BLACK BEAR HUNTING

Big Woods Wilderness Outfitters is thrilled to offer spring and fall trophy black bear hunts in Manitoba, Canada, the premier hunting spot for trophy black bear in all of North America.

We have the exclusive black bear outfitter rights for the best section of Manitoba, approximately 700 square miles of superb black bear habitat in the healthy mixed boreal forest along the Ontario border.

Your Big Woods outfitter has been hunting this area since 1966, and has waited many years to obtain the privilege of the exclusive rights to one of the best black bear hunting areas in Manitoba.

Our hunting area offers all color phases of black bears. We are located in and around Nopiming Provincial Park, which is along the border with Ontario, where the spring bear hunt has been banned for several years, offering a surplus of black bears coming into our bear bait sites.

Please see our Location page for more information and directions.

All black bear hunts are over active bait sites with tree stands set up for the appropriate firearm (bow, muzzleloader, or rifle), with most baits about 10 yards from the stand. Bear hunting from ground blinds is also an option, upon request. Bear bait sites are accessed by ATV, 4X4 truck, boat, or canoe to make your trophy black bear hunt a success.

You will be bear hunting established baited sites, as well as hunting where no one has hunted before. Our area has many lakes (700 in Nopiming Provincial Park alone), rivers, and creeks in Canadian Shield country, offering excellent black bear habitat and opportunities.

Please see Our Environment pages for a glimpse into the spectacular wildlife habitat in our area.

Black bear hunts are 5 days, Monday to Friday, and include a free timber wolf hunt during the fall season only. During the fall black bear season, we also offer combo hunts including timber wolf, whitetail deer, waterfowl and upland game birds. Our area also offers excellent fishing opportunities, including walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass .

Black Bear Hunting Dates 2013

Spring: April 22 to June 16, 2013

Fall: August 26 to October 6, 2013

Black Bear Hunting Rates 2013

All hunt rates include a $25 donation in your name to the Manitoba Lodges and Outfitters Association Hunter and Angler Preservation Fund. This donation enters your name into a draw for the Hunting or Fishing Adventure Giveaway! Ask us for details. Call toll-free 1.866.444.0401.

5-day hunt: $3200 US funds per hunter, plus taxes and license/allocation fees.

Special group rate!! 5-day hunt, party of 4 or more: $3000 US funds per hunter, plus taxes and license/allocation fees.

The license fee for 2013 is $217 Cdn. funds, plus $100 Cdn. resource allocation fee. We will pre-purchase your license prior to your arrival. The purchase of a black bear hunting license entitles you to a free timber wolf hunt during the fall season.

All prices include:

comfortable cabin accommodations
delicious home-cooked mealsy h
professional, licensed, insured guides service
pre- and post-hunt transportation between Winnipeg (hotel or airport) and lodge
transportation to lodge to/from hunting area(s)
use of safe, comfortable hunting stands
hunting sites baited before and during hunt
rifle and archery range
field dressing
taxidermy preparation
donation to Manitoba Hunter and Angler Preservation Fund and your entry into the draw for a Hunting or Fishing Adventure

Prices do not include:

taxes
license and permit fees
alcohol and/or mix
tobacco products
gratuities
safety harness
taxidermy
shipping/packing/handling of trophy
butchering, packaging, transporting of meat
other personal items

Prices may change without notice. A 50% non-refundable deposit is required upon booking. Remainder is due 2 months prior to your arrival. In the event of a cancellation, deposits may be transferred to another hunt (different date), or to another hunter for the same dates.

Please see our Trip Tips page for additional valuable information, including what to bring, bringing firearms into Canada, and taking your trophy black bear home. Please note that starting in 2012, hunters are required to produce a Hunter Education/Safety Certificate in order to purchase a Manitoba hunting license.

We are now booking for 2013 and 2014 with some weeks in 2013 already booked.

Book your trophy black bear hunt today! Phone toll-free 1.866.444.0401 or send us an email. We would love to hear from you and talk about bear hunting in Manitoba's Big Woods!

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Big Woods welcomed The Radical Hunter, Dick Scorzafava, on a recent fall bear hunt.

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We have Rokons!! See the Rokon website to see how they help us with our outfitting duties and click here to see the Rokon hauling out another Big Woods bear!

Rokon during bear hunting season in the Big Woods