Bear Valley Outfitters

note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.

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outfitter review submitted by: Mark Franklin on Oct 13 2005

Species Hunted: whitetail

Game Quality: poor

Accommodation Quality: good

Camp Condition: good

Food Quality: good

Guide Experience: good

Other Personal Experience: fair

Overall Impression: poor

Recommend: not a chance in he%%%%%%%

Reviewer Comments: Poor stand sites,over estimating and reporting of b&c scores. very unprofessional and out for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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outfitter review submitted by: Rodney Schultz on Dec 30 2004

Species Hunted: Elk and Buffalo

Game Quality: O.K.

Accommodation Quality: excellent

Camp Condition: excellent

Food Quality: good

Guide Experience: not honest (Eugene)

Other Personal Experience: N/A

Overall Impression: did not enjoy

Recommend: no

Reviewer Comments: Was told a lot of different things, in the end about 80% of the major info didn't happen. On the first morning of our hunt (which was a five day hunt), in the first thirty minutes the guide--Eugene--talked my 14 year old nephew into shooting a 5X5 elk (which is what he was hunting). Eugene told him it was the biggest 5X5 he had ever seen, it was probable the largest in North America. I videoed at least 10 5X5's from my stand that morning (which was only 150 yds from my nephew) that was alot nicer than the one he shot---bottom line--they had him take a cull animal. When I seen the rack, compared to what I had let walk, it made me sick. Later when we expressed our diconcern to Chris (the owner) his first coment was "I should have collected all of your money first". We left, three members of our group stayed, one to take a meat buffalo---never could find the buffalo and left empty handed, one took a trophy buffalo and one took a 6X6 elk. They had to deliver their animals to a local processer themselves (no help from the outfitter as promised). The out fitter was to ship the meat after processin, this didn't happen either. My friends recieved a letter stating the meat had been donated. This was over 1200#'s of meat and at a time when there was no problems with bringing meat out of Canada to the USA. We were told a lot of things that didn't happen and I feel like the client (hunter) is not the priorty---it is about the dollar

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outfitter review submitted by: WARREN HOFFMAN on Oct 14 2000

Species Hunted: TROPHY WHITETAIL

Game Quality: EXCELLENT

Accommodation Quality: EXCELLENT

Camp Condition: VERY GOOD

Food Quality: EXCEPTIONAL

Guide Experience: VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE

Other Personal Experience: VERY GOOD

Overall Impression: GREAT EXPERIENCE

Recommend: YES

Reviewer Comments: HUNTED THANKSGIVING WEEK IN 1999. FIRST DAY I LET 15 TROPHY BUCKS WALK. DID NOT WANT TO SHOT ON FIRST DAY.MY GROUP CONSISTED OF 7 HUNTERS. WE HUNTED 6 DAYS.FOUR BUCKS TAKEN WENT OVER 150 B.C. OTHERS PASSED ON 140 CLASS BUCKS. MRS.HELEN'S KITCHEN MEALS WERE OUTSTANDING.GUIDES DID EVERTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE OUR HUNT GREAT.WILL BE RETURNING THIS YEAR DURING THANKSGIVING WEEK. CHRIS SWITZER RUNS A PROFESSIONAL OUTFITTING BUSINESS.

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