1. You will be cold, wet, and miserable for days on end

2. You will be bored to tears at various points of your trip.

3. Everything in Alaska is further, harder, and more dangerous than it looks. The place is “beautifully deadly.”

The top three reasons people are not successful on an Alaskan hunt are:

1. The hunter simply gave up for one reason or another (most of the time they lose their head and freak out over the mental struggle of being in the field).

2. Weather prevented us from having a productive hunt (wind, fog, rain, sleet, snow, hail. You name it, you will see it on these hunts, and sometimes we have to hunker down and try to keep the tents standing. Weather in Alaska is nothing to scoff at).

3. We just didn't see any shootable game. (Hunting in Alaska is the polar opposite of hunting high-fence; these animals will test your resolve every step of the way, and you will earn 100% of your harvests if successful.)

Yes! it rains A LOT in Alaska you need both rain pants and rain jacket.

On some hunts yes, on our Moose Hunts and our River based Grizzly hunts you will need them for sure. Other hunts they won’t be needed at all, feel free to ask us for details in the about page.

it depends species your hunting, if your hunting Bear or Moose I recommend a 30 caliber rifle (300 win magnum is the most common) for caribou you can get by with lighter calibers such as 270 Winchester or a 6.5 Creedmore

Most shots are going to be under 300 yards, we typically don't let hunters shoot more than 200 yards on the first shot on bear hunts. it is very good to exactly how your rifle shoots at 300, 400, and 500 yards as well so you can put rounds into game as it runs away wounded

We highly recommend Bonded Bullets on all of our hunts. Nosler Accubonds, Swift A-Frames, Swift Sciroccos, Hornady DGXs, Barnes TTSXs, Winchester Power Max Bonded, and Federal Trophy Bonded are some great choices.

The most common thing I see in regards to clients taking shots is they don't “follow through” with the shot, and they don't stay on the animal to make backup shots.

No, the professional hunter assigned to you will have one.

All our guides have Garmin inReach units that can message any cell phone and email. These devices also have an emergency SOS feature to call emergency services to our coordinates as well.

Most of our meals consist of freeze-dried foods, as we need to be lightweight, keep food fresh, and freeze-dried food is easy to prepare and helps prevent unwanted bear activity in camp due to the reduced smell.

The only place you're able to shower in the field in the traditional sense is at the lodge (if your hunt takes place at the lodge).

Other than that, it's either using the gravity bag shower system you will have in camp or simply bathing in the lake or river by camp.

While in the field, we use the “pit privy” method for handling human waste. In layman's terms, you will be going to the bathroom using a hole in the ground for the entire trip.

(Unless your hunt is lodge-based; at the lodge, we have flush toilets.)

Most of our hunts start from Anchorage, Alaska. If you're doing a caribou hunt, then you will have to fly into Deadhorse, Alaska. Once you arrive in Alaska, one of our representatives will meet you at the airport.

Not at all!

You just need to bring a hardsided rifle or bow case with at least 2 TSA approved locks on it, and the case cannot be easily opened in a way that someone can open the box without your key.

The hard case rides on your commercial flight as checked baggage.

We try to have A-Team staff members pick up clients at the airport. If a staff member is not available, there are several taxis available, or you could use a ride-share app like "Uber" to get a ride to the nearby hotel or Airbnb you are staying at until you meet up with an A-Team staff member.

Weather in Alaska changes by the minute. Most of our hunts have a temperature range from 35 to 70 degrees, depending on the time of the year, with wild temperature swings throughout the day. Expect lots of rain and wind at times; you can also expect a fair amount of fog on some hunts (fog can greatly disrupt your hunting conditions and ability to fly in or out of camp).

We like to tell people that when hunting in Alaska, they should expect to be "Cold, Wet, and Miserable" during at least portions of their hunt.

Yes, very much so, sadly. You may and probably will be delayed in some way before, during, or after your hunt is over. It's best to not have a tight schedule on the backend of your trip.

We include guide wages, packer wages, air taxi flights, food, room and board (if lodge-based), and most camp-related gear.

We use Arctic Wolf Tannery in Anchorage for all of our clients' harvests. They tan hides, clean skulls, and custom crate your animal and ship it to your house or taxidermist of choice.

If a client wants to bring meat home, we recommend they bring as much home in checked luggage as they can (most people put 50 lbs of frozen meat in an insulated fish box). We can take the rest to one of several meat processors who will process and ship the meat anywhere in the lower 48.

For those not wanting to haul meat home, we will provide a "transfer of possession form" so you can transfer ownership of the meat to someone else (we work with individuals and organizations that take meat donations).

