When did Caribou become a Premier Hunt

[Jwill]

Caribou hunting in Quebec closed in February 2018. The population took a terrible nose dive. It may never reopen. Climate change is the main cause listed by the Quebec government. I have travelled and hunted in northern Quebec extensively. The real cause of the population decline : Hydro Quebec flooding huge areas of tundra to create reservoirs to power hydro electric plants. They even reversed the flow of a major river !!! They effectively cut off the migrating caribou from wintering and calving grounds. I have toured some of the power plants east of James Bay. Impressive, But I would rather hunt caribou.

That was an interesting rabbit hole…10-22k caribou died in one migration event in ‘84 trying to cross the rivers! Sounds like the hydro plants were are least partially responsible.

 

[cne-elk]

Man I never thought about Caribou, but after this post on a forum page it looks pretty amazing think ill book a hunt......lol. Thanks for bringing my attention to it.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

The country for me was a real driver to get one, in particular mountain caribou. I probably saw about the same number of Stone Sheep as I did caribou.

Let's get real, you aren't going to find any country like that in the lower 48...not to the scale anyway.

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Nick87]

This thread makes me want to hunt caribou. Well maybe not the thread, but the pics do.

 

[Nick87]

This thread makes me want to hunt caribou. Well maybe not the thread, but the pics do.

Might have to be my "poor man's" yukon hunt.