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Hunt big black bears near Carrot River, Saskatchewan |
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This hunt averages 85 to 90 percent hunter success with all hunters seeing bears. "If a guy doesn't get a bear, it's because he missed, hit and lost one or held out for a bigger bear," the oufitter said. "Some of our customers have killed several bears with us, and sometimes they'll held out for a bigger bear than they have ever taken."
Fall and spring hunts are equally successful. Hunts start on a Monday and end on a Saturday. spring hunts are in May, and the fall season is the first two weeks of September. You'll stay in a cabin, and meals are included in the hunt price. We have been working with the outfitter for many years. He has been in business since 1982. He has three exclusive guiding areas in western Saskatchewan where he has no competition from any other outfitter, leading to his high hunter success and excellent trophy size. He has produced some record-class bears, including 21 5/16 and 21 3/16 (skull size) animals.
Fall hunters also can combine a bear hunt with an archery hunt for whitetail deer during the first week of September or a muzzleloader deer hunt during the second week of September. There are no restrictions on modern muzzleloaders in Saskatchewan, and scopes are OK. Click here for details on the deer hunt. Deer can be seen in early September feeding in crop fields, and muzzleloaders can be successful in glassing and moving to ambush points, while bowhunters do better from tree stands. Hunter success has been almost 100% on his blackpowder deer hunt and 75% on his bow hunt. Bucks average 140 to 150 with the bigger animals each year scoring 160 to 185. |
All the bear hunting is done from tree stands over baits except when bruins are spotted in oat or wheat fields. The outfitter uses a lot of meat in the spring, such as beaver carcasses or butcher scraps, and in the fall he uses grain and grease. He said bears come readily to bait stations in the fall, unlike some areas, and he has found that it's actually easier to bait a bear within range in the fall because the animals are not fighting with each other as much as in the spring, when the bears are setting up their pecking order. They frequent streams and cranberry patches then.
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