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 Hunting moose is both a challenging and tremendously rewarding experience. Moose rely heavily on their sense of hearing and smell but less on their sense of sight.
The hunting style is Spot and Stalk mixed with a hearty component of "bugling and rattling" especially during the rut period.
Each day begins with an early rise, a hot shower and a hearty breakfast. You will leave camp just as the dawn begins to show. Access to prime hunting areas is readily available whether you travel on foot, by boat, or by eight wheeled ATV. You will "still hunt" the known feeding areas during early morning and late evening. During mid-day you will hunt the areas between bedding and feeding. Extensive glassing and careful movement is very important as moose blend very well with the color of their surroundings, and they tend to favor areas with abundant cover. This often makes them difficult to see.
Your guide will provide everything needed to support you during your days afield. It is important to communicate with your guide as this will insure that every element of your hunt is tailored to your specific needs.
Moose hunting success rate = 90%.
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 We
are hunting woodland caribou of the Middle
Ridge Herd, the largest herd on the island of Newfoundland.
In addition to that fact, our hunting lodges at Deer Pond,
Kepenkeck Lake and Big Blue Hill Pond are located exactly
on the routes followed and hunted by the famous English trophy
hunter, John Millais back in 1904. Also a fact is that our
hunting lodge at Deer Pond is situated, by coincidence, on
the exact spot where he set his camp on his 1904 hunting trek
up the Terra Nova River, and another fact, the lake that is
now known as Deer Pond was originally named Millais Lake by
none other than John Millais himself. You can read his book
“Newfoundland and It’s Untrodden Ways” and
trace his route right up to the doorstep at Deer Pond Lodge,
and, you will have the opportunity to hunt the same highly
productive and virtually unchanged caribou hunting grounds.
John Millais choose this area for hunting trophy caribou for
the same reasons we did some 84 years later. These areas are
only readily accessible by float-plane and helicopter, and
so you wont be intereferred with by local hunting pressure.
Caribou populations are in decline in all herds in Newfoundland.
Consequently, successful hunting is no longer a “duck
soup” endeavor. Sometimes a fine specimen can be taken
virtually from the door step, but this isn’t an outcome
to be relied upon. Caribou hunting is done through a spot-and-stalk
style of hunting whether with bow, rifle or muzzle-loader.
A good pair of binoculars is a necessary tool, and sometimes
helps minimize the walking distance.
Woodland caribou habitat is a mix of open grasslands, small
lakes, and sparsely wooded rock strewn barrens with only small
and gradual elevation changes. Shooting distances with rifle
or muzzle-loader beyond 150 yards is rare, and with a little
patience and stealth, hunting success is also high with archery.
Your day will begin with an early rise, a hearty breakfast,
and a quick departure from the lodge. Your guide will carry
all the necessary foods and other things for a full day of
hunting. You will hunt as a team, and as friends. Communications
between guide and hunter is essential for an enjoyable day.
Our guides are all English speaking, and are more than willing
and happy to go the extra mile to ensure success – your
success is their success as well.
The most productive areas for hunting woodland caribou always
provide ample cover for an effective stalk. And, the woodland’s
feeding habitats provides a full day of spot-and-stalk hunting
as they feed and rest in a continuous cycle of short periods
all through the day. They prefer to rest out in the open,
and their colouration makes them easily visible to the trained
eye, especially on a sunny day.
Caribou hunting success rate = 80%.
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 Hunting
Black Bear during the Spring season (last week of May to first
week of July) is done both from solidly constructed and safe
baited tree stands and ground blinds, and also as a newly
introduced very exciting "Spot-and-Stalk"
style hunt in specially selected areas. (Be sure to
also ask for details of the Spot-and-Stalk Hunt).
For baited hunts, all stands and ground blinds are "guaranteed
active" and set up with due consideration for the weapon
of choice to be used. Baited hunts are mainly a "late
evening" hunt, with other available time filled with
the hunters choice of fishing for Brook Trout and Landlocked
Salmon, hunting for coyotes, photo safaris or "spot and
stalk" hunting in areas away from baited stands. The
SPECIAL "Spot-and-Stalk" hunt is
a daylight to dark hunt in areas specially selected for and
very conducive to success with this hunt style. The "spot-and-stalk"
hunt is limited to rifle and muzzle-loader hunters. Our
European hunting guests prefer this Spot-and-Stalk hunt style
because of the added adventure and because of the application
of more basic hunting skills needed for success.
For the baited hunts, all bait sets will be monitored by "trail timers" to determine the rhythm of bears feeding at individual locations. You will be positioned in your stand to provide you with the greatest opportunity for success. Nobody, other than yourself and your guide, who will replenish the bait, will be permitted access to baited stands. At the appropriate time, yourself and your guide will travel out to the hunting area, the bait supply will be refreshed and you will be assisted into your stand/blind . Guidance on what time to expect to be picked up and what to do and not do will be provided. You will then be left alone in your stand to await the arrival of your trophy bear. His arrival will be the undisputed evidence of your ability to contain your urges to move, scratch, chew gum, smoke or fiddle with your camcorder and other gadgets. Remember, you are competing against the keenest ears and noses in the wilderness.
For the spot-and-stalk hunts, especially during the Spring season, we have scouted and selected several areas that are highly conducive to high success in harvesting the largest of Newfoundland's huge Black Bears. We will be applying practised and proven techniques to ensure that hunters experience the optimum enjoyment of Black Bear hunting adventures. This is a hunt you won't want to miss. Call Now, and book your hunt. Pine Ridge Lodge is the "only" outfitter in the province of Newfoundland offering this "SPECIAL" SPOT-AND-STALK BLACK BEAR HUNT" during the Spring season.
During the Fall season, we also will be offering both baited, and "spot-and-stalk" hunts. For the Fall season, the spot-and-stalk hunt will be conducted in areas different from those of the Spring hunt. Baited hunts will be conducted in the same areas as during the Spring hunt. The baited bear hunts are provided at both air accessible and ground accessible locations. The special Spring "spot-and-stalk" bear hunt is conducted only in remote areas, accessible only by air.
Black Bear hunting success rate = 80%.
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