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I have hunted with TOA for bear, elk, shiras moose and mt lion and have been successful on every hunt. Vince and his staff have provided a quality experience in every aspect from food, facilities, horses, hounds, and guides. His territories are alive with game. On each hunt I have seen large numbers of animals. on the moose hunt, we saw 4 moose while packing into the spike camp! We hadn't even started hunting yet! We were able to look at over 10 moose before making our plan on the 48" plus double brow tine moose that is hanging on my wall. My Elk was called and coaxed in to 47 yards in an exciting conversation between the guide and the animal. But by far the most exciting and intense hunt for me was the mt lion hunt we just completed ( view picture in photo gallery). Vince's hounds are incredible and shooting a 170lb mountain lion at 8 yards as it was coming back down the tree to attack the dogs was an unbelievable experience. I'm still looking forward to mountain goat, grizzly bear and another elk and black bear hunt. There is absolutley no doubt that I will be hunting these animals with Vince and TOA.
Rex Heckelman
I have been a houndsman for the past 25 years. I have always dreamed of hunting mountain lions with hounds. I contacted many outfitters in the states and in British Columbia. After a lot of research and studying I knew I had to go to British Columbia to hunt Mt Lions. Vince and I hit it off from the first conversation. Let me tell you he knows hounds and cat hunting. We talked about the area, accommodations, the skill level of his hounds, and the success he has had over the past several years. After our first conversation I knew this was the place I had to go. Vince only takes a limited number of hunters per year and limited hunting pressure put on the cats mean they are able to get big. We saw lots of deer and elk every day. I believe this is why there are so many cats. During the four days of hunting and hundreds of miles of road tracking, we did not see another local hunter or guide. We also saw Bobcat tracks and Lynx tracks every day. I don't want to sound like a commercial but the accommodations were outstanding, food plenty, hounds awesome, scenery breath taking, and guides willing to do what it takes to make your hunt as good as possible. Lisa, Vince's wife, organizes everything to make the logistics as simple as possible. The most important thing you need to know is that he has cats. We cut two to seven tracks a day. We killed three cats in four days. The cats were huge, bigger than I could dream of. I had almost as much fun showing off the pictures as I did hunting them. Leaving the lodge we cut two more big cat tracks. Vince's family made us feel welcome in their home and took care of us like family. Nathan Kelly was my guide, and he is one of the hardest working guides I have ever hunted with. I also want to thank Rex, another hunter in camp. He was a real pleasure to hunt with. I want to thank everyone at TOA: they are class act.

Rob Elliot
Rob Elliot
It all started in 2007 when myself and my son Nick decided to book with Outfitters Nathan Kelly and Vince Cocciolo of Total Outdoor Adventures for Mtn. Goat and Elk, a hunt I had been dreaming of for over thirty years. We had no idea of the adventure we were about to embark on. After many months of training and dreaming we finally arrived in Kalispell, MT and were on our way to the Bull River in the Southern Rockies of B.C. After we arrived Nate informed me of the Bull Moose he had been seeing in the area and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He had a Shiras Moose tag available but we had to hunt it with a bow as it was archery only for Moose during our hunt. Nate reassured me that we would have no trouble getting a Goat right away and then we could focus on the Moose. Nick was hunting his Goat with a bow and knew he had a challenge ahead of him. After the first day we knew we had in fact booked with the best, everything was organized and the guides were very knowledgeable and prepared to make our dream hunt come true, little did they know that just being in the most beautiful pristine wilderness we had ever seen was a dream come true in itself. Nate and his guides worked extremely hard and to make a long story short I had a 9 1/2 Billy, a 50 inch archery Bull Moose and a 300 class 6 point bull elk on the ground. To top it all off my son Nick succeeded in harvesting a beautiful Mt. Goat with his bow after 12 days and many stalks on some big goats. Our hunt was a success beyond our wildest dreams. The game in this area is plentiful and we saw evrything from Grizzly Bears at 50 yards to magnificent Bull Elk bugling in remote mountain basins. Everything was top notch on our Total Outdoor Adventure and we can't wait to come back for more !!!

Mile Pindar,
New Jersey
Mike Pindar
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