REPULSE BAY - Two cousins brought down their first muskox while together on a hunting trip far out on the land earlier this month.

Jonathan Siusangnark of Repulse Bay displays his first muskox, which he brought down about 320 km west of Repulse earlier this month. - photo courtesy of Jonathan Siusangnark

Jonathan Siusangnark, 27, and his cousin, Darryl, 25, had planned to follow their fathers to hunt their first muskox together.

Jonathan said their fathers decided it would be too far for them to go out on the land to hunt muskox.

He said that's when he and Darryl then decided to make the trip their fathers had wanted to go on.

It took them four days and 320 km of travelling to successfully complete their task.

"Some of the travelling was pretty smooth and some of it was pretty rough," said Jonathan.

"The weather was awesome the whole time we were out there, though, nothing but sunshine and low winds.

"We were really lucky to have such nice weather the whole time.

The paid travelled for 128 km before stopping for the night at cabins near Curtis Lake. They put in anther 80 km on the second day before camping again.

Jonathan said they covered another 80 km, or so, travelling southwest on the third day, before heading north from there.

He said there was a big surprise waiting for them when they got up the following morning to make some tea.

"There were two wolves heading right towards our tent, so we caught them.

"We didn't even have to follow their tracks or anything to hunt them.

"We were able to shoot them both from our campsite."

Jonathan said they were relieved when they finally came upon eight muskoxen after travelling about 14 km from their camp.

He said they brought down one each and started back on their journey home.

"We gave the meat to the people in the town, whoever wanted some, and it was all gone in less than 30 minutes.

"I don't know how much they weighed, but they were smaller than bulls.

"It was all really exciting and new for us, and I'll think about going out again in, maybe, 10 years or so.

"That's enough excitement for this decade."