Trad Gang

Well next week(8-13-11) myself,sunny,and a couple training wheel guys are headed to Ontario to hunt some black bears. I'm going to try to do a follow along from now until we get home. I'm hoping to have service at camp so I can update everyone daily on my laptop. Things are going good thus far so hopefully this will be a great trip. So pull up a chair,grab a beer, and follow us from Ohio to the Canadian woods. I'll try to make it interesting until we actually get on stand.
Here we go.............

Our hunt was booked last year with Kapriveroutfitters in northern Ontario. Peter Martin is the owner. Peter is a dog breeder and professional wolf guide. A couple years ago Peter had a client(Tim Wells) who has his own TV show (Relentless Pursuit). Tim filmed his bear hunt at Peters place. Tim advised Peter that he had some great bear hunting and could make some money before wolf season opened up. So last year the camp was open for bear hunters. They killed 16 bear out of 18 hunters. The other 2 was waiting on a bigger bear but saw bear. Peter informed me these guys killed some big bear too. So kapriver bear hunting was formed. So I booked a hunt for the first week of 2011.
Peter offers 47 baits that he baits every 3 days from May1st to end of season. A week prior to your hunt he will pick out the 12 best baits and bait these everyday. He will only let 6-8 in camp at once. We only have 4 during our week.Peter also just got 3 more BMU and is going to offer an outpost camp next year.
So theres the history about the place we are going. Now to the hunt.

Any good hunt starts with preperation. Half the fun of going on a hunt is getting things prepared. Heres a couple of me making my bear arrows. GT 35/55 full length,50grain brass,100 bh insert,160 snuffer. Total arrow 605gr.That ought to make a nice hole huh?

Putting on the wraps
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Chopping feathers

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Getting the business end ready and sharp.

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Gotta get the gear and clothes washed as well.

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You may be driving right through my town.If the timing is right your welcome to stop for coffee ,or whatever !!
               Tom

Tom, we may just take you up on that offer. My GPS has this as a 17 hr. 39 min. drive so we may need some joe  to keep us awake!!!! Leaving Sat. 13th at 0600.

Good luck Mike! I can't wait until I get a chance to bear hunt again. What bow(and specs) are you hunting with? What shape do you chop your feathers. Do you bring any secret bear lures with you?

We are leaving on Friday for Ignace ON. 1200 miles and about 22 hours from OK. Good luck! Tommy

Good luck and safe travels. I hope all goes well ad you have a good time.

Reads well. Excited for you!!


God Bless,
David B.

Mike,

You will be in good hands with Peter. I have known and hunted with Peter for many many years. I was his first wolf client when he started guiding for wolves. Hard to find nicer folks than Peter and his wife Terry. Have a great time!

I will be watching this hunt from home this time been on to many vacations this year already.Good luck

owlbait-All that is yet to come. Gotta pace myself so I dont run out of things to talk about before we leave.lol

hunt it-Peter has been wonderful thus far. They seem like genuine people. His guide Hugo has answered all my questions and then some.

longbowben-Wish you could go with us my friend. Just wont be the same without you.

good luck !

If you are coming up the 400 north from Toronto you will be within 5 min. of my house.
               Tom

This is gonna be good...   :campfire:

Now every hunt begins months before with practice. I usually shoot my bow year round so usually no issues there. This year has been different. I had shoulder surgery on May 11th so I was down for two months. Now normally I would be back into things after a week or two. But this year I made the complete switch from recurve to longbow. Although not as accurate with my lb as my curves(at least not yet), I'm determined to hunt LB this season. So I had ordered a Liberty Contender(64" 53@27) several months ago and wasn't able to start shooting until around 7-1-11. Had to drop a few pounds in draw weight cause of the shoulder but 53 will be plenty. I feel confident up to 20 yards and thats fine by me. All my stands at home are set for 15-18 yards anyhow. So practice is what I have been doing.

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I'll take this shot from 18 yards anytime.

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The tools of the trade

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QuoteOriginally posted by wooddamon1:
This is gonna be good...    :campfire:  

I sure do hope so!!!  :pray:    :archer2:

QuoteOriginally posted by owlbait:
Good luck Mike! What shape do you chop your feathers. Do you bring any secret bear lures with you?

