charlie brown i see what your saying on the brown bear breakdown, but the underlying problem here is the typical guy (me) cant afford this type of hunt.....possibly ever! i realize there are a lot of costs involved, but most of these guys take 10-15 hunters twice a year, spring and fall. now your looking at upwards of a quarter of a million dollars for the four people to split.....plus this only takes up 2-4 months of their year. sounds like there making a lot of money to me. plus im a bit skeptical of your $10,000 total for gear every year...i doubt they go through that much every year.

im just playing devil's advocate here, but this type of thing is pricing a lot of people out. i just found an outfitter that is running an 'affordable" brown bear hunt next year, at $4995. for this price you get 2 on 1 guide service. you bring your own food and do your own cooking...i think you bring your tent and things too. i am seriously looking at doing this. i may be able to come up with it in a year or two.

and it isnt just bear hunts....sheep have those costs too. personally though, i think a sheep hunt would be 1000 times harder for a guide than a bear hunt. if anything i can see them being more expensive. but $15000????

just tough to swallow when ya see people go on these types of trips every year, and you realize that is half your sallary! too rich for my blood.

now if i can just win that lottery

brad