The good side to the bus trip is you can relax and sleep on the way up. The down side as already mentioned is you are then at the mercy of someone else for transportation while hunting and can't leave when "YOU" want to. The biggest factor up there is dates. Too early and you see nothing, and too late and the racks are off and its colder than a witch's..........! I have said it before, the best dates tend to be the last week of November and the first week of December give or take a few days based on temperature.