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In Newfoundland, our guide carried an axe and a bunch of tins of Vienna sausages.  My guide last fall carried a pack of smokes and a 2 way radio. Smoke breaks were used to call moose.  Hoping to get back there. Yup .... I love it there. Esp the Codroy Valley. Been 4x. (3x work related)
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Ok,,,,,, I Posted this Question in my Alaska Forum,,,,, now I'm wondering about Canada,,,,, do Guides there carry Long-Guns like here in Alaska,,,,, what say you..... ?  Lj Curious, what do you carry firearm wise for those big grizz in Alaska? Just seeing one would scare the crap out of me 😆
"When guns are outlawed,only the outlaws will have guns".
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The Newfoundland caribou guide I bow hunted with was unarmed and under-dressed for the wet windy weather...froze his butt off in his blue jeans.
The BC grizzly guide I bow hunted with carried a Ruger 77 .338 Winchester Magnum
The NWT muskox guide I bow hunted with carried a Winchester M94 30-30
The NWT Dall sheep guide I bow hunted with carried a Savage 110 (I think, plastic stock bolt action) 30-06
The NWT Mt Caribou guide I bow hunted with carried a Tikka 30-06
The Nunavut polar bear guide I bow hunted with carried an ancient rusty .303 British Enfield...and rooted the ice out of the muzzle with his seal gaff hook when the rifle got coated with salt water that immediately froze all over the rifle shooting at a seal at 3' (missed as they usually look away at the shot straight down to keep from getting sprayed with salt water or hit with ice). His usual rifle was a Remington 700 .222 that he planned to shoot his polar bear with later in the winter.
The Nunavut Central Barren Ground Caribou guide I bow hunted with carried a Ruger .204. He'd killed a grizzly with it 4 days before my arrival. The fresh hide was drying over his balcony railing. Said it took three shots, one to slow him up and two to calm the bear down. He liked the .204 for wolves.
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What do hunting guides carry?
Mostly Lyme disease....
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What do hunting guides carry?
Mostly Lyme disease.... That can be the case in some areas, for sure. Fortunately, where I guide there are no ticks, and no deer... but I do some personal hunting in some tick infested areas. Spring bear hunting in MB is one of those times.
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I'm pretty sure most jurisdictions in Canada discourage guides from carrying a rifle unless they are also licensed to hunt the species being pursued by the client. The obvious exception that I know about is Yukon grizzly bear guides, who are required to carry a rifle when accompanying a client. But that rule is often ignored because grizzly are often hunted as a species of opportunity in the Yukon. The BC grizzly hunt was shut down, and I'm not sure what the rules are in the NWT. Very few if any guides are allowed to carry hand guns in Canada. It would scare our government too much. Wilderness handgun carry permits are theoretically possible, but are difficult to get approved. No truth to this^ at all. At least in western Canada. I've been guiding professionally for 34-years in BC & Yukon. Every experienced guide I have ever known packs a rifle. Any that dont, are irresponsible. One of a guides responsibilities is to keep his clients safe. Even black bears can be dangerous. Moose also. Ethically, a guide should also be capable of killing a wounded animal if required. Yukon guides are not REQUIRED to carry a rifle, but you are nuts if you dont. Yes guides are allowed to carry handguns. Few want to do the paperwork, even though it really isnt a big deal. Yes I have done it, and carried a handgun legally for many years. Not sure where you got your info, but its very inaccurate.
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I'm pretty sure most jurisdictions in Canada discourage guides from carrying a rifle unless they are also licensed to hunt the species being pursued by the client. The obvious exception that I know about is Yukon grizzly bear guides, who are required to carry a rifle when accompanying a client. But that rule is often ignored because grizzly are often hunted as a species of opportunity in the Yukon. The BC grizzly hunt was shut down, and I'm not sure what the rules are in the NWT. Very few if any guides are allowed to carry hand guns in Canada. It would scare our government too much. Wilderness handgun carry permits are theoretically possible, but are difficult to get approved. No truth to this^ at all. At least in western Canada. I've been guiding professionally for 34-years in BC & Yukon. Every experienced guide I have ever known packs a rifle. Any that dont, are irresponsible. One of a guides responsibilities is to keep his clients safe. Even black bears can be dangerous. Moose also. Ethically, a guide should also be capable of killing a wounded animal if required. Yukon guides are not REQUIRED to carry a rifle, but you are nuts if you dont. Yes guides are allowed to carry handguns. Few want to do the paperwork, even though it really isnt a big deal. Yes I have done it, and carried a handgun legally for many years. Not sure where you got your info, but its very inaccurate. i do agree you have to be dumb but some are taking the gamble as the outfitters every year. i used a 300 savage take down while i guided for black bear and barren ground in north east of the country. i d like to have an atc but only a few got it but some are taking handguns without asking the permissions but we cannot talk about it.
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Nothing wrong with a 300 savage, especially in a 99 take-down. I carried a model 88 308 for a few years. Nice saddle gun.
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