5K to spend, best place to go on a guided hunt?

[WEATHERBY460]

Leaning towards a NC bear hunt with gun. Not many outfitters it looks like. Any recommendations?

 

[OG10]

To the OP what do you want to hunt ?

 

[softtail103]

Sitka glacier bear hunt. Beautiful color phase black bear.

 

[Elkeater]

Texas Aoudad, Canadian bears, kodiak island blacktails, NM pronghorn or Wy Pronghorn for $2500-$3000 is very easy to find. Texas whitetails. I mean honestly I could have a field day with 6k. Africa would also be totally doable with 6k and you would get to shoot multiple animals. Same with Texas exotic hunts.

 

[Equalizer]

Dang .... Africa looking good lol.

 

[wwbrown]

I am hoping I can get across the border for my Spring bear hunt in northern Sask. I am also concerened about how many outfitters/guides may go belly up if the US-Canada border does not open up for spring hunting and fishing another season.

I had a hunt reservd with the outfitter in northern Sask last spring but the virus stopped that and I asked the outfitter to reserve the same week for '21 using my '20 deposit. If I can't cross the border I may see if I can get a spring bear hunt out west this spring, I really want to get out.

 

[Triple BB]

Outfitter broker websites get a lot of cancellation hunts. You can find $5k hunts regularly...

 

[snox801]

Don't do it, youmpay twice and get half with an auction hunt

Also have to say you sir are wrong. I've bought over 8 off the sci local chapter and they have all been so good I've gone back to every one more than once.

 

[Muddyboots]

A wild card may be if you have been vaccinated for Covid. It may open more opportunities, I hope! I get my second shot end of month and will look at fall hunts that accommodate folks that are vaccinated.

 

[Threejs]

I took 2 of my daughters to hunt with Claude Turcotte in Quebec one spring. Seems like he's about $3500/person. He has huge bears. Spring bears just out of hibernation still going 350ish pounds. And a good population of them. I think his website is bigbearhunts.com. PM me if you want his contact info. Great guy to hunt with and the food is incredible

 

[VLD Pilot]

A friend of mine up here in Northern Michigan has a high fence property with giant whitetail bucks. $5-6k will get you a 180 B&C class buck. Bucks still have their antlers on now.

Is it in the Gladstone area ?

 

[dogz]

Sitka glacier bear hunt. Beautiful color phase black bear.

Gorgeous bruin the Glaciers are, not sure one could find a good outfitter to hunt with for 5K...? And or, if you could would you want to hunt with him if that's all he's charging

 

[Thomas Jake]

5k would be okay for New Mexico !