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I was reading some of the recent articles posted regarding the serious continued decline of the barren caribou in quebec and labrador. Apparently the loss of there food source to the habitat is mostly to blame?, over eating the lichen is what there stating for the numbers to drop year after year. On the island of NFLD the woodland caribou numbers continue to drop as well. Predators are eating the calves at an alarming 30% survival rate that is not sustaining the population as it declines year after year. I was happy to read the drastic hunting ban for Quebec caribou. I really hope the caribou can recover and make a come back.
What is Ontario going to do for our moose? They have reduced moose tags season after season, and the herd is down 25%, some areas are wipped right out. Moose meat was a staple and food source for alot of northern families native and non native...now just a bitter end as predicted.
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they have only been cutting back on adult moose tags over the years. still to many hunters out after calves with no restrictions to how many are harvested.
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Yes, Unfortunate indeed,now if you book a hunt you don't automatically get 2 tags with your hunt.You must now buy the extra tag( bigger bucks for a hunt now$$$) I was fortunate to be able to go on several hunts in my day in Scheferville and Kujiwack northern Quebec. Hunting the Leaf River and the George River herd, incredible to witness 500-600 caribou crossing the river right in front of your camp!
That's one tough hunt,especially if you have to pack board 2 caribou out 2-3 miles back to the boat in the river,which I did many times over lichen slippery rocks.Tore up my boots and twisted my ankles more times than I care to remember.Our caribou didn't come easy,we had to glass groups of 8-10 then slow stalk them. None of this pick your double shovel,full tine rack bull in a herd of 50-100. L.O.L! No sireeee!
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Pic Our gang was lucky, 4 guys harvested 8 caribou. They were all shot in roaming groups of 5-6 with all shots averaging 100-175 yds. We used .270 Parker Hale, 7 mm Rem Mag,300 Win and I used a Mdl 7 Rem in .260 cal with a 20" barrel and 140 gr Rem Sirrocco bullet. That was one sweet rifle,took a few moose with that one.
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Hey John; Great trip and results..Congrats..
As a note to all you successful moose/ elk and caribou hunters..To avoid the pain in the butt chore of trying to manage a mount with a large rack ..Ask your taxidermist when taking trophy in to "PEG" the horns, this is done by sawing off each horn and drilling holes to insert a steel shaft , this will match up with female holes in skull plate ..
May cost you a few xtra dollars but well worth it..makes handling the head "MUCH" easier just slide the horns in when you get it to it's final spot ..
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QUOTE (Northern Ghost @ Mar 10, 2017 - 08:06 pm)
Pic Our gang was lucky, 4 guys harvested 8 caribou. They were all shot in roaming groups of 5-6 with all shots averaging 100-175 yds. We used .270 Parker Hale, 7 mm Rem Mag,300 Win and I used a Mdl 7 Rem in .260 cal with a 20" barrel and 140 gr Rem Sirrocco bullet. That was one sweet rifle,took a few moose with that one.
4 guys, one trip, 8 caribou harvested. anybody still wondering what happened to the population??
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QUOTE (RobRob @ Mar 10, 2017 - 11:11 pm)
QUOTE (Northern Ghost @ Mar 10, 2017 - 08:06 pm)
Pic Our gang was lucky, 4 guys harvested 8 caribou. They were all shot in roaming groups of 5-6 with all shots averaging 100-175 yds. We used .270 Parker Hale, 7 mm Rem Mag,300 Win and I used a Mdl 7 Rem in .260 cal with a 20" barrel and 140 gr Rem Sirrocco bullet. That was one sweet rifle,took a few moose with that one.
4 guys, one trip, 8 caribou harvested. anybody still wondering what happened to the population??
Damn cayots! Lmao! I mean damn 👻! The good old days..... wait a minute.... I was not part of those good old days because them old men ruin it! Lol
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QUOTE (RobRob @ Mar 10, 2017 - 11:11 pm)
QUOTE (Northern Ghost @ Mar 10, 2017 - 08:06 pm)
Pic Our gang was lucky, 4 guys harvested 8 caribou. They were all shot in roaming groups of 5-6 with all shots averaging 100-175 yds. We used .270 Parker Hale, 7 mm Rem Mag,300 Win and I used a Mdl 7 Rem in .260 cal with a 20" barrel and 140 gr Rem Sirrocco bullet. That was one sweet rifle,took a few moose with that one.
4 guys, one trip, 8 caribou harvested. anybody still wondering what happened to the population??
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Do not want to start a crap show here but would like to post my humble opinion. I really don't believe the decline in the animal and fish population is a result of the old timers over harvesting years ago. When I first hunted in the early sixties we would not see another hunter for the full two weeks of the hunt we usually filled our tags. Now with the introduction of the ATV's and all the logging roads one has to be very careful not to get run over or shot. The same deal for the fishing. Always put two shacks on Nip and harvested lots of fish to eat never wasted a bit. Now everything is so commercialized condo"s everywhere trucks cars and atv traffic like a highway. There were no fish finders cell phones gps radios or rifle optics just a lot of walking and hard work. I really feel kind of sorry for future generations and consider myself very lucky to have lived during what I consider the good times jmah
Quebec caribou hunt banned Feb. 2018
