Caribou hunt - follow along
 

Well im leaving in 5 days for my Caribou hunt and thought I would let anyone thats interested they are welcome to follow along on my hunt. I set up a blog (website) where I will be putting up a diary of the hunt with pictures. I have it started and will add to it when I get back on a day by day basis. This will be shared as it happens so sit back and enjoy.

http://bowhuntingnut.blogspot.com/

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good idea ,and good luck I have one in velet and love the mount ,now I want a hard horn mount .also very tasty.Try to fit a fishing rod in there in case you tag early.

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Dayna,

Thanks. I have a fishing pole packed and hope to use it. We are allowed 2 Caribou some if I get lucky I will have one in velvet and one without. We are hunting the 3rd week of their season and the first week guys tagged out with 2 each. Im using a bow and will have a rifle in camp if I cant get close enough.

Im stoked!!!!

Don

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Wish I could go caribou hunting

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Deep Woods Off!!!!

Good Luck!

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Best of luck to you Don. Wendy & I will be reading the blog. I am looking foward to the pictures. Wendy & I are planning a caribou hunt in 2007 or 2008? We value any information you pass on.

Good Luck to all in your group,

Robert
a.k.a.
Wolf Killer

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You should be able to get close enough with your bow. How many days are you hunting? Last year 4 of us archers were tagged out in 4 days, all with two bulls. Spent the last 3 days fishing and hiking. It was the best hunt I have been on. My dad shared the same sentiment and he has been going on big game hunts for 30 years. You will love it! The animals are even more impressive than I ever imagined, and the terrain is just spectacular. DO NOT forget at least knee high rubber boots. Glass from the ridge tops, see where they are headed and get ahead of them. Their sense of smell either isn't as good as deer and elk, or they don't know what human smells like because they never picked me up when I thought they would have. Use the small elevation changes in the terrain to sneak up on them if you are hunting an open area. Their hearing is amazing so walk slowly and creep up on them. Don't give up on the bow, you may strike out a few times but keep after it and eventually you will figure them out. It is a hunt you will never forget.

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ROBERT!!!!!!!!!!

I thought you fell off the earth here. Didnt know you had another handle made. I need to call you when things settle down and BS. I was going to call you aways back but my son ended up in the Hospital and out of school for a month. It was hectic around here sorry about that!!!

Huntingson,

Thanks for the advice. We are hunting for 5 full days and 2 half days for a total of 6 days. The terrain where we are is rocky and there is trees to hide behind and stalk. Cant wait to get up there and see what its like!!!

Don

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Don,

Giveme a call after your hunt.I still have the same phone number.

Good Luck,

Robert

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Ok, Im back !!!!!!!1


The hunt is being posted at the link. Everyday I will try to add to it until its finished. Trying to get unpacked, and settled back in.

One heck of a hunt!!!!!!!!

Don

http://www.bowhuntingnut.blogspot.com/

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DonK, Glad you made it back safe & had a GREAT hunt. I will read the whole story on your Blog page. I have had trouble trying to reply on the blog page?
I look forward to talking with you, when you have time. I might try calling you tonight?

Robert

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good story so far.

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Wolf Killer,

Sent you a PM

Don

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What an awesome hunt you guys had (not to mention 100% success as well:D:D) that was a great story and pictures and format--something I'm sure you'll savor for a long time.

If you don't mind Don, I have a couple of questions (as I intend on doing something like this in the very near future)

Is there anything that the outfitter could have done better throughout the whole deal??

Who was the Outfitter?? --I thought you said Tuttiluk somewhere but then didn't see it again.

Did you guys cook for yourself or did the camp guys do that??
Was the food included with the price of the hunt?

Obviously the hunting was great---was the fishing any good???

What would you say was you total expenses--not including what it cost you to get to montreal.

How were the flies (if any)???

Sorry so many questions but this really interests me.

It was a great story that everyone should read if they have the time.
Thanks
hb

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Hillbilly hunter,

Yes the Outfitter is Tuttulik. If you really interested shoot me a email. I can get you some DVD's with home video and they have some great footage.I can get you the contact and the guy is great for information.

[email protected]

As for your questions

The hunt costed us a total of 4 grand with tags and everything. They did a incredible job on getting us on animals. We saw many, many huge bulls throughout the hunt. The one thing I like the most was the mobility of our hunt. They are on a lake that is enormous in size (85 miles long I heard) and we used boats for transportation. This was excellent as we cruised the lake looking for Caribou and then they would start dropping us where we saw them. One day some of our group travelled 18 miles from camp. Then we would be 4, 8, 9, or even a mile away depending on the movement. If they didnt have boats there it would have been a real hard hunt the first 3 days.
We drove to Montreal and then everything was inclusive from there. They paid for the hotel night in, the 2 plane rides up. We had 2 campmen in camp, a cook (our meals where included and he was excellent) and even a floatplane with a pilot was there for support of all the camps. We got breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you where hunting near campyou could come in for lunch. If not he would make youa lunch to take with.The fishing was good although I didnt do any because I was late on filling my tags. They where catching lake trout between 5 and 10 pounds. Also another camp was fishing brook trout and said they where 18 to 24 inches in length. We had some guys with small game licenses and were shooing phartmigan (like a grouse) and 2 bear tags where also bought. We didnt see any bears in our camp at all.
We all shot 2 caribou and 15 of the 24 bulls where taken with a bow. 8 of the 15 will make P&Y and a couple of the gun kills where right at B&C. Due to the location and flights in and out of camp you cant bring back all of your meat. You have to donate your front shoulders to the Inuits and they feed 2 villages. We flew into one and they where thanking us for the meat. There just isnt enough room to bring everything back to Montreal but the meat we did bring back was deboned, butchered and vacum packed. The camp we where at also had a commercial vacum pack machine and they put our capes in there sealed them and put them in a freezer.
Im going to try to get back in 2008. The prices go up a couple hundred each year to the cost of airfare and overhead but thats to be expected. I have been bowhunting for over 25 years and by far the best hunt I have ever been on.

The flies where not bad at all except one day when it got real warm they where out but not real bad. The key here is just to get up a bit higher on the ridges where the wind was and they where gone then.

So if you (or anyone) needs to ask anymore questions shoot me a email. I can even give you my phone number if you want to talk, give you the guys information so you can get the DVDS mailed to you.

I have more pictures to put on that blog give me a bit of time and I will get them on there.

Only problem is now I want to go back right now!!!!!!!! Its addicting.........


Don