caribou

[243BR]

does any one have information on reliable services and guides for caribou hunts?

 

[rayporter]

You can go Diy with brooks range aviation in Bettles

I floated 50 miles on a river when i went Diy

 

[WyleWD]

does any one have information on reliable services and guides for caribou hunts?

In Canada or Alaska? WD

 

[284winner]

Alaska won't break the bank. Quebec has become ridiculous to hunt. Alaska is much more affordable.

 

[243BR]

In Canada or Alaska? WD

I was thinking Alaska

 

[WyleWD]

I was thinking Alaska

Several of us got together and hunted in Quebec about 15 years ago. By far and long the best big game hunt I've ever been on. Everything was as good or better than advertised by the outfitter, guides included. We spent a full year checking references on outfitters and went with Club Chambeaux. Hulme would be a good one too I'd guess. From what I am reading now there is in fact a dispute on hunting them in places in Canada for the foreseeable future.

I'm sure there are some good outfitters in Alaska too, it'll just take time to check them out. Pay very close attention to their equipment and claims in brochures, and DEFINATELY check a lot of personal references. If you can pull it together..... GO!! We had a fantastic time caribou hunting and the meat was terrific. WD

 

[243BR]

Several of us got together and hunted in Quebec about 15 years ago. By far and long the best big game hunt I've ever been on. Everything was as good or better than advertised by the outfitter, guides included. We spent a full year checking references on outfitters and went with Club Chambeaux. Hulme would be a good one too I'd guess. From what I am reading now there is in fact a dispute on hunting them in places in Canada for the foreseeable future.

I'm sure there are some good outfitters in Alaska too, it'll just take time to check them out. Pay very close attention to their equipment and claims in brochures, and DEFINATELY check a lot of personal references. If you can pull it together..... GO!! We had a fantastic time caribou hunting and the meat was terrific. WD

Thanks, that's what I needed to know.

 

[nakneker]

I lived in the Bristol Bay of Alaska for three years in the early nineties. At that time the Mulchatna heard was very high in population and there were several guides that would drop you in front or along the migrating herd for a do it yourself hunt. I went a few times, the cost was reasonable and it was not uncommon to see thousands of Caribou a day. Lots of big bulls.

I would echo what Wyle said and do a good amount of research. Caribou herds are always changing as far as populations go, you want to make sure you go when the numbers are strong. You want to find a guide who is engaged, someone who knows whatever herd of Caribou you choose to hunt well. DIY hunts in Alaska can be very successful, they can also be miserable and very disappointing. I used Egli Air Haul out of King Salmon, at the time he was small. He's a bigger operation today but very knowledgeable and if he can't help you he would be a good source to find the right person to make a Caribou hunt on the Pennisula a success.

 

[WyleWD]

You want to find a guide who is engaged, someone who knows whatever herd of Caribou you choose to hunt well.
DIY hunts in Alaska can be very successful, they can also be miserable and very disappointing..

Exactly what we found out from going through the personal references we checked. All of them said to go with a guide a time or two before you take a DIY hunt. If you need to move the outfitter will move on the guide's say so a lot quicker than a hunter being on his own for the first time. Also, check out the food chain up there where you plan to go.... if there are browns or grizzly bear up there it might make some difference in what armor you take along. Caribou are quite easy to bring down, so you don't NEED much for them. I'd expect a hungry brown or griz that wanted you for a snack would be another story though. Also, it is very important to quarter them out really quickly. Where we hunted they would bloat up in less than an hour and a half after they're down. JME. WD

 

[Dans40X]

OP,
Are you looking to hunt woodland or barren ground "bou?

 

[243BR]

OP,
Are you looking to hunt woodland or barren ground "bou?

I didn't know there was such a thing as woodland caribou. I'm pretty new to hunting northern "big game". Mostly white tail and antelope in the past. I definitely want a dependable guide the first time.