Backcountry · Black Bear
Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean
Five days after some of the largest bears in Idaho, run either from backcountry wall-tent camps reached by horseback or from the cabins at Grandjean. They put the colour-phase rate at 60% and success at 90%.
This trip is guided by
Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters
Josh Thurber
Lead Guide & Outfitter | Experience Director
Five days after some of the largest bears in Idaho, through six weeks of late spring. Run either from backcountry wall-tent camps reached on horseback or from the Grandjean cabins, depending on where the bears are.
They put the colour-phase rate in this population at about 60% and their success rate at 90%. Those are their numbers.
They are explicit about what they will and will not promise: "Unlike guaranteed trophy hunts, we believe in the intrinsic value of earned success." They control the food, the guides, the stock and the camps, and they do not claim to control the weather or the animals.
Black Bear
Backcountry, Horseback
Wilderness / backcountry, Public / leased units
Free-range (fair chase)
Not included
Approximate area, not an exact location.
Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters
Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters runs out of Grandjean, Idaho, on the south fork of the Payette River at the edge of the Sawtooth Wilderness.
Josh Thurber
Lead Guide & Outfitter | Experience Director
Josh Thurber
Lead Guide & Outfitter | Experience Director
“Roving horseback hunts and pack trips out of Grandjean, in 250 square miles of the Sawtooth Wilderness they hold exclusively.”
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$4,500 / person
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Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean · 5 days
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