Maine Bear Hunting, Moose Hunting, Deer and Bobcat Hunting in Maine

Hunting and Fishing at Stony Brook Lodge - Maine

Bear Hunt with Hounds

Bear Hunt over Bait

This hunt is one of the most exciting hunts in the Northeast. We have 14 highly experienced proven bear hounds to find and track your Black Bear with. Our dog handlers have been running hounds since their youth and work as a team with the hounds on the hunt. You get to participate in the hunt by helping handle the dogs. You will also earn an appreciation of the dog’s ability to track and run this admired trophy animal and your guide’s knowledge of his dogs and the game you are hunting. We use state of the art telemetry tracking equipment to follow and track our hounds. While this is a highly successful hunt it also allows the hunter the opportunity to size up the bear with the help of an experienced guide. You are under no obligation to shoot anything that does not meet your standards. Hound hunting gives the hunter the unique opportunity to practice catch and release! The average bear weighs about 170 pounds but we have taken bear weighing over 600 pounds! Our success rate for this hunt averages 95%. Hound hunters, in the month of October, can take advantage of the grouse hunting while in chase, so plan on bringing your shotgun as a bonus.

MAXIMUM HUNTER TO GUIDE RATIO = 2 / 1
PRICE: $2100 PER PERSON

Maine has the largest black bear population in the Northeast and we are committed to helping you bag one of these trophy animals. We personally guide and transport you to your baited bear stand, bait your site for you, and pick you up after shooting hours. While you are on stand we are baiting other sites in the area to insure that you have an active site later in the week, if needed. We have approximately 250 sites that are kept active by baiting every day. The bear are baited with special baits and scents that will draw the bears from long distances and will keep them coming back. We put you on active bait sites but recommend you move after two days if you have not killed. This helps increase your odds. All tree stands are portable ladder stands 12’ to 14’ high. Tree stand shots vary from 12 to 20 yards. Bow stands offer 12 to 14 yard shots. We also have numerous ground blinds which offer more comfort and longer shots. We have some of the best hounds in the state to track your bear should you happen to wound him. We hunt the Western Mountains of Maine and Rangeley Lakes region, which provides an abundance of trophy game. The bear hunt over bait gives the hunter an opportunity to go one on one with this admired trophy animal.

MAXIMUM HUNTER TO GUIDE RATIO = 5 / 1
PRICE: $1600 PER PERSON

Moose Hunting

Maine has a healthier population of this incredible animal than anywhere else in the continental USA. A permit drawing controls this trophy hunt. Applications are available on-line at http://www.maine.gov/ifw/index.shtml. If you are fortunate enough to draw a permit we can show you where the trophy moose are plentiful. The body weight and antler size of the Maine moose is world class. Success rates are extremely high. Most of the time, moose hunting is done driving on old wood roads, scanning old cuttings where this animal spends much of its time feeding. We also encourage walking the outskirts of the cuttings hoping to come across a moose bedded down. Our guides are also versed in the art of calling. We can be flexible with the type of hunting you prefer. Let Stony Brook Outfitters make this once in a lifetime trip one to remember. Zones we guide in are 8, 7, 14, 12, & 13 (Oct. only) and 16 (Nov. only). More information on the Maine Moose hunt can be found by clicking on the following link. http://www.maine.gov/ifw/licenses_permits/lotteries/moose/

New Combo Hunts

Black Bear w/ Hounds and Moose Combo Hunt

Moose & Whitetail Deer Combo Hunt

Oct 10th through 16th (WMD zones 7 - 8 - 12 & 13 only)

November 1st through 30th (WMD zone 16 only)

This hunt is done during the overlap week of our bear hunt with hounds and the moose hunt. This combo hunt is booked as a bear hunt with hounds and can be changed to a combination hunt when and if you pull a moose tag. This means that you will not be required to put up any deposit for the moose hunt until you actually get drawn. The cost of this hunt is $2100 for the dog hunt plus a reduced price of $1600 for the moose hunt. If you have a sub-permitee (a second person who accompanies you on the hunt and can shoot the moose in place of the permit holder) the fee for this person is $2100 for the bear hunt (if they too want to hunt bear) plus $950 for the moose hunt. A non-hunting companion fee is $650.

Notice: Beginning in 2009, moose permit applications will only be accepted online. Paper applications will no longer be printed or mailed. The online application process will be available starting in early January of 2011.

