RE: big game hunting
Another animal to toss out there for inexpensive (ain't none of them cheap [8D] ) is caribou. Usually two animals an be taken, and for 2-3K.
For me however, there's another aspect, I don't see myself going on a guided hunt for something I can hunt at home, that rules out turkey, deer and moose. I also would rather have an more "interactive" hunt if I am paying alot, I don't want to sit in a tree all the time, so caribou, elk, mule deer and maybe antelope (but stalked) would do. I have gone on two elk hunts guided and LOVED every second of it, there it little to get your heart pumping than having a bull elk screaming at you coming to find you to kick your butt for being there!