I chop mine at 5 1/4" shield. We have used chicken grease and donuts in the past and the grease worked wonderfully. The guide already uses this stuff so I dont have to bring it. I do have a little something/something up my sleeve to try. It's an odd mixture but a 200 year old man told me about it.    :bigsmyl:    Remind me later and I'll let you know if it worked or not.


SUNNY- Feel free to step in at any time. This ain't poundcake ya know.

Thanks MIke. How did you settle in that shape/size. I just had a custom Lil Chopper made that looks close to that. I'll be after you about your 200 year old secret, I always like to try something different as long as my guide doesn't mind. My good luck bait was pink Peeps, those sugar coated marshmallows! What size bears do you expect to see? Any color phase?

Good Luck.

Good luck on your hunt.  I will be bear hunting myself in September here in my home state of Michigan.  My wife and I spent the day today setting up three bait sites and put up our tree stands.  We are baiting with sweets mostly.  Will be shooting a new VyperKhan longbow made for me by my brother Chris Cox of habu bows.  Arrows are 340 axis with weight tubes, 8gr an inch, 30 inch arrows.  Going to shoot a snuffer.

-owlbait- I just liked the shield is all. The size seemed to help steer my 160 snuffers best. Peter is really open about what we do to our own baits. I may get me a couple packs of those pinl peeps too!!!! No color phase but they say the bears are pretty big up that way. I'm looking for a 300 or better on this trip. We'll see soon enough.

-habujohn- Good luck to you and your wife as well.

best of luck

This one is starting out very nicely buddy.

I too luv the preparation before the hunt.

The more you put into any adventure, the more you get out of it!

I have no doubt you'll do just fine!

Best of luck to you my friend!    :campfire:

Thanks Curt! Been looking forward to this for a while now. I just hope Sunny don't go after a wounded bear with his knife! :scared:lol You know about that first hand.haha

I figured a new hunt needed a new camera to go along with it. Those that know me know that I tinker with homebru trail cameras. So I decided to make an IR one for the trip. The cam has been tested and working good. Just need to add the 3d camo and it's ready. Hopefully I'll get some good bear pics to show you guys. The Pelican case should hold off the bear teeth.....I hope.

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Pretty simple build. It's a Sony P-41 hacked IR. Attached to a Simple Sniper II board.
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Gonna enjoy this thread.

Y'all be safe and have fun.

 :thumbsup:

The bags are packed, killing the bull with my bow, and the beer is on ice. Sounds to me like we are ready to rock. Now if I can get Sunny to Ohio in one piece we will be in good shape.

Saturday morning and we'll be on our way!!!!

Should have a few more pics on Friday as things get closer.

Good luck and good hunting, this is a heck of a story so far.  I leave for Dorion, Ontario on the 19th for my first bear hunt so I'm eating this thread up.  Great job so far, your a natural story teller.  TRW

This is the first fall in 4 years that I won't be heading to New Brunswick bear hunting. Man, watching your posts are killing me. Good Luck and hope you have a great time!
Glenn

QuoteOriginally posted by toppredator:
  Great job so far, your a natural story teller.  TRW

I dont know about all that but thanks.

Best of luck to you on your hunt. Hope to see some good pics.

Hope your drive is a good one.Should not be any rain or thunderstorms like they first thought.Suppose to hold off until Sun.
        Good Luck!

Good luck guys. ARGGGGGH Your killin me 21 day till we leave for Maine. Send lots of pics I'm gettin fired-up.

I have a chief elite.  Nice bow and fully capable.  Keep em sharp, brother jarhead
Simper fi

Just tryed to contact them a bear must have the allready started to eat them.Jeff and rob are to small to eat so mike and mike are bear bait right know.Cant wait to see this hunt unfold.Go get them.  :archer:

Longbowben, I think you're right... Too bad it had to happen on his Birthday. I KNEW I should've increased his life insurance!
If you're still out there in bear country HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!

Do i get his tractor?

Hell yea!!!  I ain't mowing. Grass doesn't grow in the Carribean islands anyway  :)

Have a great hunt Mike.  Can't wait to see some pics.

Real nice thread, I got a good feeling.

:campfire:

Wow i love my new tractor thanks bears.  :D

Not so fast everyone! We are still very much alive and kicking. But I can't say so much for other things.hint,hint.

