Ultimate Alaskan Safari

07 November 2006, 21:56

M70Nut

A friend and I were talking about this about a year ago and I have been giving it a lot of thought lately. Here's my idea: I want to hunt the top 5 of Alaskan game, Brown bear, sheep, goat, moose, and caribou all on one trip. I know the odds of doing this in one area is not really feasible but I figured if I took a month off and did it that I could probably make it happen. Anyone out there ever tried this and if so, how did you do? Remember this is just an idea that I have been thinking about.

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07 November 2006, 22:29

Paul H

I would allocate a week to each species, and even that is pushing it. You'll be spending a fair bit of time traveling to different hunting areas, and every day of travel is a lost hunting day, as you can't hunt the same day you are airborne on bush planes. You'll also more than likely have one of those weeks weathered in.

I could see getting 3 out of 5 in 4 weeks, but all those species in one trip would be pushing it.

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07 November 2006, 22:59

M70Nut

Well all i could hope for would be to get lucky enough to get 2 animals in one area, that would increase my odds of completing this hunt but yeah, I agree with you that 3 out of 5 would probably be doing good.

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07 November 2006, 23:12

ROSCOE

You may have a hard time finding a single guide to do all these hunts due to the limits placed on guide use areas. The other thing to consider is trophy quality. You may find bear, sheep, moose and caribou in the same area but trophy quality may be sub par on some of the animals.

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07 November 2006, 23:17

AlaskaCub

The most reasonable trio would be a Griz,Sheep, Bou combo if you were flown into the Brooks. As for Brown bear and Goats you could probably do that if you drew Kodiak for both. The moose thing mixed in might make it tuff but if you were in the right part of the Brooks you might be able to get that one in on the firt trio I mentioned. But you better get your checkbook out if you paln on hauling all that game out of the field in Cub, thats a lot of trips. Sounds good though.

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07 November 2006, 23:42

M70Nut

ROSCOE, I am a resident so I don't have to hire any guides for this hunt and I'm not looking for record book animals either, mainly just good representations of each. Could take some serious planning and I'd have a few years to do it, hell, the funs in the planning right??

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08 November 2006, 07:06

Moose-Hunter

I threw that idea around in my head a few times as well and even complained to fellow co-workers about the mad hours we have to work during the fall and have threatened to take a whole month off for hunting.

09 November 2006, 23:55

Northway

Are you talking consecutive weeks? I have killed all the animals mentioned in one year and a couple more. Black, brown bear in the spring, 4 days. Sheep, moose, caribou, Total of 8 days. Goat 2 days. Blacktail deer. 2 days. That would be tough if you wanted to do it all in the fall. Good luck though, should be fun planning and attempting!

10 November 2006, 01:14

M70Nut

I've taken everything on that list but a goat over the years but I thought it would be fun to try and take all 5, not in one trip but within a month. I also think the sheep would be the toughest one to bag first but one could get lucky.....

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12 November 2006, 10:25

SwiftShot

I have a great video of someone doing a hunt in Alaska by himself who had every species you mentioned within the cross hairs a few times. It is 700 Miles Alone by Alaska hunting adventures.

He is there to hunt for sheep but sees a few nice goats in the high mountains and floats down to the flats for caribou and moose. He has great chances at bear but isnt hunting them. They are some pretty nice ones that are stalking the moose and the caribou. It is a month long hunt though. The sheep and goats will take the most time.