare and my personal best was 9'4" monster taken by a client in 1997. We try our best to bag bears 8' and better.

Last year's success rate was 90%.

The hunt is $7,000 and does not incude the license, tag, or charter flight to camp($600). Trophy fees for other species are: Caribou-$1,500, 2nd caribou-$1,000, black bear-$1,500, wolf $250.

references available upon request.

For more info, pics, etc, check out my website at: www.EndlessSafari.com

Donald C. Martin

If you guys have any questions feel free to email me or call me at (559)673-0298.

If you're on a tight Fall schedule because you've got an elk or deer hunt going on, this may be a great opportunity for you to squeeze in a little Alaska adventure as well as your Rocky mountain hunt.

I'm trying to draw late Fall hunts for deer and elk as well, so I know!

Don Martin
www.EndlessSafari.com

I'm curious about your use of the term "trophy fees"...for example, I thought a non-resident caribou tag cost $350? There are literally thousands of caribou in that area during September, is an incidental caribou or two so expensive?

I am not trying to be critical, just hoping you'll explain.

David

Trophy fee applies to a hunt where additional animals are taken.

So if you book a bear hunt, the caribou would be an extra!

Any additional services have additional costs associated with them. So the trophy fee covers the additional overhead we take on as a result of a caribou hitting the ground.

It may not sound like a big deal to shoot a caribou on a hunt that already seems really expensive to most, however 5 different members of our crew may have to handle that caribou before it finishes the journey from field to freezer.

I guess the best way to look at it is that you certainly wouldn't book a "caribou hunt" and then expect to shoot a brown bear free of charge.

Hope that helps,
Don Martin
www.EndlessSafari.com

I understand. Thanks for the explaination.

David