Ep. 880: Janis' Manitoba Caribou | 12 in '26
episodePreviously titled “Ep. 880: Janis's Manitoba Caribou | 12 in '26” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What insights does Janis share about his Manitoba caribou hunts?
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We don't know if they've never seen a human, but there's definitely plenty of caribou out here in this landscape that haven't seen humans. It's kind of what makes caribou hunting fun, right? Is that like you get to hunt unpressured animals. There's no whitetail buck ever that would do this. No, no. There's probably not an elk in the lower 48 that would do this either. No.
I haven't even seen that clip yet. That was beautiful. Mm-hmm. Or trailer, whatever that was. All right. Welcome to the 12 and 26 podcast. This is a companion show to our 12 and 26 hunting fish films coming out this year. Hopefully you've already seen, uh, my Manitoba bear hunt and clay and bears, Alaskan bear hunt and Utah mountain lion, Utah mountain lion with clay where he, they tree a bunch of mountain lions. Um, Today, I'm joined by Corey Kalkins. Kalkins. I always forget when I read it. I know it's Kalkins. Yes, it is. And Phil the Engineer to answer your questions about my combined rifle and archery caribou hunt. Thank you to everyone who wrote in or posted questions on YouTube and social media to give us something to work off here.
The great Corinne Schneider is also in the house, although she says she's going to not say anything. We'll see what happens. Corinne, you need to weigh in. If there's something that really is pressing, you have a question about something.
Well, now there's no avoiding it.
Bill, I sent you a message late last night to have a question, too, so that you're more of a part of it.
Oh, that was very kind of you, but I didn't have a chance to watch it at 10 o'clock p.m.
You didn't get up at 4 this morning to watch it? Son of a gun. All right, right off the bat, I want to clarify something that Steve has been giving me shit about. Not just me, gives the whole world shit about this. I told him I was taking my bow and my rifle on this trip, and he assumed I'd be bow hunting while carrying my rifle as a backup in case I couldn't get the job done with my archery equipment. Not the case. My plan was always to rifle hunt first, get some meat hanging, and then focus on killing one with the bow. That way, you know, you do what I wouldn't have that, you know, hanging in the back of my mind as I'm trying to bow hunt being like, Oh, I should just like quit this and get my rifle out and shoot one of these things at 200 yards.
Um, I brought up with Steve yesterday in the regular podcast, and even though I explained to him my new thinking, it still wasn't enough for him. Although I don't think he actually, in the moment yesterday, he thought through what I presented to him. But we'll give him a while.
How does hunting unpressured caribou enhance the experience?
Maybe he'll come around to it. Yeah. So anyway, I was in Manitoba with Samong Yang of Samong Outdoors and Craig McCarthy of North Mountain Adventures, and we had a great time.
Well, the video clip we opened up with there, and if you're only listening, go to our YouTube channel and watch this podcast. It gives us a minor glimpse of how wild and pristine that part of the world looked. You also described how the area is largely untouched by people. How did this factor of virgin caribou set the grounds for the kind of hunt you'd have?
Um... I don't know if I exactly understand your question there, Corey. I did want to touch on though, in that opening bit, how we're talking about how like a whitetail deer would never do this or an elk bull elk would never do this. What had happened is that we were like, this was after Samong had shot his bull with the, or shot that bull with the arrow.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Janis share about his Manitoba caribou hunts?
0:00–4:06
2
How does hunting unpressured caribou enhance the experience?
4:06–7:42
3
What equipment did Janis use for his caribou hunt?
7:42–14:04
4
How do the hunting strategies differ between rifle and bow hunting?
14:04–20:57
5
What challenges did Janis face while stalking caribou?
20:57–26:24
6
What unique meals were prepared during the hunting expedition?
26:24–30:56
7
How does the hunting experience in Manitoba compare to Alaska?
30:56–35:07
8
What lessons can be learned from hunting and tracking caribou?
35:07–1:07:42
Speakers
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