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My girlfriend and I are planning to take a month off for a road trip up to tuktoyaktuk in March 2014 and I've been mussing about doing some hunting along the way. I'm 23, a paramedic with BC Ambulance, my girlfriend, Jen, is 21 and in university for a "bachelorette" :) in Child and Youth Care. I've hunted my entire life, primarily for moose in Northern BC and I got Jen out for her first hunt last month (3 hours in she shot a beauty of a black bear but that's another story) and she's hooked :).
I've been looking through the Yukon Regs and it looks like Bison, Wolf and Coyote are open that time of year. Since this is primarily a sight-seeing-road-trip I don't want anything to do with a Bison! But I'd love to spend a day or two looking for wolf or coyote. So here's what I need a Yukon resident who is willing to get a "special guiding license" and would like to take a little time off work (we're flexible) to show a couple of Yukon-newbies what the territory has to offer. We're willing to travel (obviously) anywhere in the territory an F-250 with a camper can go and we're looking forward to meeting new people on our travels.
Cheers, Jesse.
 
We're only allowed a SGP once every 3 years, I don't know anyone who would be willing to waste this privilege for a couple days of hunting dogs.
You do realize that March up here is still full blown winter and staying in a camper is not likely feasible.......we can and do get -40 in March and Tuk is almost guaranteed -30 and below. Propane ceases to become a gas below -35 and will not keep up with heat requirements at anything below -25.
The Dempster highway is closed a lot during March as the March winds across Eagle Plains can and do top 100 MPH at times and have blown tractor trailers right off the highway (and the term highway is being extremely generous when referring to the Dempster) Not meaning to be negative but March just is NOT a nice month up here, the winds are enough to drive you crazy and there is absolutely nothing resembling spring about March in the Yukon. I would seriously advise you to rethink a month long cruise through the Yukon in March, in a camper. I can tell you one thing.......it would be an adventure you'd never forget....IF you survived it.
 
"...Any Yukon Residents..." They're all out thinking up ways to defend themselves against bears. snicker.
"...looking through the Yukon Regs..." Suggest you look at the cost of a non-resident hunting licence too. Don't know about The Yukon, but Ontario and most other provinces lay in wait for unsuspecting tourists, then take their wallets in licence fees.
 
I was looking at the nonresident licenses and seals and they are nowhere near as steep as they are in BC (as I imagine they are in Ontario)! So that's not too big of a worry. I've been talking to a lot of people who travel to Tuk on a regular basis and from what they have been saying a travel trailer is a bad idea for exactly the reason you said, winds in hurricane valley can top 100 mph, and tip light travel trailer but a properly secured camper, with winterized water storage and heated sleeve for the propane ect. is ideal. Winter is exactly what we're looking for in this trip! Otherwise the iceroad to Tuk would be substantially more... wet...
I appreciate input though, if anyone has any advice (outside of head south) I'm very open to it :)
 
You will certainly find winter. While you're there you might as well take the detour to Aklavik amd see the grave of the Mad Trapper and either on the way in or out stop In McPherson to see the Lost Patrol memorial.
 
c-fbmi said:
We're only allowed a SGP once every 3 years, I don't know anyone who would be willing to waste this privilege for a couple days of hunting dogs.
You do realize that March up here is still full blown winter and staying in a camper is not likely feasible.......we can and do get -40 in March and Tuk is almost guaranteed -30 and below. Propane ceases to become a gas below -35 and will not keep up with heat requirements at anything below -25.
The Dempster highway is closed a lot during March as the March winds across Eagle Plains can and do top 100 MPH at times and have blown tractor trailers right off the highway (and the term highway is being extremely generous when referring to the Dempster) Not meaning to be negative but March just is NOT a nice month up here, the winds are enough to drive you crazy and there is absolutely nothing resembling spring about March in the Yukon. I would seriously advise you to rethink a month long cruise through the Yukon in March, in a camper. I can tell you one thing.......it would be an adventure you'd never forget....IF you survived it.
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Pretty much this. Most people also forget that when we say it's a 6 hour drive before the next place to stop(like heading up the dempster...)...we mean there is nothing in between. No houses, no gas stations, no towns, no cell service, spotty sat phone service....etc etc. And always carry enough gas to get back to where ever you came from. Ran into some tourists on motorbikes last year heading up the Dempster when we got stopped by fires. The idiots said they couldn't turn back to Dawson because they didn't have enough fuel to make it.
 
When I lived in the area everyone carried an extra spare tire, tools, and some other extras you vehicle might need. The extra gas is a given as you could be stuck waiting, turned back, or run across others not so smart. One guy I worked with was heading south for a holiday and got two flats in within a couple of miles. Shale is hard on the tires and if you hit it the right way you have a flat.
 
as Douglas said March is not that much spring ... and all he said he`s right, even this year April was not nice at all on the Dempster and i know some guys that were stuck for one week.

on another side noboby will guide even if you find one and for a simple reason the special guide license are gone as march 2014 will be part of 2013-2014 quotas that is already gone.

all the best and even not hunting pretty sure you ll find some Warm yukoners here ...
 
and i may add that special guiding cant be done just by an internet connection but more by a friendship then hunting. last few that have tried by the net didnt work well to say the best .... at least on my opinion.
 
Freyr_255 said:
Pretty much this. Most people also forget that when we say it's a 6 hour drive before the next place to stop(like heading up the dempster...)...we mean there is nothing in between. No houses, no gas stations, no towns, no cell service, spotty sat phone service....etc etc. And always carry enough gas to get back to where ever you came from. Ran into some tourists on motorbikes last year heading up the Dempster when we got stopped by fires. The idiots said they couldn't turn back to Dawson because they didn't have enough fuel to make it.
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G.,

never heard people visiting downtown what and where about the next town heading north ....

all the best.

Phil
 
all very interesting points and we plan on having lots of fun stay warm! :) I didn't realize the SGP's were done so far in advance so I guess I'm probably gonna have to stick to some light hunting in BC. I've heard of the gas issues, getting to a gas station you're relying on and their out of fuel and so on, we'll be bringing 3 or 4 15 gal. drums with us so we'll be sure to get an extra 1000km or so if need be. and spare tires. and filling up in ever station we come across :) I'm sorry to hear that medcedqc had a bad experience t'ing up with someone met online, although I guess it's not too surprising, still sucks. We'll be bringing our rifles with us so if by some chance we meet someone willing to spend a day or two with us we'll be ready :) any other ideas on places to visit?
Thanks all, Jesse.
 
I used to laugh my @ss off during tourist season when the "intrepid adventurers" would "brave" the wicked Dempster highway to drive all the way to Inuvik. Spare tires lashed to the roofs of minivans and supplies crammed in every nook and cranny. And needed none of it. The gas station at Eagle Plains has a restaurant and hotel and always has fuel. Aside from planning for a breakdown in heinous cold you don't need to freak out. You're not going overland to the North Pole, you're driving a maintained (albeit gravel) highway that is travelled regularly by commercial and private traffic. As long as you have decent tires (not the rim protectors that come from the factory) and you have survival gear in case of emergency you won't have any trouble. The road is 750 km from Dawson to Inuvik and Eagle is halfway so it's not like you'll be days without seeing another human.
 
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