Hunting black bears in one of the most peaceful and beautiful regions of British Columbia, Canada.
There is a good population of Black bears in the hunting area and it is not uncommon to see black bears with more than 6 feet (1,8 m) hight. A black bear makes a great addition to any hunt, especially later in the fall when they are up in the berry patches to be fit for the winter. The hunt on black bears is very exciting as the animals are not that easy to catch and they appear impressive.
It is possible to hunt the black bear in fall from beginning of September, till middle of November for 12 hunting days for the given price. There is also a possibility to hunt black bears in spingtime just for 7 hunting days and 4600 $ less.
The huge hunting area (750.000 acres, 303.750 hectar) has a stabile population of black bears and there are a lot of other hunting gamespecies in the area.
During the hunt you normally live in rustical cabin or tent camps, which lay next to rivers and are not far away from the good hunting spots. You´ll be guided by a professional hunter, who is an expert in this territory.
Your trip will begin out of either Burns Lake or Smithers.
If you are planning on driving here, you can drive right to the float dock in burns lake. There is parking available and it is a safe place to leave your vehicle. If you are flying commercial then you will need to book your flights into Smithers (CYYD) via Vancouver. We´ll pick you up at the airport with our charter plain.
The transportation in the hunting area is mostly the traditional way by horse mixed with a combination of backpacking or river boats. Typically we use the horses to get from base camp up into the high basins where we will have a spike camp to hunt out of. Sometimes, once up there we will take off backpacking for a few days to access more country not accessible by horse.
Charter flights to and from the hunting area, licences and species tags for selected hunts are included as well as all meals, skinning, caping, and meat care.
The hunter preservation fund, governmental roaylities and taxes and the hunting license are included as well.
It is possible to take a non hunting accompanion with you. Costs are 300 $ per hunting day.
If you are not possible to bring your own gun, for 550 $ iin total it is possbile to borrow a proffesional gun with ammunition included.