Alaska moose

[spencerhenry]

I am in the very earliest stage of planning a 2024 moose hunt in Alaska. Does anyone here have suggestions for an area to find big bulls?
I intend to archery hunt, but will have a rifle with me in the event that I can't get a shot with a bow.

 

[effendude]

My friends at Are You Ready Adventures out of St. Mary Alaska shoot huge bulls each year. Johnny Richardson can be reached at 907-933-1339
Good Luck,
Scott

 

[Bill K]

Locate a outfitter that works and knows the Yukon area. Some very large bulls in that area.

 

[G Man]

The Tok. area is a great area to hunt . I was a guide helper for 3 years a long time ago. That is a big bull area and has been doing well in the last few years. The area is tough going but it was okay for most people that are In some what good health Tok air service have been good people to deal with in the past. Good luck with your hunting trip and stay safe. Ps get a emergency medical and rescue device and service before you go it’s a very long way from a hospital

 

[G Man]

Also you better get a really good hand gun because the bears can get really big also

 

[rayporter]

if you are going in 24 you better get a move on.

 

[wholmes]

This is all good advise, where ever you go know how and when to call and be patient, they will hear and respond but it will take time for them to travel the miles to get to the area where the call came from and they will show up so close to where the call came from you will be shocked. Asking for a friend...

 

[nakneker]

I am in the very earliest stage of planning a 2024 moose hunt in Alaska. Does anyone here have suggestions for an area to find big bulls?
I intend to archery hunt, but will have a rifle with me in the event that I can't get a shot with a bow.

Are you trying to do a self guided hunt or are you trying to use a guide? If it’s self guided you’ll want to do a lot of research, be physically prepared and mentally too. I did a self guided moose hunt 21 years ago on the Alaska peninsula, got a tip on a place that was remote and did the research to put it together. Four of us went, it was a 10 day hunt. We hunted 2.5 days out of the 10 and spent the rest of the time in tents in one of the worst storms I’ve ever been in. We had to move our tents into thick brush to keep the wind from damaging them. Mosquitoes were thick, no seeums were everywhere. One of our hunt mates got really sick with kidney problems. There were lots of bears and it cost a fair amount to pull the trip off. I ended up with a 73” moose the first day and getting him back to camp was a monumental chore. The guy who got sick ended up getting a 59” moose and the other two guys didn’t fill their tags. A guided trip would have had many advantages, mostly your guide would know the country, the weather etc better than going in for the first time with little knowledge. If you want some info where to go I can take a look at Google earth and see if the landing strip is still there, we were hunting an old oil camp and they had a run way that was still usable at the time, it’s either gone or they have maintained it enough to use.

 

[spencerhenry]

After looking at pricing, I have a different plan. I will make it a flying vacation, fly my own plane up there. If I see good animals and have the desire, I will buy a tag and go hunt. I enjoy the flying as much or maybe even more than the hunting, I've been wanting to do an Alaska trip anyway.
I just can't see spending $15k or more for a hunt.

Before anyone chimes in and tells me I don't know what I'm doing, and Alaska is a different place and I wouldn't know how to fly in those conditions and terrain. I am an experienced backcountry pilot, with the same plane the flying services in Alaska use. I have friends that work as pilots there every summer.

 

[7315br]

After looking at pricing, I have a different plan. I will make it a flying vacation, fly my own plane up there. If I see good animals and have the desire, I will buy a tag and go hunt. I enjoy the flying as much or maybe even more than the hunting, I've been wanting to do an Alaska trip anyway.
I just can't see spending $15k or more for a hunt.

Before anyone chimes in and tells me I don't know what I'm doing, and Alaska is a different place and I wouldn't know how to fly in those conditions and terrain. I am an experienced backcountry pilot, with the same plane the flying services in Alaska use. I have friends that work as pilots there every summer.

Moose Hunting in Alaska., Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Information on Moose hunting in Alaska.

www.adfg.alaska.gov

AFWIW: Looks like you might need a guided hunt or a relative who is a Alaska resident.

Secondly, as someone who lived "full-time" in Alaska for well over 20 years and flew for a living almost that entire time I can tell you it can be difficult. The weather is very unpredictable...is an understatement!

Just being a scud running bush pilot will NOT get it done all the time. If I set down and thought about it, I could name a dozen guys or more that got it fooling around in low visibilty flying up there while I lived there. Even with GPS (which we didn't have in my day up there), they still have accidents regularly.

As far as flying from the lower 48 up to Alaska if you go up the Southeast corner from Washington State to the Anchorage area you had better be a competent (and I mean "competent" Instrument pilot)! Even with a bush type aircraft there are few places to land on a beach until one gets up to Yakutat and beyond.

If you go the Alaskan highway be prepared to sit it out even following the highway. I've flown both routes so many times I can't remember. I only flew multi-engine aircraft on the southeast route and never broke that rule. I do recall flying one of my aircraft more than forty trips on the southeast route. That aircraft was a high performance, pressurized, multi-engine aircraft...and that could and did get very interesting on a few trips from wind and low ceilings.

My experience level is fairly high (almost 19k hours). I started with Super Cubs and retired on Gulfsteams and Falcon 900's over (47) years of flying.

Best of luck on your decision on your upcoming Moose hunt.

 

[3Ackleys]

There is lots of AK Moose hunting info on Rokslide:

Moose

A great place to talk about the largest of North Americas deer species.

rokslide.com

My only input would be after a lot of years experience, if you want to kill a moose with a bow don't bring a gun. 100% of the people I have went hunting with (not just moose) or know that took both, all ended up using a rifle.

 

[MGMIAM]

Nonresidents:​

A nonresident who hunts brown/grizzly bear, Dall sheep, or mountain goat must be personally accompanied by an Alaska-licensed guide OR by an Alaska resident 19 years of age or older who is within the "second degree of kindred" (see definitions below).

Nonresident Aliens:​

A nonresident alien must be personally accompanied by an Alaska-licensed guide to hunt ANY big game animal, including black bear, brown/grizzly bear, bison, caribou, Dall sheep, deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, muskox, wolf and wolverine.

Alaska Big Game Guide Requirements, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Information on hunting and trapping in Alaska.

www.adfg.alaska.gov

Does not look like you need a guide as a nonresident for moose ? But i'm usually wrong, that's what my wife tells me !!