The Caribou Blog

New Twitter Client!!

2011-05-12T11:59:00.000-04:00

So I joined Twitter LOL and now am looking for people to follow and people to follow me...!! It's all Greek to me right now, but I will figure it all out!!

Well spring is in the air finally and we are gearing up for a very busy hunting season!! The only openings that we have left available for hunting is bow season for deer! Everything else is booked!! Looking forward to a good season and hunting with some new clients...

Some of our new clients this year and new to hunting therefore it should be lots of fun! New hunters are so excited about the hunt and very exciting to work with!

Looking forward to the Hunt!

ICE OUT

2011-04-21T11:58:00.000-04:00

Well finally Mother Nature is cooperating a lil!!! The sun is shining today albeit a bit chilly but the ICE did go out last night!!!! Just a lil info for you avid fisherpeople LOL....Looking forward to the spring season with all my clients!! See ya'll soon....

Don't forget the APRIL SPECIAL ~~ rent 2 nights get the 3RD NIGHT FREE!!!

SPRING IS IN THE AIR!

2011-04-13T12:16:00.000-04:00

Oh bring on Spring! A beautiful day at Caribou today!! Sunny and warm! Finished our last Trade Show on Sunday at Garson Arena. Really don't recommend taking the time and effort to work this Trade Show...not well put together and very small.....Next year we will stick to the big shows...much more worth our while......

Have almost all our firewood in for this year and working on clean up around the resort! All is good. In case anyone is interested we still have a couple of openings left for the Long Weekend in May! Book now so not to be disappointed!!!

WOW TRADE SHOWS!

2011-03-23T20:33:00.000-04:00

Woo Hoo...did the Novi Show near Detroit and had a really good time. Lots of work and lots of hours but definitely worth every minute of it. Home for a couple of wks. then off to the Metro Toronto Sportsman Show. That turned out to be a very successful for both Caribou Log Cabin Resort and Moosewa Outpost. Again a lot of work for a 5 day show and lots of hours put in with minimal sleep but again definitely worth going again next year! Back home once again for a lil while then off to Sudbury for a 3 day show. That will be the last of the shows for this year, but if you have ever thought about doing a trade show and didn't, then I would just rethinking that! Wish I had done it 2 years ago! Well worth the effort folks!

Our Toll Free Number

2011-01-26T14:30:00.000-05:00

Caribou Log Cabin Resort now has a Too Free # for our out of town clients!! 855-527-4268

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!

2011-01-26T14:25:00.000-05:00

A quick note to let ya'll know that we will be showing the Superbowl on a big screen in the shop on Superbowl Sunday!! Plan you weekend in advance and join us for the big game and snacks! There are only 3 cabins left available for that weekend!!! Book Soon!

Now Booking 2011 Black Bear Hunt!!!

2011-01-20T20:31:00.000-05:00

OMG..I am already getting Jacked about the fall bear hunt! Our 2010 bear season was 100% successful! The bear hunt is by far my most favorite hunt of all, I start 8 weeks before the hunt setting up game cameras, blinds, scouting and then bait every 2 days! A lot of work, but well worth it! There is nothing more exciting than having a big black bear sauntering out in front of you to check out his dinner!

We are already booking the 2011 season so if black bear hunting excites you.....book your adventure now!

THANK YOU MOTHER NATURE!

2011-01-18T14:09:00.001-05:00

NICE! We finally got some snow!! The ice is 2 ft. thick now and finally got some snow, so things are looking up at Caribou! Today is gorgeous and the sun is shinning a perfect day for fishing!!

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SPECIAL!!!

2011-01-14T11:33:00.002-05:00

January and February rent 2 nights mid-week and get the third night FREE!!

Come relax in our housekeeping cabins on beautiful Caribou Lake, 45 min. east of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Open year round. While you are here enjoy fishing, swimming, hiking, a relaxing sauna, the wild life/ bonfires, ice fishing, hunting pkgs. etc. Rent a cabin and we supply a heated ice shack! Caribou Lake boasts an abundance of pike/walleye/perch and bass!

CHECK OUT THE NICE PICKEREL THOMAS CAUGHT!! 5 LB AND 3.5 POUND IN DECEMBER!

