Where you one go for a trophy bull moose in Canada

I would suspect by the time hunting season rolls around next fall the vaccine should be widespread enough that travel restrictions have been lifted.

medvedqc said:
what are the caribou in other parts of canada? aside of the barrengrounds they are all woodland ...
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Woodland, Mountain, and barren ground I want to say are the three types?
 
I had always thought that "Mountain" caribou were a separate subspecies, but now I see that it's more record-book categorization:

Mountain caribou are actually not a subspecies all to themselves. Scientifically, they are woodland caribou. But for record keeping purposes and to delineate between differences in size and shape, Boone and Crockett split the woodland caribou into three groups, which most hunters now recognize: woodland caribou, Quebec-Labrador caribou and mountain caribou.
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medvedqc, there is no legal, licensed woodland caribou hunting in Canada except for the mountain caribou already mentioned, and Newfoundland. Woodland caribou populations are in big trouble, and are in danger of being extirpated over most of their former range. The caribou hunting season in AB, SK, and MB has been closed for many years. Pretty sure Ontario and the maritimes too.
 
In the Yukon as per environment Yukon we have both woodland/mountain and barren ground caribou and we can harvest both type!
 
im hunting woodland caribou and barrenground caribou that the record book are calling differently ... the same with the fannin sheep ... because record book is telling something does not it is scientific ...
 
I got this Bull in northern SK. Cost me $30 for the tag. Not the biggest monster out there, but pretty decent. I looked one of the outfitter links and saw $27,500 for a moose hunt... couldn’t believe it. A big rack is nice, but why not save tens of thousands of dollars and hunt in your home province (if possible)?

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Longwalker said:
medvedqc, there is no legal, licensed woodland caribou hunting in Canada except for the mountain caribou already mentioned, and Newfoundland. Woodland caribou populations are in big trouble, and are in danger of being extirpated over most of their former range. The caribou hunting season in AB, SK, and MB has been closed for many years. Pretty sure Ontario and the maritimes too.
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Ontario Caribou is certainly closed. Although we question how much the MNRF really cares for them, wolves crossed onto an island with a self-sustaining population of near est.900 and decimated them over 4 years before they swept in to save 15 by helicopter. They then trapped and sold the wolves to Michigan I believe. Lake superior, Michipicoten island. Interesting read on it as that island proved that a lack of lichens did not hold back exponential population growth and predation was the factor in their reduction. Allowing the wolves four years of free reign cost our province a generation of successful conservation work

And Ghubert, should interprovincial travel not be viable this fall with gov policy constantly changing, it would be worth the time throwing in the $15 for an Ontario draw just incase. Won't break any records but any bull is a trophy if thats all you can shoot, not to mention delicious
 
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Have done that and have an open invite in a private area for an Ontario moose in the Timmins area for coming fall as plan D.
 
Fisherguy55 said:
Ontario Caribou is certainly closed. Although we question how much the MNRF really cares for them, wolves crossed onto an island with a self-sustaining population of near est.900 and decimated them over 4 years before they swept in to save 15 by helicopter. They then trapped and sold the wolves to Michigan I believe. Lake superior, Michipicoten island. Interesting read on it as that island proved that a lack of lichens did not hold back exponential population growth and predation was the factor in their reduction. Allowing the wolves four years of free reign cost our province a generation of successful conservation work
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This IS a really interesting story. Some of the wolves went to Isle Royale National Park as documented here.

I don't believe they were sold into Michigan, I thought it was a trade in exchange for turkeys or something of the like. I know some people at the OMNR and they mentioned that killing wolves is actually better for the ecosystem in some cases (i.e. Caribou at Michipicoten Island) they won't do it because it's politically VERY unpopular. Instead we spend a bazillion dollars relocating them. Some neat stories come out of it though.
 
There is a lot of good moose habitat in Ontario, so you don't need to hunt that far afield. If you you just have to have a mountain hunt, and know someone in the Yukon who is willing to take you hunting on a Special Guide License, that is a cost effective way to hunt there, but the cost will still far exceed the cost of hunting in your home province. I'd just jump through the hoops to hunt moose in your own province, invest in a canoe and some camping gear, and be ready to go with a tag for the area where the season opens in the 3rd week of September.
 
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