| Trophy Hunters
Alberta Inc. advises all guests that, as a responsible outfitter, we make every
reasonable effort not to oversell our hunts. We do not want our hunters to come
to us with unrealistic expectations. We book hunters who indicate they will be
happy with a solid effort and a well run hunt with highly qualified, tested and
proven guides. Our sport is called "hunting", not "killing". We
are a 100 per cent "fair chase" operator and stress principles and ethics
above all else. We do not use any type of bait. Hunters who indicate to us that
they would only be happy by harvesting a "book", or "near book", animal, are usually
referred to other outfitters. If these hunters persevere, they will eventually
find an outfitter who will tell them what they want to hear. Any outfitter offering
any type of guarantee is either new to the outfitting business, inexperienced,
unethical or any combination of the foregoing.
It
is important that we maintain proper perspective in our individual quests for
that true trophy. One deer in every 750 killed in Alberta makes the "book", versus
about one per million in North America. According to The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
only two per cent of the elk killed in North America are 6-pointers. Check the
Boone & Crocket record book to see how many mule deer are listed that have a spread
greater than 32 inches.
We suggest to our
hunting guests that we hope to be able to show them minimum 125 class whitetail and 140
class mule deer on our whitetail and mule deer primary hunts respectively. In fact, our rifle mule deer primary hunters
harvest success has been 100% each of the past 4 years with an average score of 160 class B&C! On our moose hunts, we suggest that our guests should hopefully see
30" to 45" moose, while annually we usually harvest several moose with
spreads exceeding 50". On our elk hunts we suggest that our hunters should
hope to see 230 class to 300 class elk. Check out our Photo
Gallery to see some of the massive elk our hunters have harvested. We want
you to harvest that big animal as much as you do.Our hunting guests appreciate
our honesty and are rarely disappointed!
We
anticipate that hunters should see a variety of big game, and while we
cannot guarantee a kill, we can guarantee 100% effort and perhaps the hunting experience of a lifetime
with the potential for world-class results. We'll help you spot the game - you
decide whether it meets your criteria, and if so, the hunt will be on, be it calling,
spot and stalk, working the bush, ground blind hunting behind camo or in a simulated
hay bale, tree stand hunting or some combination of these proven techniques. Whenever
possible, we'll call the elk and moose in for these types of hunts, while we'll
push and/or "talk" to the deer, as required, for the mule deer and whitetail hunts.
We all want to harvest a 'book' animal,
however, in the sport of hunting, this just doesn't happen very often. Booking your next
hunt with a quality outfitter such as Trophy Hunters Alberta, however, certainly
improves your odds. In 2001, our 69 hunters harvested 6 book animals which,
in spite of the extremely dry conditions and above normal temperatures, was our
best year ever. In 2002, our hunters harvested 2 more book animals. In
2003, with another 4 book animals, we had 100% harvest with our archery elk hunters, 100% harvest with both
our archery whitetail and archery mule deer hunters and, yet again, 100% harvest
for our rifle mule deer hunters with 28 hunters harvesting 28 mule deer, including
some serious trophies. 2004 was another exceptional year, with every mule deer
primary hunter getting their muley, for a total of 38 successful harvests. In many cases, hunters harvested
their respective mule deer within the first 3 days of their hunt! Similar successes have been experienced by THA guest hunters every year with 4 book animals harvested by THA hunters in each of the past 4 years.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
We still have excellent
openings for this fall.
We
are now booking hunts for this fall and future seasons at current pricing.
Prices
for our hunts are very competitive, and are shown on this Website. For availability,
dates, prices and booking information, please click Bookings
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