I did a self guided, outfitted float trip a few years back with my brother.....best trip of my life, and I'd highly recommend it! Beware of "outfitters " we got screwed by ours, but bear in mind, it was still an awesome trip. We were supposed to have sat phones to communicate for them to pick up meat, No sat phone when we arrived, said "Sorry, but we'll see you on the river and pick up yourmeat", never saw them until the end.. This cost my brother a moose, as another moose on our raft would probably have sank it. We shipped about 750 pounds of boned out meat, plus the rack........I'd really hate to do it alone. Learn the gutless method for removing meat, even with 2 people, you won't be rolling it around to gut it, and if it drops wrong, we'll good luck! We were archery hunting, but had firearm back up, highly recommended. This outfitter is since out of business, but if I were to do it again, I'd go directly to some of the small town bush pilots and talk on the phone to them until I found one that I liked. The ones I met there were very helpful giving tips, and told us the above recommendation for the next time we came. Bring LOTS of food.....you burn a tremendous amount of calories on a trip like that, and rationing sucks! We supplemented our meals with fish and grouse, but I'd hate to plan on that. Good luck, I hope you can make it work! If I think of anything else I'll let you know. Feel free to PM me if you think I can be of any other assistance.