There aren't any two bull areas right around Fairbanks so you'll have to travel a ways from there. The White Mountains and 40-mile areas are all one animal and the 40-mile registration hunt usually closes within just a few days of opening because the quota gets met so fast. If you want to try for two then your best bet will be to hunt the Western or Central Arctic herds out of Kotzebue, Bettles, or Coldfoot as those are multi-animal areas for non-res. You could bowhunt the Haul Road after Oct. 1 when the limit jumps to two bulls, but plan on cold temperatures, lots of competition, and potentially few animals right around the road. If they aren't along the Dalton then you're pretty much SOL because you can't really move away from the road without killing yourself on the tussocks. I'd doubt you'll find anybody with a plane that willdo a swap either. They're just too expensive to run, so people either charge an arm and a leg or they use them strictly for themselves and their close friends. One of your best bets is to contact Larry Bartlett (Pristine Ventures) about his hunt plan service. Larry is a top notch guy and he can put you in with good transportation and more importantly a good area, and even equipment if you need it. He stays on top of the game so his expertise is worth the price he charges, especially when you look at the overall hunt price. There's lots of scam artists out there that will dump you in the middle of nowhere for a week and don't care if you even see an animal. So what if you give them a bad recommendation too, because there's ten unsuspecting saps lined up behind you that they can do the same thing. Do your homework or pay somebody else to do it for you. I'm not trying to sound like a stick in the mud; I just want you to be prepared for the good and the really really bad that Alaska can dump on you if you're not prepared.

Good Luck,

AK Jeff