Muley
Hey if your interested in Alaska shoot me an email. I am headed up with the wife to Anchorage maybe mid September. We will be driving up and taking the 5th Wheel and have plenty of room for another or couple. You can save big bucks by driving up and not having to have your meat shipped. I will be taking a huge chest freezer and just plugging it into the 5th wheel for the ride home.
The plan is to get to Anchorage and leave the wife behind to explore town. I am planning a Deluxe drop camp hunt(Fully Stocked Camp) for Caribou or Moose. I will be flying out of Anchorage. 7 to 10 days. From what I have seen it looks like about $2500-$3500, but like I said I still am in the planning stage. I have a few other friends who might be interested and could really lower the price.
I have several options and services looking into this already for me.
www.worldwide-hunts.com He is out of Wyoming and is seriously looking into it. Check out his site.
As far as the firearms thing in Canada it's a snap and cost ya $40 US. The meat, just need an FDA form and is no problem. I drove to BC and took a Moose this year. Spent about a half hour at the border with no problem. US requires a certificate of origination to bring your firearm back to the US.( Must be done before entering Canada) It's free and takes about 5 minutes to fill out the form at the US side of the border.
If you had something else in mind you could at least hitch a ride up and back to save you on some funds.
Bob