Methods used to transport hunters were largely a function of season. Transportation modes included boats, snowmachines, and three-wheelers.
. . . .Individual hunting groups drew hunters from one to four households, and certain households contributed hunters to as many as five different hunting groups. Employment and absence from the community were major reasons why some households did not harvest caribou the year of the study. . . .
It appears that some households may have wished to harvest caribou but did not due to the absence of functioning equipment or because they loaned equipment to other households. Households traditionally share resources with one another. Several households gave no specific Reasons why they did not harvest caribou. Some may have gone hunting but due to undetermined reasons, failed to harvest caribou. One household respondent indicated that he would have taken caribou but the season had already closed before he was able to get to the mountains and hunt during the spring of 1984. Another household head stated that he had not hunted caribou since the mid-1970's because others (including his son in a separate household) provided him with caribou. . . .