This eight-day package has a full six days of guided hunting on a two-on-two basis.
Hunting Conditions
Arctic wolves thrive in abundant numbers in the area north and east of Yellowknife and Great Slave Lake. The hunt is conducted from a comfortable permanent camp on Pellets Lake, only 2 miles from the NWT border in the new Canadian territory of Nunavut. This enables our hunters to obtain the necessary licence and tag for a wolf in each of the two territories. While every hunter will have two tags, the second tag is a bonus — the emphasis of this hunt is to get every hunter one wolf, with safety our biggest concern.
While every hunter will be assigned a guide, the guides will always travel in pairs — a safety precaution, as snowmobiles can break down at any time. No one will leave camp without two snowmobiles. Hunters ride in large wooden sleds (kamutik) pulled by their guides; we are working to add a shock-absorption system to make the ride more comfortable.
Esker Lodge at Pellets Lake provides warm heated cabins, top-notch equipment and experienced guides. It is our intention to use it for all our wolf hunts, but wolves are migratory — so we take our hunters to the location most likely to get everyone a wolf. This may result in hunting too far from the territorial border to make a second wolf an option.
In 2002, sixteen hunters took twenty-one wolves; everyone was able to shoot at least one wolf.
Method of Hunting
The best way to hunt a predator is the same way he hunts his prey. Wolves hunt by spot and/or track, ambush and/or chase — we hunt wolves the same way.
Travel Schedule
In the morning you will be picked up at your hotel in Yellowknife and transported to the airport for your air charter to camp — approximately 90 minutes. The following week you will be met upon your return and transferred to the wildlife office to pay trophy fees and obtain the appropriate export/C.I.T.E.S. permits, then taken to the hotel.
What Is Included in This Hunt
- Transfer to ski-plane base and return.
- Lodging in an all-weather camp.
- All meals while in camp.
- Hunting licence and tags.
- Services of two guides for every two hunters.
- Hides will be frozen in camp.
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. on trophies.
- Taxidermy fees.
- Overweight baggage fees.
- Expenses incurred due to delays caused by weather, mechanical problems or other factors beyond our control.
- Canadian Goods and Services Tax.
Important Notes
- All wildlife requires either a Nunavut or NWT export permit before the trophy can be removed from the territory. These permits are available from the applicable wildlife office, free of charge when the trophy fee is paid.
- Because one of your wolves may be taken in Nunavut, it will be necessary to keep the hide in Nunavut until an export permit can be issued; we will then ship the hide to a destination of your choice.
- For export out of Canada, a wolf skin requires a C.I.T.E.S. permit, which can be issued by either the Nunavut or NWT wildlife officials. Sometimes it is necessary to leave your trophy with Adventure Northwest until a C.I.T.E.S. permit can be issued — this can take up to a month. Upon receipt, the hide will be shipped to your chosen destination.