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slayer21

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I had a great hunt with safari-nordik in quebec. You can check out their HSOforum for the details. If you have any questions about them I can give you my email.

safari-nordik puts more hunters on more caribou than most all other outfitters combined. Definetly the biggest out there. Quebec is the place to go for numbers of animals.

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Safari Nordik is fine. They kill a lot of bull caribou. Evidence of past kills are spread across the tundra - they take the horns / head and the 4 quarters - leaving the guts and rib cage/spine behind. Head stays behind if you do not plan to do full head mount ...

Our group had the entire camp and shot our limit of 24 bulls. Yes, you can shoot two bulls in this part of Quebec (or should I say Nunavik. The last two shot were the only true trophies. The rest were nice, but definately not great. Guides work real hard for the money (they carry-out the meat to camp), but there are times you are more on your own (bring a GPS). I shot both bulls when I was on my own. One at 70 yards and the other at 350 yards.

Of the six days in camp, we saw lots and lots of caribou two days. The group before really struggled and the camp we were in was where they brought 3 guys in from another camp. (they do move hunters, but it is not a common occurance - more like a last resort).

Ptarmigan were everywhere and provide a fun diversion.

The caribou migraged into our camp area the evening before we left. Plenty of trophy bulls .. then ... hence the two nicest bulls shot that last evening .. like to say they held out for a big bull, but in reality they just did not see many the previous days. We were the last group of the year ...

My advise is Safari Nordik is a fine operation, you will see caribou, and you will kill caribou ... but it is kind of a "meat market" approach ... they probably have 300 or more clients each August and September.

Take the first nice bull you have the chance to shoot. Then if you are after a true wall hanger bull - wait, hunt hard, get away from camp, wait ... with the idea that 1 bull is worth the trip ... if the 2nd one does not come along.

Great experience.

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I went with Leaf River Lodge in '08 and would definitely recommend them. They have 2 different options, 1x2 or 1x4 guiding. We did the 1x4, the guides were good and the camp cooks were great. Trophy quality was pretty good, the later in the season the better, they offer a "trophy" hunt in early october, but it's even MORE expensive.

We decided to go to Quebec vs. Alaska because it was much easier and cheaper to drive to Montreal and not have to deal with airlines, except for the flights into camp. We brought our meat, capes, antlers home with us to our taxidermists of choice and process our own meat, which saved us money as well.

Remember caribou are migratory and any hunt will be dependent on the migration or general movements of the herds. Some days you may see none, others you may see several thousands. The same goes for the groups ahead or behind you, the group that came out when we were going in had shot some cows just to fill tags. Just a day later we had a few guys shoot 2 good bulls on the first day, thats caribou hunting.

Good luck.

Mike

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