We have a huge population of Black bears with a consistent 40% color phase with a 50% take in the past 2 years. Our bears get the chance to grow very big with plentiful food and cover and no other bear hunters in our allocation. We see colors such as blonde, cinnamon and chocolate as well black. Our hunts take place over baits, most of which are established for 20 years and the bears habitually take advantage of the easy feed every spring and fall. We diligently keep the baits full and active. We spend the time to ensure our baits are active, with attention given to location, quality of bait, wind direction and concealment. We hunt from tree stands with shooting lanes cut to the baits with typical distance of 75 yards to bait for rifle. We use natural vegetation to build our stand blinds and our tree stands are custom built for ample room and Safety.

We accommodate rifle, shotgun, muzzle loader and archery hunters. We place stands in close proximity to the bait for Archery hunters. We only ask that archery hunters take their time and place the arrow true, and carry a rifle for protection. We have had many close calls with angry bears which required quick response. Travel to the baits is typically done by boat or ATV. The area we hunt is truly wild and there are no roads or human establishment for many miles. We are not situated close to any large population of people, nor is it easily accessible to get to the hunting areas. As far as hunting pressure, Riverside Lodge guests are the only Bear hunters you will see. We have exclusive hunting rights to hundreds of square miles of wilderness. The lack of human presence makes our hunting opportunities very unique and provides the hunter with a well deserved venture.

How many places offer a REAL wilderness hunt deep into the bears liar? It is a unique experience to hunt in our remote location and then haul your bear home in the front of a boat. It is no easy task preparing/maintaining our bait sites and stands, but we put in a lot of effort to give each guest a hunt of a lifetime. We can’t pull up to the stand in a pick up truck and drop a barrel of bait under a tree, like some farm oriented outfitters. Just getting to our stands is an adventure let alone hauling 1000 lbs. of bait/ stand there each week! So rest assured, your hunt is going to be rewarding, because we have bears and we take it seriously.

We employ experienced professional guides who are very proud of their work. They know the area and the bears.

Our equipment is also in very good condition and diligently maintained to ensure a Safe experience. With a fleet of 10 boats and many types of off road vehicles we always have a way to hunt.

Future Black Bear Outcamps

In the future we are going to open our outcamps which are situated north of the lodge. There you will stay in very comfortable canvas “tents”, equipped with a shower, Kitchen, bathroom and more. The experience is what that trip is all about and when you sleep and eat in the bears liar, it adds to the adventure. The Outcamps are located about 1 and 6 hrs travel by boat to places where the forest is dark during the day and the trees are as big as the barrels! Imagine how big the bears are.

 

As a matter of fact, our furthest outcamp boasts the 8th biggest Black Bear in the World!!

DID YOU KNOW?

Manitoba is one of the first and few places in North America that has kept records of collected samples from killed bears such as tooth and reproductive tracts for study. These are used for research to determine ages, sex, health and many more aspects of the bears. Much useful information is gathered from such studies but what it has proven is that by baiting bears we can maintain a very healthy population by select harvesting. With the use of bait we are able to harvest select bears with quick clean kills. It is also a very useful strategy to eliminate the accidental killing of a Sow with cubs. The hunter has plenty of time to observe the bear to determine if she has cubs around. Also by allowing such select harvest, most hunters take the time to kill big boars, which inevitably will kill cubs. With such studies we receive information of the age of bears killed and we have reports of bears as old as 24 yrs to 3 yrs, so our population is doing fine. Manitoba is THE place to hunt Black Bears and we know it.

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