Bowhunting safari consult. OUCH

[Jedimaster]

Motorcycles? boats? ATV's? $30,000 trucks? smoking? chewing? bars? play money? I don't do or have any of those things and I can barely afford to "guide" myself to McDonald's.

Oh yeah, I do have three kids... I thank God every moment that I sit in my little patch of woods waiting for the same old doe and yearlings to wander by. You guys go get a biggun and write about it here and I'll live vicariously through you, but I wouldn't trade one moment.

[Patrick Bischoff]

I went to Alberta in May on a bear hunt booked through BSC. I have friends who have gone to Ontario two to three times and not killed a bear. I figured it would be cheaper to put myself in place for the most  success. We asked Mark if you had to bear hunt only one time where would you go. He recommended an outfitter and we booked. I had more fun on my six day trip to Alberta than my two week trip to Africa.

Their is no doubt that hunts will be more expensive every year. The dropping dollar and cost of fuel are only two parts of the equation.I bit the bullet this winter and took a second job just to pay for hunting trips. Some nights I come home so tired I ask myself if it is worth it. Then I open up my TBM or Bowhunter magazine and realize it is.

[Billy]

I tend to agree with Jedimaster but, given the prices and business aspects of the guide/outfitter...
which critter or region seems to be the best bang for the buck?
For instance, a 'self-guided' canoe trip on the St.John costs $10 and a guided bear hunt costs $10.
Or does it simply boil down to the individual and their desires?