Just a word of caution here folks. My buddy just called me from Quebec and he was booked for Nov 22-25 and his outfitter called him and told him not to come until the 28th. The herds are not in and seem about 1 week late. I just checked the satellite website and that definitely looks like the case. If you are booked from Nov 28th and later I'd say you are good but prior to that I would phone ahead before making that drive. Sorry, not trying to rain on anybody's parade but right now those are the facts.

a little communication between outfitters and clients goes a long way in keeping the peace. im glad to see someone is being honest. way to go!

His outfitter is not one of the main 3 ( I forget the name ). Its a new and quite basic guy with some trailers who caters mostly to Quebec residents who can hunt both zones if they draw resident tags. I doubt any of the others would do what he did.

What areain Quebec are you talking about?

I just got back and they are not there....

My buddy just got in today from Nouchimi and they took 12 bulls on the last morning of the hunt. They would have taken 16 but 2 guys got frustrated and left one day early. They are just starting to come in now.

Actually, Mirage called ahead and told us the herd wasn't down yet. They gave us options of which we decided to book a copter. It was an experience I'm glad to have done and enjoyed. I'd do it again in a heart beat. The views from the chopper are indescribable. It was a bitter cold morning. The thermometer at our cabin read 25 below on the Fahrenheit scale when we got up. It didn't bother us once we were dressed for it and the anticipation of the hunt helped I'm sure.
Nov. 24Th we were taken to a lake and set up an ambush ahead of some really nice bulls coming from another lake about 1/2 mile north of us.Our guide was very helpful. All of our shots were under 250 yards. Now on the other side of the coin, our friends were taken to a larger lake andall of their shooting was done at 300+ yards. Their guide basically ran them through the snow instead of setting up an ambush and told them to just shoot. They weren't too happy but filled their tags none the less. Just shows what a good guide can do.
When we left Saturday morning the bou were just beginning to cross the Trans-Taiga road. There are still some really nice racks on some heads but they are beginning to drop. We had a few of ours come off. Boy what a long ride and different experience it is to get there and back.

First time chasing Bou in 2006. I just booked for 22-26Nov. Hope they are in next year.