Photo: Caribou hunters flock to Nunavik

By SARAH ROGERS

Bill Doyle and his two sons Bob and Rocky, seen here waiting for a flight north at Trudeau airport in Montreal, recently traveled from their home in Utah to Kuujjuaq to hunt caribou in Nunavik — for the second year in a row. But the numbers of hunters coming to the region are down, although the caribou population is flourishing, say outfitters. They blame this year's downturn in business to reports earlier this year from Quebec and wildlife biologists that caribou were in trouble and that the caribou sports hunting season might be closed down. Read more about the 2011 caribou sports hunting season this weekend in Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)


Bill Doyle and his two sons Bob and Rocky, seen here waiting for a flight north at Trudeau airport in Montreal, recently traveled from their home in Utah to Kuujjuaq to hunt caribou in Nunavik — for the second year in a row. But the numbers of hunters coming to the region are down, although the caribou population is flourishing, say outfitters. They blame this year’s downturn in business to reports earlier this year from Quebec and wildlife biologists that caribou were in trouble and that the caribou sports hunting season might be closed down. Read more about the 2011 caribou sports hunting season this weekend in Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)

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