2004 hunt reports: Rut moose hunts, rut elk hunts, mule deer hunting & bear hunting with Smoky River Outfitting, Alberta Canada Hunting Guides & Outfitters

2004 Hunting Summary
Smoky River Outfitting - Alberta Canada Big Game Hunting Outfitters &Guides

We are happy to say we had another successful year in 2004.

Spring Black Bear

This was a very exciting spring for us. Our new area North of Fort McMurray turned out to be better than we could have imagined. It was a lot of hard work establishing this new area, with a lot of bridges to build & setting up the remote camps. It was a great adventure for us as guides and for the clients being in an untouched hunting area. All together we had 18 hunters shoot 29 bears, 10 of these bears were over 400lbs. With at least 4 in the 500lb range. Most bears were black in color but we did get some color phases, about 20%. Next year will be better yet with a lot of the work out of the way and 3 new areas discovered. Can't wait to get back up there.

Archery Mule Deer

Again this season we had 4 archery hunters and killed 3 bucks. The 4th guy had some bad luck wounding a 170 class and missing a 160 class buck. John Berger set the new record for quickest kill after getting off the airplane, 1 ½ hours.

Elk

This year we had terrible weather for calling Elk. We started off with rain and ended with wind. The hunters toughed it out but we were only able to take 5 bulls for 8 hunters. Elk numbers are the best ever for this area but we do need the weather to cooperate. Looking forward to next year.

Moose

Moose hunts went very good. The trophy hunters went 100% with 4 for 4 and our main camp hunt was 10 for 8. With 1 guy missing a nice 50-inch bull that was following a trotting cow. We have now taken 57 moose hunters since 2000 for 54 bull moose. Numbers will be good next year as well.

Smoky River Outfitting
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2004 hunt reports: Rut moose hunts, rut elk hunts, mule deer hunting & bear hunting with Smoky River Outfitting, Alberta Canada Hunting Guides & Outfitters

2004 hunt reports: Rut moose hunts, rut elk hunts, mule deer hunting & bear hunting with Smoky River Outfitting, Alberta Canada Hunting Guides & Outfitters

2004 Hunting Summary Smoky River Outfitting - Alberta Canada Big Game Hunting Outfitters &Guides

2004 hunt reports: Rut moose hunts, rut elk hunts, mule deer hunting & bear hunting with Smoky River Outfitting, Alberta Canada Hunting Guides & Outfitters

2004 Hunting Summary
Smoky River Outfitting - Alberta Canada Big Game Hunting Outfitters &Guides