BEar our last east aditon to Big Grass comes from North Dakota? Tom said No more Puppies. Wow, in 3 months we have 2 well. He thought we needed a Curly one like Old Bud used to be.. As if that makes a deifference. But Sammy and He have become friends Hazzy is a little off her happy self. Tunes these kids in regularly. But all in good fun
Dogs of Big Grass
May 11, 2016 by
Manitoba Spring bear Yahoo!!!
April 27, 2016 by
French fri grease for grease pads, oats and grease in barrels, fresh scent in the air, as an attractant, and a pile of fresh meat scraps to spread the word that the Diner is open at Big Grass. Every year we dump gallons of oil and pounds of meat for the Bears offering a good reason for those huge Bruins to frequent the bait sights giving our hunters a opportunity of a good Manitoba Trophy.
Spring Black Bear baiting
April 26, 2016 by
Bear baiting done. Wow snow, water, mud, dust, sun, clouds, rain, wind all in one day. You never know what kinda day you might hav in the woods. But great part of spring bear baiting was the frost was still on the ground in the spruce swamps which made the Job much easier. A little sign showed but not much, with temps freezing most nights the bears are not really moving and looking for food.
Portia Marsh Boardwalk
April 24, 2016 by
Time out for a little site seeing. Portia Marsh is a unique waterfowl staging area for ducks geese and many different water birds. We took time to View info plaques, and just enjoy the view Mnaitoba has to offer.
Russell Manitoba the place to be!
April 8, 2016 by
Can you believe all these photos? What would we do without our Iphones? 50-60 mph winds blows the flag straight out, then driving along and within 1 mile we went from not snow to 4 inches and in 10 miles 12 inches,, Connies Drive in it the place to be March 31 in gusting winds the customers are lined up for burgers, chicken, fries, and soft ice cream!! and the last one a cyclest in Manitoba is a Chilly ride with temps dip to 10-25F during the day. then gusting winds but he had the WIND ON HIS BACK not a bad plan when you have no cab and only peddles for steam.Remember Big Grass Outfitters
April 7, 2016 by
Randy Ferguson, John, Randy and Ron Randall 5 years in a row till college tuitions came in the way. We had great fun, scouting, whacking and stacking, snow geese, canadian, limits of ducks. We offer quality hunts, we work hard and goose hunting in Manitoba is a dream for all. Critters behind the scenes
April 5, 2016 by
Wile we are not looking outdoors never stops, White tailed deer, the doe with her 2 fawn we watched all summer, Mrs Fox at the bird feeder at Christmas and now farther out back, the yote who is always calling to his mate, then a little surprise last Friday. Bear print in the snow. we have a den in the neighbours scrub pile along fence line, and I guess we had a couple of very warm days and he thought oh Spring is HERE! but now we have temps below 0F high winds some more snow , plus they are threatening blizzard conditions for the next 3 days. Mother nature must know what she is doing but it seemed the beginning of March we would be sewing the garden by first of April.. Yep April fools.. We continue to use cameras to see what we cannot see and it is really amazing.
Manitoba fur bearing animals
March 26, 2016 by
At Holmans the other day I had chance to grab a few pics of some beautiful hides hanging in the shop. A wolverine on the left, bear hides ready to be made to rugs, and tanned coyote pelts tanned ready to be picked up by the hunters. Feeding Birds in Manitoba in the spring
March 23, 2016 by
Every winter Judy spends hours sitting at the window by the bird feeder. We take time in the morning to see what is coming Blue jays, siskins, chickadees, Downy and Hairy woodpeckers, nuthatches, Red poles, Grosbeks Evening and Pine. Now spring is in the air, many have left, Grosbeks are gone and we are seeing the odd Ruffy grouse scouting past the feeder. on the left this Ruffy roaster struts his stuff trying to attrack a girl in the area. Canadian geese are sitting out back clucking away trying to impress their partner and beginnings of making nests have begun. we put a couple bales out back on the big slough for the geese to make nests on. hopefully I can use digital camera and get some good shots of the gosslings. 
Baiting bears at Big Grass
March 21, 2016 by
Beavers is the main food of a Bear in the Spring prior to grass turning green, the beaver may be out cutting trees or the bear will dig into a beaver hut to access the beaver kits for food.. We are lucky to know Elzivar who traps fur in the winter and spring. Just the other day he called to say he had a bunch and would like to bring them over as he doesnot have a deep freezer and temps outside are rising. here are 20 carcasses he bought over, and he will continue to trap till we arrive in the area for our spring bear hunt. We chop the beaver in pieces and wire the pieces to the so bear will have to work away at trying to release it to eat it..This gives the hunter time to determine how big the bear is and to get a good killing shot. We also use oats and grease for bait along with meat scraps, sweets and a scent control to spray hopfully covering the scent of the hunter in the tree, plus this scent is an attractant.