Wisconsin Bear
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Hunt the Bayfield Peninsula for some of Wisconsin’s largest Black Bears. Enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery that Wisconsin has to offer. If you have ever sat back with your eyes closed and thought about an old time hunting camp, this is it. We spend a fair amount of time around the fire at night talking about hunts gone by.
Black Bear Camp
First a few words about our Northern Wisconsin Black Bear camp. It is situated on a hill on the west shore of Chequamegon Bay overlooking the channel between mainland Bayfield and Madeline Island. The weather can change here very quickly so you should be prepared for anything from hot and sunny to bitter cold and rainy.
The camp is setup to be quit cozy. The 6 hunters stay in three 12’X14’ wall tents with cots, mattresses, floors and wood stoves for heat. The dining tent is 14’X17’ with a large wood stove. There are three 12’X14’ tents that the staff stays in. The meals are prepared in our cook shack that is 10’X12’ it has an electric range, refrigerator and a 15 cubic foot chest freezer to store your meat and bear hide in. The cook will fix up home style meals for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast will be between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM lunch will be at noon and will either be sandwiches or leftovers. After lunch will get out to your stand to hunt about 1:00 PM and we will check on you at about 5:30 PM and pick you up just after dark. When you kill your bear we’ll dress it out for you and take it to the registration station.
Afterwards we’ll return to camp for dinner, skin and quarter the bear and cape the head so it’s ready for the taxidermist to preserve your trophy of a lifetime. Best of all we’ll take plenty of pictures so you‘ll be able to relive your hunt over and over with your friends. After the work is done you are invited to join us around the camp fire to relax have a drink or two and to relive the day’s events and share stories of hunts gone by. This is one of the most enjoyable times in camp and a time to renew old friendships and start new ones. We can accommodate groups of up to eight with prior approval.
Bear Camp Essentials
First, you’ll need a warm sleeping bag that will keep you comfortable when the temperatures dip below freezing. Second, be sure to bring the proper ammo for your weapon of choice. If you’re not sure check with us for recommendations. You will also need quiet rain gear (yes we do hunt bears in the rain), waterproof rubber boots and a good tough backpack to carry all your gear, Bring your camera and plenty of film and a good pair of binoculars. Don’t forget to pack your hunting license, back tag and any medications that you’ll need to take. You’ll also need to bring your own safety harness for hunting from tree stands. For safety reasons we do require that all hunters use a safety harness while hunting from our tree stands.
The Tree stands and Blinds
The tree stands that we use are either 12 or 15 foot Remington or Bear River tree stands and are rock solid shooting platforms. Stands for rifle hunting are 15’ tall and are set 7 to 20 yards from the baits. The bow stands are set from 7 to 12 yards from the baits. We also hunt bears from all forms of ground blinds, from store bought to hand made from natural vegetation and are from 12 yards or 45 yards from the baits. The area we bait is the northern half of the Bayfield peninsula and is about 200 square miles in size. Some baits are on private land while others are on County land and some others are on State, and Federal lands. There will be three active baits for each hunter in camp.
Recommended Firearms
A 30-06 with a 180 grain Nosler Partition bullet is an out standing choice. Add to it a good quality riflescope like a Leupold Vari-X, 11 or 111 and you’ll have a deadly combination. I personally would not recommend any smaller caliber then a 30-06 for bear hunting. We have taken bears that squared out at 7 ½ feet and tip the scales at 565lb‘s. A six foot squared Black bear will weigh anywhere from 275 pounds all the way up to 350 pound. A full third of our bears go over 6 feet and more. We have had other bears tip the scales at 505lb, 487lb since 1995. Other good rifles are the 7mm rem mag, the 338 win mag, the 300 win mag along with the short mag’s are all fine guns and they do get the job done.
Handicapped Hunters
Hunters due to age or other physical limitations are welcome to come and share in the hunt for black bears. We have made special arrangements to assist these hunters in getting them there shots at Trophy Bear. It doesn’t matter if you need to use a wheel chair and have to be taken to your stand in a trailer behind an ATV‘s, or the use of a walker to get into his ground blind that was only 20 yards from the bait. after riding in on the ATV’s to the blind. We will do our best to make this happen for you.
Optional- Add On Trophy Game (TROPHY FEES)
Whitetail Deer can be added to your hunt with the appropriate license & tag. There is however a fee of $500.00 due when you arrive at camp for Deer this can also be added to the final payment when it’s due.
Wild Hogs can be added for $150.00. There is a fee of $50.00 on coyotes. These trophy fees are due immediately due upon taking a trophy game animal.
Payment Schedule
13 Day Full Service Guided Trophy Black Bear Hunt $3,400.00
Deposit $1,000.00
7 Day Full Service Black Bear Hunt $2,000.00
Deposit $500.00
Unlimited Do It Yourself Black Bear Hunt $750.00
Deposit $250.00
To add a deer hunt onto your bear hunt $500.00
Deposit None
Deposits are non refundable. After the deposit of has been paid the first payment is due by March 1st the year you are going to hunt, the final payment is due by July 1st the year you are going to hunt. All payments become non-refundable after July first the year of the hunt. You may pay for the hunt in full at anytime.
Gratuities (Tipping)
Tipping is a subject that doesn’t get talked about very often in hunting camps on a whole. An average tip for a guide or outfitter usually is in the 10% to 20% range of the cost of the hunt for a job well done, For the cooks and camp hands on staff would have a tip around fifty to seventy five dollar range. These are the guys that will be spitting the wood for your stoves and stocking your tents. There are an awful lot of things that go into putting together a hunting experience that you’ll treasure for a life time.
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