Due to some technical issues with downloading pics, you all will have to wiat until Sunday to get the full story. The action has been hot and heavy and there have been several bears seen.

So be patient and I'll chat more when I get home.

Honey I cant believe you traded away my new tractor for the Caribbean!

Until Sunday.

Oh by the way, just for a little hint,do you all have any idea what a 160 snuffer will do to a bear?  :bigsmyl:

H O L E ?

one or two that is the question !

i have a felling we'll be finding out soon
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Nice    :campfire:

I DO know what a 160 Snuffer will do to a bear..........It will be a short trail...

Thats what I used on the bears I have shot.As far as the light would shine you could see the blood !!!!!

Big Snuffers take the wind out of big bears. Took my biggest with a Snuffer many years ago.

I have no idea what you're talking about... Your brother-in-law was just offering to help with the lawn while your away...  :)

Won't be long now.

I'll keep this up so you can find it quickly to post your pics Mike.

and ..........  :banghead:

Got home today and I'm just really beat. I'll get this started back up tomorrow.
I wasn't able to do the hunt along due to internet /phtotbucket difficulties but I'll get it all out starting tomorrow.   :coffee:

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OK, where did I leave off......

Oh, Friday, 8-12-11 I meet up with my old buddy Michael(sunnyhillarcher)as he drove up from S.C. It's always good to see friends again. Hunts with friends is what makes the memories,the kill is just a bonus.
Anyhow, get Michael to the house for a cold beer and some pizza and catch up on things. We finished packing up the trailor and went to bed early.

The other guys (Jeff(wheelie guy),Rob (forestcreature) show up at 0530 on the 13th and help load the remaining gear. On schedule,we depart for Canada at 0600.

The broder crossing went smooth and as anticipated we hit that horrible traffic in Toronto. But after 16 plus hours we arrived at our destination Kapaskasing,Ontario.

Here is our home for the next week.

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5-bedrooms,large living room,kitchen,2-showers/toilets. What more could a hunter ask for.

We got there at around 9:30 pm and sat down with a cold one. Not long after out arrival we meet our guide,JF.(his girlfriend Jen)

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We got a good nights sleep and woke on 8-14-11 to get gear ready and go check baits and hang stands.

Michael unpacking/organizing his bow.

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This is just a sight that any bear should fear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :scared:  

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It's awesome to check on this and see it's going great! Man how I'd love to hunt bears some day...I think I'll start some research on a hunt for next fall!   :campfire:

We all ventured out to our bait sites to check and pick baits. 3 of 4 had been hit the night before which was a good sign.

Here is my stand that I would also call home for an extended period of time.

Lucky me,everybody else had the metal ladder stands. I pick the one with a pallet in the tree.   :knothead:  


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Keep the image of the tree to the right where the seat is. It will come into play later.

Now its getting good.That looks like a real comfortable stand.  :laughing:

Now I always bring my own stand whenever I go hunting. I let the guide talk me into using this stand instead of my own. Plus,I'm a whitetail hunter and being only 10 feet off the ground was just not what I was used to.

Bad move..............for my butt that is.


Here is a pic of my bait barrel from the stand. 13 yards to the barrel.

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Keep in mind our baits were 25 miles one way from camp. 7 on main road and 18 on a dirt road. My poor black truck paid the price...

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OK, stands done,we headed back to camp to get licenses,eat and relax.

Michael taking a break and Rob cooking up some grub.

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The guide informed us that a couple of the baits were also being hit early in the AM so we all decided to go on stand in the dark and sit all day.
Yes,the possibility of sitting 15 hours on that wooden platform made me wish I would have hung my Gorilla.  :banghead:  

0500 came way too early on Monday the 15th.......

Monday 8-15-11 0600

Opening day found us heading to our stands. We took one quad and the truck and headed out. Once at the crossroads, myself and Michael would take the bike and the other guys would continue with the truck.

I dropped Michael at his bait trail head and headed to mine. Heres me checking the barrel and throwing more bait in. A little depressing that it had not been hit last night but thats hunting.

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This pic was taken from my trail cam that I had set up the day before.

