Good question Blain, and thank you for helping get us back on track.

As a life long Alaskan resident, I have never paid for a guide, and thus do not know about pricing. But I do know that the inland griz are abundant, and easy to access. The coastal griz are a bit less populace, and require different arrangements to access.

This may not be a problem for an out of state hunter, since they have to fly in anyway (as apposed to driving to the hunting area), and therefore would not notice the difference.

If the cost is the same, and your guide can assure you a high percentage of success, then I would definitely go for the coasties.

The cost between an inland griz and a coasty being the same would surprise me though, because there is a huge difference in size, and availability.

In fact, this might be a good place for any of you out there, who have looked into the pricing, to post your results.

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