For more information call 705-782-2265, 705-257-9921 or check out our website @ www.cariboulogcabinresort.ca, The Caribou Blog or check us out on FB

ICE CONDITIONS

2011-01-04T08:21:00.000-05:00

OK, so there is a good 12 inches of ice on the lake,,but common mother nature a lil snow would be helpful too!

We are currently working on getting all of the ice huts out on the lake and folks have been doing pretty good with catching pickerel!!

Come on out and enjoy nature! Book a cabin today!

CHECK THIS OUT!

2010-12-24T07:48:00.000-05:00

Go to Canpages and click on our video. Tell us what you think!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2010-12-24T07:40:00.000-05:00

We at Caribou Log Cabin Resort would like to wish you all the Merriest Christmas Ever and hopes for a healthy happy New Year!!

We would like to take this time to Thank all of you who have supported us in our endeavors to keep Caribou alive! Thank you to all of our past clients and to our future clients!!

Wishing you all the best!
Cheers,
Kim and Patrick

ICE IS GOOD TO GO!!

2010-12-24T07:36:00.000-05:00

Well there is about 10 inches of ice on the lake now and we have managed to get ice huts out on the lake! Thomas and Claire headed out fishing and brought in a beautiful 3.5 lb and 5 lb pickerel!

LATE FALL DISCOUNT!!!!

2010-11-17T08:29:00.000-05:00

Hey y'all I am we are having a special from now through Christmas!

Rent 2 nights and get the third night FREE!!

WAY TO GO DAVE!

2010-11-05T10:25:00.001-04:00

Congratulations goes out to Dave Malboeuf on tagging his first Buck ever at Caribou Log Cabin Resort! Good for you Dave! Out in the stand for a mere 4 hours and Dave came in with a beautiful 9 point buck and a big smile on his face! Dave also bagged his first doe ever here at the resort last year!

Needless to say, there was a bit of celebrating and then back to woods for the afternoon hunt! We are in full rut and the deer are on the move!

After settling myself in 1/2 way up a ridge and hunkering down as much as possible to make myself small and sheltered from the wind, I was ready for action...Soon after settling in I heard a snort off to my right, but passed it off as buck fever and ignored it! Another hour and 1/2 passed and low and behold another, louder snort was heard. This time I was sure that it was not buck fever!! Slowly reaching for my gear, I have discovered that I have forgotten my deer calls back at the lodge!! Hard to call the big guys in that way! Then more snorting! OMG so close and yet so far...you can bet that I will be fully prepared when I next head out to the ridge!

All in after dusk for beverages and chats about our exciting day! Then early to bed for all and hunting resumed this morning. Good Luck Hunters!

Time Away

2010-10-28T11:52:00.000-04:00

Sorry folks for the long absence! Just been so darned busy of late! Getting back in the grove though now...

Gearing up for whitetail hunting next week...looking forward to seeing our return hunters from last year!

We didn't have much luck getting any doe tags this year...that would be because we are local I would gather and not tourists. It seems that the tourists have no problem getting the specialized tags while we struggle year after year with little success....

Of course, this will not lessen the fun we will have hunting with the crew! Hunting is just as much a social event as it is a sport! There is so much comradeship amongst hunters, and hanging out at the end of the day for a couple of brews, a bite to eat and chatting about the day, the hunt, past hunts...hunting stories and much laughter and ribbing..... Most of the ribbing of course is towards the guy or gal who missed their shot.

The first of my hunters roll in on Wednesday and the rest on Saturday..I will keep ya'll posted as to the outcome of the hunt..until then .....Cheers!!

THE WOLF'S DEN!!!

2010-08-31T09:23:00.001-04:00

OMG!! This is too funny.Your eyes can truly play tricks on you. Yesterday I was relaxing after a long day at work and Mark comes bootin in on the ranger with the most exciting news that he has accidentally stumbled on a wolf den on the property. So being a hunter, this peaks my interest immediately, however somewhat skeptical as I would think that if there were a den that close to population I would imagine that the dogs would have found it some time ago!

According to Mark, he was in the woods digging up shale to use at his trailer to build a pathway when he noticed a large hole in the ground and there was a wolf in the hole with only it's head and eyes exposed. It was watching him!!! Of course he hightailed it outta there only to realize that he had left his shovel behind and had to run back to retrieve it. Now I wish I had a birds-eye view of Mark running from the wolf!

