I do live in fort mcmurray and can tell you that we have a large population of black bears.I do not know this outfitter personally but from what I have heard they do provide good facilities and do produce a lot of bears.I would book for the third week of may if it is open as the bears are all out but are not too rubbed up yet .By june the odds of rubbed hides are quite high.I prefer the first two weeks of may myself as the mosquito' s are not out in force yet but a later than normal spring can mean few bears are active until the middle of may.Be prepared for many mosquitos and black flies as they are terrible most years.Study up on judging the size of bears as many people shoot bears that turn out to be much smaller than they thought.Decent bears start at 200lbs and any bear 300lbs or larger is a good bear in the spring.Several are taken each spring in this area that weigh in excess of 500 lbs but they are not common.