Brian, I did get to see the Benoits at the Classic and enjoyed their seminar. Believe me they are the real deal. No smoke and mirrors there just an incredible ability to hunt whitetailed deer. The day fee to enter the Allagash was $7 per day per hunter as of about 4 years ago. I think there was a week permit to the tune of $35. The roads were real good and we were able to go right along at about 40mph. You do need to watch for logger trucks because they won't stop and definely take their share of the road and then some. Like I said we usually rode for about an hour and then hunted when we saw a good looking spot. There are lots of other places to hunt up there not just on the paper lands. We hunted areas closer to Presquile and Caribou to see something different. Lots of really thick moose type terrain with some hardwood ridges and saddles. Not a lot of places to stay up there so start to plan early. We rented a camp on Portage Lake and did all our own cooking etc. There was 1 diner named Dean's with rooms to rent upstairs in town along with a small store. If you do hunt that area be sure to carry an extra gas can. When we go through the Fish River Check we could have gone all the way to Allagash Plantation which is about 100 miles. The main road comes out to the west of Fort Kent. Lots of side roads to explore and easy to get lost in the road system. I talked with a hunter one day and he told me one of the locals found a shed with 9 points on 1 side. They looked for the match but couldn't find it.