Hunting for food took up a lot of time for Post hands as shown in these journal entries.
| 24-05-20 | Remainder of men were sent off trouting and hunting but they only got a few trout and a good soaking. |
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| 09-09-20 | The White Fox left on a week's seal hunt. |
| 26-09-20 | The Nannuk arrived from Frobisher Bay about noon bringing a load of fresh meat, seal, walrus and deer which they got on a hunt in Frobisher Bay, it being impossible to work the Nannuk owing to a storm which was raging at the time. They report being plenty of deer around that district. |
| 03-11-20 | Jim Palliser along with Adam and Isheuktuk set out early this morning to visit their trap lines and to hunt seals outside the harbour. No seals were to be seen |
| 04-11-20 | Jim Palliser accompanied by Adam and Isheuktuk went off this morning to hunt seals and to visit their traps. Two seals and two foxes in all were got |
| 06-11-20 | Jim Palliser with Adam and Isheuktuk set off this morning with komatik and dogs on a seal hunt and to collect the rock cod they reported to be floating in the bay. |
| 10-11-20 | In the afternoon, having seen a dozen or more seals on the ice Jas. Palliser, Adam and Isheuktuk went out for a hunt but were unsuccessful only one being killed by Adam. |
| 16-11-20 | Jim Palliser along with Adam and Isheuktuk set out early this morning on a seal hunt and to visit their fox traps |
| 19-11-20 | Jim Palliser along with Isheuktuk and Adam left in the early morning on a seal hunt and to visit their trap lines but had only very moderate luck as regards seals one being the bag for the day which was shot by Isheuktuk. |
| 20-11-20 | Isheuktuk and Adam set off early in the morning with their teams on a seal hunt and to cache safely the seals which had been shot before and left outside. |
| 29-11-20 | Jim Palliser and Narluktuk with Adam and Isheuktuk accompanied by their families left early this morning on a deer hunt and to bring back as many of the deer as they can carry which were shot on the last hunt and are lying around the country. Jamassie "B" arrived early this morning with his team and left again early in the afternoon in the direction of the deer hunters to try his luck. |
| 07-12-20 | M.L. Manning accompanied by Jim Palliser, Isheuktuk, Adam, and Narluktuk left about 9 o'clock this forenoon for the deer country where they intend staying until Saturday. The main object of this trip is to obtain dog feed as owing to the scarcity of seals, of which there are only a few on the Post, it has been found necessary to obtain a good supply of deer for this purpose. |
| 13-12-20 | M.L. Manning and W.J. Peters visited their traps this forenoon and managed to bring back 2 partridges to show from their trouble. Isheuktuk arrived late in the afternoon from his visit to the people he was accompanied by Okkoleuk who intends going on a deer hunt in a day or two. |
| 18-12-20 | The deer hunting party arrived from the country about 4 o'clock with three loads of deer meat. Mattheuse arrived early this afternoon to trade while Okkoleuk came in later from the deer country after a successful hunt. |
| 18-04-21 | Jas. Palliser, Sandy, Sargieuktuk, and Kipernik set off this morning for a deer hunt and will be gone about a week. |
| 10-05-21 | Jas. Palliser, Adam, Sargieuktuk and Sandy left for a deer hunt and will be gone for a week. |
| 21-05-21 | Isheuktuk and Sargieuktuk off for hunt getting some Ducks (1st for season). |