[M.T. Pockets]

Check your PM for a couple helpful sites to help you plan an Alaskan hunt. I spent a couple years reading "Hunt Alaska Now" by Dennis Confer before I went. This was very helpful, but that was a few years ago and things have changed a lot since then.

The biggest obstacle for a non-resident (and probably most residents) is getting all your stuff to the field to hunt, and then getting all your stuff back again, plus all the meat. Even if you have all your own gear and go unguided, it would be hard to hunt caribou from your door and back again, for under $3,000. Moose can add a couple thousand in just meat transportation cost. It costs a lot of money to fly weight out of the bush to a village, and if you take it home, it costs a lot more. It is hard to get your clothes & guns to Alaska on the airlines without paying excess baggage. If you're bringing a raft & camping gear I'd suggest shipping it ahead of time and first compare what it would cost to rent one there.

Do your research on which rivers to float, conditions change from year to year. If a river comes up frequently, don't expect to be alone.

Sounds like you've got wilderness experience and that's good. Alaska's wilderness is bigger and less forgiving than anything in the lower 48. Make sure you pick a partner that you could spend a few days with in a tent during bad weather. Bears are most everywhere that you'd find moose or caribou, with some precaution they shouldn't be much problem. You're much more apt to get hurt in the plane or on the river.

It's a challenging way to hunt and I'd encourage you to do it while you can. The sooner you do it, the sooner you can go back.

Sounds like the first thing you need to do is find an air taxi that can do what you want them to do. Research them carefully with recent references from last year and do call them.