Caribou Hunt Preparations

We are 2 weeks away from our Caribou hunt in Northern Quebec with Ungava Adventures. This is a hunt that was on my Dad's "bucket list", so I told him last fall that if this is something he wanted to do, we better start "doing it"!

Ungava Adventures

 We are in the final stages of preparations and are both really excited for this hunt! We both have to get our rifles "dialed in", but I plan on going to the range on Friday morning to get that completed. I'll be hunting with my Howa 1500 in .300 Win Mag shooting 180 grain Hornady SST's. I got a sweet deal on a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 scope last spring that is now on that gun and I did a basic, tan with black webbing paint scheme on the black synthetic stock that came on that gun. I really like the way it turned out. I used a textured spray paint as a base coat that really gives a very positive feel to the stock. I will get it sighted-in to be dead-on at about 250 yds which should give me a point blank range of about 350 yds and a top of the back hold at 400 yds. I can shoot all the way out to 500 meters at my range but will only shoot out to 400. 

My Dad will be hunting with his pre-64 Winchester Model 70. I don't know what load he's shooting yet though. Caribou aren't typically a very tough animal so any quality bullet put into the engine room should do the job.

 He and I will also be taking along an ultra light spinning rod/reel to do some fishing in the lakes and streams around camp. They are very well known for the Atlantic Salmon, there are Arctic Char and large brook trout and I believe there are some grayling as well. We debated about taking a shotgun along to do some ptarmigan hunting but have decided against it. We can each shoot 2 caribou so between that and the fishing, I'm sure we'll have plenty to do. We could always buy a bear tag in camp too for only about $150! They have quite a lot of black bears up there.

 My Dad is going to drive to Zeeland on September 10th and then he and I will leave on the 11th and drive to Montreal (700 miles). On the morning of the 12th we take a commercial jet up to Kuujjuaq, Quebec (also called Fort Chimo). From there, we'll take a float plane to our actual hunting camp. We won't know which camp we'll be hunting out of until that day because its all based on the caribou migration and where they're seeing animals. Once we leave Montreal, we'll have no cell phone or internet access, so it will be fun to be "off the grid" for a week! Will try to post as frequently as possible and I will be taking lots of pictures and video to post as well!

Map of Kuujjuaq Quebec

 Chris