pjd,

Interesting you should mention 2005 was your bad year; 2005 was by far our best year. That just goes to show how important timing is to this particular hunt. We have been doing this hunt since 2001. We have always worked hard enough and been lucky enough to fill all of our tags. But not always with the best racks. But in 2005 we hit it perfect, we found ourselves in the middle of a sea of 10's of thousands of caribou. Other years the biggest groups have moved through prior to our arrival and we are left to fill our tags as best we can.

We have done this hunt in different years from late Novemebr through mid-December.

This is just good realistic information to anyone planning this hunt who thinks it's "like shooting fish in a barrel". A comment I always laugh about.