Preservation Specialties

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: Bruce Foley on Sep 20 2009

Species Hunted: Black Bear

Game Quality: Great

Accommodation Quality: Great

Camp Condition: Great

Food Quality: Great

Guide Experience: Great

Other Personal Experience: Great

Overall Impression: Very Good

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: Dale runs a fine camp. My son took a real nice Bear as did some other hunters. It just was'nt meant to be for me. I did not want to judge on my success. We had a great time and we have a reason to go back. It was a full moon, maybe that's why it was a little slow. I don't know as I am a rookie Bear hunter. Still a fine outfit and Dale has been hunting Bears all his life, he knows what he's doing. Besides, you need to go just to try Tara's (his wife) pork ribs. Killer!

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outfitter review submitted by: Tom Corley on Nov 16 2007

Species Hunted: Antelope/Mule Deer

Game Quality: Outstanding

Accommodation Quality: Local Motel - Good

Camp Condition: NA

Food Quality: NA

Guide Experience: Outstanding

Other Personal Experience: NA

Overall Impression: Couldn't Have Been Better

Recommend: Absolutely

Reviewer Comments: This was my 2nd hunt with Bearpaw Outfitters. This time we hunted antelope and mule deer on an 80,000 acre private ranch outside Forsyth, MT. Our guide was Jeff and he was a great guide. We easily saw over 2000 antelope and several mule deer on our 2 day hunt. Both me and my hunting partner tagged out (2 antelope and a mule deer each) on the first day of our hunt. On the second day, we enjoyed some fantastic prairie dog shooting. We will definitely be hunting with Bearpaw again.

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outfitter review submitted by: David Rawson on Nov 9 2006

Species Hunted: Black Bear

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Excellent

Camp Condition: Excellent

Food Quality: Excellent

Guide Experience: Outstanding

Other Personal Experience: Outstanding

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: Food was outstanding.

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outfitter review submitted by: J.M. Russo on Oct 24 2006

Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer

Game Quality: Very Good

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Very Good

Food Quality: Very Good

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Excellent

Overall Impression: Great experience!

Recommend: Without hesitation!

Reviewer Comments: I hunted with BearPaw first week of October for the muzzleloader deer season and had an awesome time. Food was good, lodging comfortable and company was great. Tara and the guides really make you feel right at home. From opening day on, I saw legions of deer! They were all over the place! No one can complain about the lack of deer in the area. My guide Brian knew his stuff and was able to connect me with a real dandy buck-but alas an equipment failure kept me from harvesting at the moment of truth. If you are in the market for a great hunt with plenty of deer to be seen to include some real whoppers check out this hunt with BearPaw, odds are if you hunt muzzleloader I’ll see you there!

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outfitter review submitted by: John Pickett on Sep 15 2006

Species Hunted: bear

Game Quality: good

Accommodation Quality: good

Camp Condition: good

Food Quality: good/homecooking

Guide Experience: good

Other Personal Experience: good

Overall Impression: super fun

Recommend: yes

Reviewer Comments: Lots of bear sighted. In our group, we had 5 hunters with 4 shooting opportunities and three kills. Long range shooting ability is necessary. Plan on returning for more fun. Thanks.

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outfitter review submitted by: Kyle Foulger on Sep 11 2006

Species Hunted: Black Bear

Game Quality: Outstanding

Accommodation Quality: Good

Camp Condition: Good

Food Quality: Excellent

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Excellent

Overall Impression: Outstanding

Recommend: Absolutely

Reviewer Comments: Bearpaw Outfitters/ Dale Denney runs an awesome operation. The location is great and the amount of game sighted was just as good. Meals were always prepared hot and tastes great. The guides were very knowledgable of the area and took care of the field dressing and game preparation after the kill. I would recommend this outfitter to anybody looking to hunt black bears. The Denney's and their guides are a great bunch of people and i couldnt have asked for a better experience.

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outfitter review submitted by: Glenn Wong on Oct 5 2005

Species Hunted: Whitetail

Game Quality: Average to High

Accommodation Quality: Good

Camp Condition: Excellent

Food Quality: Good

Guide Experience: Very good

Other Personal Experience: Very good

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Definitely

Reviewer Comments: I hunted with Bearpaw for turkey several years ago and came back last year for Whitetail. I booked a trophy hunt and hunted on private property for 4 point or larger bucks. This was an imposed rule by the outfitter to keep the quality of the bucks high. It has been working. I got my buck and was very please. I returned this year but booked the economy guided hunt. I was on private land with bucks of lesser genetics. I did see a 4 point and took my shot. I didn't do my part and it is still out there for someone to take. I enjoy doing business with Bearpaw and I'm planning next years hunt for Whitetail and possibly mule deer. My guide was Tom on this hunt who great. If you interested in Turkeys this is the area to be in. They are everywhere and this outfitter knows how to hunt them.

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outfitter review submitted by: Dave Rawson on Sep 6 2004

Species Hunted: Black bear

Game Quality: Good

Accommodation Quality: Good

Camp Condition: Excellent

Food Quality: Good - Excellent

Guide Experience: Outstanding

Other Personal Experience: Outstanding

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: My guide Ray and I hunted hard for 5 days with no shooting opportunity so Dale extended the hunt for another day and I missed one in the morning and shot my 360 pound male in the last ten minutes of the hunt. Ray dragged the bear through the thickest brush, I've been in for years, with me clearing a path in front of him for 6 hours to get the bear out. Ray and Dale made it happen for me. Outstanding September 2003 Blackbear hunt.

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outfitter review submitted by: Tom Corley on Feb 24 2004

Species Hunted: Cow Elk

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Very Good

Food Quality: Very Tasty and Plentiful

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Very Good

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Definitely

Reviewer Comments: Me and a friend booked a three day cow elk hunt in Utah with Dale Denney of Bearpaw Outfitters. We both took 550 pond cow elk on the first day of the hunt. We saw a lot of elk and some real nice mule deer. Dale runs a very good camp and you will not find an outfitter that works any harder than Dale. Since we tagged out on the first day of our hunt, we spent the next two days tagging along with Dale, his son, and his son's friend on a mountain lion hunt. It was an exciting time and Dale's son's friend took a nice cougar.

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outfitter review submitted by: Ed Boss on Feb 18 2004

Species Hunted: Mule Deer

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Excellent

Camp Condition: Excellent

Food Quality: Excellent

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Excellent

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Definitely

Reviewer Comments: Second time in two years with BearPaw. Actually couldn't count all the bucks I saw and passed on. On the second morning I took a beautiful mature 4X4 with real deep forks. I had passed on numerous bucks which had wider antlers but not the deep forks. This is a family run business where the hunters feel more like family than clients. Dale, Sam, Bud and Sandy are a team thats hard to beat.

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