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Post by kevshell on Mar 12, 2024 17:42:20 GMT -5
This is times 2 because my wife and I hunt together. Although I have I don't regret the expense I do think of what else I would have bought. Hopefully I can start a thread like Rey's.  |
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Post by Stump Buster on Mar 12, 2024 18:21:08 GMT -5
Lately, it does seem like it's turning more and more into "The Sport of Kings and Noblemen" when you add it all up, doesn't it?
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Post by kevshell on Mar 12, 2024 18:45:06 GMT -5
Definitely not cheap. We've had a few new elk hunters join us in the past. I know what we spent to get started. Going with a guide, license, tips, equipment, etc and you'll be $15-20k especially if you tag out (meat processing and mount). It gets a little less expensive if you stop buying other stuff.
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Post by Fowler on Mar 12, 2024 18:46:24 GMT -5
How long till you qualify as residents up there?
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Post by bushog on Mar 12, 2024 18:54:46 GMT -5
At least you get to hunt…. I can’t draw lately. Maybe this year.
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Post by kevshell on Mar 12, 2024 19:05:38 GMT -5
How long till you qualify as residents up there? Probably will be another 2 years. Can't wait until it'll be the "residence" for their purposes. |
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Post by bearskinner on Mar 12, 2024 19:28:27 GMT -5
You guys can fly to Africa, go on a 2 week safari ( lots of critters) for less than a guided elk hunt, then take your horses out once you get residence tags
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Post by hunter01 on Mar 12, 2024 19:33:33 GMT -5
You guys can fly to Africa, go on a 2 week safari ( lots of critters) for less than a guided elk hunt, then take your horses out once you get residence tags Africa really is a bargain all things considered. |
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Post by armoredman on Mar 13, 2024 4:58:06 GMT -5
Wow...I can't imagine spending that much on a hunting license. I hope it is all very much worth it to you sir, and you bag everything you are going for!
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Post by kevshell on Mar 13, 2024 14:17:19 GMT -5
Believe me, it would make me shake my head when I was paying 1/10 of this for license in North Carolina and even less than that in Maryland back in the day. But for this kind of hunting that I'm doing it's a buy wants cry once proposition. I would not pay this kind of money to hunt North Carolina or Maryland but in the West it's a different story for me. I'm definitely looking forward to the day those rates will be lower when I'm a in-state resident.
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Post by handgunhuntingafield on Mar 13, 2024 14:54:41 GMT -5
Hunting in multiple states in the west each year including my state of Wyoming….I hear you.
But nothing is even close to hunting the wilderness. Money is just a small speed bump in the way.
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Post by kevshell on Mar 13, 2024 17:28:58 GMT -5
That's where I hunt. Wilderness area. Worth the price of admission.
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Post by rickiesrevenge on Mar 13, 2024 19:11:10 GMT -5
A non-res sheep tag here in AK is less than that! Would be required to hire a guide as a non-res though.
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