Alot of designated wilderness here in Colorado, and you dont need a guide or alot of money to hunt it. Last year, I hiked about 4.5 or 5 miles back into the Holy Cross Wilderness area, here in Colorado. The area I was hunting was really only accessible via the pass I came in on, otherwise it would be a 15 mile or so pack in with horses from the other side. I was hunting mule deer above timber and did not see another soul on my entire hunt. I got to 50 yards of two bruiser mulie bucks, and passed a shot on a cow elk.
A hunt like this could be done by anyone willing to work a bit. Alot of these areas are really high elevations, and steep rugged country, and that keeps alot of people out. Most of the wilderness areas in CO encompass Over-The-Counter elk units, and deer tags can be had with no points or maybe even leftovers.
Elk Tags for NR's are : $526 for a bull tag/ $251 for a cow
Deer Tags for NR's are: $316
Figure $700-1000 for roundtrip airfare
Maybe $600-800 for a rental car for a week or so
I'm not sure how much shipping/ airfare charges would be if you actually got one, but you'd want to figure that in.
You could probably get away with spending a total of no more than $2500 US to get out here, hunt for a week or so and get back.
I posted some pics of my hunt last year here:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3338.0.html
