I see that your prices are higher than some of the other outfitters I have contacted. Why is that?

When I started this business I was determined to make it the best operation in Alaska. Consequently, I have spared no expense in an effort to achieve this goal. I have hired some of the best guides in Alaska, pay them the best, and treat them as professionals. I give them the best equipment, food, and productive environment to work in. The support personnel are of the same caliber. I hire the best people for the job -based on their performance and qualifications. I make it a practice to run things efficiently yet maintain a casual hunting camp atmosphere. I don't attempt to cut corners when it comes to your hunt. This does not mean we are not cost conscious, in business you must be, I ask myself if reducing the cost of something will reduce the value of your hunt. If the answer is yes, I don't cut it.

There is always the temptation to join the crowd and offer hunts that are priced around the status quo. In order to do that and make a profit you're into some serious cost cutting. Where do these cuts come from? I have received many calls from hunters who have been victims of cost cutting. The biggest complaint is little or no food. Second is an inexperienced guide. Some of these outfitters who operate this way are still in business and have been so for a number of years. It bewilders me why, but obviously there is always someone who thinks they can get something for nothing. This is rarely the case.

I would like to offer hunts at a lesser price but to operate at the top of the heap and keep booking numbers down enough in order to ensure a good chance at a trophy animals I simply can't, and won't. I don't run volume hunts because they are not coincidental with good trophies or top quality service.