He was every excited in his description of this wolf when he got back to the house. My husband, Patrick, decided that he needed to see this den with his own eyes so they headed into the woods. As they approached the site of the den Mark suggested to Patrick not to head in without a big stick for protection!

As it turns out, the large hole in the ground wasn't really that large at all. It was simply a good size rock that had been moved exposing the hole it left behind. As for the wolf, are you ready? The wolf turned out to be some foliage and his eyes turned out to be a couple of MUSHROOMS!!

I am still laughing every time I imagine two grown men sneaking into the woods , carrying a big stick in search of the most elusive predator. So a warning to you all from Caribou, be very careful when entering the woods alone, carry a big stick in case you run into any very scary mushrooms!!

Customer Appreciation Day!!

2010-08-13T07:56:00.000-04:00

Hey y'all we still have cabins available for the Labour Day weekend.....don't forget customer appreciation day on Saturday Sept 4th. Fun for all.....Come out and join us at Caribou for a BBQ, refreshments and games.

Please contact the office if you are able to attend.

Critters

2010-07-28T08:45:00.000-04:00

Well, we have been having some problems with raccoons this season!!! They seem to love the dog food we keep in the garage for the dogs. We decided that it would be a good idea to live trap them and move them somewhere else,,,, but let me tell you folks that you have to be careful when attempting to trap these crazy lil critters!! While having coffee this morning with husband Patrick and friend Mark I caught the faint whiff of skunk.....when asking the guys if the smelt it too, the answer was no......However, as the boys were getting ready to head out for the day they entered the garage to find a skunk in the live trap and yes.......skunky was mad and sprayed!!!!! LOL....two grown men,,,running......one throwing up all over the place.....What a dilemma! Who is gonna get that skunk out of the trap and better yet, how are we gonna get that skunk outta the trap without getting sprayed!!!

Sorry guys, but I couldn't help laughing as I watched these two men desperately trying to figure out what to do,,,well one of them anyway as the other one was in the driveway losing his morning coffee!! So what did they decide you might ask? Well a tarp over the trap of course...but they released the skunk in the back yard!!!! Hope the dogs don't sniff him out!! So now the guys have left for the day and I am left trying to figure out what to do about the chair in the garage that got sprayed,,,(burn it) and how to get rid of the smell! Too Funny...never a dull moment at Caribou!

Our Hunting Rates

2010-07-08T07:53:00.000-04:00

CARIBOU LOG CABIN RESORT

Bear Hunt opens August 15

Rent a cabin and daily guided hunts are $100. per day
daily non-guided hunts are $75. per day

Discounts for Folks that book in for a week!!

4 Hunters per cabin $500. per week

5 Hunters per cabin $450. per week
6 Hunters per cabin $400. per week

We are now booking fall Bear Hunt and Deer Hunt!!

Multiple baited bear sites and planted deer sites available. An abundance of animals in the area. I have game cameras at the bear baits now and getting lots of action at my baits....Stay posted as I will post some of the pics later in the week.

Scouting for Bears

2010-06-03T09:04:00.000-04:00

Hoping it rains so we can lift the fire ban, but also hoping not too much today! Friend Frank and I will be out on tour today....touching base with our Mennonite friends, calculating number of bear sitings this spring, scouting our previous year's bear baits for sign etc. Maybe we will pass up on Big Mama's site I have sited a number of bear there (from the road) already so I know they are in there! Makes me a lil nervous going in with nothing but a knife and an air horn LOL! Soon it will be time to start our baits then it really gets scary! But still fun! Hunting Black Bear is my favorite sport!

FINDING PHIL

2010-05-26T09:51:00.000-04:00

Now I know that at some time or other you have all met someone that had a profound impact on your life. If you haven't then that is a sad thing. Three yrs ago we met a chap across the lake from us who was kind, polite and very reserved. His name is Phil. Over the past 3 yrs we have gradually gotten to know this amazing man and low and behold have become best friends!

