[Music] he plans to take the boat to the other side and wait
there's two bulls coming right down the top of the hill first one's definitely a shooter
hi guy Eastman here for Eastman's bow hunting journal and Eastman's hunting TV today we're
headed north on a bow hunt for Quebec Labrador Caribou we're going to be tagging along with
Eastman's editorial Department's Adam Bender as he looks for a trophy Caribou with his bow
and arrow we're going to be going along with our good friend Mike Cantrell from Safari nordique
we've done this hunt a lot in the past and it's always a good time so let's go catch up with
Adam as he's at the airport in Billings with the botex all packed up and ready for the Trek north
it's a long ways from Billings Montana to the Arctic Circle where our Caribou Camp
is and it's going to take us a whole day and a half inside the airline system to
get there we had a uh a minor explosion in the airport I uh did not have TSA approved
bottles and uh we got to Montreal and and all of my stuff is covered in head
and shoulders so I hope Caribou don't mind the uh smell of a fresh scent conditioner
shampoo like I said if that's the only thing that happened we're uh we'll be just fine
you know this is Adam's first trip out to the tundra and he sets eyes on this Beaver on
floats and he's starting to get a little bit nervous but it's Adam's lucky day our
pilot is Johnny may who has more hours out in the bush than anyone I know and possibly
anyone on the planet Johnny is one of the most experienced Bush pilots in the world
he has over 36,000 hours in a bush plane out in the tundra that's incredible if you do the
math you would have to fly 8 hours a day 365 days a year for 12 years straight to
have that many hours John certainly knows his stuff and we're in good hands on this trip
this week the Eastman's crew is hunting Caribou in the Arctic it's taken us 2 days to
get to Camp we're finally settled in and ready to head out on the tundra and see
if we can find some bulls you know you're hunting in the tundra when you have
to put on and take take off your rain gear 10 times every day these rainstorms are coming in
and out but it's not slowing down the Caribou any and Adam's getting right in the mix
this is only the first day of the hunt and this is the first bull Caribou Adam's
ever seen I had to talk him out of shooting it but hopefully I'm not going to regret that later
that was close yeah we had we had that closest group of three at 46 yards now it's as close to
get the big bull or the biggest bull hung up in the back just like the Smart Ones always
do if you would have been with that other group of three we would have had a 46 yard
shot go find some more I guess it's the end of August and these Caribou are just
starting to migrate they're moving around pretty good today and it doesn't take very
long for Adam and I to locate some more Bulls headed our way so we're
going to head down to this Crossing set up and hope a big bull walks right past us
we weren't there long and this bull showed up he looked good from a distance but
once he got up close I found myself having to talk Adam out of shooting another bull
if you look really close you notice he doesn't have any shovels and he's not the type of bull
we want to shoot So Adam and I decide to let him pass and go right right on by
it's the end of August and the Eastman crew is bow hunting trophy Caribou up North
near the Arctic Circle in Northern Quebec Adam and I are seeing a lot of caribou
activity on our side of the valley we've passed up on a few Bulls let's go check in
with Ike and Fred on the other side of the valley and see how things are going over there
now here comes a bull that has seen a person before you notice folks if
you look real close it's that same bull that doesn't have any shovels
he walked right past Adam and I only 2 hours earlier and now he's over on Ike
side of the valley let's see if he can make it through a second Ambush unscathed
well guys uh that those caribou we got within about 15 yards of us and uh I was ready to sling an
arrow I'm still shaking I was ready to fling an arrow but he got up closer and closer and
one thing I never noticed until he got 15 yards is he doesn't have a shovel so I let
him go um but that was fun that was a that was a blast we're just glass along there's a whole
bunch of caribou coming on that side of us and and somebody happened to turn around I
think it was Fred turned around said hey uh there's two bulls over here so uh put
a stock on it didn't work but that's all right this is this is a blast I'm still shaking
let's go catch up with Adam as his guide Rober points him in the right
direction to sit in the boulders on a heavily used Crossing in the bend In this River you
see Bender there's one just got out of the water right there want to go across
it would you want to stay on this side cuz the wind no no no they'll flare
you just like that one did oh wait till they get in the water and then they're
committed right yep and a whole bunch right
there okay Crossing plans to take the boat to the other side get up in those rocks and wait
there's two bulls coming right down the top of first one's definitely a shooter
they're going to cross right here right here
he's down he's down right there just smoked him right behind the shoulder he ain't 50 yards
from where we were I ranged that last rock at 20 yards he came walking past five more yards
past it stopped him let her go just center punch both lungs let's go take a look at it
good bull
good bull yeah I seen when it when it hit right behind that shoulder it went right through him so fast good archery bull nice back scratchers for for as big a bull as he is you
know having 4in back scratchers but pretty pretty palmated tops couldn't be happier just a
great bull with a with the bow good tops good back scratchers but uh for a first bull with
a Bow I'm pretty happy just how it all worked out he he stuck to the script from start to
finish and and everything went according to plan so can't say that happens very much
well folks we hope you enjoyed this week's show remember Fair Chase is the only way to
hunt and take trophy big game we'll see you right here next week on Eastman's hunting TV