How to pick a spot to get dropped off for a caribou hunt?

[Magnum Sherpa]

I’m hoping to plan another caribou hunt after the lackluster hunt that I had this year. Rather than using a transporter again, I’m instead leaning towards dealing directly with an air taxi service. I’m quite familiar with e-scouting for Western big game like elk and deer, but not at all for caribou.

My biggest question is does a person contact their prospective air taxi first and ask “where are you able to safely land?” and then you choose your spot from among those options. Or do you pick where you want to hunt and ask “are you able to land here?”

I realize that air taxis are limited to just providing transportation. They can’t tell a hunter where they have seen animals or make any recommendations on where to hunt. I’m starting this process early to hopefully increase the odds of a successful harvest this time around. I appreciate any advice from those more experienced with this type of hunt.

 

[Kaitum]

Your air taxi will tell you where they can land. They know their usual spots and depending on the plane and gear configuration they'll know if they can get into a spot they don't typically land in. Generally when I hunted caribou the river corridors seemed to funnel herds and had plenty of gravel bars for landing.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Have a plan to get across that river……..