• Trophy Pike Fishing at North Knife Lake Lodge. With Packages starting out of Winnipeg, Manitoba this is a fly-in fishing trip of a lifetime. Four or five day American plan packages, fully guided, with first class lodging and meals. This is truly luxury in the wild.

• Trophy Manitoba Big Game – Barren Land Caribou hunting packages. Fully guided five day, two caribou packages out of Churchill, Manitoba the polar bear capitol of the world. Or a seven day fully guided moose hunt at one of our modern outpost camps.

• Waterfowling in a Wild Land - North Americas most extreme waterfowl hunting at either Dymond Lake Lodge or Nanuk Lodge. Spring Snow Goose hunting in Manitoba is unlike anything else. Waves of thousands upon thousands of snow geese heading for the nesting grounds in northern Canada. Or our fall all goose and duck hunt at either lodge. Canada goose hunting, snow goose hunting as well as duck hunting all in luxury lodging in Manitoba’s wild lands.

LOCATION: Minneapolis Convention Center.
1301 2nd Ave South
Minneapolis, MN
 

DATE: March 24th to 28th
 

SHOW HOURS:
Wednesday, March 24 1pm - 9pm
Thursday, March 25 1 pm - 9 pm
Friday, March 26 11 am - 9 pm
Saturday, March 27 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday, March 28 10 am - 5 pm
 

MORE: For more information visit: http://www.northwestsportshow.com/
 

1. Mepps Black Fury Musky Killer – Available in a wide selection of colours we find the best color combinaions to be silver/white, gold/black and red/black. The Musky Killer also features an extra heavy-duty treble hook, and is great for fishing shallow bays and weed beds.

2. Mepps Syclops – We prefer the number three single hook Syclops. Our choice colors are bright orange, gold, and silver.

3. Johnson Silver Minnow – This weedless lure is extremely versatile. Use it for casting into shallow weed beds or trolling. Our favourite colors are gold and silver.

4. Mepps Aglia Dressed – Use a number five Aglia dressed, and watch those Northerns fight for it! We use colors such as silver/white, gold/black, and gold/grey.

5. 6-inch Slug-Go – Another great weedless pike lure. Our favourite colors are bubble gum, black, and grey

6. Rapala X-Rap – This lure is “designed for the aggressive angler.” Together with its minnow-like looks and the action provided by the angler, it’s a sure winner. Perch or yellow perch colors are our top choice.

7. Rapala Jointed – This lure is excellent when the water is warm and the pike may not be feeding as actively as they usually do. Because this jointed stick bait looks like a bait fish in distress, the pike believe it is easy prey.

8. Single or Double Buzz Baits – Such as the Screamin Stinger. All you'll hear is the clicking of the aluminium paddle and then… the thrashing of the monster pike that is swallowing it.

9. Gibbs Ruby Eye Wiggler – This lure is becoming more popular each year with Canadian Northern Pike anglers. It creates a constant wiggling and darting motion in the water, and is fitted with two ruby colored beads as “eyes” which imitate the look of a bug or beetle. Available in a variety of colors, it's tough to beat the standard brass or nickel.

10. Len Thompson Spoons such as the Cyclops – Who doesn’t have the old faithful Five of Diamonds or Red Devil in their tackle bag? These are still a favourite for Northern Pike fishermen, and remain one of our top sellers. Why? Because pike like them too!

Honourable Mention – The White Mouse - This little critter scurries across the top of the water. In a thick weedbed it creates commotion on the surface and the pike just can’t resist that tail. You can spin the two hooks upright over the back of the mouse, making it weedless, or turn them down when you aren’t fishing the cabbage.

Kent Graduated from North Dakota State University in 1986 with a degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Technology. He then moved to British Columbia and started his guiding career that very same year. He has worked as a professional guide in British Columbia, Yukon, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba ever since. Chances are, if you can hunt it in western Canada Kent has either shot it himself or guided someone who has.

During the down time between guiding seasons Kent put his education to work as a biologist with a private consulting firm in B.C. Kent worked on several studies involving black bear, mule deer, birds of prey, and many fisheries related contracts. Kent has also apprenticed part time with a taxidermist in B.C. for several years and then opening his doors to his own business (Lonewolf Taxidermy) in 1999. Moving his taxidermy business back to Manitoba in 2004 and starting work with Webbers Lodges in the summer of 2009.

