Welcome to Desjardins Outfitting and The Riding Mountains of Manitoba Canada.
Desjardins Outfitting started offering Guided Bear Hunts in Manitoba in 1994. Throughout the years we have had many record book bears harvested. Alexis Desjardins is a long time member of the Manitoba Lodge and Outfitters Association and is a proud sponsor on Bowsite.com. He has had many years of experience guiding & hunting black bear, deer, moose, elk and fishing throughout Manitoba. Through out the years he has gained an extensive knowledge of the bears seasonal travel patterns, living and eating habits.
The area that we hunt is located on the Northeast side Bordering Riding Mountain National Park. This area is known worldwide for its tremendous trophy potential and also for the high percentage of color phase bears that it produces. It also has one of the highest Black Bear densities in North America. Here you can hunt spring or fall with your choice of rifle, bow, or black powder. We also have fishing close by.
​ hesitate to say YES! The year flew by. I'd called him multiple times, talked his ear off about our upcoming hunt.
​ Anyways, we arrived in Manitoba on Sunday, May 21st. Right away, Alexis and his wife April were extremely accommodating.
doesn't keep anything from anybody, it's all out on the table.
....“There's just not more I could add to what others have said in the past about Alexis, April and their family. While of course being there for a bear hunt is why you go, being there with them just adds so much more to the total experience. …. They have a very unique way of making you feel as though you really are a part of their family.
The food was amazing. Scott and I felt like we were eating Sunday dinner at every meal and not only was every meal delicious, there was more than enough to go around - over and over. It was amazing. Thank you April - thanks for all your hard work. It was great!
The province boasts a high proportion of bears with colour phases other than black, as well as truly big bears. This past spring, for example, a 595-pound bear just out of hibernation was killed on a highway west of Riding Mountain. In peak condition after a summer of feeding, it would have been a very large fall bear.