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Hi everyone! I would like to put out a question to the masses and hope for some answers. My dad and our hunting buddies are trying to find an outfitter that doesn't charge you an arm and a leg for very little service. We would like to go for one more hunt, but the outfitter that we originally used charges unrealistic prices. We are looking for a bare bones hunt, don't need all the fancy trimmings. Just a decent shelter and a place to hunt. Our price range is under $2000 can. a head. All of the outfitters that we have seen charge over $3000us. Any help would be appreciated.
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I think $2K will limit out any fly in operation, but the final cost depends on the services you require. Consider the following questions:

How many days you want in the field? Is a motorboat required? Are 4 wheelers required? Do you want a cook in camp? Do you want grub supplied? Will you consider a tent or do you have to stay in a solid structure? Which provinces are you interested in? Lots of guys say they want a bare bones hunt, right up until they get dropped off at some remote lake and reality sets in as the sound of the float plane disappears into the distance.
 
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Our first hunt was exactly that. Miners tent in the middle of nowhere, one or two boats, bring your own food and away you go.(float plane drops you off) Second time we had a bare bones cabin, and hunted the back roads with our own vehicles. We basically just want a place to stay and hunt for a week. Nothing fancy, we can't afford these flashy lodge type outfits were you are spoon fed. Oviously the location would have to be within reasonable driving distance from Toronto.(1-2 days drive max)
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Manitoba has a few outfitters that offer reasonably priced do-it-yourself hunts but your not going to drive here in 1-2 days unless your driving non-stop. Winnipeg is about 26 hrs. from T.O and hunts usually originate out of Thompson or Leaf Rapids.
 
I'm planning to go for the first time this December with my friends, who have gone up for the last two years in a row

htt p://www.kiskimaastakin.com/caribou/pages_eng/profile.html.

They drive 32 hours (one way) to get there. They use these people as guides. Lots of driving, but I have caribou in my freezer now.

Another camp: Mirage is a lot bigger than the Kiskimaastakin camp, but more expensive as well.

Don't forget that not all rates include licence fees - be certain to ask.
 
Hi guys , I live in Radisson in northern quebec and if youre looking for something simple i can give you the number of a native outfitter here ,he sell the license for around 400 $ open to bargain if you take more than one .But your on your own , you have to reserve a room in a motel , and bring your sled , can be a cheaper way.

And a year like this year is very easy, I start from my house in sled at 8 and were came back at 1 with my wife and my cariboo .....pretty easy .

Anyway let me know

(Damn want to show you but have to post my pics on a site ):mad:
 
Too bad you don't know anyone in the Yukon, you pay the same price as a resident for tags, and if you shoot one you have to pay an export fee out of the province, which for caribou is $400. A buddy drove up to the Yukon and took an Alaska/Yukon moose, beast of a thing, and the round trip cost him less than a thousand. And just think you would go after either a mountain or barren lands caribou, or even both!
 
Great_White_hunter said:
Too bad you don't know anyone in the Yukon, you pay the same price as a resident for tags, and if you shoot one you have to pay an export fee out of the province, which for caribou is $400. A buddy drove up to the Yukon and took an Alaska/Yukon moose, beast of a thing, and the round trip cost him less than a thousand. And just think you would go after either a mountain or barren lands caribou, or even both!
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I pay $5 for a resident tag. My father came up last year for caribou, his tag was $75.

Trophy fee was $150.
No charge for an export fee.
 
And you have to go with a resident. And getting there is not cheap either.

This whole subject makes me laugh. Have some of you priced out what it costs for charter flights lately? Friends and I looked at chartering to northern Manitoba and a beaver was going to be $5000 from Thompson, so that would have been $10,000 split among 4 people. That is $2500 each right off the top. Outfitters charging $3000 are not getting rich on it.

We could get cheaper flights out of Churchill, but then we have to tack on the flight to Churchill return or the drive and train, etc. Hunting remote areas is not cheap. Hell I can remember having to pay $800 per person for relatively short float plane charters 20 years ago. And getting the fuel in for those boats is not cheap. Good wall tents are a $1000 +/- each.

As usual everyone wants everything for nothing without any real knowledge of what it costs for people to offer it to you in the first place.
 
Well i suppose it is possible for the two guys I know here at the Uni from Ross River were mistaken, but even so trophy fee of 150 and tag of 75, its a hell of alot cheaper than going through an outfitter.
 
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