| WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOOSE: | | | | between seasonal ranges and the key to |
| If you're searching for the ultimate quarry, set | | | | successful caribou hunting in Newfoundland is |
| your sights on a Newfoundland moose. Weighing | | | | patiently awaiting for the trophy and then hunting |
| up to 544 kg (1,200 pounds), these great beasts | | | | it down. Many trophy caribou are taken in |
| are surprisingly agile, able to move swiftly through | | | | Newfoundland. Most are scored by Boone and |
| nearly impenetrable forest. There are more than | | | | Crocket, Pope and Young, and Safari international. |
| 120,000 moose on this great island, right here in | | | | Woodland caribou hunting is available individually or |
| the northeast corner of North America. When | | | | in combination with moose hunting. |
| hunting in remote locations that are second to | | | | HUNTING SEASONS: |
| none in Newfoundland. Rifle hunters enjoy a | | | | The Newfoundland big game hunting season |
| success rate of over 95 percent. Population | | | | begins the third Saturday of August each year |
| densities are higher than anywhere else in North | | | | for bow-hunting only. Two weeks later the |
| America and as high as anywhere in the world. | | | | season opens for rifle and black powder. The |
| There simply is no better place to hunt for | | | | normal rifle season in Newfoundland is from the |
| moose. | | | | second Saturday in September to the second |
| Newfoundland has three main species of big game | | | | Saturday in December. Variations may occur |
| animals spread across thousands of acres of | | | | annually for certain areas. |
| sparsely populated land. Big game densities are | | | | WHAT TO BRING: |
| generally much higher than you are probably used | | | | I suggest that you bring the following items with |
| to due to the vast untouched land. The most | | | | you on your Newfoundland big game hunting trip: |
| popular of the big game species is the moose | | | | Binoculars, rain clothes, sleeping bag, pillow, |
| which is the largest member of the deer family. | | | | personal items, rifle and/or bow, ammunition, |
| This animal is a thrill to hunt and you will not be | | | | thermal underwear, and lightweight waterproof |
| satisfied just to hunt it once. | | | | footwear. |
| The woodland caribou make long movements | | | | |