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BEAR, WHITETAIL DEER,
GUIDES & OUTFITTERS
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Manitoba Black Bear Hunting.
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Manitoba Canada has some of the best black bear
hunting in North America, and Riding Mountain National Park is renowned
to have some of the largest black bears in the world,
along with the highest black bear density in Canada. Our
hunting guides have more than 20 years experience
hunting the boundary of Riding Mountain National Park,
for these huge, color phased black bear, and offer
you the greatest chance of a successful bear hunt.
Black bears in Manitoba come in a wide variety of colors, ranging from jet black
to almost white. There have been some bears harvested
which carry a blend of three different colors. If you
are looking for an awesome and unique black bear hide,
these multi colored bears are the ones to look for.
Our spring black bear hunting, starts the beginning of May
and usually runs for six weeks. We also run a fall
bear hunt,
which starts around the middle of September and lasts
for two weeks. Black Bear hunters are provided with
pre-baited, tree stands, known to be active, transportation to and
from hunting sites, game retrieval, skinning and quartering
of the animal. We also have freezing facilities to preserve
your hide and meat.
Bow, muzzleloader and rifle hunters are all
welcome in our bear hunting camp. |
Manitoba Black Bears are some of the largest
in the world.
Rivaling Alaskan Black Bears
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Tree Stand Hunting for Bear
Hunting for
black bear, from one of our baited tree stands is
comfortable and safe. Each
bait site is supplied with either a portable stand or
a ladder stand. Ladder stands are 15 feet high, all metal construction with armrests.
Portable stands have
larger platforms than most. Safety belts are supplied, or
feel free
to bring your own. The tree stands are located 13-20 yards
from the bear bait.
Bear Hunting Area
Our bear hunting area is spread out over twenty five miles.
With
many baited areas only 100 yards from the Riding Mountain
National Park boundary. Black bears use the park line
as
a major travel route. Because
of this proximity to the bear trails we are able
to pull high numbers of black bear out of the park
into our bait locations.
Guide & Outfitting Services Provided:
- Daily baiting by your guide
- Transportation to and from stands
- Game retrieval
- Skinning and quartering
- Freezing of the hide, head and meat
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HIGH % COLOR PHASE BEAR!
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Bear Hunting Magazine's, Jon Lueck -- wrote about Mountain Oak Outfitters........ Our outfitter, Blair Hopfner, runs a great service
and really did all we could have asked for in
both the spring and fall ...... It was great to
see an outfitter really working for his clients.....This
was the first guided bear hunt I had been on,
seeing and knowing how much work and effort it
takes to have multiple active bait sites gave
me a new appreciation for the cost of a quality
outfitter.
We had talked with several outfitters before
making a decision to hunt with Mountain Oak Outfitters.
Blair was up-front and honest about his operation
and what he had to offer, he was not just trying
to sell us a hunt. We also spoke to others that
had hunted with him and they all gave him the
thumbs up. Many of his previous hunters were booking
another hunt and all had several opportunities
at a good bear.....
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Not only is there a lot of really big bears.
We were confident that we would have an opportunity
at a Pope & Young Class bear.........The areas
he hunts has plenty of bears, and lots of different
color phases.....Of the 26 hunters ... 19 bears
were taken....9 WERE LARGE ENOUGH FOR POPE &
YOUNG. The largest bear taken was in the spring
and measured 8-ft. 2-inches long, weighed in at
453 lbs. and had a 20 9/16" skull.
As Jeff and I traveled home we were both very
pleased with the hunt and our opportunities at
bears. The accommodations were great and our guides
were truly working to get us opportunities at
bear. We also discussed our fall schedules and
how we both would like to return for a fall bear
hunt.
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RETURN TO MOUNTAIN OAK by Jeffrey Folsom--
here is what he wrote........ The leaves were starting to change color as
we departed Manitoba with our hunting gear stacked
high and coolers stuffed with bear meat and hides.
It had been a great week, and we were still recalling
the memories of each day's hunt as we drove away.
There were five of us on this trip to Mountain
Oak Outfitters. Jon and I had been there on two
previous bear hunts and we decided this was a
great place for us to take some family members.
We had planned this hunt a year and a half ago
and were excited to share the thrill of bear hunting
with others. We had seen nearly 80 bears, and
each of us was going home with a bear and a story.
I was after my first color-phase bear and knew
this was a great area to see them.
Jon and I had seen six different bears and had
an entire 15 minutes without seeing a bear the
first day; all were in the 180-225 pound range.
My dad and brother also saw bears and my brother
was wondering where all the black bears were as
he only saw color-phase bears. We saw nine bears
that day and seven were at the bait site at one
time.
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a much better trip and knew we would all have opportunities
at Mountain Oak Outfitters, which is why we keep
going back. Hopefully, we can get Jon's brother
on a hunt in the near future and share in his excitement
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Manitoba
Bear Hunting
Located
in rugged Manitoba Canada, on the Northeast edge of
RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK |
Black Bear Hunting
Guides - Blair Hopfner & Rhonda Sweetman
Ste. Rose Du Lac Manitoba, Canada (204) 732-2483
Email:
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