Newfoundland
Moose Hunt
Moose Hunting
North
Shore Hunting Adventures cater to moose hunters who want to experience a
true moose hunt. We offer 2 prime location for moose hunting in
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
North Shore Hunting Adventures (NSHA) offers authentic moose hunts on the
Main River.
Experience the Challenge
With
some of the best moose and caribou hunting grounds in North America,
coupled with an excellent run of Atlantic Salmon, Main River has the
challenge for you. Our wilderness awaits you.
Moose Info
Introduced to the province in
1898, North America's largest deer species has prospered here and are now
estimated to exceed 160, 000 animals. Mature bulls can exceed 1200 lbs,
with the average being 1000 lbs. Moose are normally extremely wary with
keen senses - a challenging hunt for the serious hunter
During the peak of the rut
from late September to mid-October, however, moose become more aggressive.
Moose
habits
Most of are hunts are conducted from late September to late October only
because this time of year is the most successful time of the hunting
seasons.
We will be hunting, spot and stalk and calling. Although the full rut is
normally not before the last week of September, the cows start their
initial calling in August. This is because when a cow comes into estrus
she only has 48 hours in which to become impregnated. Therefore, she has
to have a bull near her when this time occurs. Talking to the bulls puts
the bow hunter at a great advantage when it comes to bringing the bull
within shot range. Our guides are friendly, well experienced and are
absolute experts in calling and spotting moose. The bow or riffle season
offers hunting second to none
Quality
Accommodations
Main
River prides itself in its rustic, yet modern hunting cabins. Two
cabins come complete with comfortable sleeping and living needs for your
outdoor excursions. Special care has been taken to make sure your day
starts off right - extra shower facilities means no holdups in the
mornings. Since each cabin is located in the heart of the prime hunting
and fishing area, you will be experiencing the outdoors in no time.
The
quality of our accommodations and one-on-one hunter/guide ratio means that
hunting trips of 3 to 4 hunters per cabin only. We want to make sure that
your stay is the best possible. Smaller hunting parties means a greater
chance of success coupled with a more personal and well informed hunting
experience.
We presently operate two sites
(12miles apart) in a remote fly in area about 50 miles from our home base
in Pasadena. Lodges are located on branches of Main River on the scenic
Northern Peninsula, which are approximately 4 miles from the boundary of
Gros Morne National Park, which is a no hunt zone.
Lodges are fully equipped with all modern amenities, indoor plumbing,
showers, propane lights, stoves, and refrigerators. We have generated
electricity. Rooms are double occupancy and lodges have a lounge equipped
with wood stoves for that cozy feeling.
Welcome to Arluk Cabin
We would like to introduce to
you the new and excellent accommodations at our second lodge know as the
Arluk Cabin.
It's rustic beauty and comfortable setting will make sure that your stay
at Main River Safari is the best bar none!
NSFA is proud to announce that the Big Game hunt for bow hunters has been
extended. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced that bow
hunters will start the big game hunt 2 weeks before the regular season
rifle big game hunt - ensuring greater success for bow hunters
For more information please contact US
Not included is the cost of
butchering and packaging of your game for shipment home, vacuum sealing
does a great job We transport game from the field to the butcher. The only
other cost to our guests would be the cost of having their game butchered
and packaged for their trip home. This could be from $150 to $250.00 CAD
depending on weight of game to be butchered.
Persons who hunt with us would be required to arrive at the Deer Lake
Airport on a Saturday, where we will meet them and bring them to a hotel
close by. On Sunday we will pick them up and bring them to meet the
helicopter for transportation to the lodge.
The hunting season
starts on the 2nd Saturday of September each year.
Our hunts are fly-in
only by helicopter with no pressure from local or other hunters . We
normally book 3-4 hunters a week at our main lodge for a total of only 15
per season and 2 per week at our second lodge for a total of only 8 per
season. Most outfitters book this many hunters each week. The success rate
for last season was 95% for both moose and caribou. overall The success
rate at our two man lodge has been 100% for the past two season's. This
low hunting pressure greatly improves the quality and success of your
hunt.
Everyone has the opportunity for a respectable trophy. Moose are of the
Eastern Canadian species and are smaller than those found in the Yukon or
Alaska. A reasonable expectation for a trophy would be something in the
mid thirties to about forty inches.
Bear is incidental
to the moose/caribou hunt. If interested in including a bear with your
fall hunt, the rate is $500.00.
Our season runs from mid September to mid October. Guides are well
seasoned and familiar with our area and we have one for each hunter. A
typical day would see you and your guide out in the field by daybreak,
lunch out, and then returning to camp just prior to dark. Game is glassed
from strategic vantage points and in many cases the stalk is set up from
there. Terrain is a mix of wooded ridges and river valleys with areas of
open marshland.
Gear should include
a layered system of clothing to accommodate a wide range of temperatures
and conditions (freezing at night or early morning, sometimes increasing
to mid fifties by midday early in the season, and rain is not uncommon in
late September and early October.) We recommend long underwear, warm
shirts, fleece jackets, and good quality rain gear. Blaze orange is not a
requirement and we recommend camouflage. The best boots we have found is a
below the knee rubber boot with a tapered ankle. La Crosse makes such a
boot and is available through Cabela's. A lightweight sleeping bag will do
nicely as lodges are well heated.
Total gear weight
should be kept to about 60 pounds.
To get here, flights
can be made from anywhere in the USA to connect with Air Canada in
Montreal or Toronto going to Deer Lake, Newfoundland, which is only 15
miles from our home base. This can be accomplished without overnight
anywhere and we would meet you on arrival. Excursion fares generally work
out to be much cheaper if made well in advance through your travel agent.
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EMAIL US FOR MORE INFO
