wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction.need a reliable contact/outfitter in kotzebue area to rent me a couple rafts and drop me in the moose country for a 08 diy.
did the hunt in 01 on the kobuk and alaska is calling my name again.i don't need to know any secret spots but would apprieciate any "good country" info where a couple wyoming boys could spend 10 days for moose and caribou.if anyone is headed for wyo.i would gladly help anyway i could.

I know you said Kotzebue, but if you wanted to go to Dillingham and Unit 17 Tom and Janet Schlagel operate Bay Air and provide a top notch air taxi service with a Beaver on floats. (907) 842-2570 Tom is an excellent pilot and has dozens of years experience in this part of the country. I took a non resident friend of mine with him two years ago for a succesful moose hunt and last year his driver told me Tom hauled something like a dozen moose or more. Unit 17 has very good moose hunting. If you change your mind on location and decide to go with him make sure and ride up front so you can wear the head phones and talk to him during the flight. Tom is a character!

A couple of weeks ago I called Janet and booked for the same friend and I again to go back for another moose hunt fall of '08. If your interested in caribou, go somewhere else. The Mulchatna Caribou herd is badly deflated.

Sorry about not answering your question in any way!

Edited to remove the multiple uses of the word excellent.

ravenr:
I don't know how much this will help but if you get in a bind, you might try it. If you go to the State of Ak. web site then go to the Dep't. of Commerce and then the Div. of Occupational Licensing, you should be able to do a search for flying services, outfitters,etc. there.
Guides, outfitters, flying services, etc are licensed thru the Div. of Occupational Licensing and NOT Fish & Game.
Last year my partner & I were looking for a flying service out of one of the bush villages for a sheep hunt & that's how I found the one we used. Sorry, can't provide any links since I don't recall exactly what I did. I think that if you "fool around" with it long enough, you should be able to come up with something. Can't believe there isn't somebody in Kotz. doing this. Hope this helps some - good luck.
Bear in Fairbanks

........In Otz there is Baker Aviation , Haglan Avaition and Bering Air .....I don,t know about floats but there are a ton of gravel bars where a Helio , Beaver , or Cessna can land ....There is alot of Native corporation land up there so you want to research where you are planning on hunting ....

You might try Walt Maslen. http://www.northwestalaska.com/

I would also talk to Larry Bartlett. http://www.pristineventures.com/

I second walt and bartlett. give both a hollar.

Might want to try Ram Aviation. Right out of Kotzebue. Don't know anything about them though.
Did a search here in the archives and found this

Coloradoyaler
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Posted 01 February 2007 19:50 Hide Post
300stw

Sept 06 my wife and I did a self guide caribou hunt out of Kotzebue. It was great! We both shot nice caibou. Hers missed B&C by only 25pts. We were 150 miles north of the Artic Circle. We hired Ram Aviation as the air charter. This is there website:

http://www.huntandfishalaska.net/

Mike did us a great job! You would not believe the moose we saw!

Mark

Hope this helps.

Oops..........looks like they don't rent any gear but it does say in their contract that

Hunters may rent gear in Kotzebue from
either Alaska Wilderness Charters, Northern Air Trophy or Northwest Outfitting

+1 for Larry Bartlett

www.pristineventures.com