Several services are offered at Pourvoirie Le Chasseur to ensure you a pleasant and complete stay.
We offer hunting packages with cottage accommodations (European Plan), as well as with lodge accommodations and guides (American Plan). All our guests have access to the moose recovery service without any charge (" The Meat Machine Team "). It is thus unnecessary for you to equip yourself with chain saws, ATV, etc.
At Pourvoirie Le Chasseur, we have used tracking dogs since 2005 and it is now unthinkable, for us and for our guests, to stop using them. It is practically an essential service! For an enterprise such as ours, it is downright indispensable!
The shot control : It is necessary to understand that the handler and his dog work as a team. Upon their arrival on the scene, their first task is to determine if the hunter actually did hit his game or not. We call this the shot control stage.
Of course, in many situations, hunters notices themselves if they have indeed hit the animal because they can find some traces of blood and hair. However, in certain situations, the hunter can’t t find anything….no blood and no hair... What happened? Did the hunter miss his target? Or did he only slightly grazed the animal? Is the game wounded but not bleeding profusely? Or maybe the hunter can’t remember with certainty the exact place where the animal was at the time the shot was fired? The scene area where the animal stood when the hunter first shot at it is generally referred to as the "anchuss" in tracking technique jargon.
In the past, it was almost impossible to answer these questions and unfortunately several animals would consequently die later on from their wounds, undetected and wasted. Now, the handler and his dog can determine if the animal was hit and in which direction it fled.
Type of wound : When the shot control is positive, the handler and his dog try to determine the type of wound inflicted on the animal. To do so, they will examine the "anchuss" site and follow the tracks left by the wounded animal. Like investigators, the indications left by the game will allow them to determine if the wound was fatal or not.
Indications can be multiple : Clear or dark blood, blood left high on branches or rather lower down, the rhythm of the animals’ gait or step, Did it lie down somewhere? If so, how far from the start point, the animals’ behavior, the dogs’ behavior, etc.
This information allows the experienced handler to determine if the game was mortally wounded or not. If it wasn’t, the handler will explain to the hunter, aided with the different available clues, what happened and will reassure him about the survival chances of the animal. In case of a fatal wound, the handler and his dog keep will keep searching, diligently following the traces left by the animal until they find it. At this point, good communication and a close relationship between the dog and handler are crucial elements in the success of the search.
A team and a truck are available to hunters to help them transport their game out of the woods : The Meat machine team. Generally, animals are transported whole. They are quickly hung up on the scaffolding at the lodge, washed down, cooled and weighed.
Our staff will take care of preparing and quartering your meat, cleaning it and wrapping it in a cotton cheese cloth. The meat will then be stored in a cold room until your departure. Finally, we will load it into your vehicle so that you can transport it directly to your butcher.
Les boulets de type « soft point » sont interdits pour la chasse à l’orignal sur le territoire de la pourvoirie Le Chasseur.
Je prends cette décision suite à de nombreuses années d’observations et de réflexions sur ce sujet. Je vous explique en quelques lignes les principales raisons qui m’ont menés à cette conclusion;
Pour plus d’information sur la contamination par le plomb et les solutions proposés, je vous invite à regarder les vidéos suivantes :
Simon Lemay, Propriétaire de la Pourvoirie Le Chasseur inc.
Tous les boulets de type « soft point ». Ils sont souvent identifiés par SP dans leur descriptif. Exemple :
Les boulets que nous vous recommandons répondent aux critères spécifiques à la chasse à l’orignal au Bas Saint Laurent. L’orignal à une bonne capacité à encaisser les coups. Les épaules, le cou, l’ossature sont résistants mais les côtes et la panse le sont beaucoup moins. Il faut donc un boulet qui travaillera dans ces situations. Vous devez avoir un bon choix de grains par rapport à votre calibre. Le boulet doit donc avoir une force d’impact supérieur à 1500 pied-livre-énergie.
Il faut aussi se rappeler qu’à la pourvoirie, 90 % des bêtes sont récoltées à moins de 600 pieds et 50 % à moins de 150 pieds. À cette distance, les boulets trop durs, surtout dans les calibres très rapides, n’auront pas le temps de prendre leur expansion.
Le boulet doit avoir une bonne rétention, idéalement au dessus de 80 %, et une expansion rapide pour faire un maximum de dommage.
Voila les boulets qui, selon nous, répondent le mieux à ces contraintes :
Si le boulet que vous utilisez ne fait pas partie de cette liste mais que vous croyez qu’il peut convenir, appelez-nous pour en discuter. Lors de votre inscription à la pourvoirie, vous devrez nous montrer la boite de balles que vous utiliserez pour votre séjour de chasse.
Moose hunting guide in our team since 2003.
Guide at the outfitter since 1990.
Moose and bear hunting guide since 1998. Tracking dog handler since 2004. Owner of the outfitter.
Guide for over 20 years, with us since 2013
Guide depuis de longues année, chez nous depuis 3 ans. Un technicien de la chasse à l’orignal!
Passionnée, dynamique, inépuisable! Chasse depuis enfant, guide chez nous depuis 2016.
Guide à la Pourvoirie Le Chasseur depuis 2022
Guide since forever. Received his guide diplomas in the 50s and 60s. Hard worker in his time, use to working day and night. He died in May 2012, but he will always be with us.
He has taught a lot to the other guides: his time-tested philosophy; never give up, remain concentrated, never lose hope, and above all, keep hunting until the very last minute. Thank you Marcel.