Maine Black Bear Hunts:
2025 Hunt Dates:
Bear Over Bait:
August 25-31, 2025 – First week
September 1-7, 2025 – Second Week
September 8-14, 2025 – 3rd Week
Trapping Season:
September 1 through October 31, 2024
September 1-7, 2025 – Second Week
September 8-14, 2025 – 3rd Week
Stay at Rustic Retreat Lodge Bear Hunt Package:
Your choice of either:
Over Bait hunt or Trapping hunt: $2600
Combo hunt: $3600
Our Schedule allows for 6 full days of hunting!
Non-Hunting Guest: $1000
Non-Hunting Observer: $1300
Airport Pick up/Drop off: $150
*Pricing is subject to change without notice and All Hunts are subject to Maine State Taxes.*
The Lodge stay includes: Staying from Monday to Sunday, Home cooked meals, non-acholic beverages, bait, tree stand & harness/ground blinds with chairs, Professional Guide(s)/Helper(s), transportation from Lodge to bear site(s), Transportation to the tagging station/butcher, bed linens & bathroom linens, Washer/Dryer available, firing range for guns/bows, radios for contract with guide(s), parking for trucks and trailers.
What is not included: Licenses; Gratuities (15-20% is customary); Meat Processing Fees; Taxidermy Fees; Weapons/Ammo
Out Post Hunt (Off Site Lodging)
Your Choice of either:
Over Bait hunt or Trapping hunt: $2300
Combo Hunt: $3300
Non-Hunting Guest: $600
Non-Hunting Observer: $900
Airport Pick up/Drop off: $200
*Pricing is subject to change without notice and All Hunts are subject to Maine State Taxes.*
The Out Post Hunt will have off site lodging that is about a 15 min ride to Rustic Retreat Lodge and are very close to Presque Isle for groceries/restaurants. The rooms can sleep up to 3 Hunters. (Larger groups can be accommodated) You will have 2 full sized beds and if you have a 3rd hunter they will have a single bed. The room will have a kitchenette with a stove, fridge, microvalve, tv, couch and table. You will be responsible for your own meals. The lodging will be from Sunday to Saturday, bait, tree stand & harness/ground blinds with chairs, Professional Guide(s)/Helper(s), transportation from Lodge to bear site(s), Transportation to the tagging station/butcher, bed linens & bathroom linens, firing range for guns/bows on Rustic Retreat Lodge property, radios for contract with guide(s), parking for trucks and trailers.
What is not included: Licenses; Gratuities (15-20% is customary); Meat Processing Fees; Taxidermy Fees; Weapons/Ammo
Deposits and Cancellations Policies
Deposits:
30% Deposit due at time of reservation to guarantee your reservation. (NON REFUNDABLE)
Balance due 30 days before your hunt.
We take all major credit cards for payments.
ALL Hunts Cancelation Policy:
Reservation deposits made are NON REFUNDABLE.
Fall Hunts and accommodations are NON REFUNDABLE
Dates are non-transferable to another year.
Cancellation due to weather is not refundable. We take a change of mother nature not cooperating.
Maine Moose Hunt Pricing
Maine Moose Hunt Pricing 2024
We Cover Zones 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6:
Bull Hunt: $5800
Zone 1 Outpost Bull Hunt: $6800
Cow Hunt $3900
Zone 1 Outpost Cow Hunt: $4900
Non hunting guest $1000 per person (Please inquire about Outpost Pricing)
Non hunting observer $1300 per person (Please inquire about Outpost Pricing)
Pick up from Presque Isle Airport $200 (covers round trip)
Out Post Hunt pick up from Presque Isle Airport $300 (covers round trip to out post camp)
Bull week #1 Sept 21 – September 28, 2025
Bull week #2 Oct 12 – Oct 19, 2025
Cow week Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2025
*Pricing subject to change without notice and All Maine state taxes apply*
MOOSE HUNT WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Professional Guide knowledgeable of your zone and moose behavior
- First Class Accommodations from Sunday to Sunday
- Bed linens & Bathroom linens
- All transportation during your hunt
- Home-cooked meals (Sunday evening to Sunday morning) and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Range to site in your weapon of choice
- Retrieval of you moose (we quarter in the field)
- Transportation to processer, tagging station & taxidermist
- Wash/Dryer for personal use
- Ample secure parking for trucks and trailers
- Pictures
- Pricing is for Hunter and Sub-permittee.
- Please inquire about what is included in the Outpost hunt.
- Outpost hunt will have guide tents with cots, generators, cook tent, transportation to camp site and during the hunt.
**Any Gate Fees into Norther Maine Woods ($18 non-resident per day and $15 per day for resident of Maine)**
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:
- Licenses
- Gratuities (15-20% is customary)
- Meat Processing Fees
- Taxidermy Fees
- Weapons/Ammo
- Liquor
Deposits and Cancellations Policies
Deposits:
30% Deposit due at time of reservation to guarantee your reservation. (NON REFUNDABLE)
Balance due 30 days before your hunt.
We take all major credit cards for payments.
ALL Hunts Cancelation Policy:
Reservation deposits made are NON REFUNDABLE.
Fall Hunts and accommodations are NON REFUNDABLE
Dates are non-transferable to another year.
Cancellation due to weather is not refundable. We take a change of mother nature not cooperating.
**Please inquire for more information on what to bring with you for your hunt**