DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Gerard Beaulieu; Beaulieus Newfoundland and Caribou Hunts. 31 Rocky Brook Road; Reidville; Newfoundland; A8A 2Z4; Canada; Tel. 888-818-8898; Fax: 709-635-2693; Web www.beaulieuscaribouhunts.com Personal Guide (if any): Dean Crocker Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Game Sought But Not Taken: Bear, Black - Availability: Had opportunity - missed. Game Condition Comments: Outfitter very accomodating. I chose stand / area I wanted. Had large boar (400+) @ 10yds. first day but couldn't get shot opportunity. Saw same animal 5 separate times and finally had perfect opportunity but missed. In researching outfitters for my trip, I asked to be treated fairly, honestly, and to have the opportunity to match wits with a large bear with my bow. That is exactly what I got and this trip was outstanding in spite of not harvesting a bear.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Excellent Trophy Care: Good Name of Airline: Air Canada Airline Service: Good Airline Comments: Because I live close to the Canadian Border, I drove across and then flew to Newfoundland on Air Canada exlusively. My trip went better than those that flew across from the States

COSTS

Hunting Fees: Amount: $2000 Trophy Fees: Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Included. Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $800 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Amount: $200 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: The timing may not have been perfect due to the beginning of mating season and the bears may have been wandering some in search of mates. That said, I positioned myself with that in mind and set up on a power line in hopes that would be a travel corridor. I hit it right and came on a large boar right away. Highlights of Hunt: Playing cat & mouse with a large, wise bear for 6 days. I ultimately fooled him and ended up with the perfect opportunity only to miss the shot. Equipment Recommendations: Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? Recommendation: Mainly because the Outfitter delivered exactly what was promised. I got exactly what I asked for. I'm pretty self sufficient and can get along with not much but I witnessed the Outfitter and guides cater to others to meet their wants and needs. Personally, I think they went above and beyond for some. `

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Chris Weston Contact Information: Tel. 231-348-5837 - 5970 Evergreen Trail, Petoskey, MI 49770 E-mail: chrisw@korthase.com Hunting Experience: Primarily a bow hunter for 35 years and have 37 whitetails harvested. Occasional rifle hunter. Physical Condition: Age 51, good condition.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

This was my first experience with an outfitter. I'm an experienced hunter and outdoorsman and have researched trips for a long time. Choosing one is not easy but I either did a good job or I was lucky because this trip was everything wanted and asked for. Everything went smoothly for me and arriving at the camp lodge I knew this was the place I'd hoped for. The staff was friendly & accommodating and the lodge was new and like a picture out of a magazine as it sat alone in the wilderness. Visiting baiting sites amped up the anticipation and having come face to face with that big bear on the first night set off the week. The conclusion was anticlimatic and actually pretty funny as I missed the bear - with a rifle! I'd hunted with a bow all week but after playing tag, hide & seek, and every other game with that beast, I was gonna win on the last day. Actually, in hindsight, everybody won. I'd recommend this trip to anyone, and if you aren't convinced after talking to Dean, give me a call and I'll tell you the whole story.

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DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 4580 Weapon Used: Shotgun How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: October 16, 2004 to October 26, 2004 Place of Hunt: Canada Newfoundland Deer Lake

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Gerard Beaulieu; Beaulieus Newfoundland and Caribou Hunts. 31 Rocky Brook Road; Reidville; Newfoundland; A8A 2Z4; Canada; Tel. 888-818-8898; Fax: 709-635-2693; Web www.beaulieuscaribouhunts.com Personal Guide (if any): Tom Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Caribou, Woodland - Availability: Scarce - Trophy Size: Average. Game Sought But Not Taken: Caribou, Woodland - Availability: Scarce during post rut period. Game Condition Comments: Game scattered and hard to hunt.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Fair Guide/PH Ability: Fair Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Good Quality of Food: Good Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Jazz Airline Service: Fair Airline Comments:

COSTS

Hunting Fees: Amount: $4500 Trophy Fees: Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Amount: $0 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: Unorganized. Two inexperienced guides in camp although promised to be guidedd by Gerard himself. Another hunter suffered same experience. Highlights of Hunt: Shooting bull with muzzleloader last evening of hunt. Equipment Recommendations: Tall rubber boots and raingear. Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? No Why? Historically famous area. Outfitter appears to be quitting or selling.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Randy Pretzer Contact Information: Tel. 903-389-5100 - PO Box 149, Teague, TX 75860 E-mail: randy@bossiercountry.com Hunting Experience: Extensive. Physical Condition: Excellent.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

