I read in another post a recommendation to check the Alaska Professional Hunters Association to determine the designation of a guide. Their website does not come up (http://www.alaskaprohunter.org/), does anybody know if they have a new/different site?

The Alaska Division of Occupational Licensing maintains a list of all Big Game license types (Assistant, Class-A Assistant, Master, Registered & Transporter). To see if a particular guide is currently registered, license type, what areas he/she is registered to guide in, etc, go to:

http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/OccSearch/main.cfm

You can also do a search that will list all guides sorted by your criteria, but it is a bit cumbersome unless one is a techie, as it generates a coma delimited report and sends it via email. The website is at:

http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/apps/ODStart.cfm

Go down to "BIG GAME GUIDES AND TRANSPORTERS" and perform the search. I did a search on "MASTER GUIDE" on 2/8/04, and came up with the following 80 names:

DENNIS,BRANHAM
JOE,HENDRICKS
KEITH,JOHNSON
JOHN,ERICKSON
RAY,MC NUTT
ANDY,RUNYAN
KEITH,KOONTZ
GEORGE,PALMER
HARVEY,HARMS
JAMES,HARROWER
DICK,GUNLOGSON
JAMES (JAKE),JACOBSON
HOWARD,KNUTSON
GARY,LA ROSE
JIMMIE,ROSENBRUCH
EDWARD,STEVENSON
PHILIP,DRIVER
CHRISTOPHER,BRANHAM
HAROLD,SCHETZLE
EDWARD,SHAVINGS
LARRY,RIVERS
RICHARD,ROHRER
RAY,ATKINS
G.,KEEN
SAMUEL,FEJES
HARRY,DODGE
GUY,GEORGE
JIKEELINE
JOHN,LUSTER
PETER,BUIST
MICHAEL (BUCK),BOWDEN
DAVID,LEONARD
CHRIS,GOLL
RENE GUS,LAMOUREUX
WILLIAELLIS
JAMES,BAILEY
MARK,SANDLAND
JOSEPH,KLUTSCH
FRED,DON
KENNETH,SCHOONOVER
RICHARD,GUTHRIE
ARTHUR,ANDREIS
TRACY,VREM
GARY (BUTCH),KING
THOMAS,KIRSTEIN
MAX,SCHWAB
KEVIN,FITZGERALD
ROLAND,HAMMACK
JOHN,LATHAM
DENNIS,REINER
ANTHONY,LEE
RONNIE,ALDRIDGE
MICHAEL,MC CANN
WAYNE,WOODS
MARK (CURLY),WARREN
BRIAN,PETERSON
JOHN,PETERSON
ROGER,MORRIS
HAROLD (BRENT),JONES
ROBERT,HOLT
JEFF,CHADD
JOHN (JAKE),GAUDET
JEFFORY,PRALLE
MICHAEL,LITZEN
JERRY,AUSTIN
CLARK,WHITNEY
DAVID,MORRIS
CHARLES,HUDSON
BRUCE,PARKER
DON,DUNCAN
PHILLIP,RICHMOND
BRADFORD,DENNISON
JUSTIN,JOHNS
JAMES,BOYCE
ROBERT,WENER
C.,TAYLOR
HENRY,TIFFANY
CHRIS,ZWOLINSKI
DAVID,HAEG
WAYNE,KUBAT

Regards,

Bill