Looking to go on an Elk hunt in 2014

Cintax said:
When I called the head office of the Alberta MNR equivalent the lady explained that as a non-resident you have to pay the full tag price. Obviously, I may be mistaken but that's what I was lead to believe. I imagine that the host would follow the typical scheme where they don't pay the full tag price if they are unsuccessful in the draw.
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Resident tags are a little over $30 for resident hunters, non-residents are several times that much and are nonrefundable. If you don't fill your tag tough titty.
 
live4therut said:
Resident tags are a little over $30 for resident hunters, non-residents are several times that much and are nonrefundable. If you don't fill your tag tough titty.
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Oh for sure. I was making reference to the refund for a failed draw. I might be incorrect, but I thought they get part money back and an increase in priority if they were unsuccessful in drawing a special tag. I understand that a tag that is not filled is of course non-refundable.
 
Cintax said:
Oh for sure. I was making reference to the refund for a failed draw. I might be incorrect, but I thought they get part money back and an increase in priority if they were unsuccessful in drawing a special tag. I understand that a tag that is not filled is of course non-refundable.
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You only pay a non-refundable application fee when applying. It's like three bucks. You only pay licence fee if you are drawn.
 
delta1 said:
Mine gets packaged,frozen and packed in coolers. It is still frozen when I get home after 1200 miles or so.
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That makes sense if you are driving, but say from my place to the Kootenays mountains has got to be 4-5000km. I doubt If I had a chance to hunt in BC I would have enough time to round trip drive. So how would you go about shipping your meat back?
 
Pack in collers fill with ice tarp pick up truck keep out of direct sun . Some butchers will flash freeze it for you good to go
 
Four of us went on the BC Elk hunt. One of the guys that went had a connection with a trucking company, and it's main business was the reefer business. Our meat was butchered in Cranbrook, and it was boxed and frozen when we picked it up. All we had to do was to get our meat to a location in Calgary, which worked out as that is where we originally flew into, and where flying back out of Calgary. When we got to the location in Calgary where we where to drop the meat off, the contact person there gave us a skid, and saran wrap. We loaded and wrapped our meat, two elk caps, one black bear skin, and two sets of elk antlers. When we where done with the packing the contact person rolled the skid into the walk-in freezer, we tipped him for his time, and we left. The meat arrived about seven days later. I think it cost each guy about $130 for the shipping from Calgary. The skid arrived the same way we left it the week before.
 
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