Don Beans' entire life has revolved around nature. Raised in the eastern hill country of Ohio, Don spent a good portion of his life in the big hickory, oak and beech hardwood forests. The earliest childhood memories that he can recall are long walks in the April mushroom woods and playing in the creek behind the family home. At age ten, he was given a beagle puppy and together the two of them chased every rabbit in the local neighborhood, many times over. He fell in love with trapping at eleven, and with a basket of #1 longsprings, learned of muskrats in the nearby creeks and marshes. Autumns were spent in the colorful Ohio hardwoods chasing grey and fox squirrels. With two beagles in his teens, many a cottontail graced the family table along with a few ruffed grouse. There was always time reserved to hunt the delectable morel mushroom in April and May, and fishing the Ohio resevoirs and farm ponds for catfish, sunfish, and bass filled the summer months. After years of reading 'Outdoor Life' and 'Field and Stream' stories of the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park wildernesses, he packed all his belongings in April of 1983 and headed to the Northwoods of Minnesota to make a home. "I had to see this place called the Northwoods."Once there, he knew it was home and prepared to make his name as a wilderness guide and trapper. After several years working for various canoe outfitters and resorts, Don struck out on his own in 1988 and became a freelance wilderness guide. In 1992, Jasper Creek Guide Service, Inc. was formed and it has grown steadily ever since. At date, Jasper Creek Guide Service boasts an impressive 80% plus clientele rate, and offers several popular canoe trip/ fishing trip options into the BWCA/ Quetico areas. Don takes great pride in his wilderness canoe and fishing trips- the equipment is always in working order, tried and proven; Don prides himself on his campfire cooking skills, and most of all, the personal service that Jasper Creek provides is second to none- "Once you experience a trip into this Superior/ Quetico country, the area will sell itself to you. The gamefish are here therefore the angling opportunities will hook you as well. I feel that the only item that I can offer that will set me apart from the rest is the personal service rendered."
Dean Bushey is teaming up with Don Beans' Jasper Creek Guide Service, Inc. starting the 2008 season. Dean was born in Wisconsin's Northwoods and was raised by a father who taught him to respect and understand the wonders of nature as the two of them hunted and fished together. Dean learned of trapping with his uncle, and the two of them harvested beaver, otter, mink and muskrat around the Willow flowage. He also learned to expertly handle a canoe early in his youth, paddling the Turtle- Flambeau and Willow flowages of his home state. Later, as a young man, his adventurous spirit inevitably brought him to the Quetico/ Superior country, where he has been exploring the BWCA backcountry for the past thirty plus years. His continued passion with the Northwoods and his adventurous spirit has allowed him to make numerous sojourns to remote Woodland Caribou and Wabakimi Provincial Parks in Ontario, Canada .
Dean owns and operates a ceramic tile setting and design company, 'Tile Time'. Check out his web at www.mntiletime.com. He takes great pride in his craftmanship. His other hobbies include (when there is no paddle in his hands)- cross country skiing, mountain biking, hunting birds with his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Willow, and back packing the trails less traveled.
Don Beans' entire life has revolved around nature. Raised in the eastern hill country of Ohio, Don spent a good portion of his life in the big hickory, oak and beech hardwood forests. The earliest childhood memories that he can recall are long walks in the April mushroom woods and playing in the creek behind the family home. At age ten, he was given a beagle puppy and together the two of them chased every rabbit in the local neighborhood, many times over. He fell in love with trapping at eleven, and with a basket of #1 longsprings, learned of muskrats in the nearby creeks and marshes. Autumns were spent in the colorful Ohio hardwoods chasing grey and fox squirrels. With two beagles in his teens, many a cottontail graced the family table along with a few ruffed grouse. There was always time reserved to hunt the delectable morel mushroom in April and May, and fishing the Ohio resevoirs and farm ponds for catfish, sunfish, and bass filled the summer months. After years of reading 'Outdoor Life' and 'Field and Stream' stories of the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park wildernesses, he packed all his belongings in April of 1983 and headed to the Northwoods of Minnesota to make a home. "I had to see this place called the Northwoods." Once there, he knew it was home and prepared to make his name as a wilderness guide and trapper. After several years working for various canoe outfitters and resorts, Don struck out on his own in 1988 and became a freelance wilderness guide. In 1992, Jasper Creek Guide Service, Inc. was formed and it has grown steadily ever since. At date, Jasper Creek Guide Service boasts an impressive 80% plus clientele rate, and offers several popular canoe trip/ fishing trip options into the BWCA/ Quetico areas. Don takes great pride in his wilderness canoe and fishing trips- the equipment is always in working order, tried and proven; Don prides himself on his campfire cooking skills, and most of all, the personal service that Jasper Creek provides is second to none- "Once you experience a trip into this Superior/ Quetico country, the area will sell itself to you. The gamefish are here therefore the angling opportunities will hook you as well. I feel that the only item that I can offer that will set me apart from the rest is the personal service rendered." 
Dean Bushey is teaming up with Don Beans' Jasper Creek Guide Service, Inc. starting the 2008 season. Dean was born in Wisconsin's Northwoods and was raised by a father who taught him to respect and understand the wonders of nature as the two of them hunted and fished together. Dean learned of trapping with his uncle, and the two of them harvested beaver, otter, mink and muskrat around the Willow flowage. He also learned to expertly handle a canoe early in his youth, paddling the Turtle- Flambeau and Willow flowages of his home state. Later, as a young man, his adventurous spirit inevitably brought him to the Quetico/ Superior country, where he has been exploring the BWCA backcountry for the past thirty plus years. His continued passion with the Northwoods and his adventurous spirit has allowed him to make numerous sojourns to remote Woodland Caribou and Wabakimi Provincial Parks in Ontario, Canada .