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Central Barren Ground Caribou Hunts. Update.

by Russ Mehling, General Manager, Webber's Lodges Caribou don’t always read the script. We learned this the hard way during our 2015 season. For the first time in 23 years, the caribou did not file through camp as usual. After the conclusion of our season we met with the Caribou Management Board, Manitoba Conservation, and

Fly fisherman finds gold in trout, polar bears

Imagine casting your fly into a pool of water that has never seen a human and having it attacked by a voracious 20-inch brook trout of the same bent. The winner is the trout that gets there first. And you "It was incredible," said Brian Irwin, the New England Field Editor for Fly Fisherman Magazine

Richter Boone and Crockett caribou feeds family

Liz Richter shown above with her father George Weber and Boone and Crockett caribou. Liz Richter has had a difficult time getting anyone to take her hunting. That's probably going to change now. The 39-year-old widowed mother of two from Zimmerman, Minnesota recently became a proud member of the Boone and Crockett Club after taking

Webber’s Lodges’ 2016 Moose Hunting Highlights

Dave Reisner and his Bow Madness bull shown above. by Russ Mehling, General Manager, Webber’s Lodges Our 2016 moose hunting season was one for the books! Over the past couple of seasons we did some serious homework and built up our inventory of moose hunting camps, and it paid off. After scouring over aerial photos

The Evolution of a Hunter

by Russ Mehling, General Manager, Webber’s Lodges I’m fortunate enough to be immersed in the hunting lifestyle. Being in the outdoor industry as an outfitter and guide, surrounding myself with like-minded outdoor enthusiasts for friends, as well as being part of a family that loves hunting and fishing, means I get to live my

Tooth and claws have nothing on love

by Russ Mehling, General Manager, Webber’s Lodges When most hunters speak of "Dangerous Game", they are referring to hunting predators such as bears and lions and large antelope with angry dispositions like "Black Death": the cape buffalo of many African hunting tales. As dangerous as these hunts may be, when you interfere with the breeding

Musk ox hunt more than that for Yuel family

Jim Yuel There are some common threads running through the families that hunt and fish with Webber's Lodges. Not only do they cherish the outdoors and understand the true value of nature when it comes to raising a family, they're also strong supporters of conservation organizations. And many of the patriarchs who

Small Lake fly-out, big fish, stronger family

Jeff Knaebel won't soon forget hooking into a monster 47-inch northern pike while fishing with Webber's Lodges last year, nor will his brothers, uncles and cousins, who were on the fly-out fishing trip to Small Lake with him. The core group of brothers Rich, Joe, and Al, has been fishing with Webber's Lodges for 15

Spring musk ox hunters beat blizzards, achieve 100 percent success rate

Suzanne Short. Musk ox hunter. We went into the ring with Mother Nature for our first spring musk ox hunt of 2016 in Baker Lake, Nunavut and won by a knockout. Four hunters joined Webber's Lodges' General Manager Russ Mehling for our first hunt of the year, including Suzanne Short from Alaska, Weston