Adventure Northwest operates three caribou camps, Little Marten Lake, Whitewolf Lake and Thonokied Lake. Our camps are 160-200 miles north, north east of Yellowknife, just above tree line in the middle of the late summer range of the Bathurst Caribou Herd. This herd is estimated at over 400,000 animals.

ABOUT OUR CAMPS

All Caribou Camps have comfortable heated wall tents with wooden floors. There is a larger Kitchen tent in each camp, where our cooks prepare and serve excellent camp meals, which often include caribou and freshly caught fish.

All employees are committed to providing you with a quality hunt and have agreed to abstain from alcohol while in the camp. We in turn encourage all hunters to keep their alcohol to themselves and in their own tent. Every Client will be provided with the current hunting regulations and is expected to familiarize themselves with the regulations. Any client, who knowingly breaks these regulations, will be sent to Yellowknife at their own expense.

During the hunt, you will be transported by boat before walking inland to glass and hunt. The tundra has many eskers and ridges allowing you to get on higher ground to glass. The eskers and ridges also provide good ground cover enabling hunters to get within rifle and bow range. The terrain is generally dry and rocky; no hip waders are necessary, however, sturdy waterproof hunting boots are a must.

Temperatures in the barren grounds can range from 32 degrees F to 75 degrees F in late August and down to 28 degrees F to 40 degrees F by late September. Some snow can be expected in mid to late September and while it generally melts within a day it has been known to stay.

At all Caribou Camps, Wolf, Wolverine, and Ptarmigan are known to inhabit the area and licenses and tags are included in the hunt price. In addition to excellent hunting, all of the lakes provide great fishing opportunities for Lake Trout, Northern Pike, and Grayling.

TRAVEL SCHEDULE

In the morning you will be picked up at the hotel in Yellowknife and transferred to the floatplane base for the 90-minute flight to camp, arriving early afternoon. The following week, the plane will leave camp early in the afternoon for your return to Yellowknife. You will be met at the floatplane base and escorted to the wildlife office to pay trophy fees, and obtain export permits. You will then be transferred to the hotel.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS HUNT

Transfer from Hotel to Float base and return.

Round trip air charter from Yellowknife to camp.

Lodging in a tent camp.

All meals while in camp.

Hunting, fishing, Small Game Licenses.

Tags for one/two caribou, wolf, wolverine.

Services of one guide for every two hunters.

Adventure Northwest's staff will cut, wrap, and freeze, 50-60lbs of meat for each hunter. (If a hunter would like to take more than the 50-60lb. box of meat home he will be responsible for preparing the extra meat for shipping and there is no guarantee that there will be room for extra meat in the freezer at camp. In addition to these restrictions, extra meat will only be shipped out of camp on a space available basis.)

Capes will be frozen in camp for shipping, not salted.

Antlers will be split and wrapped for shipping. There will be a $100.00 charge for all un-split antlers with the exception of those antlers that would score well into the record books.

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS HUNT

Export permits/Trophy fees.

Gratuities to staff.

Accommodation and meals while in Yellowknife before and after the hunt.

Turning of lips, ears, etc. of trophies.

Taxidermy fees.

Overweight baggage fees.

Expenses incurred due to delays caused by bad weather, mechanical problems, or other factors beyond our control.

Canadian Goods and Services Tax (GST).

IMPORTANT NOTES

There is a strict weight limit of seventy pounds of gear/liquor etc. per hunter, on the floatplanes. Any hunter having gear weighing in excess of 70lbs. will be charged an additional fee of $1.50/lb. Please bring a soft gun case for travel in the floatplane.

Each hunter will be required to obtain an export permit for any part of an animal that is transported out of the Northwest Territories.

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