Best Polar Bear Hunt in the World
Nunavut is the place to go if you want to experience the best polar bear hunt in the world.
A non Inuit sport hunter hunted the first legal polar bear with this outfitter in 1981. With over 1,200 polar bears taken over the years, Inuit guides are the best in the business. These guys offer the best polar bear hunt in the world, and still follow their Inuit traditions. These traditions have been handed down to them by their fathers and their fathers before them for centuries. Nunavut, Canada is home to approximately 20,000 polar bears, about ⅔ of the World’s population. In 2005, there were 22,500 polar bears; just ten years later, that number increased to around 26,000; and in 2017 their numbers reached somewhere between 28,500 to over 30,000.
Fossil Records
For several thousand years, polar bears have been a big part of the cultural and spiritual life of the Inuit people. They were identified as a distinct species in 1774 by Constantine John Phipps. The Inuit refer to them as “nanook“. The Norwegians have referred to them as the “Ice Bear”. Russians call them the “White Bear”. Even though they are considered their own distinct species, there has actually been some evidence of possible hybrids of brown bears and polar bears.
The bear family, which is predated by other carnivores, is believed to be about 40 million years old. Fossilized polar bear bones date between 110,000 and 130,000 years old. About 10,000 or 20,000 years ago, the polar bears’ molars started to change dramatically. Adapting to life in the Arctic, they developed large, furry feet and short, heavy, sharp claws to give them better traction to on ice. There is also some DNA evidence suggesting that polar bears and brown bears could have diverged as much as 400,000 years ago.
They are a unique and amazing animal. Adult polar bears can weigh over 1,500 pounds and can reach almost 10 feet in length. The largest polar bear ever recorded weighed over 2,200 pounds, and when mounted, stood 11 feet 1 inch tall. The oldest wild polar bear on record died at the age of 32. They can swim under water for up to 3 minutes. Nanook also swim extreme distances, the longest known being 220 miles. Why would you not want to harvest one of these magnificent animals?
Our Polar Bear Hunting Outfitter
The Inuits started doing polar bear hunts in the high Arctic in 1981 and they’ve enjoyed a success rate of almost 100%. If you are going to hunt polar bears, do the best polar bear hunt out there. This outfitter has guided hunters like Bob Foulkrod, Tom Miranda, and Jim Shockey. You can do spring or fall hunts. The hunts include 10 days of 1 on 1 guided hunting.
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I’ve been on a lot of hunts over the past years, and can honestly say this was one of my best trips to date! With animals in every direction, the hardest decision was figuring out which Goat we were going after. That is a true rarity these days. I can’t wait to go back to hunt with this outfit!
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Excellent caribou hunt from start to finish. Life long friends and memories will forever be remembered!
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We went from a silent morning on the mountain to an eruption of elk activity in seconds…..this is truly addictive….ready for next year!
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I wanted you all to know what an extraordinary trip I felt it was! Thank you all for everything! It was awesome and couldn’t have been better!
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Overall it was an awesome experience and we are already planning our return trip! Oh, and did I mention the fishing was great?
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Hunting with this outfitter was a wonderful experience. This hunt is great value for the money! My guide, Lyle was an extremely knowledgeable hunter and great all-around guy.
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Sheep and tag numbers are on the increase which is good news all around. If you wish to sheep hunt, let us know now and we will in turn provide you with a reminder and information when the drawing time draws near. This is very special hunt and should be considered by anyone who calls himself a hunter, at least once before you retire the boots and rifle.
- I love to hunt elk. Guiding hunts, floats, and fishing are all very special ways for me to earn a living. The difference is that… “I have to Sheep Hunt!” For me, there is no other place that I have found and no other experience that compares. I am sure there are many rams taken each year beside the road, on the trail or next to the river… those have nothing to do with what I am speaking of. In the 80’s and 90’s I guided countless Bighorn and Dall Sheep hunts. We would drop a hunter off at the airstrip (successful or not) sometimes on the proverbial verge of death, only to gather up the next victim and head out again. It never grew tiring, in fact it was just the opposite. “Exhilarating” would be more appropriate. I love every aspect of the sheep hunt. The terrain, camaraderie, the camping, the rocks. I love the rocks. Bighorn Sheep tags became more difficult to acquire through the 90’s and on into the new millennium.
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Truly full-service elk hunt with absolutely great food, knowledgeable guide who paced the hunt well. Great accommodations. A great adventure.
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Having an industry which is littered with “mediocre” brokers, it is refreshing to have solidified a great working relationship with those at Outdoors International, with special thanks to Russ Meyer … he’s top notch in the business!!
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After researching Mid Asian Ibex hunting in Kyrgyzstan for almost a year, my wife Maria and I set up our hunt through Outdoors International with the outfitter we wanted to use in Kyrgyzstan. Over the next six months, OI was very helpful in assisting to get all of the logistics in order. This can be a part of any International hunt that is challenging and not all that much fun-gun permits, travel itineraries, money transfers, ect.
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I have dreamed of hunting cape buffalo with a bow in Africa since I was 12 years old, and now here I was 28 years later standing in the tall grass of the Limpopo on my dream hunt for a trophy cape buffalo with my bow in hand in complete and utter shock.
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Just returned from my Alaska mountain goat hunt – great hunt and fantastic group of guides, packers! Got my goat on the second day and I want to thank you for putting me in touch with such top notch, friendly, extremely capable people. Everything was A+ all the way around. Thanks again and I’ll be touch for another hunt.
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I plan on using them again in a couple of years when I take my caribou hunt!
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I can not say enough about the safari I booked, and am planing another trip with Outdoors Internationalas we speak to take more Traditional Hunters to Africa.
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