Blue Marlin Expeditions
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Custom Adventures
Trust the Blue Marlin team for your next adventure, no matter which ocean you cross…
Our established hunting and spearfishing camps are our main focus, but we offer trips to many other locations in the same all-inclusive style. Our years of tightwad exploring give us the experience to stretch your dollar as far as possible.
Contact us today to start planning your next expedition. We tailor these trips to your budget and comfort level, whether you want bare-bones or all the bells and whistles. If you’re okay with rice and beans for a week, so are we. If you prefer caviar and blinis, we can make that happen too.
We’ve also refined the art of combining hunting and family-friendly vacations. With over a decade of elementary education under her belt, Samantha can make sure your kids don’t miss a beat while they’re out of school. And there’s nobody better at encouraging first timers of all ages to give hunting a try. So bring the whole family along - we bet you’ll be sneaking more hunting trips into the budget from here on.
Here are just a few of the locations we offer:
- Virginia: waterfowl, predator, upland
- Argentina: red stag, quail
- Africa: fallow deer, plains game, cape buffalo
- Australia: hog deer, sambar, rusa, many more
- England: roe deer, chinese water deer, muntjac
- Greenland: musk-ox, caribou
- Sweden: capercaillie
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Expeditionary Camp
Have a cool trip idea but don’t want to risk DIY? Give us a shout! We offer one (1) “Expeditionary Camp” per year to uncharted waters, because it’s not really exploring if you’ve been there before. We have the experience and top-notch gear to outfit practically any adventure you can throw at us.
We offer this service at a discounted camp rate to account for our unfamiliarity with the new area. We’ll strive to meet the same standards as our established camps and expeditions, but it’s important to note there will be some kinks to work out and we may have to call some audibles. This is especially true in remote areas with insufficient infrastructure.
Expeditionary Camps can be any adventure, anywhere, but priority will be given to these locations:
Spearfishing: Zanzibar ; Faroe Islands ; Gran Canary ; Bali ; Vanuatu ; Timor L’este ; New Zealand
Hunting: New Zealand ; Kazakstan ; Cameroon ; Spain
Inquire below for your fully customized adventure.
The Hunting Buddy
Solo hunting is pretty common, and it’s one of Ben’s favorite ways to hunt. But a second pair of hands, eyes, and cerebral lobes can make a world of difference. Having a dive buddy is SOP with spearfishing, just like having a spotter is SOP with long distance shooting. With hunting, though, you can only hope to wrangle someone into coming along when you draw an epic tag. Never make hope your strategy!
Life happens, and few of us have a hunting buddy who will 100% join when that O.I.L. tag gets drawn (even if they say they would). If you have to go the fully-guided route instead, it may break the budget. That’s why we offer a service level called “The Hunting Buddy.” Ben and the Blue Marlin team need the flimsiest of excuse to go on a new hunt, even if we don’t pull the trigger. We’ll work with you on price to provide the extra set of hands as close to “at-cost” as possible. The cooler the hunt, the cheaper our price.
Don’t think of this as a freelance guide service, because we won’t “guide-card” you unless you specifically want us to. It’s your hunt, after all. Instead, think of this as Rent-A-Sherpa. We will take the backseat and provide support and encouragement in those moments that can break you solo. When you need somebody to mind the mules while you close the distance. When your shot goes wide and you didn’t see impact. When it’s Day 4 with no animals and you’re second guessing everything. When you’re physically drained but still have half an elk to pack out. Go it alone long enough and God will eventually humble you. So if it’s a hunt where you can’t take any chances, you can count on The Hunting Buddy to have your back.
** CAVEAT ** Many states prohibit ANY compensated hunting assistance (even intangible quid-pro-quos) without a guide license. For those states, we can try our hardest to obtain said license or find a legitimate legal loophole, but we won’t risk ending up on the news. You should still reach out to us - in certain scenarios (cough * bighorn * cough) we may work pro bono just to experience it ourselves.