Now let me tell you.....this quiet reserved gentle man ......has turned into a crazy, happy, loud funny man! We spend many a weekend together and we are never sure if we will find him tipped upside down in the lake...(oops slippery when wet LOL), or rolling down a hill somewhere! He is perpetually happy and makes everyone around him smile. From his cheery "good morning Kim, how's things going" to the end of the day "Holy cow Pat.....this is a good time eh?" we truly look forward to Friday's and a visit from Phil.

Phil has had a profound impact on our lives here at Caribou he is a big teddy bear with an contagious laugh who we love to have around....He picks me up when things seem down, you just cannot be down when you are around Phil....cuz you never know what will come out of his mouth next ...

I truly hope that you all have a Phil in your lives.......Looking forward to Friday buddy we love you!

Blazing squirls!

2010-05-12T12:05:00.000-04:00

I'm still laughing about this one! I just love my hunters! So this guy, we'll call him Joe so as not to offend, was sitting in Big Mama's stand waiting for his opportunity to bag a big bear. We had suggested to him that if he did a honey burn it might help attract Mr. Bear. We use this technique ourselves and it seems to work well for us.

So there Joe sits in his stand...and I believe he had the honey burn set up and going, however it had gone out. He had is situated to that he would have to climb out of the tree stand in order to relight it. Now you all know that the less activity in the stand, the better right? So down he goes and gets the honey burner and brings it up into the (TREE) stand with him! So he is back in the stand and and lights the burner and and waits for Mr. Bear.

Now here I am just a lil sketchy on how this all happened but somehow, a red squirrel comes along. Now I know what you are thinking! Of course you are correct, the squirrel knocks over the honey burn setting his tail on fire and commences to jump into the tree beside Joe and wave his tail around!! Now by this time Joe is trying to put the fire out as both the tree and the squirrel are on fire!

Needless to say Joe did not get his bear that day, not sure why, it might have been the commotion in the trees, the fire, the smell of burning hair........well,,,it made for an excellent story at the end of the day and Joe did get the fire under control quickly, the squirrel was fine except for a singed tail!

My New Excaliber Vixen!

2010-04-26T14:35:00.001-04:00

Wow! that's all I can say about my new Excaliber Vixen!!! Donnie recommended this cross bow to me and it took a little while to actually find one, but now that I have.......you gotta know that it is amazing!! Out target practicing with friend Richie yesterday and let me tell you that this cross bow is dead on!! Right out of the box with just a couple little tweaks and we had her dialed in to dead on!! Took 10 shots with practice arrow and broadheads 150 grain and let me tell you at 10, 20 30 40 & 50 yds there were 10 kill shots and 0 misses between us!

Our target was a deer decoy that we lovingly call Ugly Betty (private joke). It is the ugliest deer decoy on the planet as one of the dogs decided to rip her head off and chew the living daylights of it! LOL,,,,we thought she was done, but last deer season he stuck her in the field anyway, and believe it or not she still attracted doe and bucks alike......

The bad thing was that she also attracted the wolves and when we forgot to put her in the blind at the end of one hunting day, the wolves dragged her into the bush and commenced to tear into her. You can well imagine what she looks like now between the dog and the wolves!

Ugly or not, she still has a lil life left in her and we will continue to use her for bow practice and if she can still stand up come whitetail season, she will stand proud in the fields again.

Changes Happening!!

2010-04-22T16:08:00.001-04:00

A little down today...my partner in crime, my hunting guide and best friend, Don, is moving onward and upward. We have spent the last year and a half working together developing and fine tuning our hunting packages here at Caribou Log Cabin Resort. We have had a lot of laughs together, cried together, and have taught each other many things. Now it's time for Don to spread his wings ...... congratulations buddy on the purchase of your own lodge! Very exciting for you! I am sure you will do awesome!

Don will be running Moosewa Lodge 3 1/2 hours north east of here. Though I am sad to see him go, we will still work very closely together as sister resorts and continue promoting our hunting and fishing. Since Moosewa can offer moose, black bear and lake trout and Caribou can offer black bear, whitetail, perch, walleye etc. you see we have it all covered.

This picture is of Don and I last fall, we had gone out hunting wolves and came home with this beauty Don bagged! Another awesome hunt and totally fun day!

Of course, I will keep y'all posted as things progress! Don't forget, if you are planning on hunting next fall now would be a good time to book as we are booking up rather quickly!