I watched an episode of "Life Below Zero," where Glenn Villeneuve passed on a shot at a large bull caribou, in favor of a doe because it was during the rut and he said that the bull would taste terrible. I've had similar experiences with whitetails, the rut really does make bulls inedible.

I've also heard that caribou are easy to kill as stated above, but I have no direct experience with this.

Sitka deer: congratulations on your record book caribou.

TheKid: sounds like it was a fun hunt. I know many people disparage the venerable .270, but it's quite an effective round IMO. I shoot Federal Premium 150gr. Nosler Partitions exclusively in mine and it's never failed to perform on whitetails and huge feral hogs here in W. TX - an exceptional and accurate round, IMO.


Last edited by High_Noon; 07/12/16.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
- Del Gue