Central Barrenground Caribou

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Manitoba Residents Click here The best-kept secret in Caribou hunting. For those who do their homework, the Manitoba caribou hunt is the finest opportunity to take a potential record book caribou.

Our caribou, the Qamairjuag herd, migrate every year into Northern Manitoba from their calving grounds in Nunavut. The herd is estimated at over 450,000 animals with our last census in 2008.

Only opened to non-resident hunting in 1995, Manitoba only licenses 500 hunters per year, resident and non-resident, to hunt this herd. With less than half that issued on the Nunavut side, we are talking about a herd of 450,000 animals which are virtually untouched. Every year, we take several B&C and P&Y animals with our top score so far at 402. Even more impressive is the average score of our racks, with our current average at 335 (B7C is 350). These racks make for spectacular trophies. The quality of this herd is amazing and we are limited to hosting only 43 non-resident hunters per year.

The Manitoba terrain also offers advantages over other caribou hunts. Our area is tundra yet offers a mix of terrain and small stands of spruce. This gives both gun and bowhunters the advantage of hunting by stalking and spotting, instead of waiting for the animals to come to you.

We offer two camps. The first camp is based on No-Name Lake, a large body of water straddling the Manitoba and Nunavut border and sitting between two major migration routes. It offers a great mix of terrain. From here, we have also boat access to two other lakes, offering even more area if needed. No-Name also holds some really big fish.

No-Name camp consists of a mini-lodge and eight tent cabins with electricity, wood heat, a central shower house, generator, and a satellite telephone on-site. No-Name is limited to 12 hunters per trip. The second camp is on Courage Lake. Courage sits 11 miles east of No-Name, right on the Nunavut border. Courage lake and the surrounding area are beautiful and excellent for both hunting and fishing. The camp has a small mini-lodge, 3 cabins with wood heat, generator, freezers, Satellite phone. Both have free satellite Internet. We hunt on foot or in 14' or 16' boats with 15-25 hp engines. The fishing is excellent for pike, lake trout, and arctic grayling and hunters also have opportunities at ptarmigan and wolves. Our hunts are designed for you to enjoy a full experience of the Manitoba tundra.

These camps offer caribou hunting at its finest.