Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC

Black Bear hunting, and Moose hunting in New Brunswick and Maine   

 

WOUND POLICY

If you shoot a bear on a bait and wound the bear, you will continue to hunt that same bait for the remainder of the week. If you wound a second time, your hunt is over. If you have not shot a bear, this does not mean you will be hunting one bait for the week. You will be hunting productive bait sites and we are very aggressive in moving hunters to get you your bear.

Please Note:

A release form will be signed by each client upon arrival before hunt begins.

No guarantees on kills. We guarantee active bait sites.
No Refunds. Deposits can be transferred to another year or date if requested more than 30 days prior to scheduled hunt.

 

Sportsman's Pride
Outfitters LLC

Keith Cote
130 Gagnon Road
Madawaska, ME 04756

keithcote@bearoutfitters.com

Telephone:
  207-728-7365

Fax:
 207-728-7365

Thank you for visiting Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC LLC.

 

 

WELCOME

Welcome to Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC  home on the web, www.bearoutfitters.com, which is owned and operated by KEITH COTE.   We are located in the heart of the best black bear country in Maine and New Brunswick Canada. Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC operates a full time bear hunting operation.  This is not a sideline business, it is our passion. We are located in beautiful Madawaska, Maine, just minutes from New Brunswick, Canada, along the St. John River, which separates New Brunswick and the U.S. This is the heart of black bear country. 

 

Moose Hunting

Sportsman’s Pride Outfitters LLC also offers fully guided Trophy Moose Hunting in zone 3 in Maine. Hunting for moose in zone 3 is a 3 week season. We offer fully guided bow hunting packages along with firearm packages. Bow hunters need bow hunting guides to accommodate the bow hunter and his needs. The first 2 weeks are during the rut and the Nov. hunt is all about hunting the food sources. This is where we differ from all other outfitters for moose in Maine. I’m not an outfitter that sends out mass mailings to all lucky recipients of the moose drawing like a lot of other outfitters. They advertise that they hunt in many zones. They are strictly hiring outside guides and playing the numbers game. We concentrate in zone 3 and know it well for moose. We hunt them much the same way as you would hunt whitetails in the Midwest, over large food plots. Approximately 99% of the moose hunts are conducted on paper company land which is basically public access land. Moose are hunted from pickups where you will ride all day long covering lots of ground and getting lucky finding moose in the clear cuts. Everyone else will be also doing the same thing as you. This is not the type of hunt you will have with us. It is a one on one private land hunt. I own my own farm ground and plant right around 20 acres of oats, clovers, broccoli and other brassicas which attract moose like a magnet. As far as I know I’m the only guy doing it.   I also have access to many other private farms with lots of moose. Calling and stalking are techniques we also utilize.  This is truly private land hunting at its finest. If you are looking for a truly unique moose hunting opportunity in Maine give us a call. Learn more about our fully-guided moose hunting...

Moose Hunting

 

Black Bear Hunting

We offer personalized fall black bear hunting in Maine and New Brunswick and Trophy Spring Bear hunts in New Brunswick.  Our expertise and attention to detail is what makes our hunts so successful and different from other outfitters. 

Bear Hunting

Keith Cote is an avid bow and gun hunter.  He has personally been on several guided bear hunts, some successful, some not.  He had learned along the way what a hunter should expect from an outfitter and believes he knows what to offer.  Bow hunting is what we specialize in, but we also have well placed stands for gun hunters. We utilize the use of large and smaller tripods with comfortable seats. We also use factory type ladder stands, portable stands, and we use ground blind setups with comfortable folding chairs for your long afternoon sits on stands.

Keith and his personnel do their best to make your black bear hunt and stay at Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC a safe, successful, and memorable outdoor experience.

Look thoroughly at our site and I think you will see this is the place for bears with different packages to suite both Spring and Fall hunters. See more about the outfitter.

Some pictures of bears filmed over bait stations.

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Hidden costs and a hunter not researching an outfitter are things that can come back to haunt you on your hunt. We can supply you with a list of successful and unsuccessful clients that have hunted with us.  Our success has generally been over 95% shot opportunities for the past 6 years. We are proud of our success and want to share it with you!  For a complete list of references plus testimonials, see our testimonials page.

Bear
Michael Smith, PA.  A real giant bear
over 450 lbs.   Skull just missed B&C 20 13/16"
Bear
Ron Zimmerman Sr., PA.  over 400 lbs.

These two bears taken the same week.

 

Not The Biggest Outfitter, But the Best

Don't mistake Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC for being just another outfitter.  We keep our hunter clientele numbers down per week for personalized quality hunts. We have very active bait sites and hunt very private areas.

Be sure you compare apples for apples when choosing an outfitter.  Bear hunts vary in price greatly.  Like anything else, you get what you pay for in a hunt.  Our site covers a lot of information, however, if you contact us at 207-728-7365, I can cover much more details over the phone than on a computer.  I have had many hunting clients tell me this is why they chose to hunt with us, because of the passion I have and attention to detail with each and every client that is given.

 

Taxidermy

Keith Cote is a full time taxidermist when not hunting.  He has many mounts of bears on display along with other critters.  See Taxidermy page. We also have mounts for sale.

 

Lodging

We have a well equipped lodge in N. Brunswick, Canada and we put our Maine hunters in a local motel. Both places offer A.T.V. riding directly from lodging with hundreds of miles of trails for your riding enjoyment. 

 

Bear Bait

We also sell bear bait to other outfitters in both Maine and New Brunswick, so we know what works and we use plenty of it.

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FULLY INSURED AND LICENSED IN MAINE AND
NEW BRUNSWICK.

 

DOWNLOAD OUR BROCHURE

Sportsman's Pride Outfitters LLC Brochure [246k] in Adobe Acrobat format to print on your Computer.  Download Adobe Acrobat if you need a copy.

 

 

MAINE HUNTING LICENSE

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NEW BRUNSWICK HUNTING LICENSES

All New Brunswick licenses and tags are obtained through us and we will have them here upon arrival.