Saskatchewan Black Bear Hunting

with Greg Hamm

 Saskatchewan Black Bear Hunting

 Greg Hamm Outfitter / Owner

At 15 years old I started as a dishwasher at a flying fishing camp in the north. I saw a bunch of characters that were guides who are still guides now to this day, and kind of looked at them and saw you can actually make a living doing this, and from there I started guiding fishing and then when the opportunity to buy a big game outfit came available I jumped on it. It was always an interest and a passion.

 Greg Hamm Outfitter / Owner

My favorite to personally hunt is elk. Locally here we have some elk. I compare it to turkey hunting for people that do turkey hunt just because you communicate back and forth. You hunt the bulls in the rut and you can get them chirping or get them bugling and the communication back and forth is a rush.

Typical Day in Black Bear Season

We bait in the morning, if you need to. Go through machines, maintain things, be ready for the afternoon. Have a big lunch at camp. Then the hunters will get into their guides’ pickups and head head to a location where you unload the the ATV, Argo, or whatever it happens to be.

Typical Day in Black Bear Season

Hunters get driven into the stand, set up, dropped off, given a communication device so if you have any problem or if you shoot something you’re able to get a hold of your guide instantly and we can get in there ASAP to help you out.

A Good Bait Site  for Bears

We have some bear highways,  we’ve got the Torch River comes through our territory and we’ve got some stands right on the edge of the river and they’re always on, the river is always productive. On creek runs, on the high ground. A lot of our area is never too far from water and you want to make it easy and convenient.

How to Size a bear  at the Bait

You look at the barrel there’s always a 45 gallon drum at the barrels so you, if his front shoulders are up to the top of that drum it’s a good bear. If they’re six inches over the drum you better shoot, real quick.

Fall Bear Season

We’re on the forest farmland fringe so they’re they’re going to and from the oat fields is where we find the the biggest bears here in the fall. So you put your baits close to those oat fields and they’re hit pretty much instantly.

Spring Bear Season

In the spring those same bears then move farther back into the forest. They’ll move a long ways back in the spring and we’ll supplement with a little bit of candy and beaver.

Rifle vs Bow Hunters

For rifle some of them we will opt out to 50 yards. For our compound guys and crossbow guys, we like to keep it right at as close to 20 as we can.

 Black Bear Trophys

 Black Bear Trophys

 Black Bear Trophys

 Black Bear Trophys

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