Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    If your looking for a guided hunt, join the North American Hunting
    Club. They have discounts available to members. (10% on most hunts)
    There are also swap hunts available. (You taken me deer hunting
    and I'll take you Bear hunting type deals)
    
    Also there is a section in the Mag. on how other members rate their
    guided hunts.
    
     NAHC
     P.O. BOX 35557
     Minneapolis, MN.  55435

     ps. it's $10-$20 a year for membership.

    In the boston area we are fortunate to have one of the nicest hunting
    preserves around. If you don't want to be hastled with finding land
    to hunt on or if you want a private place to teach your son how
    to handle guns properly or if you just want to exteend your hunting
    season I highly recomend Addiville R.I.
    
    tel  401-568-3185
    
    The season starts around sept 1 and runs to april 15 if the birds
    hold out
    
    Geoff also has a new sporting clay course for those who want to
    sharpen up there bird shooting skills before the season.
    
    He also has a fish club where you can fish for some of the trout
    on the farm....
    
    It is a really nice place and I only wished I lived closer.

    James Bay hunting club(name may not be exact)
    Contact: the Ontario Northland Railroad
             Toronto Canada
    Game: Geese, Canada, blue, snow. Teal(sometimes)
    Cost: 750 for 4 days plus you get yourself to Timmons Ont.they provide
            transport by plan to mossenee then bush plane to the camp.
           Canada hunting license about $50.
    Features: Cree indian guides, CLOUDS of geese in the air, one guide
    per two hunters, relatively easy access to actual hunting area,
    (I am slightly handicapped(one bad leg) and I was able to
    do the amounts of walking needed)
    You will need waders or hip boots.
    Season: 6 4 day sessions starting about the third week in september.
    
    They are usually sold out a year in advance so do some LOOOONG range
    planning for this trip.
    EXTRAS: the food is great!! the cabins are fair, Spend a day in
    Timmons at one end or the othjer of the trip, the sitghtseeing is
    well worthwhile. You couldn't stay in camp long enough for the indian
    women to start looking good ;-} 
    I drove up from here 1000 miles through Northbay and other very
    interesting areas of ontario, take about 10 days if you can it
    is worth it...
    Amos

    Has any of you avid hunters out there ever been to TIOGA, or BLACK
    BOAR HUNTING LODGES? I was hoping someone could give me some info
    on how these people operate? Do you just walk into a pen and there
    there waiting for you or is there some skill involved? I was thinking
    of booking a trip but not if it's like hunting at the zoo. Any info
    would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
    
    
                                                         Mike M

    
       I talked to a guy that has been there and he said DON'T GO!!
    It's just like you said, shooting them in a pen. However
    I have heard SUPER Reports of the place (Wildhill Preserve in ELY,
    VT), I think that's correct anyway... It's expensive ($450.00 +
    for boar, but worth every penny from what I've heard.
    
       The above is in reference to Tioga Park. I don't know anything
    about Black Boar Hunting Lodges.
    
       At Wildhill you can hunt over bait or with dogs. Using dogs is
    VERY challenging (like shooting rabbits on the run)..
    
    
                                ~Mike~

    Here's a guide for Black Bear and Moose in Ontario, Canada. I've
    booked with him this Spring for Black Bear.
    
     Karl E. Kahmann
     (807) 886-2918  Red Rock, Ontario
    
    He also runs a meat packing house, so you can have game processed
    and frozen. Drop camps available, Baits sets, can also use dogs
    until May 15.
    
    This year Ontario made it manditory to book with a guide or stay
    in a registered lodge, for non-residents. 
    
      tags:
    Black Bear  $80   (use to be $25)
    Moose      $200   (same as before)
    Export fee: $20   (to get it home)

    See ya, in Canada...
    Can't wait for May to get here.

    Mark

    New England hunters:
    
    I would very much appreciate your recommendations for a guide.  I would
    like a professional guide for one or two days hunting coyotes in NH,
    Maine or even Mass. (if such a person exists.)
    
    I'm leary of answering ads in Outdoor Life or American Hunter.  I'd
    much rather start with a personal recommendation from anyone here.  So
    if you know of a good guide yourself or second hand that will handle a
    coyote hunt, please reply here or drop me a line:
    
    	Tim Hicks
    	dtn 224-1657
    	home: 508-285-5371
    	e-mail: HXTRIX::HICKS
    
    Even if you know of a good guide but are not sure if he handles
    coyotes, by all means, let me know!
    
    Any and all help gladly appreciated.
                          
    <<< Tim >>>

     I'd like to add a recommendation for a guide in Northern Maine
    (Ashland, to be specific). This man seems to specialize in black
    bear hunts over bait, but does deer, ice fishing, moose, river
    canoeing, and probably many more.
     For the last two trips, we've rented his "river camp" which is right
    on the Machias river, about 40 minutes outside of Ashland. First year,
    I shot a 9 point, 160 lb (dressed) buck out of this area, and this year
    I didn't get to be in the right spot at the right time. Plenty of open
    and unposted property with the whole array of areas (swampy, hardwood,
    ridges, tote roads, etc, etc.) 
     He also has built a brand new lodge and cabins for groups of up to
    5 people in each cabin. This place is *gorgeous*, with all the modern
    wants/desires. The one drawback to the lodge is that the closest
    hunting areas that would be most productive are paper owned land, where
    the paper companies charge a road use fee. The spot we hunted, where
    there were no fees was about a 40 minute drive away.
     He quoted us a fee of $35.oo per man per day to stay at the lodge,
    which included meals. We were invited over one night as his guests,
    and were quite impressed with the place. Meals are served family
    style, and are plain, but hearty, filling, and homemade. Expect to
    be eating game when you stay there. For the price, You can't touch
    it. The out camp on the river is set up with a propane stove and
    lights, wood stove, carried-in water, and an outhouse. He provides
    all the wood you need, and will refill the water jug as needed. We
    found it easier to go to his place and refill when we ran low. The
    cost for the river camp was $125 per person for the week, max of
    4 people.
     I've found Perley to be honest, and will provide needs at a very
    reasonable price. He dosn't have much to say, and will stay out of
    your way if you know what you're doing. He's also a wealth of
    information when he's queried, and I'd imagine if you hired him
    as a guide, rather than simply a "landlord" such as we have, that 
    you'd come back knowing a hell of a lot more than you did going up.
    I found it refreshing that when we arrived, he didn't want to take
    our money right away. He just said "you boys just go get set up and
    scout around a bit before dark... I'll be down for a visit later on"
    Fact was, we didn't end up paying until the night before we left. Then
    again, we were repeat customers.
     So if you're in the market for a licensed guide, hunting
    accomodations, lodging, canoeing, ice fishing, etc, try him out.
    
              PERLEY EASTMAN, JR.
              R.D. 1 
              ASHLAND, MAINE  (zip unknown)
    
              (207) 435-4802
    
    Bob Cabral
    
    

RE: .8

 Bob said it well. I spent the week up there also as a first timer and have 
to agree that Perley and his accomodations are *tops*. The only thing that 
was better than the cabin we stayed in and the excellent hunting was Cabrals 
cooking.. :-)

 Am looking forward to next year already!


 BTW, Perley might be getting into renting out for snow machine parties also
so if you're interested in that at all it might be worth a call to him.

 There are literally hundreds of miles of skidooable roads up there!

 Corky