How many people go in the wilderness in the fall/winter is completely irrelevent. There are ALWAYS some.

Are highway speed limits not in effect when there's nobodyon the road?

Horribleexcuse.

Somewhere that outfitter is still laughing.

As far as Alaska, for one you are forgetting the biggest expense of all...........meat handling & shipping! And round trip airfare from Chicago with gear is high. I drive to all my lower 49 hunts because of the gear. Besides I already mentioned I did not support the AK law either.