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Hunting in remote South Nahanni Outfit commences with rides in bush plane and helicopter to game rich locations, offering the chance of reaching areas that have rarely, if ever, seen hunters due to their degree of inaccessibility. The helicopter permits spreading the already limited amount of hunting pressure over the entire 12.000 sqm concession, enabling us to concentrate on mature game, taking our pick carefully without hitting the same band of sheep or moose area twice throughout a season. This ensures you of good trophy choices and us of providing honest trophy hunts for years to come, conservation close at heart.
The helicopter offers a higher comfort level for the hunter as strenuous travelling into the actual hunting area is eliminated. You will still have to reach your pursued game on foot, spot and stalk style, and a 12 hour waiting period after landing required by law guarantees Fair Chase. If it becomes necessary to move spike camp over a shorter distance you and your guide will have to carry it on your backs. A reasonably fit physical condition is therefore a must on sheep, and especially goat hunts. There is a possibility of hiring a personal packer for an extra daily fee.
July 15th signals the start of hunting season for Dall sheep in the Mackenzie Mountains, allowing you to spot and stalk for white rams weeks before other areas open in Alaska or the Yukon. This is prime time for archery hunters in South Nahanni because mosquitoes and heat force the rams to congregate in cool caves making them easy pickings for the ambushed hunter. You will be able to focus on your favourite game 24 hours a day in the heat of the midnight sun, being offered unlimited hunting time and the warmth you might crave, especially if you are from a warmer climate. These conditions hold their own till the middle of August. By this time the mountain caribous begin to migrate, their antlers are getting harder and the first velvet is being rubbed. Mosquitoes and sunshine are going down at a faster pace, autumn is just around the corner and within a few short weeks leaves are turning and moose start rutting. The demise of August gives the go ahead for the big mixed bag hunts, the sheep hunting still excellent, being joined in full force by migrating caribou and calling moose. Bears and wolves are on the prowl and the mountain goat's coats get thick and long and beautiful. Rivers and lakes are the places for easy moose hunting, sitting in a jet powered boat, lovesick cow calls drifting into clear blue air, grunts answering over the hill in the big burn.
September will go fast, capes are hitting base camp thick and fast, cranberries are picked, nights are longer, colder, and the odd snowfall signals winter. Moving into October sheep and goat have lost their priority, antlered game has replaced them and the last hunter to leave camp will have pursued caribou only, leaving streaks of white breath when boarding the bush plane back to Fort Simpson in the mild Mackenzie Valley. Time for us to go home as well, reluctantly. South Nahanni means prime sheep hunting, the probably best goat hunting in NWT, giant Alaska-Yukon moose and thousands of Mountain Caribou to choose that 400 plus bull from. It means hunting in an untouched wilderness, unknown by most, with a resident hunting pressure of practically zero. The Mackenzie Mountains are generally renowned for the world class hunting they offer, especially their Dallsheep hunting, taking pride in high success numbers and the harvest of mature rams. The establishment of outfitting areas allows us to manage our populations without negative outside influences. The use of helicopters further enables us to take our selected picks in a vast outfitting concession, completely shutting out the possibility of overharvesting certain areas.
 
 TROPHY CARE It is as important to us as it is to you that your hard won trophies receive the best possible care, in the field, while in base camp and during shipping. Normal field preparation, like scraping, salting and drying of hides, is a given and to this we add our head boiling and bleaching service, free of charge. Head boiling is done European style, allowing you to go home with snow-white skulls.
At the end of the season we will take care of all paperwork regarding your trophies and will take them from Fort Simpson to Whitehorse, Yukon. According to your instructions we will drop the trophies off at the local taxidermy or will crate and ship them for you to your home or your taxidermist.
Most guests will be flown into main base camp on a tributary to the Root River, landing on a long, excellent airstrip. They are then trucked to their heated plywood cabins beside the large kitchen. Generator power provides electricity, showers comfort, a washing machine cleanliness. A large walk in cooler and several freezers take care of meat and trophies and a satellite phone will keep you in touch with loved ones. Fresh home cooked meals might want you stay longer but a helicopter or plane will whisk you away to your hunting destination. Almost all of our hunts are conducted as backpack hunts, utilizing small dome tents of superior quality, lightweight camp equipment and top of the line freeze-dried food, supplemented by little goodies. The gear and accommodation is tailored to the possibility of moving camp. Moose hunts on lakes and rivers offer a higher comfort level as the transportation by boat allows for a stationary wall tent with cots, benches, table and wood stove. Some of our moose hunts, especially during the multi species mixed bag hunts, are conducted as back pack hunts, making use of large, old burns and other good habitat where lakes or rivers are absent. Once the wished for trophies are taken hunters have the option of relaxing in base camp. We warmly welcome companions in the field or in base camp, depending on their preference. Home | Area Information | Our Hunts | Rates | Contact & Links | Gallery
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