It’s been a long cold winter in the North Country and we are looking forward to seeing some nice warm weather arriving soon. Our show season is complete and we will soon be travelling to our Peribonka Lodge to get things underway before our first bear hunters arrive in mid-May. Based on the results of our successful 2008 season and late fall inventory we anticipate a good year for big bears. We had an excellent blueberry crop last season and the fish runs on the rivers and streams were exceptional making for some fine dinning for the bears. Hibernation was late last fall and ran to late November and early December offering them more opportunity to gain weight. From all indications we should have a great season.

For the coming season we have secured an additional 550 square miles of exclusive bear hunting territory from the Quebec Wildlife Department. This is a new area that has never been hunted. We are planning 10 to15 additional bear baits for this territory and are anticipating taking some giants starting this year.