We had set up two camps approximately 10 miles
apart. One camp consisted of four friends who drove
up from Fairbanks and the other included hunters and
cameramen. After setting up camp, we started glassing.
Finding the Caribou was not an issue, you can glass for
miles on the tundra, but getting to them undetected was
the difficult part. For the next three days, we walked
and crawled with our bows trying to get within Archery
range, to no avail. We had great encounters; got some
great footage, but none of us could get close enough to
close the deal. We decided that with these conditions,
hunting with a firearm would give us the best chance
for success. The rifle opened a whole new dynamic
to our hunt, providing extended range. We could now
stay stationary and ambush the Caribou as they came
through, or at least that was the plan. We had set up
in an area where we had seen Caribou the on a far mountain behind us, I noticed three bulls in
days before while Archery hunting, but after the distance. If we were going to make this happen, we
8 hours, no Caribou came through. Glassing had to move right away. The vastness of the tundra can
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