Our bear hunting packages are 7 days / housekeeping cabins / tent camping

We offer a high quality bear hunt. Whether you will be hunting with gun or archery, your choice of stands will be along the shores of Windermere Lake, Kathleen Lake, Goldie Lake or at one of our remote stands.

Access to your stand can be by boat or ATV. Each of our hunters are provided with 2 - 3 active stands that haven't been utilized by any other hunter for that season, which means that you have a fresh stand from the beginning. Our territory covers approximately 250 square miles of exclusive black bear territory with approximately 30 baited stands. In addition, part of our area hunted is adjacent to the World's Largest Game Preserve. This gives you an added advantage because the game preserve is protected from regular hunting pressure.

Over half of our hunters experience more than one active bear at their stands which provides additional opportunities. With this in mind, we put a lot of time and dedication toward our hunts and hunters. Remember, our stats speak for themselves, from 2003 - 2010 97% of our regular bear hunters have shot a bear. We truly work hard so that you don't have to! We don't think many outfitters can claim this kind of success.

We begin to prepare our stands in July for our hunters arrival in the fall. Most average bears weigh over 200 lbs with a few that will qualify for Pope and Young. The majority of our bears are black with some of them having the highly distinctive white crest on their chest. However, we occasionally harvest the highly sought after color phased bear.

The color phased bears at Happy Day Lodge have ranged in color from cinnamon to chocolate. Upon your arrival, we will provide photos from our game cameras and discuss options for your hunt. We will assist you to your individual stand and orient you to your bait. But, our service doesn't just stop there! We will continue to bait your individual stands so you can concentrate on your hunt. After harvesting the bear, we offer free assistance in retrieval, skinning, quartering, and freezer storage of your bear. We feel that with our help you will experience a worry free hunt with memories that last a lifetime!

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