I would spend $20,000+ for a polar bear as that is the going rate and I would really like to take one. I have other goals first (lion, leopard, Cape Buffalo, grizzly) all of which are expensive, but that is on the list. The most I've paid has been $250/day for two 10 day trips in two years, for waterfowl. That included hotel, 3 meals, snacks, and a couple drinks a night. It was worth it as I learned a tremendous amount about calling, decoys, blind placement, and eventually, a job out of it. I have made more money and friends off that $2500 than 4 of the years of books and tuition I spent for college. All the guided hunts I've been on were worth it as the cost of buying the equipment would have been much more than the price of the hunt and there was no economical way of getting the area knowledge or access on my own. uglydog