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Summary of 2007 Spring Bear Hunts

Again 2007 was another really great year. We limited our hunters to only 15 this season as we had a major oil company doing extensive exploration in some of our hunting area. We were unsure of the impact this would have at the time and in order to ensure that we still provided each hunter with a high quality hunt we limited the numbers. We found that the exploration impact was minimal and we are now preparing for 2008.

Our 15 hunters harvested 21 bears with 3 over 20" and another 4 that will make the P&Y record book. We also had 4 colored bears.

Spring was late this year and the bears came out of their dens in a very fat condition as they had a record berry crop in the fall of 2006. This slowed the activity at the baits somewhat but as spring progressed, they started to devour our baits again as usual.

Probably one of our highlights was to have Ralph and Vicky Cianciarulo in camp from Archer's Choice Media. They had a tremendous hunt with us and harvested some great bears. They had two large black colored bears over 20", a very large chocolate boar at 19" plus and a blonde bear. They were filming for their TV series and for their new Bear N Down 7 DVD. Their hunt was so good that they are planning on returning next year. Perhaps the best way to find out about their hunt would be to go to their website: www.archerschoice.com

For 2008 we are looking at offering a remote spike camp option in a new area that has not been baited before, along with our regular area. Check our website for all the details on the spike camp options.

We invite you to contact us for our home DVD's as they will tell you even more stories.
If you have never hunted bears, try it!! It is a real rush.

If you are not a hunter but want to experience bears close up and capture some of the excitement on film or video, contact us we now offer "Bear Viewing and Photography"

Summary of 2006 Spring Bear Hunts

We had a great season with 35 hunters harvesting 51 bears.

Spring came quickly this year and the bears were out of their dens and hungry in early April, about 3 weeks ahead of normal. By mid-April we had temperatures in the low 70°F and the snow had long melted. We started hunting on the 7th of May and could have successfully started several weeks earlier. On our first evening our 7 hunters took 6 large bears with 2 being colored.

The weather stayed warm and the vegetation grew very lush. In early June, we started to see the bears leaving the baits in favor of their natural foods, and we were seeing some severe rubbing. Hunters reported seeing bears that appeared to be half naked from rubbing at this time. Out came the mosquitoes and bugs, but again the thermacells saved the hunt.

We used about 44,000 lbs of bait at our 48 remote bait sites and traveled just over 25,000 kms on our nine 4 wheelers. We used about 300 barrels (55 gallon drums) of freshly popped popcorn. The bear's voracious appetite for popcorn shocked us. We could not keep it in the barrels and we eventually reduced the hole size in the 55 gallon drums to 1". It was amazing to watch the bears flick the popcorn out of this small hole with their tongue.

As in the past, we took many good bears that would qualify for the P&Y record book. One of our highlights was a young fellow with cerebral palsy who had returned with his father to hunt with us again. Using his crossbow and a specially designed tripod, we put Chris in a ground blind. On the first night, with the guide sitting next to him, we had a medium bear push his nose against the window netting just inches from Chris' face. Then the bear woofed several times and walked over to the bait.

Sitting in the same ground blind two nights later, Chris made an excellent shot and harvested a good mature boar in the 19" plus size (about 7'2" in length). Surely a hunt of a lifetime for Chris with an ultimate adrenaline rush.

This year we also had numerous lady bowhunters in our camp. Each of them went home with 2 very nice trophies and an experience to talk about.

We encourage you to check out our complete hunter list and contact some of our many hunters from this season. We are confident that all of them will tell you about their many bear encounters, the adrenaline rush that bear hunting gives and the trophies they harvested.

We invite you to contact us for our home DVD's as they will tell you even more stories.
If you have never hunted bears, try it!! It is a real rush.

If you are not a hunter but want to experience bears close up and capture some of the excitement on film or video, contact us we now offer "Bear Viewing and Photography"


We had a number of hunters that have hunted black bear before in other parts of the country and did not see any bears on the entire hunt or a very limited number. They were very surprised at our bear numbers. If you would like to hunt black bear with a lot of bear action, please contact us for our complete hunter list so that you can contact them to get their feedback on our hunt.

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