Q: How much would it cost to get a good hotel, some guns and a guided hunt? —Kyle

A: The price tag for hunting trips to Alaska depends a lot on what you’re hoping to hunt and how far off the beaten path you want to do it. For non-residents of Alaska, some game can only be hunted with a guide—such as grizzlies, brown bears, dall sheep and mountain goats. One good operator Sportsman’s Air Service (907-248-3181), does a variety of guided or non-guided hunts, where they typically set you up at either a hotel, lodge, cabin—or even with camping gear. Most of their clients, they tell us, bring their own guns, but they can also help you buy or rent equipment if you ask well ahead of time. Their guided trips start as low as about $2,500—for a bear-hunting trip out of Anchorage.

Guided trips otherwise range from $8,000 to $16,000 for bear or moose hunts. (An unguided trip for moose, meanwhile, might run about $6,750.) Keep in mind that with good guided hunting tours, you’re usually flying to remote locales—Sportsman’s does a lot out of Galena, in the northwest area, and into the Arctic—so these prices include air travel and access that is pricey any way you slice it.

If you want to branch out into fishing, too, check out Alaska.org’s page on Alaska Fishing.