Would you pay $100

[JohnTRourke]

for a 1 in 250 chance at a fully guided Alaska Brown Bear hunt. (not black bear, brown bear!!). You probably have to pay for the tag (About $500) and get to the start city (somewhere in Alaska) and of course taxidermy is your problem.

hypothetical for data for a FNRA project I"m working on.

These usually sell for about $12,000 to $20,000. (depending on hunt, what's included, etc)

thanks,

[Marlin]

Yeah, if I had the $100..

[Gunner]

Yes

[Daniel_187]

No. Because I like bears(and sometimes they eat Hippys which is cool in my book), if it was mowing down Canada Geese you but I would

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I'd have to say YES, Life is to short to miss out on fun stuff like this!! [Coffee]

[ChunkyMonkey]

1/250 chance to win something thats 200x the value.. Yes, in a heart beat.

[ghettodub]

Nope, because I'm not a hunter

[Byte Stryke]

Nahh,
I like Bear. He is good People

[sniper7]

$100 is a decent amount of money for a lot of people right now. make it 1/1000 chance and tickets $25 a piece.

you will have a lot of guys buy up $100 in tickets and have the same odds, some will buy more, some guys less.

I would buy one or two $25 tickets, but not sure I would justify a $100 ticket. although the odds are really good.

I would also think the tag could be included. taxidermy would be at own cost as well as the airfare.



please don't shoot BigBear though...we all like him and he really isn't threatening. he has done a good job staying out of my trashcan for the last week so i think he is making improvement. please give him more time.

[Irving]

If I could afford even getting there, then I'd drop $100 in a heart beat.

Hell, I've been applying for jobs with less of a chance than that.

[patrick0685]

$100 is a decent amount of money for a lot of people right now. make it 1/1000 chance and tickets $25 a piece.

you will have a lot of guys buy up $100 in tickets and have the same odds, some will buy more, some guys less.

I would buy one or two $25 tickets, but not sure I would justify a $100 ticket. although the odds are really good.

I would also think the tag could be included. taxidermy would be at own cost as well as the airfare.



please don't shoot BigBear though...we all like him and he really isn't threatening. he has done a good job staying out of my trashcan for the last week so i think he is making improvement. please give him more time.

I'll agree, 1000 tickets might be hard to sell but I would be much more interested in 25 dollar tickets

[BigBear]

No. Because I like bears(and sometimes they eat Hippys which is cool in my book), if it was mowing down Canada Geese you but I would


Nahh,
I like Bear. He is good People


please don't shoot BigBear though...we all like him and he really isn't threatening. You just haven't seen me mad. HAHA he has done a good job staying out of my trashcan for the last week so i think he is making improvement. please give him more time.


Aww.. I'm feeling the love in here! Boy, sure is dusty in here. Byte, I'm sorry about your trashcan. I'll replace it!!! I didn't realize my paws were scratching it up that bad....

As far as the hunt: Even though I'm not a "hunter", I still think it would be a pretty neat chance... Though I've lived in Alaska... so... I'm undecided....

[CrufflerSteve]

No because I like bear. I tend to pack heavy when I'm walking in the mountains rather than my usual mouse gun but I've really enjoyed the bears I've encountered. It's probably because they ran away from me. (That's also why I'm here to post.)

How about this question:

Would you pay $100 for a chance in a lottery to use a high capacity Saiga 12 against a flock of Canadian geese?

I'd buy a few ticket for that.

Steve

[JohnTRourke]

http://www.alaskabiggamehunting.com/hunt_availability.htm

Not meaning to be a buzzkill, just pulled the first thing off google, I don't know bear hunts. But I don't see how its 100x the value? 250 x 100 = 25,000. That's gambling at less than 40% return if I'm guessing right (as in, your chance to win vs the value of your potential winnings). Better odds just playing blackjack or poker imo, and then going on a bear hunt if you win. But I'm one of those weird people that saves all the money he'd blow on raffles and then puts it to use.

Btw: I wouldn't have posted this if it wasn't theoretical. But if it's a research project, honesty comes out!

no, fair question
I've been told (not seen the specifics) the value of the hunt is about $20,000
the webpage you linked shows about $16,000
seems pretty similar, definitely in the ballpark.

it's a fund raising thing for Friends of NRA, (a 501c3 organization), so you always try to make more than it costs.
Still, $100 for a chance at a 15/20k hunt seems pretty reasonable.

I'm dead if the wife finds out I spent 15/20k on a hunt. but
"honey I won a 20k hunt for only a $100, look, I saved us $19,000"

see, that works.

[ShooterJM]

If I were a rich man I'd be all over it.


Slightly different topic though, but how annoyed would you be if you dropped $15k on a hunt, $750-$1500 on the expected tip, couple grand in transportation costs and didn't even get a look!

[Byte Stryke]

But I'm one of those weird people that saves all the money he'd blow on raffles and then puts it to use.

depends on the raffle

stuff like Boyscout raffles for camping trips or youth groups school clubs etc selling tickets for a buck or two... I Figure even if I Don't win its a good cause and I'm OK with not winning.

[ChunkyMonkey]

http://www.alaskabiggamehunting.com/hunt_availability.htm

Not meaning to be a buzzkill, just pulled the first thing off google, I don't know bear hunts. But I don't see how its 100x the value? 250 x 100 = 25,000. That's gambling at less than 40% return if I'm guessing right (as in, your chance to win vs the value of your potential winnings). Better odds just playing blackjack or poker imo, and then going on a bear hunt if you win. But I'm one of those weird people that saves all the money he'd blow on raffles and then puts it to use.

Btw: I wouldn't have posted this if it wasn't theoretical. But if it's a research project, honesty comes out!

... But I bet with such analytic skill, knowing the odds, you probably don't play poker nor blackjack, do you? [Coffee]

[AR-Tracker]

I would pay the hundred for a chance to win. Long as its generally a guaranteed hunt that way it wont be a wasted a trip. Should be able to get some good fishin in also.