If you’ve longed for a high quality wilderness adventure that combines bear hunting with all the trim, you’ve found it.
Mackay Bar Outfitters & Guest Ranch is the quintessential backcountry venue you’ve been looking for. We’re located on the shores of Idaho’s “River of No Return”. Find out more about this remote location when you PLAN THE ESCAPE to Mackay Bar Ranch.
Grab your son, daughter, spouse, brother or hunting buddies to book the bear hunting experience of a lifetime at Mackay Bar Ranch.
We combine your guided hunt with all the pleasantries, lodging, meals, and gracious hospitality that you could ever hope to find in a remote location like the Frank Church “River of No Return” Wilderness.
When you book a hunt at Mackay Bar Ranch, your wilderness adventure starts near Riggins, Idaho.
We’ll pick you up at Vinegar Creek Boat Ramp on the Salmon River about 26 miles from Riggins Idaho, where your ADVENTURE BEGINS. We’ll travel in our Coast Guard Certified Jet Boat, framed by all the scenic beauty of the Frank Church “River of No Return”, to our location upriver, about 26 miles to the white sandy shores of Mackay Bar Ranch.
Our backcountry wilderness ranch sits just around the bend from the confluence of the South Fork of the Salmon River where it flows into the Main Salmon River.
Our bear hunts are based from the ranch, but we venture out daily using various methods such as spot and stalk, baiting, and hounds. We have plenty of mountain savvy stock to travel the steep countryside, Coast Guard Certified jetboats to navigate the river corridor and ATV’s for traveling the Dixie Road to bait stations. Depending on the weather and the bear activity, your guide will decide every day the best options for making your hunt successful!
We can adjust the hunt adventure to fit your physical conditioning, from EXTREME Bear Hunting to an easier, less strenuous experience.
Folks, its the EXPERIENCE that brings you to Mackay Bar Ranch, combined with the plush carpet of services that we roll out for our guests. Your experience goes well beyond a rugged bear hunt, where you’ll enjoy hot chef prepared meals in our beautiful main lodge. You’ll feel right at home in one of our beautifully furnished private rooms or private cabins, each equipped with private bathrooms.
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Our loyal guests tell it best when it comes to the hospitality and lifetime adventures offered at Mackay Bar Ranch.
If Bear Hunting isn’t your thing:
Choose from any of these other Adventures offered by Mackay Bar Ranch throughout the calendar year:
- January /February Cougar Hunting
- February /March Winter Steelhead Fishing
- April 15th Bear Season Begins
- May Bear Season Entire Month
- June, July, August – Summer Group Retreats, Plus Family Reunions, Destination Weddings, Fly Fishing on the South Fork, Swimming, Jet Boat Fishing, Historical Jet Boat Tours.
- September Elk Hunts, Big Horn Sheep
- October Fall Steelhead Fishing, and Upland Bird Hunting (Cast and Blast)
- November Late Season Mule Deer / Elk Combo, and continue Fall Steelhead Fishing to Thanksgiving
