Kim Smith

Spring Bear Hunt 2019

We have available a date for a spring bear hunt from May 18 to 25th.  If interested in booking a date please give us a call or email.

Start of Spring Bear Hunting Season

We will be starting our spring bear hunting season in a couple of weeks.  Greg has started with prepping the hunting spots as there is typically lots of chainsaw work to be done in spring with trees falling on areas or across trails.  We haven’t been able to get north yet for a peek at those sites as there is still ice on the lakes.

Spring Bear Hunt-has sprung?

Spring must be on the way.  Saw our 1st robin.  Snowbanks are going steadily down and ice on lakes is melting with all the sunshine we’ve been having.  Some bears in town are already out on the prowl.  

Greg will be starting with the first part of our bear hunting program so all is ready for our first group of hunters.  We have not been to outposts yet as the airplanes are still iced out.  We are keeping tabs on the ice situation at outpost and will update 

2018 Ontario bear hunting dates – revised

We have available some 2018 Ontario bear hunting dates. They are August 25th and September 8th to 15th.  These hunts are available at our main camp for groups of 2 and up to 4 hunters.  Your group will be the only one in camp for this six day hunt which starts on Sunday afternoon and runs until Friday night, departing on Saturday morning.  Fishing is included and we have boats, motors and fuel, available for you to use.

Call if interested.  

end of 2017 bear hunt

Wow!  It seems like we just got started and already this is our last week of bear hunts.  We did really great this season with a total of about 21 hunters for both spring and fall seasons.  We were about 95% for harvesting a bear and saw a total of 50 bears.

Last week was a little tough and we’re thinking it was on account of the full moon.  We may have to keep that in mind.  Talked to another couple of bear outfitters and they were having the same problem.

2017 Fall Bear Hunt starting soon

Well, the fall bear hunt will be on us soon.  June flew by and July is here already which means Greg will be busy with the baiting for the fall hunt.  Blueberries haven’t had a chance to get going as our weather has not been the greatest but all we need are a few hot sunny days and the berries will be ripe and ready to eat.

Ontario Bear hunt

Our first Ontario bear hunt has started and one of our hunters harvested a nice black bear with small white “v” on its chest.  It will make a beautiful rug.  The weather hasn’t been cooperating too much as its been very still with no wind.

Fall Bear hunt cancellation

We have available immediately a fall bear hunt for up to 3 people.  Date is September 16th to 23rd.  Please call for more details

WE HAVE FILLED THIS BEAR HUNT

Ontario Spring Bear Hunt has almost started

Well, the Ontario spring bear hunt has almost started.  We’ve been busy getting the stands and hunting sites cleared of underbrush and have done some baiting already as our first hunters start the week of May 13th.  We’ve got a limited number of hunters which makes for some outstanding hunting opportunities.  

Our weather definitely isn’t cooperating as its below freezing and we now have about 8 inches of snow on the ground.  Weather is supposed to warm up this coming weekend, so it will melt the snow off quickly.

Believe it or not, its probably a good thing we’ve got snow as the bush is really dry and there isn’t a lot of runoff to raise the levels of the lakes.  The poplars haven’t even started to flush where we are.

2017 March 8 Bears

Last week the weather was really warm and was causing lots of flooding on our logging road.  Since then our temperatures have plummeted with wind chills getting down to -37C.  We’re hoping that it doesn’t thaw out too quickly as bear dens get flooded out if early thaw and makes it really bad for newborn cubs and first time out of the den

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Kim and Greg Smith
Pickerel Lake Outfitters

Group #12, Box 24
Keewatin, Ontario
Canada P0X 1C0
Phone: 807-543-3113
Mobile: 807-464-0876

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