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Hunting and fishing Nature’s bounty
For Québecers, beneficiaries of an abundant wildlife, hunting and fishing are more than just sports. They provide a unique opportunity to get back to basics and to re-discover the essential elements of their natural heritage. In the forests, lakes and rivers that make up this immense territory that is Québec, outfitters offer hunting and fishing enthusiasts lodging, equipment, guides and other logistical support—in a word, all the amenities needed to facilitate encounters with big caribou, moose and deer, black bears, and battling fish!
Deer hunting on Anticosti
A hunting we will go …
 Brilliant colours and falling leaves are not the only signs that autumn has come to Anticosti, a large island located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The opening of the white-tailed deer hunting season heralds this natural paradise’s busiest time. Feverish activity marks the region from September to November and sometimes even into December, as thousands of hunters come from Québec, Canada, the U.S. and Europe to bag a prize. White-tailed deer are clever and cunning, requiring considerable skill and patience on the part of their pursuers, who enter the bush at dawn to come out again only at dusk. For a period of several weeks, the hunters and the hunted (deer, moose, waterfowl, small game) co-exist in an absolutely breathtaking environment replete with natural wonders and spectacular phenomena.
 Usually, hunters may bag two animals each and can expect a success rate generally bordering on 90%. Major outfitting operations share these incredible hunting grounds (120,000 deer, the highest concentration in North America) and offer packages including air transport and a complete range of services with professional supervision, game dressing and accommodations in clubhouses, camps or inns. Dotting this vast 7,940-km2 (4,930-sq. mi.) utopia, rustic lodgings welcoming hunters subtly combine comfort and attentive service in the long-standing tradition established by wealthy French chocolate manufacturer Henri Menier, the island’s former owner, who introduced the deer to his holding in the late 19th century.
The island’s guides, a race unto themselves, ensure that all emerge from the hunt successful, thanks to their experience, judgement and in-depth knowledge of both Anticosti’s terrain and game. |
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