Bigbulls,
How is it that the mere renting of the cabin gets one around the requirement of non-resident hunters being required to use a guide -- am I missing something -- or is this a valid loop hole?

If I had been going to the same area of Alaska a few times such that I didn' t fit in the " pure Alaskan greenhorn" category and the cabins were available for the same area as I' d hunted before and would thus allow me to run my own trip, then that would start too look attractive!

As much as I love Colorado -- I' ve been to Alaska and I have to admit it is a whole different ballgame at a whole different level of play -- truly wild, remote, and no place for the uninitiated -- makes my dear Colorado look like a walk in the city park.

I' m afraid, given my current Alakan hunting experience level (zero), the value of work time lost while away from home, and my preferred quarry -- Brown Bear, I will gladly pay the guide until I shed my raw (Alaskan) greenhorn status. After two/three times up I might start thinking differently. Just my take on it.

" Man' s gotta know his limitations." --- Dirty Harry [:-]

Never Go Undergunned,
EKM