Kent will be happy to guide you to your next trophy caribou or moose, or guide you for Trophy Northern Pike at North Knife Lake as well as take care of all your taxidermy needs on your next adventure with Webbers Lodges.

Our Nanuk Goose Lodge is situated on the shore of the Hudson Bay, 500 miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is here that the snow geese stage before making the flight north along the coast line. Nanuk Lodge has been said to be the most extreme snow goose hunt in North America. With snow geese flying overhead in constant waves, Nanuk Lodge is certainly a goose hunting experience of a lifetime. Check out the Last Chance Geese article done at Nanuk by Ducks Unlimited.

Once the snow geese leave Nanuk by the hundreds of thousands, they make their way along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay and arrive in Churchill, Manitoba. They fly over Churchill and head north over the Churchill River and then over Button Bay. Once across the small bay they must fly directly over Dymond Lake Lodge. It’s here at Dymond that we take another “shot” at the snow goose as it passes overhead. Wave after wave they fly over Dymond Lake, while hunters concealed in natural willow blinds, or snow blinds take aim and try to thin the flocks.

There are simply too many snow geese as the population has exploded in the past several years. No matter how many times you shoot you can’t get them all. That’s why we tell our hunters the geese just have to come back south in the fall when we do it all over again during our fall goose hunt; which includes of course the Snow Goose, Canada’s, Ross’, Blues, Specks, and a wide range of ducks.

Space is limited for our two exclusive snow goose hunts at Nanuk Lodge and Dymond Lake Lodge, with only four spots left for each location.
Available dates for Nanuk are May 12th to the 17th 2010. Packages begin out of Gilliam, Manitoba.
Available dates for Dymond Lake are May 20th to the 25th 2010. Packages begin out of Churchill, Manitoba.

For more information or to book your next Snow Goose Wing Shooting adventure, call us today at 1-888-932-2377.

We also want to thank Travel Manitoba who has been a major sponsor of the All Canada Shows this year. They have done an amazing job and marketing and advertising Manitoba as Canada’s premier fishing and hunting destination, and home of the Manitoba Monsters.

Come on down this Friday thru Sunday to the Home of JR, the South Fork Ranch at 3700 Hogge Road, in Parker Texas, only 40 miles out of Dallas. We would love to help you plan your next Trophy Caribou or Moose hunt, Waterfowl Shoot, orFly In Fishing Adventure.

We hope to see you there!!

The CBC News did an interesting report in December of 2009 stating that the North West Territory Government is banning hunting of the Bathurst Caribou Herd in their winter range.
 

This comes as a shock to many of the caribou outfitters in the area who had their allotment of caribou tags pulled from them almost overnight. Many of these outfitters depend on these tags for a good portion of their yearly income, and are now faced at looking into other sources of revenue such as northern lights viewing.
 

The N.W.T government has set aside $150,000 to local outfitters who are being affected by this, to help them redevelop their business to focus on other hunting options. However some outfitters say that with all the changes that are happening they feel it will be difficult to get clients to commit to coming to the territory.
 

According to studies done by the territorial government the Bathurst herd has declined from 186,000 in 2003 to 32,000 in late 2009. The ban also applies to aboriginal and non-aboriginal hunters.
 

When asked about the declining caribou herds in the western arctic, Doug Webber, owner of Webber’s Lodges in Manitoba said, “The jury is still out on what the exact situation is with some of the caribou herds in the western Arctic, but hopefully, if numbers are declining, they can recover quickly with careful management.”
 

Other caribou herds that are still holding their numbers.
 

“The Central Canadian Barren Ground caribou that we hunt, known as the Kaminariak herd, has a recently surveyed population of 340,000 animals for which less than 500 tags are issued,” said Webber, who has been in the outfitting business for over 40 years. “Outfitters hunting this caribou herd are seeing excellent numbers of big bulls and reports are that the condition of them has been exceptional in the last couple of years. That’s an encouraging sign for all concerned. This is a very good time to be hunting in Manitoba for trophy barren ground caribou.”
 

To read the complete article at CBC News please visit: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/12/18/north-caribou-ban.html

All Canada Chicago Show

The first week of February, which is just around the corner, is going to be another busy one for us. First up is the Jagd & Hund Sport Show in Dortmund, Germany. This seven day show from February 2nd to 8th is going to be full of hunting and fishing outfitters from around the globe. Webber’s is proud to be part of the Manitoba contingent traveling to Germany with Travel Manitoba and promoting the new Manitoba Monsters program.

