I just returned for a hunt out of Bethel and we saw around 3000 caribou with many good bulls in the first five days. After day 5, we didn't see another caribou. I am glad that we tagged out on day 5. We hunted close to the same area in 2004 and saw very few caribou. One theory is that caribou return to the same calving grounds every year and the large increase in the number of wolves and bears are killing large numbers of calves.