I had extremely high expectations. Outfitter is famous and holds six B&C awards himself. Outfitter advised to bring muzzleloader for potential #1 record. Outfitter delegated hunter to inexperienced guide. Hunter hiked over 50 miles of wet tundra in search of any trophy animal seeing only 11 total bulls in seven days in the field. Hunter is disappointed with lack of commitment and total disregard for previous promises. Camp is excellent though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW DOCUMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: January 13, 2005 To: The Hunting Report From: Gerard Beaulieu of Beaulieu's Caribou Hunts RE: Critical report from Randy Pretzer Thank you for the opportunity to respond to Randy Pretzer's hunting report. The hunter's satisfaction is really a result of his or her expectations. I suggested to Randy to bring a muzzleloader, as there were many records that could be broken. We had five hunters using muzzleloaders and four harvested animals. Three made the Black Powder World Record Book scoring 287 BP, 251 BP and 241 2/8 BP. And at this moment they are proud of these results because in the last ten years over 20,000 caribou have been harvested and many with muzzleloaders. Randy Pretzer's is the new #7 in the world BP. I generally never promise to guide an individual hunter myself. Almost every client wants me to guide them. I usually reply with I'll guide you if I can. With four hunters in camp at a time I can't guide everyone; it's impossible. I usually guide a couple of hunters each season. Randy Pretzer's guide was Tom Rose. Tom is an experienced licensed guide. He can field judge woodland caribou and is an official measurer for the Newfoundland Big Game Record Book. Tom and I harvested our first B&C woodland caribou (score 301) together in 1991 fourteen years ago. Tom has since harvested two B&C caribou. Tom guided one of his clients earlier in the season to a big caribou taken with a muzzleloader and the previous week to Randy's hunt his client was guided (Rick Dignan) to a 270 5/8 B&C caribou. He then guided Randy Pretzer to his record book caribou. Woodland caribou are not as plentiful as barren ground caribou. There is no migration. We hunt the best areas as our records show. The area is wet tundra and is hard to walk on. Randy worked very hard to get his record book animal. In spite of his report I'm proud of him and his accomplishment. You don't buy trophies you earn them. This is fair chase hunting. Two other hunters that were in camp the same week as Randy are Dr. Jay Wolefenden 608-489-3499. Another hunter was Jim Benham (retired police officer) 208-846-7373 (both took record book animals). We do the best we can to harvest big caribou. We have the highest paid guides in Newfoundland and as a group I am very proud of them. They harvested thirteen caribou (we saw over 1,000) and achieved thirteen record book entries.

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DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 4553 Weapon Used: Rifle How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: October 10, 2004 to October 18, 2004 Place of Hunt: Canada Newfoundland East Central

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Gerard Beaulieu; Beaulieus Newfoundland and Caribou Hunts. 31 Rocky Brook Road; Reidville; Newfoundland; A8A 2Z4; Canada; Tel. 888-818-8898; Fax: 709-635-2693; Web www.beaulieuscaribouhunts.com Personal Guide (if any): Terry White Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Caribou, Woodland - Availability: Average - Trophy Size: B&C 273 5/8. Final. Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: Coyotes now in Newfoundland - calf survival very low. Outfitter fears no hunting in 4-5 years due to population decline.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Excellent Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Air Canada Airline Service: Excellent Airline Comments: Lots of stops, but good service. One weather delay going into Deer Lake.

COSTS

Hunting Fees: Amount: $4475 Trophy Fees: Included. Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Amount: $475 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $622 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Two nights hotel in Deer Lake. Amount: $150 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: None. Highlights of Hunt: Shooting lead stag out of a herd of 155 at 45 yards. Staying the night in the bush with a space blanket and fire. Equipment Recommendations: Spotting scope, raingear, knife and high waterproof boots. Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? Great outfitter and guides. Top-notch camp and food, trophy animals are there.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: John H Gilliland Contact Information: Tel. 717-779-0804 - 20 Walden Ct., York PA 17404 E-mail: jgilliland@blazenet.net Hunting Experience: Alaska to Zimbabwe. Physical Condition: Excellent.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

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DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 1920 Weapon Used: Rifle How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: October 8, 2000 to October 14, 2000 Place of Hunt: Canada Newfoundland Little Garden Lake

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Gerard Beaulieu; Beaulieus Newfoundland and Caribou Hunts. 31 Rocky Brook Road; Reidville; Newfoundland; A8A 2Z4; Canada; Tel. 888-818-8898; Fax: 709-635-2693; Web www.beaulieuscaribouhunts.com Personal Guide (if any): Otto Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Caribou - Availability: Average - Trophy Size: Boone and Crocket, score 273 2/8, SCI 269. Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: I did not see a lot of game. Season movement of game was slowed because of nice weather.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Good Guide/PH Ability: Good Condition of Camp: Good Condition of Equipment: Good Quality of Food: Good Trophy Care: Good Name of Airline: Air Canada. Airline Service: Good Airline Comments: Everything went well.

COSTS

Hunting Fees: Amount: $5000 Trophy Fees: None. Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Included. Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $561 Charter Airfares: Included. Amount: $0 Other Costs: Two nights at a motel in Deer Lake. Amount: $80 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: None except the heavy rains and fog. Highlights of Hunt: Equipment Recommendations: Good waterproof boots beacause of lots of water. Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? The hunt is as represented, a fair value. The hunter must be in decent shape to walk a lot.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Joe Brodesser Contact Information: Tel. 941-466-3355 - 18101 Deep Passage Lane, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931 Hunting Experience: I have hunted in all western states, British Columbia, Alaska, Spain, New Zealand, Africa and other areas for 37 years. Physical Condition: Good for 62 years old.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

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DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 1919 Weapon Used: Rifle How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: October 4, 2000 to October 8, 2000 Place of Hunt: Canada Newfoundland Little Gander Pond

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Gerard Beaulieu; Beaulieus Newfoundland and Caribou Hunts. 31 Rocky Brook Road; Reidville; Newfoundland; A8A 2Z4; Canada; Tel. 888-818-8898; Fax: 709-635-2693; Web www.beaulieuscaribouhunts.com Personal Guide (if any): Gerard Beaulieu Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Caribou - Availability: Scarce - Trophy Size: Representative. Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: Very warm weather played havoc on the rut. Trophy size bulls were only starting to show-up after our hunt was over. We saw a monster cross 20 yards in front of the cook tent the morning we left.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Good Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Good Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Excellent Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Airline Service: Good Airline Comments:

COSTS

Hunting Fees: Includes license. Amount: $5000 Trophy Fees: Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Amount: $0 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: A very late rut. Highlights of Hunt: Equipment Recommendations: Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? I would recommend the hunt but only for the period of the last two weeks of October.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Edward D. Yates Contact Information: Tel. 717-252-2571 - 690 Grand Manor Drive, Wrightsville, PA 17368 Hunting Experience: Extensive hunting experience. Physical Condition: Good.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

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