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Mikes Outfitting Ltd. 2008-2009 Hunt Schedule &
Hunt Terms
SPRING BLACK
BEAR BOWHUNT OR RIFLE HUNT
May 10 to June 10, 6 day hunt.
$4000.00 with 2 bears included.
MULE DEER BOWHUNT
Aug. 25 to 30, 6 day hunt
Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, 7 1/2 day hunt.
$6000.00
You can add a whitetail deer tag for $500
ELK & MOOSE
COMBO BOWHUNT
Sept. 8 to 15, 7 1/2 day hunt.
$6000.00
MULE DEER RIFLE
HUNT
Sept. 17 to 21, 5 day hunt
Sept. 22 to 28, 6 1/2 day hunt
Nov. 24 to 30, 6 1/2 day hunt
$8500.00 + $500.00 kill fee on a 180 plus gross score buck.
ELK RIFLE
HUNT
Sept. 17 to 30, 7 day hunt
$5000.00
MOOSE RIFLE
HUNT
Sept 29 to Oct 30, 6 1/2 day hunt or Nov 1 to 6, 6 day hunt
$5000.00
Sept 29 to Oct. 10, 8 1/2 day hunt
$6000.00
WHITETAIL DEER
RIFLE HUNT
Nov. 7 to 30
$4800.00, 6 1/2 day hunt
$5800.00, 9 1/2 day hunt
RIFLE COMBINATION
HUNTS
Mule Deer and Whitetail Deer
Nov. 17 to 30, 9 1/2 day hunt.
Call for availability and price
Whitetail Deer and Moose
Nov. 1 to 9, 9 day hunt.
$8500.00
TERMS, CONDITIONS
and ADDITIONAL HUNT INFORMATION
These prices are in U.S. funds. The 5% Goods and Services Tax
(GST) and your license and allocation fees are not included.
The hunts are generally 2 hunters to one guide, or 4 hunters
to 3 guides. 1 on 1 guide service may be available, call to
confirm.
License and allocation fees:
These prices are also in U.S. funds.
Black bear $230
Mule deer $330
Whitetail deer $410
Moose $450
Elk $510
Bowhunting permit $30
Coyote/Wolf $30
Booking a hunt and payment
schedule:
A deposit of 25% of the complete cost is required to book
a hunt. An additional 25% is required by January 10 of your
hunt year then the final 50% balance is due by April 1 on
spring bear hunts and August 1 for fall hunts. Once a deposit
is received by us then a hunt contract will be sent to you
to be signed and mailed back. Except for transferring deposits
to a friend all deposits are fully non-refundable. The deposits
cannot be transferred to a future year.
Flight, pick up and hotel
information:
The easiest way to get to our area is to book your flights
into Grande Prairie Alberta through Uniglobe Geo Travel 780-424-8310.
On all of our hunts we have you arrive in the evening the
day before your hunt. You will then get a shuttle or taxi
to a hotel and then we will pick you up at the hotel in the
morning at 11 am. The hotel cost is your responsibility (about
$200 US funds). The best hotel choices which have a shuttle
service from the airport are Holiday Inn 1-780-402-6886, Pomeroy
Inn 1-780-831-2999, Super 8 Motel 1-780-532-8288, Best Western
1-780-402-2378. Make sure to book your hotel well in advance,
this is a small but booming oil city. This overnight hotel
stay gives enough time if you have a delayed flight, you miss
a connecting flight or your baggage gets lost. The bags can
be located, flown in on a later flight and delivered to your
hotel. It also gives time to sight in your gun or bow before
the hunt. If your hunt is in the middle of the season then
we can usually get in a short 1/2 day hunt. If the season
isn't open yet then it becomes a scouting evening.
It is an hour and 15 minute
drive to our hunting lodge from Grande Prairie. The flights
to Grande Prairie usually have a stop over in Edmonton, where
you may rent a vehicle and do the six hour drive to the lodge
if you prefer. Budget 1-780-448-2000 gives a good rate, about
$300 for a car, just quote rate code "APOS". Directions
to the lodge will be provided by us. This option also generally
makes changing your departure date if you tag out early easier
and less expensive to do. Just avoid flying with Air Canada.
You have to fly with them or West Jet airlines to get into
Grande Prairie though. West Jet is preferable. On your departure
we take you directly to the Grande Prairie airport from the
lodge. Most departing flights leave first thing in the morning.
What We Provide:
We provide all your meals, accommodations, transportation
and field care of trophies once we pick you up from the hotel
in Grande Prairie. We do provide some soft drinks/pop and
snacks but liquor is not provided. We will stop at a store
for you to purchase additional amounts of pop, snacks and
any liquor on your way to the lodge.
Additional Hunt Information:
It is your responsibility to make sure you will not be refused
entry into Canada. Refusal of entry by Canada Customs and
Immigration is not sufficient reason for a refund. If you've
ever had any criminal charges, even a D.U.I., you might have
difficulty entering Canada and may need to clear it up months
beforehand. We can help you to do this. Call if you have questions
about it. If you are coming on a rifle hunt then you will
need a firearms declaration form to clear your rifle through
customs. We will send you one a month or two before your hunt
starts. There is a $30 payment at the border to process this
form. If you have another hunt planned in Alberta in the same
year you can only shoot one animal of each species per year.
We also have a wound policy. For the baited bear hunts the
policy is that drawing blood counts as a kill. Since you have
2 bear licenses you can kill or wound a maximum of 2 bears
total. On all the other hunts you are allowed a maximum of
2 wounds. That means that if you draw blood on 2 animals and
we can't find either one of them then your hunt is over. Of
course we always make every effort to recover any wounded
animals and we don't encourage unethical shots.
Extra Costs:
Besides the $30 rifle import form the only other extra costs
would be one nights hotel upon arrival in Grande Prairie (about
$200 US), meat processing and shipping or extra baggage on
your flight home (the amount for all 3 of these items varies
greatly depending on species of the animal and amount of meat,
horns, cape you are taking home). A final extra cost would
be any tips for the guide and cook that you feel they deserve
(standard total amount, split ¾ to the guide and ¼
to the cook, is approximately 10% of the hunt cost). Tipping
is entirely at your discretion though and any amount is greatly
appreciated.
Getting your bear hides, antlers, cape and meat home:
The easiest way to get your antlers and cape back home is
for us to put the items in a thick cardboard box and for you
to take it with you or your flight home (the airline generally
charges $50 to $100 per extra bag). We put garden hose around
the antler tips, clean, dry and then tape up the skull plate
and we freeze the cape. Frozen meat can also be taken home
with you in a cooler. Generally all the meat must be cut by
a licensed butcher and you are responsible for paying for
the processing. Shipping meat back to your home is another
possibility but it is an expensive, complicated and time consuming
task. On bear hunts you need to bring a duffle bag to put
your frozen hides in then you can just take them home with
you on your departing flight. Please call Mike if you would
like more information on the available options for both the
spring and fall hunts.
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