Thousands of tuktu(caribou) ...

[Otokiak]

Well this weekend I watched and took a couple pictures(photo section of CGN) of hundreds of tuktu(caribou) coming down to my wee community and crossing the Meladine River ... best part is I hear there are THOUSANDS more coming so I'll wait until this coming weekend and hopefully find me a couple nice fat ones to hunt/shoot. Of course after this beautiful warm weekend it's bloody pouring rain and cold ... never fails ... HAHA ... So, with all that being said ... what are my fellow CGNer's gonna suggest for calibre???

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

 

[pres717]

Hey there Otokiak,

We are seeing the caribou coming here too since last week. Still waiting for numbers like you are seeing now. (I am on the other side of the Hudson's Bay from you). We are going hunting this afternoon, looking forward to a nice day.

What caliber do people in your town typically use for hunting caribou?

 

[bellero]

Shoot one for me with a .300 Win Mag

 

[hillbillyreefer]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=633187

Link to the pictures, well worth a look. Thanks for posting them.

25-06 would work well.

 

[longrifle]

Thanks for the pics Otokiak!! Brings back many a memory of my days in qamanituaq and igulik...Damn I miss the north!!! I gotta get up there for a visit! Thanks again


'rifle

 

[CV32]

6.5x55 Swede.

 

[stuckon308]

I'm partial to the .308.

 

[pres717]

I am asking about calibers because I see a lot of people hunting caribou with .223 up here. Think it's more a choice of economics for some. Just wondering if it's a similar occurrence on the other side of the Bay.

 

[Otokiak]

Lots and lots of folks up on this side of the Hudson use 223 ... it's cheap and accurate enough to bag tuktu ...

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. I have rifles from 22 up to 30-06 ... I'm just curious what others think I should use this coming weekend to bag me a couple nice fat ones ...

 

[ghostntheshell]

I wouldn't use 223 even if it'll do.

If you have a .30-06 and it's accurate, go with that.

 

[Eagleye]

A 6mm of some sort, a 257 or 25-06, or, as suggested already, 6.5x55.
Plenty rifle for caribou. Eagleye.

 

[Kevan]

My choice for next Fall will be a 280 rem. on a Mod. 70 built by Bill Leeper.

 

[Dominion Link]

I figure that any animal that can scratch out a living in the Arctic must be real tough. And those antlers look like they could mess up a fella, bad. I would suggest nothing less than a .416 Rigby.

 

[rar]

i would use my 2506.no problem.

 

[teenahlake]

all you guys are getting new 308's so next year use that

 

[dorm]

I've bagged about 15-18 caribou in the last 13 years and I've used a .307, .308 and .300 Win Magnum (no, you smart asses, not all at the same time). By far my Model 94 Centennial .307 is my favourite lever. I got my first NWT caribou with it. I hear of guys using .223 above the tree line but I never have. Guess I'm just a .30 cal lover.

 

[glang1]

I'd use my trusty .270 Winchester. It's never let me down yet. Caribou are on my wish list.

George

 

[blargon]

For caribou I would use my .260 rem

 

[mvarley84]

Just use the same caliber everyone else uses...243 all the way

 

[doublelung]

My vote is for an arrow tipped with a two blade rage !!