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Makwa River Outfitters has guided trophy whitetail deer and black bear hunts across northwestern Saskatchewan since 1990, run today by the same family that started it, with the same commitment, to give you one unforgettable hunt!

The Collection

Choose Your Hunt

Season · Fall

Species

Whitetail Deer

A premium guided whitetail deer hunt through Saskatchewan's rugged timber. Experience the frigid rush of the rut where there is always a possibility of bagging the monster buck of your dreams.

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Season · Spring

Species

Black Bear

An adrenaline-pounding predator hunt in the quiet swampy shade of the deep forest pines. The personalities, color phases, and sizes of the bear up here are sure to excite even the most experienced bear hunter.

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Season · Winter

Species

Timberwolf

Guiding laws have been lifted on the things that go bump in the night. Tags will remain available as a "by-chance" add-on during deer season. This hunt will be for those ready to meet whatever has been watching them from the treeline. A dedicated pursuit to bag one of the most cunning predators in the world.

Ken Dopko with a trophy whitetail, November 2005

The Legacy

Built by Ken Dopko

Ken and Kathy Dopko were both raised on this land. Ken learned to hunt from Kathy's father John, a man who had tracked deer and read water here long before it was ever called a sport. John taught him patience, and he taught him respect for the animal.

Ken guided for a neighboring outfitter through the late 1980s. In 1990, Makwa River Outfitters became his own, and he earned the province's Master Outfitter designation building it. While Ken is no longer with us, what he built endures.

Known as Kenny to all who were close to him, Ken brought a fiery and mischievous sense of humor that will forever be missed.

Ken Dopko

Carried Forward

Walker & Kathy Today

Kathy has been handling the day-to-day activities since the beginning. She has been the mortar that has held the bricks together since Kenny passed in 2006. Truly an ace in the hospitality industry, she is the reason the entire process is so easy.

Ken and Kathy's son Walker now ensures the experience they cultivated continues, the same ground, the same standards, carried on by the same blood that cut the first trail nearly 40 years ago.

We never stopped running it.