For muskox, Ken Wilson and Lad Shunneson fly
from Yellowknife to Gjoa Haven on King William Island, just
north of the arctic coast. Gjoa Haven is an Inuit Inuit
of about 1000 named for Roald Amundsen's boar, Gjoa, after he
spent two winters in Gjoa Haven before becoming the first explorer
to traverse the Northwest Passage with their Inuit guides,
Nuliayuk "Jack" Ameralik and Kanayok "Sam"
Takkiruq , the hunters travel south, over frozen ocean and land,
by kamotiks and snowmobiles to hunt barren ground muskox.
Each take Boone & Crockett animals while surviving temperatures
of 40 below in April.For caribou, Wilson and Shunneson fly out
of Yellowknife in August with a group of hunters in a Twin Otter
and land on Little Martin Lake in front of their camp.
This time wooden skiffs with outboard motors are the form of
transportation to the assigned hunting areas which are changed,
counterclockwise around the lake, each day. Camp Manager
Greg Major wisely assigns jack Ameralik to guide Wilson and
Shunneson because he knows that Shunneson talks to much for
most Inuits who are not already used to his shenanigans.
Experience pays off as Wilson And Shunneson each take two Boone
& Crockett central Canada barren ground caribou.
The hunts in this video were outfitted by Bill
Tait of Adventure Northwest, Yellowknife, and booked by Lad
Shunneson Adventures. Boulder, Colorado.
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