I have traveled through out Canada hunting Black Bears and have found some great camps to hunt in. Some of these camps have the bonus of offering some of the best fishing that can be found. Lodging from tents to log cabins.

Western British Columbia

ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, ONTARIO

Canadian Black Bear hunts are a great place to take your kids. This is my son nick and good friend Brian with a pike that nick just caught. After a little fishing it was off to the Black Bear hunting.

Nicks first Black Bear with the muzzle loader.

Pricing

SASKATCHEWAN

Trophy Black Bear Hunt are in the month of May

• $2952 (includes tax and License)

• 5 1/2 days of hunting

• Accommodations and meals at camp

There is an excellent population of HUGE black and colored bears, and much of our area has never been hunted before! We take archery, rifle and muzzleloader hunters. Our spring trips also include fishing and if your an avid golfer, golfing can be arranged at a nearby course.

You may see magnificent wildlife during your stay such as moose, caribou, squirrels, wolves and otters - just to name a few! Birds you may see include Canada Geese, ducks, grouse, eagles and our friendly Whiskey Jacks! (don't let your guard down while eating in your stand or a WJ might steal your meal right from your hands!)

How does this sound for a "tough" day?

After a hearty northern-style breakfast you must make a choice: accompany one of the guides checking and replenishing baits, or hang-out at the base camp swapping stories, checking equipment and just relaxing and un-winding.

To hell with the outside world, this is YOUR special world for a whole week.. Mid-afternoon, after a delicious snack, you head into the forest with your guide. After seeing that you are comfortable in your treestand, he leaves. The forest becomes the most significant thing in your life. You feel yourself becoming the center of a much smaller world. A world that extends as far as your vision, and as far away as your hearing can catch sounds. Every sound is analyzed and registered. Every flitting movement is significant, causing you to lock on that area for a few moments. Sitting a few yards from an active bear bait has a tendency to sharpen one's senses.

As the hours progress you become comfortable with this spot. Squirrels chatter, ravens flap overhead, a mouse makes a surprising amount of noise in the dead leaves as it moves directly below your stand. Just knowing that the cook has sent along a lunch bag forces you to slowly remove it from your knapsack. As you silently open it for a treestand feast, you lean back and have to grin. This is good, real good. Hunting bears over bait has to be experienced to be appreciated.

You have no intention of just shooting a bear - you have a size or color-phase objective that demands just the right animal. Your heart pounds as the first bear approaches and warily works at the bait. Don't worry, after a dozen or so encounters you will learn to use the smaller bears as sentinels and entertainment. They somehow know when other bears are approaching and you quickly learn to read their body language. Each time they react you get ready - this could be the big one!

Have you ever dreamed of hunting virgin territory? Of being the first serious hunter to experience the game and excitement in an area that hasn't been worked over time and again. That opportunity is rare nowadays. Serious black bear hunters want two things - big and colors. Big, heavy, large-skulled bears that score up in the B&C measuring system and blondes, chocolates, and cinnamon's that make exceptional rugs and mounts.

Anyone who hunts bears knows that it takes several years for a bear to get big - as in BIG. We are talking 300 pounds and up in the spring, 400 pounds and up in the fall. Heavily hunted populations just don't produce really big old boars. They don't live long enough to get the "belly-to-the-ground" look. The same goes for color-phase bears. If an area is heavily hunted the first bears to get shot will be the colored ones.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

6 Day Black Bear 1 on 1 $4500.00 + 6% GST

6 day Black Bear Hunt 2 on 1 $3950 + 6% GST

• $1500.00 Trophy Fee on Second Bear

• Hunt fee of $200.00 per day for second bear, this fee will be credited to Trophy Fee if Harvested. Capped at 3 days.

• Hunts are conducted in our Coast Mountain area.

ALBERTA

6 DAY BEAR HUNT $2900.00 + $350.00 LICENSE FEE

• TROPHY FEE ON SECOND BEAR $500.00
• FISHING FOR NORTHERN PIKE AND WALLEYE (IN SEASON) $150.00

Our Spring Bear hunts are a great time to get away, enjoy a relaxing hunt and see a lot of trophy bears. The chance of getting a nice bear is very good. We have killed many bears between 7 and 8 feet, our best being over 8 feet. We run our bear hunts from a tent camp northeast of Peace River, Alberta. This is a two bear zone with many color phased bears ranging from blond, cinnamon, chocolate to black and many trophy bears.

Bear hunts take place in the late afternoons and evenings from ground blinds and tree stands. In Alberta there are approximately eighteen hours of daylight at this time of the year, so shooting light does not end until 10:30 - 11:30pm. You can expect your shots to be 20-50 yards with a rifle and 16-25 yards for bow hunters. All hunting is done over bait sites which have been set up in advance.

Our bear camp offers many conveniences to make your outdoor experience more comfortable. Our camp is entirely self-contained, with wood heated sleeping tents for two, a large cooking/eating tent with a stainless steel kitchen, all the conveniences a cook could wish for. Electric lights and a propane heated shower. We do all we can to provide comfortable accommodation even in the remote area we hunt.

Wolf licenses are included in our black bear hunts.
Fishing for Northern Pike and Walleye is available in season.