Well, I'm just about packed, my broadheads are all sharp. I getting ready to head north for my bear hunt with Tony & Lynn Boucher. This will be my third trip up and second in a row. Tony and Lynn are top notch hosts and hostess.
It'll be tough to top last years hunt, where I was fortunate enough to take a nice 365# boar on the first day. I'll be taking my 58" PCH 54# @ 28" and my new KB X of the same specs. I'll be shooting 29" GT 5575 trads tipped with 100 grn inserts and 150 grn Woodsmans.
I'm chompin at the bit for this hunt. I had to back out of my Bear Quest 7 hunt do to 5 rib fractures. I LOVE the North Woods!!!
Good luck Sean. Hope You have a great hunt and safe travels.
bretto
Go get 'em!
Good luck!
Best of luck Sean, wish I could be there to film for you.
You will have a great hunt!
Good luck Sean..have another great hunt.
Good luck, Sean!
Bisch
Good luck and happy hunting!
Good luck brother!
Good luck Sean
goodluck hope ya stick one!
Let us know all about it
Good luck!!! Does he have you on the river baits or maybe the crash site? Have fun!! Joe
Sean, good luck and have a safe trip.
Shick
Thanks all!! Joe, I'll probably be sitting the plane crash. That's where I shot last years bear.
Best of luck Sean! We want to hear the play-by-play when you get back......with lots of photos!!!
Yes, lots of photos!
Good luck. I have been watching these Maine bear hunts pretty close maybe one day I will go.
Thanks again all, Randy, give Tony a call!! I've hunted Maine off and on since '90. Probably 6 or 7 times total, I like what Tony has to offer.
Good luck bro. Ive been to Maine 3 times and would love to get back again for moose or grouse, its a beautiful state. Wish they had some deer up there. Take a mess of pics. :pray:
Good luck Sean! Tell em all howdy for me!!!
Good luck!
Good luck Sean. Keep us posted.
Sean, best of luck. Big bear to fall for sure. :archer2:
Go get em Big Bear! Wish I was chasing then bears with you again this year. Say hi to the Bouchers!
Izzy, I'd love to get there for moose to!!
Thanks Jim, Brad & Mike
Buckster, I Definitely will!
Good luck! Hope you stuck another nice one
I'm sitting in the Boston airport right now enroute to squapan.
Can wait to meet everyone and have a great hunt.
Good luck! :archer2:
good luck... I want to see pictures.
Walking out the door right now.. Going to meet up with Huntrdfk(David Kretschmar)in NH for coffee.
Mark(OBCXarcher), Ill see you in camp!!
Good Luck Sean.
Good luck man.
Well, LOL...Where's the pics?
Luck to ya!!
Met Sean a couple of hours ago in Portsmouth and had a nice breakfast.....he is now in Maine and well on his way! Sounds like he is in for a great time.
David
Good luck on your trip, sir. I was fortunate to hunt Maine (Allagash Wilderness Haymock Lake) back in the mid '80's. Got in just before they started developing the area with lodges and such. Back then is was a dirt road ride for more almost 3 hours after you left the last town behind. Camping right on the lake was primitive, nothing but us and nature and a handful of others in the little "campground" that sported a little outhouse for amenities. Almost froze, was used to 80 degree days when I left home and got there and it was 17 and snowing. Planned on going back until I heard they developed it. Glad I got to experience it 'in the rough'.
Good luck!
Good Luck, be safe...
Come on, Sean!! I had a dead bear by now when I was there last!!! :bigsmyl: :biglaugh:
I had a dead one by this time last year. I set the bar kinda high!!
Good luck to ya.
QuoteOriginally posted by Sean B:
I had a dead one by this time last year. I set the bar kinda high!!
Yes you did!!!
How's the weather??
Weather has been perfect. 10 yr old boy got one yesterday (gun kill). Couple seen but no shots.
Sitting in stand right now.
Good deal!!
Good Luck Sean,
Hope you have a good story to tell.
I'll be watchin for a new thread.
Wish I was goin with ya.
Irv Eichorst
www.truesouthadventures.com (http://www.truesouthadventures.com)
Saw a pair of gentlemen with a bear each at the check in yesterday, one was a nice one a 280lb boar THAT WAS SKINNY, if he were filled out WOW
400 lbs plus!!!!! Time to step it up, Sean !! Give the "Widow Boys" a nice trophy pic for next years catalog !! ;) . Good luck my friend and say hello to Tony, Lynn and the whole Squapan group :) . Ttyl Brother..
Hey Irv, good to hear from you!! Thanks. Gonna try Kent! I told'em they u were askin for them. Tony said you guys had a blast on your moose hunt.
Well, 3 days on stand, and I only saw one bear so far. Weathers starting to get pretty crummy!!
Well, it's Friday night and the hunts over for me. It was a great week in bear camp. The smaller bear that I passd on was the only one I saw for the week. I met some great guys, and made a few new friends. For me, that's what makes the hunt.
It's saturday morning. Got one more sit this evening. Been a great week. I shot one on Tuesday, we tracked it for a half mile but never found the bear. My shot was far back and hit high, too high to hit vitals. I am sure the bear lived.
Tony and his family are great, his guides are top notch. I will be heading back next year God willing.
Great meeting Sean, and everyone else,
I got on the road about 7 am Sunday morning to head up to Mapleton ME. I met up with David Kretschmar (Hunterdfk)in NH and had a great conversation and breakfast. I met him at the JLMBH in 2010. It was great to see him again. As usual, I was the last one to arrive in camp. It was good to meet some new hunters and get reacquainted with others that I've shared a camp with before. A majority of us in camp were Black Widow shooters, along with a compound guy, a shotguner (recovering from an arm injury, or he would have been touting a long bow), and a crossgun shooter.....I wont go any farther on that one.
Toby Essick and Roger Fulton along with Toby's daughter Kennedy were on hand with the rest of us Widow shooters. This was my third bear hunt with Roger and Toby, they don't get any better than the BW boys.
I was excited to sit the stand that I took my 365 lb bore a year ago. I was also itching to take out my new KB X that Roger and Toby gave me for taking last years bear. I sat the "Plane Crash" for 3 consecutive afternoon hunts with just one 125 lber that showed up around 7:30 on Tues hunt.
I sat two other stands and the bears were a no show. It really didn't matter to me, I just loved being in the woods of northern Maine. After a summer of working crazy and long shifts, that was just what I needed.
I had to cut my hunt a day short to get back home to work. but not before our Lobster feast on Friday night. Toby and I have been making it somewhat of a annual thing up there. I think in total, we bought around 70 lobsters. 9 were for me...I ate 3 and brought 6 home.
I said my good by's around the campfire Friday night. Its always tough for me to say good by after a great week sharing a hunting camp. Spending a week with guys, getting to know them and making friends. When I woke up early Saturday morning, Tony and I had coffee, then Roger and Toby came in to say good by. My 2013 Maine bear hunt was over.
Here are some random pictures from the week, enjoy;
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I went a little "Old School"
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i like that bow.
Thanks, that bow means a lot to me!!