February 4th to 6th we will be in Reno, NV for The Sheep Show. Again, this is another world class show put on by the Wild Sheep Foundation.   
 

We invite anyone to come down to these, or any of the sport shows we will be attending to talk to us about a Trophy Caribou Hunt, Manitoba Trophy Moose Hunt, Waterfowl hunt, or a fly in fishing adventure of a lifetime. 
 

We hope to see you there.

Come and see Doug, Mike, Helen, or Jeanne to book your next Canadian Fly In Adventure.
Select from any of our exciting adventures including Trophy Moose or Barren Land Caribou Hunts, Water Fowl hunts, or Trophy Fishing Packages. Interested in Swimming with Beluga Whales in the Hudson Bay, or a Polar Bear Adventure Tour? We can make that happen as well with our Seal River Eco-Lodge located north of Churchill Manitoba the Polar Bear Capital of the World.

Webber’s Lodges is also pleased to be contributing three donations to the live auctions that will be taking place throughout the convention.

Up for auction Wednesday night: Part of Travel Manitoba’s Manitoba Monsters Grand Slam is our donation of a Trophy Caribou Hunt located at one of our Tundra Mini-Lodges 150 miles North West of Churchill Manitoba.

Up for auction Thursday night: Part of theCanadian Federation of Outfitter Associations is our donation of a Snow and Blue Goose Spring Hunt at Dymond Lake Lodge. Located 20 miles north of Churchill Manitoba.

Up for auction Friday Afternoon is Webber’s donation of a three day two person fall goose hunt. Located at Dymond Lake Lodge.

Once again we are proud to support SCI and congratulate them on another world class hunting convention.

Come on down and see us to book your Canadian Fly In Fishing or Hunting trip of a lifetime.

We hope to see you there.

On September 15th the float plane came to pick us up and take everyone back to Churchill. I did laundry and took a really long shower knowing that I was leaving the next day for Moose camp. Now I was really excited. I meet Bob the other hunter who was going to hunt with me the next morning and had one of the most exciting float plane rides of my life. Flying into Nowell is a river landing and you fly right down the river at tree level and land right on the river. 
Once we unloaded and sighted in the guns we were off for one of our numerous rides up and down the river, stopping and calling. Because the weather had been so warm hundreds of caribou had moved down into the Nowell area and were making the Moose spooky. The moose were not answering any calls as it was hot and they were not interested. The rut had to happen sometime so we kept our spirits high with optimism. Each morning we would see cows but no bull moose. Finally on my last full day we spotted two nice trophy bulls and two cows just up the river from where we had started that morning. 
The guide quickly pulled the boat over to the opposite bank and I got out for a very exciting stalk. I ranged the bull at 380 yards and wanted to get closer. I got my shooting stick set for a kneeling shot and started off keeping low and quiet. I constantly ranged the bulls and the cows watching the distance getting shorter each time. The two cows and one bull began moving off into the willow trees for the day but one bull stayed behind. I knew he would follow shortly so made one last range check and it was now 270 yards. This was it. All the practice, videos, hunting shows and dreams were coming down to this moment. I said to myself, "Oh lord don't let me mess up." I knelt down put the cross hairs on him for 270 yards, and took a shot. 
The moisture flew off the hide when the bullet hit him and that big Bull Moose began to sway back and forth. I thought; don't stop shooting until it goes down, although the one shot probably would have done.  Several more shots and it was over. I was speechless. I heard the boat start up and knew they had watched and were coming to get me. After a quick trip across the river I had my first moose ever. Remember the coolers; well they were definitely not going home empty.  
The next day while we were waiting for the plane, Bob the other hunter went out on the porch of the cabin and would you believe that a bull moose was walking right down the river bank to the cabin. The rut had started. We took pictures and video of the Moose to prove it, wow. 
We flew back to Churchill, Bob flew on to Winnipeg and I took the train with all the caribou and moose meat along with the antlers on the train. What a great time.  The train was full of hunters and guides and we stayed up most of the night talking and socializing. 
Be sure you take the train it will save you tons of shipping and you will have a great time seeing the country from the train. I look back at my pictures and believe that dreams do come true with the proper planning and outfitters. Thanks Webbers for making my dreams come true.

Paul Kimpton – Illinois