Originally Posted by
bikerman9967
thank you andy . i spoke with Dave lawless, the booking agent/guide with Rogue River for close to 3 hours Saturday. we discussed about just about everything to do with the hunt. the cost of fuel up there is through the roof, which in turn is part of the reasons for high cost. other reasons are the moose hunts take quite a bit of fly trips to get gear/game in and out of camps.
as for bulls, they dont like to take young bulls. the guides can usually tell the age very easily. if they have a 65 inch monster young stud, he lives, but they wont count that as a shot opportunity. that said , they also will take a 48 inch old timer and encourage it. i dont have a size requirement or want. just a nice bull. many have gone home empty handed due to not wanting a 57-62 inch bull.
he basically said everything i would expect from an outfit that large and known. i was impressed. im going to talk to ceaser today at some point. i want to talk to ruby ridge as well.
I find it very hard to believe that they would require a hunter paying big bucks to pass on a 65 inch bull. I call BS on that one. I'm sorry, but I just don't buy it. Saying something like that would be an immediate red flag for me. Do you have any idea how large a 65" bull is and how many years it takes for a bull to grow to that size? Young bulls don't grow 65" antlers!!! Shockey used to have a fairly extensive website where he talked in length about what to expect in regards to moose in his area. It appears to have been removed as I can't find it, but when I was looking I recall him saying that although some monster bulls are killed there, the average moose in his area was in the 55" to 60" range and he strongly suggested no one pass up a bull that size. It was a few years back when I looked at his site. He also stated hunters should not pass up 140" whitetails in his hunting area in Saskatchewan even though much larger ones are possible. I think what he had stated in his website was right on...very to the point in realistic.... I don't know about this booking agent/guide... Again, I just don't buy it.