Vancouver Island is, as I understand it, THE spot for huge black bear. I have a good friend who has property and family on the Island, and he said that if the bear isn't at least 300# they won't even bother with it. The relatively short, mild winters there mean the bears hibernate very little if any--so they keep eating and keep growing. I hope to do a hunt there myself one day, if the Canadian gov't will just pass a law that will allow non-residents to hunt without a guide. Moose are responsible for many, many more injuries and deaths than bears in Canada, and moose can be hunted without a guide in some places. Just doesn't make any sense--but when does any gov't make sense?

Chad