Damn ...I love caribou hunting almost as much as sheep hunting. Impressive country and beautiful animals….taste good too.
This is the first and biggest bull Ive ever guided.
My hunter and I landed at a small lake in the NWT for a sheep hunt. As the plane was taking off we were already looking at a ram through the spotting scope. It was only 1000 yds up the mountain from us. We had all afternoon to watch it but my hunter was looking for a 40 or better and we thought the ram to be around 38. The next morning we headed out with 10 days of supplies and started a journey. After 8 days we had walked (according to our map) almost 100 air miles, looked at over 40 different rams and were now back at the lake. The same ram was still there and it was still the biggest one we had seen. He decided we should go give it a try. About 400 yds from the lake we spotted 2 caribou coming towards us about 500 yds away. I had a look through the binos and was amazed at how big the one bull was. I tried to convince him that the bou was a better trophy than the ram and we should try to get it. Being that he was on a sheep hunt he wanted the ram more. We got to within about 300 yds of the ram and he got set up to shoot. Well after 3 shots the ram dissapeared over a ridge 500 yds away unscathed. He was dissapointed and unsure as to why he had missed the ram. The bulls were now directly below us and only a few hundred yards from the lake. He had a look at them through the binos and realized that the opportunity at the big bull should be capitalized on. We headed down and quickly got to within 200 yds of the caribou. This time he asked to use my rifle. He got set up with my pack as a rest and after one shot the bull was down. He tried a few shots the next day with his rifle and it was shooting way off (we both had a few slips and slides during the trip).
Heres the massive bull. 8 inch bases, main beams over 55 and double shovel etc.
I guided one more huge bull that year on a caribou hunt. It was during the rut and we had probably seen 400 or 500 caribou before putting a stalk on this one that was with about forty others.
Now this one didn't have a lot of mass but talk about length. Top points over 24 inches and bezs over 26 inches long. Was nice to have a good strong assistant along (in picture) as it was 8 miles back to the lake.
It was a race against daylight to cover the 3 miles in 45 minutes and get a chance at this bull. It resulted in a walk back to camp in the dark and another trip the next day for my nephew, the hunter and I to retrieve it. Well worth it.
This one we spotted the day before but it was too late to go after him. The next day we were about half way to the place we had seen him last when I looked back and noticed a few of his top points skylined on a high ridge. Up the high ridge we went and finally got to within about 50 yds before we found him. A couple of quick shots and it was all downhill to camp from there.
Theres no words to explain what it is like to hunt the porcupine caribou herd on the Dempster highway during the rut. Unfortunately the last few years they have taken a different route. We got this bull about 500 yds from the base camp.This is my favourite bull…just love the looks of it.
This is the first and biggest bull Ive ever guided.
My hunter and I landed at a small lake in the NWT for a sheep hunt. As the plane was taking off we were already looking at a ram through the spotting scope. It was only 1000 yds up the mountain from us. We had all afternoon to watch it but my hunter was looking for a 40 or better and we thought the ram to be around 38. The next morning we headed out with 10 days of supplies and started a journey. After 8 days we had walked (according to our map) almost 100 air miles, looked at over 40 different rams and were now back at the lake. The same ram was still there and it was still the biggest one we had seen. He decided we should go give it a try. About 400 yds from the lake we spotted 2 caribou coming towards us about 500 yds away. I had a look through the binos and was amazed at how big the one bull was. I tried to convince him that the bou was a better trophy than the ram and we should try to get it. Being that he was on a sheep hunt he wanted the ram more. We got to within about 300 yds of the ram and he got set up to shoot. Well after 3 shots the ram dissapeared over a ridge 500 yds away unscathed. He was dissapointed and unsure as to why he had missed the ram. The bulls were now directly below us and only a few hundred yards from the lake. He had a look at them through the binos and realized that the opportunity at the big bull should be capitalized on. We headed down and quickly got to within 200 yds of the caribou. This time he asked to use my rifle. He got set up with my pack as a rest and after one shot the bull was down. He tried a few shots the next day with his rifle and it was shooting way off (we both had a few slips and slides during the trip).
Heres the massive bull. 8 inch bases, main beams over 55 and double shovel etc.
I guided one more huge bull that year on a caribou hunt. It was during the rut and we had probably seen 400 or 500 caribou before putting a stalk on this one that was with about forty others.
Now this one didn't have a lot of mass but talk about length. Top points over 24 inches and bezs over 26 inches long. Was nice to have a good strong assistant along (in picture) as it was 8 miles back to the lake.
It was a race against daylight to cover the 3 miles in 45 minutes and get a chance at this bull. It resulted in a walk back to camp in the dark and another trip the next day for my nephew, the hunter and I to retrieve it. Well worth it.
This one we spotted the day before but it was too late to go after him. The next day we were about half way to the place we had seen him last when I looked back and noticed a few of his top points skylined on a high ridge. Up the high ridge we went and finally got to within about 50 yds before we found him. A couple of quick shots and it was all downhill to camp from there.
Theres no words to explain what it is like to hunt the porcupine caribou herd on the Dempster highway during the rut. Unfortunately the last few years they have taken a different route. We got this bull about 500 yds from the base camp.This is my favourite bull…just love the looks of it.