I mentioned my secret bait early on. Not much of a secret but something I wanted to use. If you look on the ground around the bait you will see the big white dots. Those are giant marshmallows that are soaked in  vanilla extract. These wound up working better than planned.  :bigsmyl:  

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I climbed into my stand and now the wait begins......  :coffee:

My wait would be short lived. At about 0620 just as daylight set in I hear a noise coming from the pines to the right of the barrel.

Now those who have bear hunted know that it's odd for a bear to make noise coming into a bait. I dont know how they do it with the thick forage and all,but one minute they are not there,the next they are. Like ghosts.

Anyhow, I hear this noise coming to me so I grab my bow. Figuring maybe I have a clumsy bear. Through the trees I see a black flash on the ground. Bear foot for sure......

:eek:

My heart is pumping through my chest as I await my quary. He sure as heck was taking his time. I check my wind puffer and the wind was in my face. All is good, now just wait Mike.

I stand and wonder,how big is he? will I shoot him? Is it maybe a cub? Will my shot be true?

I catch a glimpse at the base of the pines and see that black paw looking thing again. Then all at once he steps out!!!!!

My excitement went from an adrenaline high to a giant release of a huge breath. All I was thinking now was please dont spray me in this short stand.
Old peppy gave me a good rush for sure.

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After peppy ate on some of my marshmallows he left me to wait some more.
Thank God for the grinnys or my day would have been longer than it already was. I enjoyed watching them play around the bait while I waited.

At about 11:30 the guide came in to check on me and freshen up the site with some chicken grease. A welcome sight cause I had to stretch my legs a bit.

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I walked to the truck with him just to stretch my legs a bit and get rid of my morning coffee. My little jug was already full!

10 minutes later I was back on my stand....

During our chat the guide informed me that one of the other hunters in our group(not a trad guy) had stuck a good bear. Heres a trail cam pic of that bear the night before.

Unfortunately this bear was never recovered. This is just to show you that these guys have some nice bear up there. They had one weigh in at 470 last year. That is a full size 55 gallon drum there.

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Back to my story.......

The hours ticked by and I started to get sleepy. Not to mention this stand was THE most uncomfortable stand I have ever sat.
Because the seat was at a different angle than the platform I could not lean against the tree. So I started standing on the seat in the right hand corner and leaning against the tree. Keep in mind my bow was hanging lower than me now.  
Again, this would play an important roll later...


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:coffee:   :)

The day rolled on with no sightings of any bear for me. My butt hurt and I was getting uncomfortable. I once again climbed up on the seat to lean against the tree for some relief.
At about 7:00pm (13 hours on stand)I pulled my phone from my pocket to see if I had any service to text Michael. Just wanted to see if he was doing any good. No service as usual. When all of a sudden I look 5 yards from the stand to my left and there is a big black object.
Yes, this time it was a bear!!!!!!
Cursing myself for allowing technology to let my guard down all I could do was wait. My 64" longbow was within yards from her. I could just picture her chewing on my bottom limb.    :scared:  

But,instead of paying any mind to me,she walked over to the bucket on the ground and sniffed for a second. Then guess what,she went straight for the marshmallows.     :bigsmyl:

While at the barrel my camera got this pic:

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Not a monster bear, nor was it a little one either. Bigger than any I have shot to date.I decided that I was taking this bear. While she chewed on those marshmallows her butt was facing me. Time to get the bow in my hands. Keep in mind I'm still standing on my seat. Knowing for sure that if I tried to step down on the platform a creek or moan from the stand would send this bear running. So if I was going to shoot this bear then it would have to be from the seat. I actually practiced drawing my bow from this perch earlier should the occassion arise. Boy I'm glad I did.

I reached down to get the bow and surprisingly was able to get it off the hook.

Thinking I might actually pull this off I slowly eased the bow up to my bow hand. Almost there I kept my eyes on the bear. Just as my bow was almost in my shooting hand I bumped the bottom limb on the platform. CLANK!!!!!! To my surprise those marshmallows must have been real good cause she didn't even look up.

Bow in hand I just had to wait on a good broadside shot. Lady luck was looking after me cause all the marshmallows were gone except one that a bird tried to pick up and dropped it behind the barrel. The bear went after this last marshmallow. The good part was her head was behind the barrel with her full body exposed. Slighty quartering away I picked a spot slightly back so the arrow would go up into the lungs.

Practice took over and the string came right to my face. Before I knew it the yellow fletching disappeared right where I was looking.
The bear took off and all was quiet.

