I'm looking into booking a Mountain Caribou hunt in 2019.. Anyone done one and if so, who did you go with and what was your experience? Any tips or suggestions? I'm looking at driving up to the Yukon and am in the process of contacting outfitters, etc..

Shockey seems to do well.

I hunted with Gana Mountain Outfitters out of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories back in 1999. It was a Dall sheep hunt, and after I got my ram I added the Caribou. Although we didn't see a lot of caribou, and I did get a good bull in velvet which my taxidermist was able to preserve.


I drove to Edmonton then flew commercial to Norman Wells. It was then a float Beaver to base camp, then a Super Cub to our spike camps.


If possible, I would advise you to buy tags for other animals, like Wolverine and Wolf, as you could get a shot at one of them. Those tags were only $50 each when I was there. I got a wolverine while we were packing my ram out.


Your deer or elk rifle will work fine for caribou. I used my .257 Ackley on that trip.

Thanks for the info.. I'll probably drive up as I want to bring all the meat home. I drove up for my moose hunt 3 or 4 years ago...Long drive, but I don't mind driving. A couple outfitters I've talked to throw in the wolf tag as they want to get rid of as many as they can.. I've hunted Canada 4 times now and have heard wolves, seen a ton of tracks, but have yet to lay eyes on one.

These hunts are pricey, but they'll never come down in price...they'll go up if anything from what I've seen.

Ya, I'll take either my 30-06 or my .270...probably the old 30-06. That's what I killed my moose and other caribou with.

You're right about the prices continuing to go up.


I've seen wolves on two of my Canadian hunts.
The first was on that Mackenzie Mountain hunt. We had just arrived at base camp and a single wolf was spotted coming toward us on the shore of the lake. One of the guides told me to get my gun and follow him. 50-100 yards later the wolf popped out of the brush about 30 yards in front of us, but the guide was right in front of me. By the time the guide got out of my way the wolf was long gone.


I think if I had just sat down where we first saw the wolf, he would have come in range for a shot.


The second was on a caribou/muskox hunt east of Inuvik, NWT. We were on the top of a hill, and spotted a white wolf a half mile or more away, coming toward us. He stopped broadside about 75 yards from us, but all we could do is look as nonresidents couldn't shoot wolves in that area.


Our Eskimo guides could each shoot 5 wolves, but nonresidents couldn't shoot any.