BAITED BEAR HUNTS THE AREA IN GENERAL P.B.Guide Service with camp located in Maine North Woods Region offers baited Black Bear hunts in the scenic Allagash Wilderness Region, one of the last great wilderness areas in Maine. The area has a good mix of fir and hard wood stands and one of the highest population's of bear in the state. Couple the facts of feed availability, baiting, the vast, virtually uninhabited forest and very low hunting pressure and you have Prime Bear Country, all with limited access. REMOTE CAMP: Township T8R19 The camp is set up at St. Cypian on the border of Canada. These are permanent camps with electricity, electric heat, and a shower house with flush toilets. A convenience you'll seldom find in the North Maine Woods. We have 7 camps; and a main lodge. 1 camp sleeps 6; 2 camps sleep 4; 1 camp sleeps 2; 1 building with 3 seperate units (hotel style) and another building with 4 units. Each have their own entrance and each sleep up to 3 people. The main lodge has 2 dining halls with satellite television and telephone. Our kitchen is never closed. We always have sandwiches and desserts available between meals.

Rick Schnyderite with a 410 lb. bruin.

REGION: Northern Maine hunts around the Baker Lake Area. (Maps 54 of Maine Atlas) approx. 350 sq. miles of area. I am the first and only commercial hunter in this area and the baits are registered to protect us from other bear baiters.

WHAT'S THE PB GUIDE SERVICE DIFFERENCE? We are 85 miles in on dirt road. We're hunting 400 sq. miles on 350,000 acres. We're running approximately 230 bait sites and putting out close to 1/4 million pounds of donuts and 25 barrels of molasses. We start the season with 150 trail timers (a trail timer is a small clock that tells you the time the bear is hitting the bait, so you don't waste your time sitting on a bait where the bear is coming in after dark). When you arrive at camp on Sunday, you'll have lunch, then we'll divide everyone up between the guides. We'll take you to check out the bait sites. We hunt new baits each week and trail time them before you get there. We like to match you up with a bait site you like. Because if you are comfortable with where you are, you will sit quieter. If you are not comfortable, you will be checking your watch and will be anxious to leave. That is why we have you look over the baits on Sunday. Also it will introduce your scent to the site before you hunt it. The bear knows if there is no new human scent then there is no food. At the site you will see bear trails, droppings and you will check the trail timers with us. The site you pick will be your primary bait site. We'll pick up a backup bait on Monday morning before the shooting starts. We like to have one bait ahead of where you are hunting. We also cut the bait back to one pail per day. That way if a big bear is waiting until dark, he won't get anything to eat, so he'll have to come in earlier. If you don't see a bear in two afternoons on your 1st bait, we'll go to your 2nd choice. If you see a young bear on your 1st bait that you don't want to shoot, we can move you to your 2nd and 3rd choice. Then go back to your 1st choice later in the week if you haven't had success. If you wound a bear and we can't find it that night, we'll go back in the morning to look for it with the dog on leash, unless it's raining, then we'll go back that night. If we don't find the bear, you don't have to worry, you can go to your 2nd choice, at that time you can pick up a 3rd bait site for backup. We use the bear scraps for coyote bait. So once you've got your bear you can go coyote hunting or sit on a bait and film or go fishing. We have a boat for your use at no extra cost. Young hunters are welcomed, we had our youngest girl (Sara 10 years old), shoot a bear, and we also had a few 12 year olds get bear. Over the years, the junior hunters and women have out shot the men. A junior hunter is from 10 to 15 years of age and they have to set with an adult. Junior hunters do about 80%. Great hunt for father and son/daughter. We have stands set up for 2 people with side rails , plus metal buddy stands. With the portable buddy stands, it makes all the bait sites available for 2 people. I like shots about 40 yards with a rest. That's far enough away so you could get by with a little movement and still close enough for a good shot. The thing I'm most proud of is that we've only shot 3 sows with cubs in 20 years. Biologists say you can shoot 10 bear a year out of a township without hurting the population if you don't shoot the sows with cubs and we're hunting almost 13 townships (a township is 6x6 miles for 36 sq. miles and 25,000 acres). I tell my clients if you don't shoot the sows with cubs, you'll always have bear for the future. In my business, one isn't any good without the other. Each year we have people who have never shot a rabbit or squirrel get a bear. My goal is for everyone to shoot a bear. It doesn't matter if it's the 1st 5 minutes on Monday, or the last 5 minutes on Saturday, as long as you get your bear. Not everybody is going to shoot a 300 to 400lb. bear. Although we do get 12 to 14 over 300lb. per year. Most hunters would be happy with a respectable bear. I consider a respectable bear between 175 and 250lb. We weight every bear so you get a true weight instead of someone over-estimating by 100lb or more. If you see a bear you do not want to shoot, we will move you to a new bait. My staff and I are working for you and we will do everything we can to get you a bear of your dreams.

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Rick with his 350 lb bear


Russell with his 380 lb bear


Dale with his 345 lb bear

New! Check out some movie clips taken from our sites: Clip 1 | Clip 2 | Clip 3 GUIDES/SERVICES Our hunts are over active, baited, elevated, sturdy stands in a very high density bear area. The sighting of bear while on these stands is almost IOO% with some hunters that saw several bear in one evening. Our kill ratio in the last few years has been better than 80%. We use trail timers on our baits so you won't waste your time sitting over a bait where the bear only come in after dark. We cater to hunters with bow, pistol, rife, or muzzleloader. We cannot guarantee that you will kill a bear, but on the GUARANTEED HUNT if you don't get a shot at one, next years on me. We are hunting in an area with a large population that has never been commercially hunted before with many large bruins roaming the area. We provide transportation to and from tree stands. We also can skin, cut, and freeze your bear for you ready for transportation. All you need is a cooler. We remember you are our guest, and want to make you have a memorable hunt you will tell your kids and grand kids about.

Part of opening day harvest.

GUARANTEED BEAR HUNT OVER BAIT If you don't get a shot at a bear, next year is free. Sows with cubs does not count, or bear crossing the road, if you miss doesn't count. But if you see a bear on the bait we expect you to shoot. Although you may see a trophy bear on this hunt this hunt is not for the trophy hunter who may pass up several bear. This hunt is good for the first time bear hunter or someone who has been on a hunt and never shot or saw a bear. The guaranteed hunt costs more than the regular priced bear hunt.

ABOUT YOUR SCOPE It is important to have a scope that picks up light or has fluorescent cross-hairs or a red dot. Fine cross-hairs will not work for bear. A good test for your scope is to go out about 1/2 hour after sunset and put a black target out and see if your scope can pick it up. If it doesn't, it will not be good for bear hunting. Most stands are in the woods so it's even darker.

MEALS Sunday night we have lobster and burgers (bear hunt only, deer hunt we have pork loins) BREAKFAST is bacon, eggs, homefries, pancakes, sausage. LUNCH on the bear hunt, lunch is our big meal of the day, because everyone is coming in at different times of the night. We have a ham dinner or roast beef, chops, turkey, baked chicken and spaghetti on Saturday. This would be served for dinner on the deer hunt. DINNER would be burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches, fries. We also provide coffee, tea, soda, milk and juice. When my brother Steve started cooking, I told him if we didn't have leftovers, we didn't cook enough. The goal of my staff and I is to provide you with a great hunt, a hunt you will remember forever. Most people figure if they get what they pay for, they're doing well. At PB Guide Service, we try to give you more.

Bob Harvey with his 325lb bear

Reggie from Maine with a 420lb, a 350lb and a 320lb bear