How to Bowhunt Caribou

Step one in stalking caribou, in fact, is discovering them. For probably the most half, you’ll scour the countryside on foot and/or by way of boat, horseback or ATV. In a number of locations, like Alaska’s Dalton Freeway, you’ll be able to search for caribou from a street.

As soon as you see a bull value chasing, then the true sneaking begins. Earlier than you are taking off operating after a caribou, you’ll must chart a course. Should you’re fortunate sufficient to discover a caribou that’s holding tight in a single place, choosing a route is a bit simpler. Usually occasions, nevertheless, the caribou is on the transfer, and also you’ve acquired to establish an intercept level.

In both case, you’ll must issue within the wind and the terrain. Like all prey animals, caribou depend on their noses to establish hazard, so conserving the wind in your face is obligatory. Then, discover a path to the intercept level that gives cowl. 

In lots of cases, that cowl is solely supreme topography the place the land dips to help you transfer out of the caribou’s line of sight. In some instances, you might need vegetation to assist conceal your stalk.