Hunting in Alaska - MeatEater Style

Yukonsour said:
The Meateater podcast is excellent. If anyone is interested in listening to it I recommend starting with episodes 85-87 Afognak Island Elk Hunt and The Meat Tree part 1 and 2. It’s a crazy story about hunting on Alaskan islands.
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Thank you! I just downloaded them and I am looking forward to listening to them on my work drive.

There are several hundred podcasts here ... most excellent suggestion. Thx.
 
wildphil24 said:
The vast spruce wilderness between Baie-Comeau and Fermont is mostly crown land. So it's less regulated and expensive than a zec.

However the hundreds of logging roads are occupied during moose rifle hunt.
To hunt there without conflict you can:
-go during the bow season
-find an access by boat, train or plane

As you go North from Relais Gabriel to Fermont the moose population decrease. There's less leafy food and 6 months of snow.
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Yep, was talking with a local in Labrador and he said there are moose there now, more than there used to be, but the snow just doesn't let them grow a big herd number. And their moose are smaller than we have here in NB.

I think Canadian provinces are really missing the boat by cutting down so drastically on freelancing opportunities for Canadians in other provinces.
 
TheCoachZed said:
I think Canadian provinces are really missing the boat by cutting down so drastically on freelancing opportunities for Canadians in other provinces.
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I guess they're taking advice from the outfitters and want to help the economy through them.

I also wish we could do DIY hunts in every province. Sadly it's easier in many states than most provinces.

They could generate income from the draws if they emitted a few dozens tags per year for other provinces residents. Income they're completing missing because most outfitters customers are not diy hunters and vice versa.
 
TheCoachZed said:
OP, if you're based in Ontario, I think the most affordable DIY hunt is Quebec. My understanding is that if you are hunting in a ZEC, you can still DIY in Quebec, but that could be mis-interpreting the website.

Now, you have to be careful where you go, because in some areas the locals will kill you over moose territory, but my understanding is that the further north you go, the less of a problem this is.

I ride through Labrador via northern Quebec this summer on my little WR250R Yamaha. From Saint John, NB, I was in Les Escoumins by dark. From there, it's 2 hrs north to Baie Comeau, then a few hours of pavement to Manic 5 dam (and this is very woodsy!). Then you're in THE WOODS. Only settlements are Relais-Gabriel, Fire Lake Mine and Fermont.

I think a motivated Ontario resident could drive to Baie Comeau in a day, and then be in real, hardcore wilderness in one more day. Make sure your truck's in top shape, you need a spare tire or three, etc etc.

NOW HAVING SAID ALL THIS

I'm not 100% if you can hunt in ZECs by yourself, but that's what the rules seem to say.
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very interesting ... I do not know much about the hunting regulations in Quebec with regards to non-resident hunters conducting their own DIY hunting for moose. I will have to research this. I would assume that even with those vast tracts of crown land, anything reachable by car/truck/atv would be highly competitive ... as one other post has indicated ... angry and territorial resident hunters on crown land is something I would really really want to avoid ... anger and loaded firearms tend to mix poorly ...
 
I have been fortunate to have hunted Alaska 6 times and NWT twice. All outfitted and it is not cheap of course but have had all great experiences. FWIW for anything besides Grizzly or Brown Bear I would hunt NWT over Alaska anyday...
 
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