Cariboo Mountain Outfitters Season Newsletter-Letter 2025
December 20th, 2025,
To all our family, friends and clients, Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season!
The year started out on the Trapline until the end of the season which closed on February 15th, we always enjoy getting out on our sleds checking the lines even though we don’t make much money at it, it’s a way of life indeed and we love it!!
In March we were off to Costa Rica for a couple of weeks which we enjoyed thoroughly. After that we had Our annual GOABC convention in Kelowna which is always a ton of fun and enjoying camaraderie with fellow outfitters and friends. Check out GOABC online auction this year the end of March for the 60th Anniversary!
We celebrated a surprise 40th Birthday for our youngest daughter Riley. Where did the time go??? The beginning of July we attended our family reunion held in Revelstoke which is always up for many shenanigan's. After that we headed to Prince Rupert to fill up the freezer with salmon, halibut, crabs and bottom fish with Lori’s sister and brother in law.
Finally our daughter and son-in-law got the permits together for the cabin we built with them two summers ago and was moved to Wells the end of August and we worked on it until our Moose season started. It takes a long time with BC laws now with permitting which can be frustrating. Whew, been a busy summer!!
Our season was very successful with repeat and new clients filling up our season.
First Hunt started in Wells on September 20th with four clients, one bow hunter and three rifle. All were successful taking three bulls in one day, making some long hours packing out, skinning, and getting the animals prepared for the taxidermist and the meat locker.
Our second hunt back at the main lodge on September 30th, with four hunting clients and one non hunter. We took three bulls, one client missing three times at 103 yards. No injured animals or humans!! All in all it was a great hunt!!!
The third hunt starting October 11 , we had three clients and one non hunter. Another great hunt with all of them bagging their Moose. Our largest Moose this season was 50”, there was lots of sightings of larger Moose not taken.
On November 6th I took a client who was not successful on an earlier hunt in Northern B.C. of this year and then booked with us. It was a Mule Deer/Moose combination. We hunted for five days and was not successful getting his Mule Deer, switching up to Moose hunting the last five days of the season and took a Moose on the second day and then he departed for home. He was happy to fill the freezer!
All in all it was a great season taking 11 Moose out of 12 clients, as written it should have been 12 for 12.
We sincerely want to thank all our clients for trusting us in making their hunt dreams come true.
We have great guides Ian, Kyle, and Mitchell, we are proud of their expertise and professionalism they add to our business. Thanks guys! Also Lori wants to thank her kitchen slave helper, sister Geri! We are proud as heck to be hard at it in our 49th year and going strong. We will not be attending shows in the U.S. this year, so if you want to hold a spot next season, reach out to us soon.
We wish you much happiness & health, and keep creating those memories. All the best in 2026!
Keep your powder dry until our paths cross again. We welcome you with open arms and good food at Cariboo Mountain Outfitters!
