Try Snowshoe Lake Hunting and Fishing out of Millertown NL.
snowshoe@nf.sympatico.ca
I hunted there 3 years in a row for Caribou and know they do spring bear hunts. The last year I went there it was near the end of their fall season after filling my tag I helped the owner/ head guide John Hicks take care of all the game hides, hooves, heads etc. from the season. We covered about 70 miles on a large loop and put a pickup truck full of bait out in numerous sites. John said it would give the bears something to eat before they hybernated and get them used to the bait sites when spring came. It looked like they were all great bear sites and had tree stands and looked like they had been used by bears for years. There were worn paths in the dense woods leading up to the stands. He said they get some really large black bears and my guide Steve got one well over 500 pounds a couple of years ago. John told me there were some that were 800 pounds or more. It is extremely remote and hunting pressure is almost nil resulting in most animals dieing of old age. Windwalker is right about fall hunting for them. There was sign everywhere and some of the guys in camp saw them but in 3 years of hunting I never saw one in the fall. BTW Snowshoe is a first class operation at least in a fall hunt from my experience. PM me if you need any other info.
Newfoundland Spring Bear????
