My Story

My name is Casey Donovan.

I grew up in Miramichi, NB, and moved to the Yukon in 2018 after graduating from university to start my career as a Pharmacist. My goal was to pay off student loans, and to learn how to hunt and fish in Canadas north west. The problem was I didn’t have any mentors to show me the ropes, and I had to learn all my lessons the hard way.

In 2020 I started the Yukon Unguided Instagram page as a way of documenting my adventures, and to try to share the things I was learning to help anyone else that was getting started. 2 years later the page gained traction and I signed my first pro deal with Cabelas Canada. Since then I’ve been lucky to collaborate on content and projects with some of my dream brands; and Yukon Unguided has since turned into an outdoor media business.

In May of 2024 I held my first annual fundraiser event in Whitehorse, where we premiered our first sheep hunt film “Live and Let Grow” at the Beringia Theatre. There were guest speakers present who spoke about a variety of conservation topics, and we had 100 people turn up for the event. We managed to raise $1500.00 for the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Trust; whose mandate is to fund projects that protect, enhance, and restore Yukons fish, wildlife, and habitats. In 2025 I hosted our second annual fundraiser event, where we doubled our turnout, and raised another $3000.00 for conservation. It’s not much $$… but it’s a start.

My ambition for Yukon Unguided is to grow my social media following so that I can spend more time doing what I love, build a community of passionate hunters and anglers, and try to raise more money for conservation based projects here in the Yukon, and elsewhere in Canada. The third annual fundraiser film night is scheduled for May of 2026 - and I’ll be aiming do raise another $5500.00 to hit my first goal of $10 000.00 raised for conservation.

Learning how to hunt and fish on my own in the mountains has been one of the most rewarding challenges of my life. It is my belief that people who share this passion for the outdoors are more motivated to want to protect fish, wildlife and wild spaces. It is my hope that by telling my story, I can inspire more people to connect with the land, and the desire to protect it.

This is the Yukon, and I’m doing it Unguided.