We consider our business, our outfitting business, to be definitely a full service outfitter. We offer, you know, transportation right from the get-go from the city to the camp. We look after 100% of the meals, all the accommodations, license, tags, taxes, skinning, guiding, all the above. We're we're all inclusive. 100% all-inclusive. And I believe you know, we're a five-star operation.
I personally do 95 to 98% of the pickups as far as picking people up in the city. I just like to shake everybody's hand, you know, give that first impression to everyone. I'm 100% involved in 100% of the operation. So, I think that's very important. The drop offs, I don't do all the drop offs. Gives me a little breather, for that day. I do have a full-time person that does the drop offs for us.
You know, when we bought the place, it definitely needed some upgrades and some love, and we've done that. We've put a lot back into this business, in the forest and at camp. We get lots of good reactions. They see what we've done with the bunk house and the yard and just improvements all around.
The difference between spring and fall is very minimal. In the spring obviously we have more access to the beavers that we use in our beaver tanks. So in the fall it's a little tougher to come by. But in the fall, there's less mother nature's food once the berry crop is gone and stuff. You know, so we don't have to compete with mother nature as much.
We have a 55 gallon barrel there. And I always tell guys, if you can fit the bear inside the barrel, he's 250 or less. If the bear can eat the barrel, probably a shooter. The biggest, the biggest thing, is you need to have the patience to actually use that tool. Bears are the hardest animal to judge. You can't just pull the trigger in the first three minutes.
In the spring of 2024, we purchased an additional 100,000 acres, closer to 120. So, we're really close to to 180,000 forest allocation for bears, which is huge. The bonus for that new area that we bought, they didn't go to the edges and they didn't exercise, I think, all the area, and we're doing that. So, those places are golden. I mean, lots of bears, lots of big bears. So, two changes we made, I guess, is adding that 120,000 acres in the forest and creating some good relationships with land owners and gaining some more access.
Our fishing at Turtle Lake, is second to none,. There's not very many drive-in lakes that you can go out and fish and catch 40 inch Pike or 30 inch Walleye. I'm not saying that's going to happen every day, but it's definitely a chance when you go out there to catch a trophy fish like that. The quality of fishing is great. We have a very good resource. We look after it.
I am 100% involved in 100% of the operations. I do all the booking. I do as much as I can in the fixing and a lot of the setups. I'm involved in in 99% of the setups. I think being involved and keeping your finger on the pulse is very important to have a successful outfitting business. So yes, I definitely keep myself in tune and keep myself involved in 100% of the operations.