Spring and Fall Hunts on Vancouver Island: Spot-and-stalk hunts for Black Bear and Roosevelt Elk
Our 7800 square kilometer exclusive hunting territory is located along the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island. The area has over 50 grizzly-free salmon river valleys where the Black Bear feed in the Fall. The Black Bear hunting here is unsurpassed due to superior genetics and the densest populations of Black Bear per square kilometer of anywhere in North America. There are no other locations that have better success rates, sizes or ages of bears harvested.
Vancouver Island is also well-known as the premier destination for pure Roosevelt Elk. We consistently produce record book bulls.
We also offer Coastal Wolf as an add-on animal for a trophy fee on early Spring Black bear hunts, as well as Sitka Deer on the Fall hunts.
A second Black Bear may be taken on a trophy fee basis.
We limit the number of hunters we book to ensure that every hunter has the best possible hunting experience. On the Spring Black Bear hunts we prefer to book just two hunters per hunt date who will take two bears each, but we will take a maximum of four hunters per hunt date if requested. In the Fall we only take one or two hunters per hunt date. Roosevelt Elk hunts are limited to two hunters per season.
We use a combination of custom-designed boats and quads to access the many beaches and logging roads within our guide territory. Camp accommodations may be provided in either our live-aboard boat or a rustic log cabin lodge, or some combination of both, depending on where we are hunting.
It is this combination of excellent equipment, comfortable camps, superior animals and professional services that enables us to maximize our hunters’ opportunities while providing a true wilderness hunting experience.
Seasons: 5 day 1:1 hunts for Spring Black Bear, Coastal Wolf - April 1- May 20
10 day 1:1 hunts for Roosevelt Elk, Sitka Deer - October 10 - 20
5 day 1:1 hunts for Fall Black Bear, Sitka Deer - October 21- November 5
To Get Here: Clients fly into Vancouver International the day before the hunt starts and then take a 30 minute commuter flight over to Comox Airport on Vancouver Island. We pick clients up at Comox Airport and take them to a hotel for the night. The next morning we drive them to the hunting area on the west coast of the Island to begin the hunt. Alternatively, clients may choose to rent a vehicle at Vancouver International and take the ferry service across to Vancouver Island.
Affiliation(s):
Owner & manager:
Lorna and Eric Mikkelson
NWT Outfitters Ltd. &
Vancouver Island Hunts Ltd.
3018 Kensington Crescent
Courtenay, B.C.
V9N 8Z8
Canada
