A Week in the Mountains on a Helicopter Fly-In Newfoundland Moose Hunt

#outdoors #jimbairdadventurer #hunting A Week in the Mountains on a Helicopter Fly-In Newfoundland Moose Hunt I left for this Newfoundland moose hunt just one week after returning from the Yukon, where I wrapped up back-to-back trips, a multi-day, unsuccessful moose hunt and a solo descent of a wild river. This time I headed east, flying into Deer Lake, Newfoundland before hopping on a helicopter to a remote fly-in camp at Caribou Lake with Sou’wester Outfitters. I was hunting with my friend Jamie, a guide with the outfitter and someone I’ve hunted with in Newfoundland before. Non-residents are required to hunt with a guide here, but once we were dropped off, all hunts were conducted on foot, with no ATVs in the area — either walking directly out from the lodge or taking a small tiller-driven motor boat to access various points on the lake, then hiking from there through rugged terrain. The week involved climbing mountains, glassing from high vantage points, and putting a lot of miles on our boots in big country. After calling in and taking a mature bull, I spent the rest of the week helping the other guides and hunters in camp by spotting moose from elevated positions and assisting with heavy pack-outs. We saw a lot of moose over the course of the hunt, including another very large bull, along with three bears — one of which we spotted and stalked high on a mountaintop we climbed twice. Ptarmigan were thick on the high ground, blueberries were abundant, and each evening ended with hot meals back at camp. One standout was a stuffed moose heart from my bull, baked by the camp cook and shared around the table along with her recipe. It was a full week of hard hunting, long miles, and big landscapes — a true remote Newfoundland adventure on foot. 🫎 🏔️ Have a look at the moose hunting video I shot in the Yukon a week before beginning this moose hunting adventure in Newfoundland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtDh-FhNko 🪵 🛶 ⛺️ 🏔️ 🎣 Here's my film from the epic, solo, fly-in canoe trip I did in the Yukon right before my Newfoundland trip. Fly fishing for Arctic Grayling, Howling with Wolves, Running Whitewater & More! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o2XPqq2tiA&t=971s 🚁 🗺️ Check out this fly-in moose hunt I did a couple years back in Newfoundland - on this one, the whole family came along with me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Ln23j7fn4&t=32s ❄️ 🛷 🎣 Watch my latest video that covers the best of all my big winter camping, ice fishing & Ski-Doo trips from winter 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlBlRzyze7Y&t=38s 👉 Check out Sou'wester Outfitters here and book a hunt of your own! https://www.souwesteroutfitting.com/ 🧥 Check out the warm and packable down puffy by Columbia that I talk about in this video here: https://www.columbiasportswear.ca/en/p/mens-arctic-crest-down-jacket-2088781.html? #newfoundlandmoosehunting #biggamehunting #mountainhunting #trekking #newfoundland #offgridcabin #moose 🔗 Follow me on social media: 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbadventurer/ 👀 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jbadventurer 👉 tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@jbadventurer Have a look at my website for some how to articles, features and still photography: https://www.theadventurer.com Check out my Amazon shop here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/jimbaird-adventurer?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_0K9WXSPJMJYHKKWCJ9C5 Buy the Complete Written Works of Jim Baird here: https://www.theadventurer.com/product-page/complete-written-works-of-jim-baird-adventurer Chapters: 0:00 Helicopter Flight Over Remote Mountains into Caribou Lake Camp 1:04 The Story of How I "Accidentally" Wound up in Newfoundland & Going over Maps 3:20 First Day of the Hunt - Early Morning, Boating Out, Trekking & Calling Moose at Sunup 13:54 Quartering the Moose, Packing it up & an Amazing Encounter with a Bull Caribou 17:49 Day 2 Loading Quarters onto Floatplane, Splitting Wood & Stuffed Moose Heart for Dinner 21:02 Bear Hunt: Spotting a Black Bear on Top of a Mountain and Stalking it 23:45 Glassing for Moose From the Mountain Top - we See One! & Radio the Other Hunters 24:55 Big Trek Through Rugged Terrain to Find the Other Hunters & Help them Pack Out a Moose 28:14 Day-5 Jamie & I Decide to go Help Out Some Other Hunters & an Interesting Story Unfolds 31:35 Lunchtime: Cooking Moose Meat on a Stick Over the Fire & Packing out Another Moose! 33:55 Climbing a Mountain - Kicking up a Cow and Calling in a Large Bull 37:18 Good Times Around the Campfire & my Final Thoughts on the Experience