Scott, You are gonna have the time of your life- or at least in the top three "times of your life." Good companions, good food, lotsa bears, and enough to do so that you won't be bored. Tom and his guys (Eric, Lloyd, Allen& Bowdoc) do an incredible amount of preparation setting stands and establishing baits. Tom also coordinated the quarters, supplies, and transportation so you'd think about all there would be for you to do is eat, sleep, and shoot a bear. Don't jump to conclusions. There is plenty for every man to do and in my opinion that makes this a super experience for a hunter of any experience level. The week will fly by and you'll leave knowing considerably more about bears than you would believe. How to judge size, how to skin, how to butcher, etc. You also will probably get to see and maybe participate in some of the most impressive blood-trailing I've seen in forty years of hunting. All of this is wrapped up in an atmosphere of comraderie and support unequaled anywhere except maybe the battlefield. This may sound overstated now, but I'm certain you will agree after your hunt unless something changes drastically between now and next June. It will take a catastrophic turn of events to keep me away. I'd probably try to make it if we were hunting groundhogs. Grant