You haven’t been on an adventure until you do this hunt. We have been told by our hunters that this is the ultimate hunt & a lifetime experience. Unlike any other trip! You will be hunting Canada Central Barren Ground Caribou on the Arctic Circle in the new territory called Nunavut--this is non-migrating Caribou. They remain in the same region year round. Keeping our same principles of hunting, we only take about 20 hunters per year on this trip, starting about mid August & ending mid September. Typically there are only 4-6 hunters per week. You will fly out of Winnipeg Airport about 7a.m. & after several stops along the way land in the tiny Arctic community of Repulse Bay at about 3p.m. At that point hunters are met by their guides and weather permitting set out on their hunt. There is a guide and guide’s helper for every two hunters. You will leave the town by boat, glassing the shoreline for Caribou then getting on land to hunt & make camp. Caribou are constantly moving, just feeding & bedding down. Each camp consists of a tent, cook stove, cooking utensils, sleeping mats.. you live amongst the Caribou, seals, polar bears, icebergs and whales for the week. We have maintained this “living on the land” hunt due to the environment and our hunters preference. Most of the memorable experiences could not have happened from a permanent camp location. This is a primitive land, about 500 miles North of the tree line, rock hard land covered in lichen moss. Our hunters bring limited dry goods & cook their own meals along the way.The reason our hunters bring their food is because caribou, seal & whale fat are about the only foods available in the Arctic. The reason our hunters do their own cooking is because the Inuit people eat their meat raw & they are the guides to big Caribou, not cooks. The Inuit people are renowned for their hunting ability, they have survived in this harsh environment by eating most food raw and by eating when they are hungry. We find the best, easiest and most practical meals our hunters can bring are dehydrated packages or heater meals which can be added to Caribou meat and fish in camp. Complete menus can be purchased from your local camping/hunting stores.

This far North, safety is our primary concern & the weather is the ruling force. The Hudson Bay is a huge, saltwater sea filled with icebergs & home to seals, whales, walrus & polar bears. The Inuit people have survived by respecting this harsh land. Although temperatures this time of year are near 40 degrees, it will feel cold because we are always near the water with icebergs in it. Everyone should dress for the coldest weather. It is generally light from about 4a.m. to midnight & Caribou are hunted through out the day. Again safety is stressed as the most important & deciding factor in the Arctic. We have hunted Caribou since 1996 taking only 20 hunters per year, every hunter has brought home 2 bulls--this is non-migrating Caribou. You should see 50-200 Caribou during your hunt whether you hunt the first week or the last week.
We fly on the Canadian airline from Winnipeg, this is a commercial flight in a small plane which seats about 30 people but mostly carries cargo up. Airlines in Canada as in the United States have many restrictions but we are at their mercy. You must know the baggage restrictions that the airlines enforce and may expect over baggage charges.

THINGS TO BRING

Camera, film, small flashlight/batteries, warmest clothes, waterproof bottomed boots to get in/out of boats but then walk in rocky terrain, raingear or “float suit” to wear in boats while traveling, optics, sunscreen, chapstick, weapon and case, ammunition, vaseline, instant coffee, creamer, sugar, tea, dehydrated meals, easy packed/light weight snacks, duct tape, toilet paper, baby wipes, all your medications plus Tylenol, Imodium, anti motion sickness medication, small first aid kit. You will probably be wearing the same clothes all week and sleeping in your long underwear so don’t overpack on clothes, but keep a set of clean clothes aside for when you return to Repulse Bay and take a shower. You will be drinking, cooking with and washing with iceberg water. If you hate plain water bring powdered fruit drink mixes to put with iceberg water. You will be on the Arctic Circle, there will not be a convenience store, pharmacy or doctor. Your cell phone won’t work there. There is a grocery store in the town. Once you leave the town you will not be near a store again for a week. When you arrive your 2 Caribou license will be written out and when you depart your export permit will be written. The Arctic Circle is seldom traveled to & you have the opportunity to hunt in an area that sees few outsiders.
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YOUR INUIT HUNTING GUIDE