Returned From KODIAK! ( PICTURE HEAVY)

[Matty]

Hey Great for you guys! I bet that was an awesome adventure. The rain would just about ruin it for me. Glad you guys stuck it out and got some deer. Great job to you and your buddies!

[TURKEYFOOTGIRL]

Im certainly no expert on thre deer up there but i believe there are many areas in se Alaska with deer. Kodiak and Prince of Whales seem to be the most popular with nonresidents.

As far as costs of the hunt.
Round trip from home to Kodiak $900 ( i paid $11 i used Alaska airline credit card miles)
Tags 85 for a hunting liscense and 150 per deer tag. I got 3 so total of 535.
Luggage costs: i paid $100 going up and $175 coming home. Lots of gear to haul. Was way cheaper to take as extra luggage compared to shipping.
Bush flight. Think it was 1200 each way. So each of us paid 1200. This depends how far out you want to go. I think the far sw corner of kodiak was 1400 or 1600.

Hotels are expensive. Like 200 a night. Luckily i had relatives in Kodiak who were nice enough to keep us for a couple days.
Renting a Sat phone could cost you 100 to 150.
Of course all your foor, any car rentals or taxi.
Eating out in Kodiak.
Beer expensive 6.25 for a tap beer!
 Probaly some other expenses i havent thought of. Of course all the tents and gear for a remote hunt.

[akdd]

The cost of the tags will be double next year. I go every year in November to Larsen Bay with Kodiak Charters. I think this is the cheapest way to hunt Kodiak. 5 days for around $2500 not to sure what the price is now as they charge returning customers the same price as the first time they went which was 10 years ago for me. You fly the mail plane from Kodiak to Larsen Bay which is about $125 each way. They provide you with a place to stay (hot showers,sat tv). You get up in the morning they fix you breakfast, pack you a lunch, take you out in the boat and drop you off to hunt. They come and pick you up about dark and take you back to Larsen Bay where they have a good supper waiting for you. About all you need to bring is what you need to hunt with I go down with one 50 lb. bag.