Anybody have any recommendations for a flying service for this herd? I heard good things about maverik aire. I'm after griz but the ole lady wants a nice bull on the wall.

I hunted caribou with two different groups of friends of mine this year using Maverick air out of Kotzebue. My first group of friends was a family hunt ( 4 kids 12 to 15 years old & 3 adults ) we flew out Aug.27-Sept 3. They shot 4 nice bulls ( we only had 4 tags) , we say app. 2500 caribou. The second group flew in on Sept. 4 (same area ) to Sept. 13. They shot 10 nice bulls & saw app. 1500 Caribou

A nonresident hunter can kill 5 caribou bulls a year
Resident hunters can kill 5 caribou bulls a DAY

I also had two difference groups of friends hunting moose with Maverick Air this year. The first group ( Brian Ackermen ) Shot a 66" bull on the first day & his friend Doug shot a 64"bull on the 3 day The second group ( Earl J. Chauvin ) bow hunted and saw 18 bulls during there hunt ( they were on bulls every day) . They were not able to kill a bull with a bow and on the last day they shot a 57" bull next to camp with a gun.( Earl is all ready booked for next year in the same spot)
Unguided moose hunting is not for everybody. Every year there are several groups of moose hunters that get mad. Usually they were totally uniformed as to how hard moose hunting is, What the terrain is like. Bring way to much gear. And of course the worst 30-75lb over weight

Kotzebue is one of the last true wilderness areas in Alaska One of the nice thing about a drop off moose hunt is your success is totally dependent on you. Believe me it separates the men from the boys real quickly. If you treat this hunt like a wilderness elk hunt you will be successful, Find a good hunting partner. Get in shape, Be quite in camp, No bonfires, Bring a good book for rainy days, Enjoy the wilderness. If you are the type of person how can plan & organize your own hunts. I would give Maverick air a call.

Robert Johnson
Soldotna Ak

I am curious how these caribou hunts work. Are you simply dropped off and left to get on with it or are you dropped at a cabin or tented camp as part of the package? How do you decide where to be dropped off as I understand that the caribou are constantly moving on their migration?

Regards,

Pete

Robert,
Thanks for the info. I've done fly-ins before just never from the Kotz.

Pete
For the most part, fly-ins are just that. You hunt with whatever you bring along, inclding camp gear. I'm sure there are a few services that offer a base camp or cabin. The ones I've flown with for caribou usually fly around spot some herds and put you about a days walk (for the caribou) in front of them. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.

Joel,

Good to see you here. We'll have to get together at the range one of these days.

Pete-: Good to see you are still around. Do you remember a guy from Kotzebue that did ivory carving and looked for mammoth ivory? I'm looking for mammoth ivory to make knife scales. He had a nice web site but I lost it last year when my computer went tits up.

Big John

Pete E

Drop off hunts are just that mostly just transportation to the hunt area. Sometimes if you organize your hunt through an outftter you can arrange for all the equipment you need.

The only problem for you in all of this is that I see you are posting from the UK. Any non resident alien hunter must be personaly guided by a regestered or master guide by state law. this basicly means that you would not be able to do this unless you are a american citezen living in the UK.

Akshooter, you do realize that Pete E's thread is three years old, right. Greg