Dates & Details

2024 HUNTING DATES

• Season Opens: August 31st, 2024
• BOW HUNTING ONLY: First Two Weeks of Season

2025 HUNTING DATES

• Season Opens: August 30th, 2025
• BOW HUNTING ONLY: First Two Weeks of Season

2026 HUNTING DATES

• Season Opens: August 29th, 2026
• BOW HUNTING ONLY: First Two Weeks of Season

PAYMENT MAILING ADDRESS

When sending your deposit / payments, be sure to use the full mailing address to ensure prompt delivery.

Dean Crocker
Deep Country Lodge
47 Cormack Drive
Clarenville, Newfoundland, Canada
A5A 1E1

CERTIFICATES REQUIRED

Proof of passing hunters capability test or proof of big game license in the past. – We have applications that must be completed by each hunter. – a permit to bring your firearms into Canada.

ADDITIONAL COST

1×1 Guide Gratuity is 10% – 15% US of your Base Hunt Cost (can be paid upfront or in person to your guide)

Non-Hunter $3,000 per week USD

Liquor and Beer is at the discretion of the guest and can be purchased on the way to lodge.

You are responsible for your hotel going and coming from the site. Meat is deboned and froze on site.

Hunters will have capes and horns prepared to take home with them. The cost of shipping this home runs at $100.00 per 50 pound box of meat on most airlines.

MEAT BUTCHERING

Cost of deboning meat and bagging and packaging in 50 Pound boxes are as follows and includes antler and cape preparation for shipping also.

• Caribou – $200.00 USD Funds for full Caribou
• Moose – $300.00 USD Funds Full Moose
• Vacuumed Packed $100.00 Extra per animal

*If meat is donated or left it is still butchered and deboned and paid for by the hunter.

DEPOSITS & CANCELLATIONS

• 50% deposit is payable to Deep Country Lodge, with the total balance due within 90 days of the hunt.
• This is payable by Certified Cheque, EMT or Money Order.
• Your deposit is non-refundable,

LEAVING CAMP EARLY

If a hunter decides to leave camp early it is at his own expense to get back to the hotel. A rental car can be arranged or the charge to return the Hunter to St. John’s will be $400.00 US funds.

BE PREPARED

For Caribou and Black Bears high powered rifles are recommended from 30-06,308,270,7mm and 300 are the usual calipers used. Your guns should be sited for a 200 yard shot.

Things you need to bring include: sleeping bag, warm clothing, including gloves and hats. Don’t forget your rubber boots and rain gear. Binoculars and a camera are a must have to get the marvelous pictures of your trophy, to show your friends. A lot of areas are accessible by cell phones.

Hunters booking remote helicopter fly-in hunts should keep gear to essential items only with a max weight of 40 pounds.

RECOMMENDED TIP FOR YOUR NEXT HUNT

A typical tip for a hunting guide is between 10-15% of your hunt.

Guides often depend on tips as supplemental income. Hunting guides work extremely hard to make your hunt a successful and memorable experience, and if you feel a guide, PH or particular staff member had a significantly positive impact on your safari experience, please tip that person accordingly.

On an International hunt, USD cash is the preferred form of tip, as many foreign banks charge a large commission to exchange checks into currency.

Non-hunting Observers are also encouraged to tip, although usually a lesser amount.

OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER

• The amount that you tip your guide usually depends on your level of satisfaction with your guide(s) and the trip.
• A 10% to 15% tip is customary.
• When planning to tip your guide, be prepared to give cash. Sometimes this means having the cash with you on the outing, as upon your return to the lodge or base camp. You may not be able to access an ATM, or bank before you leave, so have your tip for your guide with you on the hunt.
• When hunting with a guide you have had numerous hunts with, perhaps working on many different objectives over the years, your personal relationship with your guide is such on a different level, that your gratuity not always be consistently the same. Your gratuity may vary from trip to trip, and may include as a combination or supplement to your normal cash gratuity, a useful and applicable gift, such as known needed equipment, a bottle of your guide’s favorite fine spirits, or other items that you have learned to be personal and appropriate for the guide you have come to know over the years.