Tips before you go
What to know to choose a guide and arrive ready, whether it's your first time or you come from far away.
How to choose a hunting or fishing guideA good guide can turn a first trip into a lasting habit, and a poor fit can turn it into an expensive weekend in the rain. Here is what to look at, and what to ask, before you send a deposit.Read Your first guided hunt: what to expectA first guided hunt is a great way to learn from someone who knows the land and the animals. Knowing what happens before, during and after the trip lets you relax and enjoy it.Read Your first guided fishing trip: what to expectFishing with a guide is the fastest way to learn a lake or a river, and often the most relaxing way to spend a few days on the water. Here is how a guided trip usually goes, from the permit to the fish fry.Read Outfitter (pourvoirie) or independent guide: which to chooseWhen you look for a guided hunt or fishing trip in Canada, you will quickly meet two kinds of offers: outfitters, called pourvoiries in Québec, and independent guides. Both can give you a great trip, but they work differently.Read Hunting or fishing in Canada as a visitorEvery year, hunters and anglers from France, the rest of Europe and the United States come to Canada for black bear, moose, walleye or brook trout. The trip is very doable, but the rules for visitors differ from those for residents, so plan ahead.Read Hunting and fishing in Canada as an AmericanMoose in Ontario, black bear in Québec, elk in Alberta: for many American hunters and anglers, the trip they dream about is a drive away. Getting there is simple. The part that catches people out is the rules, because they are different from home and they change from one province to the next.Read Hunting and fishing in Canada as a EuropeanBlack bear in the boreal forest, moose in the fall, walleye and brook trout in lakes with nobody around: Canada is a long way to go, and that's the point. A trip from Europe takes more planning than most, so here is what to sort out before you book your flight.Read