As far as "back-up" shots go, yes, we will put rounds in your animal under one of two conditions:

1. We feel the wounded animal is going to become a danger to you or one of our staff upon trying to recover the wounded animal.

2. We feel the animal was not hit sufficiently by your bullets, and we have to make sure the wounded game does not get away.

It's very hard to track wounded game in Alaska, and note that if you wound game and the animal is not recovered, you WILL NOT be allowed to use that tag on another game animal, no matter how many days you have left in your trip.

We cannot promise you will see any game at all. Here in Alaska, the hunting conditions and environment make it very difficult to hunt. Therefore, you may go your entire trip without seeing your target animal or any animals at all, for that matter. We have spent 7 days out of 10 once in a tent on the side of a mountain in 60 mph winds before. On a hunt like that, just surviving day-to-day becomes the main objective, and finding game would be very difficult in those circumstances.

We also cannot guarantee the size of the game you will or will not see on your trip.

A legal bear is any bear that is not a cub or a bear that does not have cubs.

However, also make note that in some of my bear hunting locations, we do our best to not harvest any sows. It is best to talk with Tyler about the bear management practices we are doing our best to enforce during your hunt. The wildlife management of our hunting locations is very important to us, and we do everything we can to soundly manage the game populations.

A Legal Moose In our hunting area is a bull that is at least 50" spread or has at least 3 brow tines on one side.

Your assigned professional hunter will help you determine this.

Note: All moose hunters must take the Moose Identification quiz online through ADF&G before their hunt starts. And you must bring the physical copy of your course completion with you to the field.

A legal caribou is any bull caribou.

Note: Both male and female caribou have antlers during the time of year your caribou hunt takes place. Even though the professional hunter assigned to you will help you determine the caribou's gender, it is important you do your own due diligence and study caribou sexing before your hunt.

On all hunts, you will need an annual hunting license and any accompanying big game locking tags, harvest tickets, draw permits, or registration permits required by ADF&G.

Note: On some hunts, you may be allowed to harvest more than one individual animal of each species (black bear is a great example of this). You must have a locking tag and harvest ticket for each individual animal you wish to harvest and bring all extra harvest tickets with you, even though you intend to harvest less than the harvest tickets printed.

On our hunts, you will need:

- Annual Hunting License

- Moose Locking Tag and Moose Harvest Ticket (if moose hunting)

- Black Bear Locking Tag and Harvest Ticket (if black bear hunting)

- Caribou Locking Tag and Harvest Ticket (if caribou hunting)

- Grizzly/Brown Bear Locking Tag (if grizzly or brown bear hunting)

- A Grizzly/Brown Bear Locking Tag and a DB987 Draw Permit if hunting barren ground grizzly

- A wolf locking tag (if hunting wolf)

- A wolverine locking tag (if hunting wolverine)

Also, you can use a higher value locking tag on a lower value animal, but you must have the harvest ticket required for that lower value animal before harvesting it.

Note: All wounded animals will count towards your locking tags and harvest tickets.

Yes, if your bow draw weight is at least 60# and you are using fixed blade broadheads.

Note: All bow hunters born after January 1, 1986, must complete an ADF&G approved bowhunter course and carry the certification card in the field while hunting.

Yes, but hunters born on or after January 1, 1986, must complete a crossbow education certification course and carry the card while hunting big game. Big-game crossbows must be shoulder-mounted with at least 100 pounds peak draw weight, and bolts must be at least 16 inches long and 300 grains total weight.

Yes, as long as you're shooting modern sabot-style slugs, using proper black powder or a black powder substitute, and the muzzleloader is at least .50 caliber in size.

Yes, as long as the handgun is at least a .44 Magnum or bigger and you are shooting bonded bullets.

It all depends on the trip. On our bear hunts, for example, we glass from a stationary position most of the time to prevent spreading scent. Some of our hunts require us to hike around a bit to get to good vantage points for glassing, or if we are not finding game, we might have to hike to a new area.

A client should be able to walk at least 3 miles per day with a 30-pound pack.

Yes, There will be an additional fee however.

(Ask Tyler about details)

Yes, we have successfully guided children as young as 10 years old on our trips. If a parent or legal guardian is not available for the trip, an additional liability waiver needs to be signed, giving A-Team Outfitting, LLC permission to guide your child.

Age is just a number when it comes to hunting in Alaska. Tyler and his crew have successfully guided clients well into their 70s on high-country hunts. You need to be physically, mentally, and emotionally fit, no doubt, but if you can keep your head in the game and move at your own pace, I have yet to see a client I have booked not be able to do what was necessary. However, some people choose to give up, and that keeps them from success.

It wouldn't hurt to purchase travel insurance. There are several companies and options available for coverage, so you will need to shop around and see what fits your needs the best.