MAXIMUM HUNTER TO GUIDE RATIO = 1 /1
PRICE $2100 PER PERSON ▪ SUB-PERMITEE PRICE = $950

This November hunt is new and offers the opportunity to harvest either a bull or a cow moose in prime moose country. The earlier in Nov. the more chance that the Bulls MAY still be in the late part of the rut and the guide MAY be able to call one in. This is a six day privately guided, on the ground, stalking hunt which provides the hunter the opportunity to combo this hunt with a deer hunt. The hunt would be booked as a regular 5 day guided deer hunt and can be changed to a combination hunt when and if you pull a moose tag. This means that you will not be required to put up any deposit for the moose hunt until you actually get drawn. If you do not pull a tag then the cost of your regular 5 day guided deer hunt would remain at $800. If you drew the permit - The cost of the 6 day combo hunt would be $2100 for the moose hunt plus a reduced price of $600 for the deer hunt. The total for the combo hunt would be $2700. If you have a sub-permitee (a second person who accompanies you on the hunt and can shoot the moose in place of the permit holder) the fee for this person is $950 for the moose hunt plus a reduced price of $600 for the deer hunt (if they too want to hunt deer). The combo total for the sub-permittee would be $1550. A non-hunting companion fee is $650.

Moose permit winners who wish to swap their permit with another moose permit winner will need to do all their own work to identify and contact potential permit winners to swap with. If you are interested in obtaining a list of moose permit winners, please visit the following web site maintained by InforME at http://www.informe.org/moose/.

There is a fee to swap permits (the one $7.00 fee covers both parties). To swap your moose permit with another moose permit winner, send a written letter (one letter only signed by both permittees) to: Moose Permit Swap, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 284 State Street, 41 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333. The letter must include your name, permit number, permit type, season, and WMD, as well as the name, permit number, permit type, season, and WMD of the person you are swapping with. Remember, the letter must be signed by both permittees. The letter as well as the permit swap fee must be received by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Augusta no later than August 1, 2011 in order to make the permit swap. Make checks payable to "Treasurer, State of Maine". Please do not send cash.

Deer Hunting

Harvesting a trophy Maine buck is truly a memorable experience and will test the skills and abilities of any hunter. Our guides know the area we are hunting and concentrate on areas where there is evidence of big bucks. Our experienced guides are looking for the big rubs and active scrapes. Our terrain consists of rolling hills with a healthy mix of hardwoods and softwoods. We have swamps, beech and oak ridges, some farm land and an occasional abandoned apple orchard. We hunt over active scrapes, rubs, deer trails and feeding areas. We will assist the hunter in putting up a portable tree stand (if he/she wants to bring one), or we can make a ground blind. We also encourage still-hunting, which can be described as "sneak and peak."

MAXIMUM HUNTER TO GUIDE RATIO = 5 / 1
PRICE: $800 PER PERSON

One has to move very slowly, hunt into the wind, and be aware of the surroundings. Knowing how to read a compass and having a GPS is also helpful. Patience is very important. Big bucks don’t often make mistakes.

Our Maine woods offer a challenging opportunity to bag a buck of a lifetime. Maine’s Western Mountains are noted for their trophy size deer. In addition to deer, also in season and covered by your hunting license is bear, coyote, rabbits and partridge (roughed grouse). We do not charge any extra if you are lucky enough to tag any of these additional animals during your deer hunt.


Bobcat Hunt with Hounds
Bobcat hunting is one of the most exciting, physically challenging and highly productive hunts in the Northeast. It is done by traveling woods roads early in the morning, whether by 4-wheel drive or snowmobile, looking for respectable cat tracks to put the dogs on. The dogs will either tree the cat, hold it at bay or you might get a shot at it with a shotgun. Snow conditions are of great importance to this hunt. Hunters should be in good physical condition. It can get very cold so we recommend that you bring long underwear, heavy socks, shirts, pants, a sweatshirt with a hood, vest, cold weather pants, a cold weather coat (preferably with a hood), mittens, felt lined packs and a boot dryer. We will go where necessary to insure that you get the best snow conditions for your hunt. This is a six day hunt. You arrive Sunday afternoon and depart the following Sunday morning.
	MAXIMUM HUNTER TO GUIDE RATIO = 2 / 1 PRICE: $2100 PER PERSON


Fishing
	Maine is well known for its abundance of waterways which support numerous fish species. Our area has numerous lakes, ponds, streams and rivers which host Land Locked Salmon, Togue (Lake Trout), Rainbow and Brook Trout, and Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass. We do not guide fishing trips (we can recommend a guide) but many of our hunters take advantage of overlapping seasons to wet a line. You need to provide your own fishing gear, bait, lures, etc. Bring your own boat to really take advantage of this opportunity.

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