I have been to Alaskan four times hunting moose, this fall will be my fifth trip for Alaskan Moose.
Step One: The best and most important advise I received was it will not happen unless you SET THE DATE, DON'T DEVIATE FROM THAT DATE, and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
You can do everything involved with planning an Alaskan moose hunt, well it is a dream that will never happen until you are fully committed to Step One above. If you are of limited means like myself, then stetting a BUDGET and, you guessed it, DON'T DEVIATE FROM THAT BUDGET. Some people can save enough money ($5-$10K) in one year, most in two years, for others it might take three. Four or Five years is usually too long, a goal set too far is easily postponed and seldom achieved. If it's going to take more than three years, follow Monty Browning's advise, go introduce yourself to your banker.
Yes, I know Sh!t happens, and without fail there will always be several really, really, really good reasons to postpone or cancel the trip. I have had a lot of acquaintances who decided to make their Alaskan Moose hunt, started the planning for it, then something came up and they postponed the hunt. Something Important always comes up! Over the twenty five years I have been planning hunts in Alaska, the only person I know who postponed their Alaskan Moose hunt and then made it to Alaska the next year, is myself. The reason for postponing the hunt, I drew a moose tag in my home state of Montana.
Mike's advise above is really solid. Buy Mike's book's and DVD's, I have learned a lot of things from them that help me in the woods, most import is an insight into a mindset for getting it done, the right way.
Run searches, type in Mike Mitten, Bryan Burkhart, Kevin Dill, Monty Browning, or Mark Baker, with the word moose, you will have enough information regarding how to hunt moose with a stickbow, plan the logistics, and what equipment to take, to plan your trip. There really is no need to research much more then what those five have written or produced.
If you didn't notice, the common link between the people I mentioned and have learned from, is my membership in the PBS.
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