Le Chasseur Fish and Game Outfitter - Black bear hunting


Our hunting territory is in Québec, at the borders of the province of New-Brunswick and the Rimouski Wildlife Preserve. The latter is known for having the largest concentration of black bear in this part of Quebec. Under a special agreement with the government, our lodge is the only hunting lodge allowed to organize black bear hunts in the Rimouski Wildlife Preserve. Our hunting territory covers over 350 square miles with exclusive hunting rights. In partnership with a New-Brunswick outfitter, we also have access to the northern part of New-Brunswick adjacent to our territory. This enables our hunters to go for a second bear. This territory is accessible by road. Baits are carefully set up and checked by professional, experimented guides, which assures successful bear hunting. Our guides will carefully prepare several hunting sites in early May. Many of our sites are specifically intended for bow and crossbow hunters. For 2004 season, we were running over 80 baiting stations. Often one may observe four to five bears per station.

	Black bear hunting is accomplished during the latter part of the afternoon and early evening. Your guide will drive you to your hunting site. We bait our sites daily, therefore you will be driven to active sites only. Once your animal is down, we will take care of it and prepare the hide on your behalf. To fill in your days we suggest that you bring your fishing gear (fly fishing or spinning gear) and fish one of the lakes for brook trout. Non bear hunters fishing runs $145 CAN per day, and includes lodging and meals. The spring season is also a good time of the year to observe Canada moose. At that time of year, moose move from their winter yards to their summer range. Cows are monitoring their past year offspring before giving birth to the new calf generation. It is not uncommon to see several animals on the same day while on the way to the bear hunting sites. Alternately, you may spend your daytime at the lodge playing pool in our poolroom, or watching hunting videos or simply reading, and relaxing in our comfortable living room in front of the fireplace.

Hunting success rates have varied from 85 to 100% over the past 6 years. All of our guests have seen bears. Those who did not killed either decided not to do so or missed their shot. Biggest bear ever killed at the lodge: 2002 Bob O’Connell harvested Pope & Young record: skull 21 inches and 434 pounds. Summary of the 2004 bear season: 47 hunters were hosted at the lodge and they all have seen bears. 46 bears were shot at. 6 animals were lost as they couldn't be retrieved. 4 hunters have killed 2 bears. 5 hunters chose not to take a shot at the bears they have seen, they were looking for bigger bears or the shooting angle was not right. Biggest bear killed in 2004: 360 pounds. Raynald Groleau harvested a Pope & Young bear. The skull was 19 inches and the bear weighed 265 pounds. Summary of the 2005 bear season: 55 hunters were hosted at the lodge andthey all seen bears We harvest 47 , 7 wound a bear and 7 missed 4 hunters chose not to take a shot at the bears they have seen, they were looking for bigger bears or the shooting angle was not right. Biggest bear killed in 2005: 398 pounds. Summary of the 2006 bear season : 46 hunters harvest 35 bears 10 missed and 3 wound bears 3 hunters chose not to take a shot at the bears they have seen, they were looking for bigger bears or the shooting angle was not right. Biggest bear killed in 2006 :325 pounds Summary of the 2007 bear season : 44 hunters harvest 40 bears Biggest bear in 2007 : 326 pounds

BEAR PACKAGES Included : Stay at the lodge 3 meals a day Tree stands, baits Guiding Skinning the hide 6 days hunt Trout fishing Taxes Not included Bear licences (125 $ CAN per licence) Fishing license PACKAGE 1 One hunter-one bear limit *2 700 $ ( CAN currency* ) PACKAGE 2 One hunter-two bears limit 3 700 $ ( CAN currency )** Note : Hunters that wound a bear may be allowed to keep on hunting provided an extra fee of 700 $ ( CAN currency) If booking for the current year a 50% deposit is due to hold the dates and the final payment is due April one, year of hunt. If booking for more then one year out a 10% deposit is due, this will hold dates. January first the year of the hunt takes place another 40% is due. Balance is always April one. If booking more then a year out prices must be reconfirmed!

May 19 - May 24 May 26 - May 31 June 2 - June 7 June 9 - June 14 June 16 - June 21 Arrival at the lodge the Monday before noon Departure Sunday morning Drive to lodge from Montreal 7 1/2 hours east! Directions will be provided at the time of booking! Airport, pick up available .