Wow!

I hope this story changes course after your last sentence..lol

I'll be back to see if you managed to retrieve your bow.

Thanks for all you've shared to this point.

God bless,Mudd

I sat back and took in all that had just happened. I cant believe I just pulled that off.

But was my shot true? Was the spot I picked correct? Did I go to far back and miss the lungs? I hate quartering away shots!

Me getting down checking the spot.

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Nice picture.Just wish i could have filmed all of the funny things of you in that stand all day long.

I briefly looked for my arrow but couldn't find it. Now I'm wondering if I even had a pass thru.

I did find wet stuff right at the shot site and thought this was good. Keep in mind that I'm colorblind and cant see blood. So all I can look for is wetness.

I walk out to the road to gather my thoughts and see Michael coming down the road to me. He walked 2 miles to get to me.Here I thought we both had one down. But Michael had a bear in twice but elected to pass on it. His winds started to swirl so he decided to get down and not ruin anything since this was the first day. I was disappointed that his hunt got cut short the first night but welcomed a pair of eyes to help me track.

After going over the story with Michael we went back to the bush.

Michael looking over the scene.

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I took Michael to the spot where I found the wetness. I told him that I have blood. He laughed then and is probably laughing now as he reads this. He said Mike,thats not blood,it's grease splatter.
Now I'm really disappointed. But right behind the barrel we did find blood. The 160 snuffer did it's job. And two yards away we saw this:

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:clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:

Awesome!!!   I cant wait for more    :clapper:

QuoteOriginally posted by longbowben:
Nice picture.Just wish i could have filmed all of the funny things of you in that stand all day long.

You would have surely seen some funny things all right!!!!

Lunch time,I'll be back.

Thats what every hunter wants his arrows to look like.

:thumbsup:

That's a long lunch break, Marine. Ten-hut and report yoru findings, Son!!!

snap to!

:)

I'm safe, he's a full state away! Ha!   :laughing:

I'm actually waiting on a couple pics.


Patience young grasshoppers.

:thumbsup:

Love bear stories!!!

Now where was I?


Oh yea,the trail. After finding the arrow me and Michael went after her.
Folks, let me tell you something about a 160 Snuffer. Bob Morrison was right when he said it would be a short trail. After a mere 30 yards we found my bear. Lady luck was really with me. The arrow went straight in her right side around the ribs and exited through the back part of the left shoulder. Liver and lungs were toast.

She did give me the death growl so I new she was dead. But that would have killed the story.

Michael has a couple good pics of me approaching the bear and we'll get those up shortly. But here's my girl.

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The time was actually 1932 for the pic.

I want to thank Michael for his help in recovering my bear. Also want to thank Rob and Jeff for a good time hunting.

Kapriver outfitters is a new bear operation and I was pleased with their set-up. Not to mention they have some really nice size bear. Thanks for coming along with me and I hope you enjoyed it. I'll post some more trail cam pics and such later.

Great story and congrats on the bear.

doug77

Congrats and thanks for sharing!!

Oorah Devil Dog!  Outstanding Job.  :thumbsup:

:clapper:   Well done.  :)

Grasshopper is now at peace and smiling big!

You be one UGLY buggar even next to a bear, Mike, but dang that is a great story.  :)

Love to have seen some pics of you standing on your seat...and then shooting from it no less.

"IMPROVISE" just never leaves you guys, does it!?  :thumbsup:    :notworthy:    :jumper:

Congrats OL'Boy!

Great story and nice shooting!! Congrats!!

Way to go Mike !!!

Congrats brutha!    :clapper:

How about the tooth doc    :dunno:

Nice Bear!

The hide looked like it was in good shape, was it and how much did the bear weight? THANK YOU for this, feel like I was there...also never saw the skunk coming.

Nice bear, congrats!!

Thanks for a Great story and pictures! Congrats on a fine Bear!

QuoteOriginally posted by Doc Nock:
Grasshopper is now at peace and smiling big!

You be one UGLY buggar even next to a bear, Mike, but dang that is a great story.   :)  

Love to have seen some pics of you standing on your seat...and then shooting from it no less.

"IMPROVISE" just never leaves you guys, does it!?   :thumbsup:      :notworthy:      :jumper:  

My wife says the same thing Doc. Ugly for sure.

