Hunting Specials

It's no secret that people are struggling with high costs as a result of the inflated fuel prices. Everything and everybody is being affected and jobs are being lost to boot. Many people have had to cut back on spending and luxury is usually the first things that get cut off. But many people work or have worked hard for their money and i've heard many people say that they are not going to quit doing the things they enjoy the most. For many people that is hunting and there are only a few days/weeks a year we can partake in that enjoyment. For many their dream hunt may have to wait a year but for those who don't want to miss a year, we have some specials on now.
We are offering some discounted hunt prices for 2008 as follows:


Manitoba waterfowl Hunting
5 day trip @ $1900.00!
3 day trip @ $1500.00!








Manitoba Monster Whitetail Deer Hunting
6 day trip @ $2800.00!











Manitoba Timber Wolf Hunting
6 day baited hunting trip
$2500.00!!!








All of our hunting trips include your hunting licence, all applicable taxes, all meals, accomodations, hunting equipment, hunting travel, guide, skinning and caping, freezing and meat processing/freezing, use of all facilities and professional service.

We are one of the world's best places to hunt for North American game.

This summer at Riverside Lodge

We've been having fun in between the rains with fishing and some camping. The bugs this year are doing well again, mosquitoes and bulldogs are hungry as ever, like most Julys. There is slim chance of forest fires right now
We haven't taken on any major projects for this summer, doing repairs and maintenance and building a few small sheds and some equipment. The summer is going by fast though and with a few fishing trips lined up and the odd weekend of fun it will be hunting season again.
Lily caught her first fish this week and now it is "Dad can we go fishing" every day. She is going to make a fine fishing partner and probably guide one day.
The walleye are biting at Darcy's on minnows and spinners, on days when the wind is right and the sun is up. Not many people fish these waters because of the size, and the price of fuel.
The Elk are calling now and the deer are looking good in their velvet. The fawns are starting to run with the does as we see them out in the open trying to get some breeze to fight off the bugs.
I have been joining more and more hunting forums and inet advertising sites to get some of our hunt specials advertised. (I will post up some of those soon.)
The economy is getting pretty beat up lately and as a result we have more than a few cancellations. I hope that it can turn around soon and something is done to bring the price of fuel down to a reasonable amount. We have not seen the worst of it yet though i believe, so good luck to everyone and let's hope we can still enjoy the things we love while we scratch out a living.
On that note i will leave to continue my marketing campaign and crunch out deals for the remaining hunts that have become available.
hang em' high

Youth Waterfowl Hunting

We have a full roster of youth hunters again,
actually it was full last year, with so many kids wanting to participate. We can only handle 6 -8
kids with 3-4 mentors, mostly because of the full service hunt package they get when here for the weekend. It takes a fulltime cook to keep the meals prepared for these young hunters. The kids get a full weekend of hunting much like they would if they booked a hunt with us. The only difference is there is a day of "school" where we educate them about waterfowl hunting incl: calling, decoys, equipment, ethics, species id, shot gun patterning and more. There is a big emphasis put on Safety and proper gun handling, even though all the kids need to be graduates of hunter saftey course, we give them a little reminder course.
The kids have a ball and even find cleaning the ducks a blast. It is all part of hunting and they soak it up.
Manitoba Conservation has openned a week on Sept 1st where youth hunters can hunt without a licnese (with a mentor) to help introduce youth into hunting. We take full advantge or that to add a real positive experience that they will remember forever and tell all their freinds what a blast duck hunting is!
It is all about getting kids into hunting and learning that it isn't complicated, rather quite easy and it is a natural part of our heritage and what we as humans are designed to do.
It is too bad more people don't step up and mentor a kid for a day even, it would do wonders for hunter recruitment, and the future of hunting.

Above are some photos of last years group, they were a great bunch, and GOOD SHOTS!

Manitoba bear hunting pictures spring 2008

Here a few more of our bears and some certified BBB hunters!