Info Needed on Caribou Hunts

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I've been tossing around the idea of making a trip up to hunt caribou. Our hunting part will be 2-4 hunters. I haven't done much research yet; so does anyone have suggestions on guide outfits and or locations.

Any experienced words of wisdom would be appreciated.
 
from what i've seen, northern quebec is the easiest and cheapest, can drive to camps, no guide needed, not much paper work for non residents. only places for caribou are yukon, nwt, nfld, quebec. yukon is expensive, shut down in nwt and nfld for non residents
 
thegreatnorthernhunter said:
... shut down in nwt and nfld for non residents
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Sort of. Non-residents can no longer hunt caribou in Labrador, given the 90 percent decline in the George River herd, but they can still hunt woodland caribou on the island. 266 non-resident licenses were available this past season, and that number is likely to drop further next fall, as the population numbers on the island aren't much better (relatively speaking).
 
thegreatnorthernhunter said:
from what i've seen, northern quebec is the easiest and cheapest, can drive to camps, no guide needed, not much paper work for non residents. only places for caribou are yukon, nwt, nfld, quebec. yukon is expensive, shut down in nwt and nfld for non residents
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Let's not forget Manitoba. We have non resident hunting here, but you have to go through an outfitter, Central Canada Barren Ground Caribou, same ones as in most of Nunavut and eastern NWT.

BC also has non res. hunting for mountain caribou. Price wise, Quebec and Manitoba are close.
 
Okay, anyone have any idea what a hunt in Quebec would cost? Driving up from the Ottawa area... How long is the drive? If it's not guided... What is the success rate?

Cheers
Jay
 
Jay said:
Okay, anyone have any idea what a hunt in Quebec would cost? Driving up from the Ottawa area... How long is the drive? If it's not guided... What is the success rate?

Cheers
Jay
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There may not be a season next year. Labrador closed its season last fall, so far Quebec is open. Claims are that numbers continue to decline. Seems to be a common trend of many migratory herds all over North America. The George River herd population is down, I don't know if they've done a study on the Leaf River herd which is the main one in Quebec.
Lots of info on the net about this, with varying opinions as to decline.

I've never hunted caribou in Quebec, a few times in Manitoba. We have a limited number of tags, 500 I think for resident and non-resident combined. The resident tags are available first come, first serve in June sometime and usually sell out that day. Non res. tags are held by outfitters,probably about a $6000 hunt, not cheap.
I don't think you need an outfitter in Quebec, but figure at least $2000+ after air charter,food,gas,lodging,etc. There may be some areas you can drive to, especially in the late season(winter) as the caribou are further south, but that would probably be a meat hunt as the bulls have no antlers by mid-December.
 
Howdy

I hunted with Club Chambeau in 2008 and 2010, north of Shefferville QC. Got my two caribou both trips. It was $5500+tags for the guided hunt with them doing the cooking. But it was well worth it with all the flying we did. Yes the herds are in decline, it was not an easy trip, but it was fun and I'll do it again, and hopfully the herds will bounce back.

I bought a bear tag in 08, saw bear tracks, saw fresh bear crap, but no bears.
In 2010 I told myself to save the $136.00 and I passed up on the bear tag, and of course, this time, I had a bear right in front of me:(

Oh well!

If you go, bring a fishing rod. I'm not a big fisherman, but the fishing is great up there. Also, if you go in a group, someone bring a light .22 and get a small game tag. Ptarmigan are yummy:D

Like I said, it was a very good time, and not a gosh darn Liberal in sight;)

Sticker


Jay said:
Okay, anyone have any idea what a hunt in Quebec would cost? Driving up from the Ottawa area... How long is the drive? If it's not guided... What is the success rate?

Cheers
Jay
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I hunted last month in zone 22B in Northern Quebec - Non residents must use an outfitter - we used KISKIMAASTAKIN CAMPS INC.

The trip was epic: 12 hours driving to get to Matagami, then up at 4:00 AM to drive another 14 hours to the camp. You will need to take lots of extra gas and a good condition four wheel drive vehicle. The cost at the outfitter was 1700.00 plus your licence fees. We fiqured that between three vehicles and two snowmobiles, we went thru 1800 liters of fuel. Total cost per person was about 2700.00

We tagged out. 14 caribou for seven guys. If you don't see anything the first day, get a guide from the camp and fill your tags - worth every penny.
 
Jay said:
Okay, anyone have any idea what a hunt in Quebec would cost? Driving up from the Ottawa area... How long is the drive? If it's not guided... What is the success rate?

Cheers
Jay
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I went with Mirage outfitters in LG 4.. 24 hour drive from Belleville
This years price if driving 3510.00 can + taxes

here is the website
http://www.pourvoiriemirage.com/english/an_chasse_aut.cfm
Not the trophy hunt but still tons of big ones

We tagged out 6 for 3 people
 
We also hunted 22b in Quebec, our group goes every year, it was 900$ for the outpost camp that sleeps 10 and has running water, shower, fridge and stove etc, it cost me an additional 525$ for groceries, gas, tags, motel room in Matagami etc, I only live 4 hours from Matagami so your gas bill will be a little higher.

All 7 guys tagged out, if your looking for a reasonably priced hunt where you get to shoot 2 fine tasting animals it's a great hunt.

If your looking for a hunt where you can be one with nature and watch the animals walk by you and connect with nature on all levels this isn't the hunt for you, there's easilly 500 other hunters in the same zone and everyone hunts from the roads and not everyone has the same ethics.
 
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