Improvise is instilled in you and you never forget it. Kinda works sometimes too.

QuoteOriginally posted by fmscan:
The hide looked like it was in good shape, was it and how much did the bear weight? THANK YOU for this, feel like I was there...also never saw the skunk coming.

Hide is in great shape. The 2 guides said it was around 250. It will make a nice rug in the recroom.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was an enjoyable hunt with friends.

thanks for taking us with you. I fell like I need to punch my bear tag now.

Way to go! Thanks for the story...I needed this!

Congrats !!!  :thumbsup:   Great Hunt and pics,you will be telling stories around the campfires for years  congrats again!!!!

Good story to wake up to w/morning coffee now to scramble to get to work. Like the flag flying in the pic of your camp. Make model draw of all bows in your picture.
pm coming your way as well
congrats X10  :thumbsup:

Excellent! Thanks for taking us along. Great looking sow.   :thumbsup:  


250 pounds, I bet you thought she was double that at the time! Again, super job and congratulations.

Thanks for sharing your story and pics.Congrats on a nice bear.

That was awesome story, Mike!! Great pics as well.....thanks for sharing!

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Thanks everyone I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully it got everybody pumped up for their respective seasons. Good luck to all!!!!!

Great story. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations!!!!1

Awesome job. Thanks for sharing the story and pictures.
Terry

Congratulations.  Very nice bear.  It will make a great rug.  

Fun story - SO FAR :-)

Great bear buddy but that huge hole that that snuffer made is going to be hard to fix  :thumbsup:

:clapper:

congrats , nice bear  :wavey:    :thumbsup:

Congrats! Thanks for taking us along! I needed this! I'm headed to Minnesota to chase bears in 12 days and a wake up. Hopefully I will be posting a thread like this very soon! Awesome bear!

Great story telling and PICS Mike!

CONGRATULATIONS  :clapper:

Way to go! Great story and Congrats!
Glenn

Great story it was killing me waiting for the news.Perfect shot  :archer2:

Great story Mike. Thanks for sharing the story, the pics, and the secret bait! I thought maybe the grease splatters was from that hot set-up you have; starts fryin' em before dyin' em!    :bigsmyl:   How long is that bear? Do they age them for you in Ontario?

Congrats    :thumbsup:

QuoteOriginally posted by leatherneck:
I took Michael to the spot where I found the wetness. I told him that I have blood. He laughed then and is probably laughing now as he reads this. He said Mike,thats not blood,it's grease splatter.
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Rizzy's new nickname is The Grease Man!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrads man!

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I took Michael to the spot where I found the wetness. I told him that I have blood. He laughed then and is probably laughing now as he reads this. He said Mike,thats not blood,it's grease splatter.
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Rizzy's new nickname is The Grease Man!!!!!!!!!!!! [/b]

That kinda has a ring to it.  :saywhat:

I didn't exactly just laugh either..... There were a few other words that accompanied the guffaws and howls!!

Congrats on a nice bear!

Comgratulations and thanks for sharing your hunt with us!!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

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Rizzy's new nickname is The Grease Man!!!!!!!!!!!! [/qb]

That kinda has a ring to it.   :saywhat:  [/QB][/QUOTE]


sorta like Provo's Privy, eh?  :)

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Rizzy's new nickname is The Grease Man!!!!!!!!!!!! [/b]

That kinda has a ring to it.    :saywhat:   [/QB]

sorta like Provo's Privy, eh?   :)  [/QB][/QUOTE]

John Wayne would be proud Doc.

Finally got around to find time to read this one.

Congrats Mike !

Congratulations! That was a great read!   :campfire:    :archer2:

Congrats on a great bear.  How did the other guys in your group fare?  Two weeks and I will also be out there chasing bruins.  
habu john

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  How did the other guys in your group fare?    
habu john

Unfortunately the 2 wheelie guys wounded a couple bear.
Michael(sunnyhillarcher), the other trad guy with me, passed on a bear on the first day.
Everybody saw bear within shooting distance.

Awesome stuff congrats man.

Great job Sir!! And I ain't sayin nuthin bout your looks, you're way better lookin than me!! LOL

nice rug

Congrats and Semper Fi!

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Well done on the huntin and the tellin, Mike!

Congrats!

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