Newfoundland Moose - Hunt #34-MO

Hunt the northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in areas 3, 39 and 45. This outfitter has eleven camps and closes several each year to rotate pressure and give areas a rest from hunting. Ten of eleven camps are fly-in camps with a maximum of four hunters per camp. An added bonus is the outfitter owns his own planes so there is no waiting to use someone else’s charter service. One camp is accessible via ATV’s for hunters not wanting to fly.

Hunters can fly into Deer Lake Airport or can take the ferry from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Here is the link for ferry rates: http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/rates/pabnsyrates.shtml. Hunters normally take the night ferry and arrive 6-8 hours later after a good night’s sleep. It is then a 5 hour drive to meet the outfitter.

All camps feature a full time cook, hot and cold running water, shower facilities, generator run electricity, meat storage facilities, motorized boats, and communications via VHF radios, cell or satellite phones. Each camp has guest bedrooms with two single beds in each room. Hunters are flown into camp on Sunday and out the following Sunday or flown in on Wednesday and out the following Wednesday.

The big game hunting season in Newfoundland begins in mid-September and ends in early December for firearms with a bow hunting season beginning two weeks earlier. The opening of moose season coincides with the mating season, when the moose can usually be “called” by guides to within range of easy rifle or bow shot. Success rates are typically 95-100% on bull moose. The average antler spread runs 36″ - 40″ with some reaching into the mid-50’s. Hunters who are “meat hunting” can request the either sex tag and shoot a bull or cow.

All camps have meat houses which are used for the care of meat. The meat from successful hunts is stored in cotton game bags, tagged with hunter’s info and processing instructions and then delivered to the meat processor where hunters pick it up after the hunt.

Non-resident hunters must have a hunter’s education card or have a big game license from previous years.

7 Day Hunt - $4100 includes licenses and 1×1 guiding. Can add a bear hunt for $400 or $600 if baiting is done. Bear success rates have been 30%. Can also do a moose/caribou combo for $6500. Non hunting guests are $1100.