RE: Can you recommend an Ontario Black Bear Outfitter?
Rob, we had a bad experience with Don (owner of Turnpike) a few years ago. He said we never told him we were archery hunting so he set us all up for rifle stands then got LIVID with us when we told him he was wrong and we were ALL archery hunting. He was a...well, he wasn't very nice to us the rest of the week. My brother hit a bear a little far back, like in the liver region and he ripped him up one side and down the other, calling him every thing but a white man. It was an honest mistake, sometimes it happens the bear was never found but that's not how you should treat customers. Every night our cabin made dinner and we always made extra for Don and his assistant. They always ate at our place, the assistant was always gracious, Don never even said thanks. He put us on bears but he has a major problem handling his temper when something goes wrong. I've heard plenty of good things about him but trust me, you won't want to deal with the not so nice side of him.