EP27: Yukon Cariboo Hunt Recap | Iron North Outfitting

<p>Two caribou tags, two filled, and a ten hour horseback ride just to reach the valley where the bulls were living. Robbie sits down with Iron North Outfitting guide Kaden Kwiatkowski and Colin to retell the Yukon hunt he shared with his dad, Rob Sr.</p><p><br></p><p>The trip started with a three day drive to Mayo, Yukon and a flight into base camp. From there it was horses, rivers, a canyon route the crew had never taken before, and a saddle slip on the way in that could have ended the hunt before it started.</p><p><br></p><p>Rob Sr.&#39;s bull came early. A lone bull moving through tall willows, a short stalk, and one shot off shooting sticks. Up close, he carried double shovels that nearly interlock, still in velvet.</p><p><br></p><p>Robbie held out for a skyline bull. They glassed one bedded on a ridge nearly two miles away, tied the horses in a circle on an open saddle, and climbed blind through scree. Caribou do not behave like other game, and this one ran straight toward the horses. Robbie made the shot off his pack at two hundred seventy yards, and the bull turned out older and heavier than anyone had judged from a distance. Back in camp, Rob Sr. had heard a shot and checked his phone. It was 3:08.</p><p><br></p><p>Kaden brings the guide&#39;s side of it too. How to keep meat good in the alpine with no trees to hang it, why he likes clients who show up with simple rifle setups, why practicing off your pack matters more than bench time, and which rain gear stood up to a week of Yukon rain.</p><p><br></p><p>For Robbie, it was a hunt of a lifetime shared with his dad, and he credits Kaden and fellow guide Gabriel for getting them through it.</p><p><br></p><p>The full hunt film is coming soon on the Let&#39;s Go Guided YouTube channel.</p><p><br></p><p>Planning a guided hunt and want to know more about how we can help you? Send us a DM on Instagram @letsgoguided_.</p><p><br></p><p>We also have a couple of spots left on our 2027 South Africa group hunt. DM us on Instagram for details.</p><p><br></p><p>Website + email signup: letsgoguided.com</p><p></p>