On my way back from Alberta, to say the hunt was a success is a huge understatement. My first trip to Alberta, probably not my last. Good camp, friendly co hunters, great
Outfitter and Guide and some very nice bears. Six hunters in camp, all Bowhunters, I was the only one shooting a stick. Total for week, nine bear seven made PY with one Booner.
Mine squared 6' 8" with a 18 3/16" skull, easily my biggest to date.
I just got this new Zipper with Z4 limbs about two weeks before the hunt. It's a real sweet shooter, had Bill come up with some really nice old Osage for the riser, came out perfect.
This was my first shot at a game animal with it, gonna be hard to top.
RW
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Congrats! Great Kill!
Congratulations on the nice bear and also the super new Zipper, :archer2:
Nice Bear!
Congrats! Sound great al around.
Congrats on a fine bear Roy !!! Got a chance to see your bow when I was down at Bill's shop. Nice looking piece of Osage. :thumbsup: Aren't those Z4 limbs sweet? Really loving my new set.
Bill
Nice bear and bow. :thumbsup:
Great bear! Congratulations!
Awesome Bear!
Beautiful bear!
Congrats Roy! Love the first picture :clapper:
Beautiful Bear. Congratulations.
Terrific bear!
Beauties, Roy. Both the bow and the bear.
Nice work!
Wow! Nice bear!
Way to go Roy!
Congrats on a fine Bear! Good looking Osage Zipper.
Wow congrats to you! Nice bear!
Nice bear, congrats! :thumbsup:
WOW! That guy is a whopper! Great bear.
Very cool! As a teacher, a spring bear hunt is one of the few hunts I can get away for due to limited time off during the school year.
I'm loving that osage riser too. Nice work!
Awesome bear,Roy. Tell me more about those Z4limbs I have a set on order.
Great way to break in a new bow. Congrat's.
Way to zip it to it Roy! Love the pics.
Congrats Roy!! I can't wait for my first bear hunt!
Thanks for the nice comments guys. Felix the Z4 limbs are very smooth about 2# per inch. They have a nice cast to them,
Didn't have time to play with them so can't compare them to anything, but they send a heavy arrow down range in a hurry.
I'm sure you will like them.
In Calgary now, the worst part of these trips is the air travel.
All in all I guess it's worth the hassle.
RW
Awesome, Roy. Way to to go.
Jake
Awesome! Great looking bear. Congratulations!
Awesome! Great job
Congratulations!
Congratulations Roy on an excellent Bear hopefully you can zip many more.
Great Bear,looks like he has a good coat on him,looks thick from the picture!
Ernie
NICE!!!!! Well done......
Congrats on a great bear! Can't beat a spring bear hunt in Canada.
You sure did, that's a beauty. Congrats! Now that's the way to break in a new bow. :clapper:
Did you weigh him? I assume It's a boar? Not that it matters, just curious. Thanks for sharing.
Bob
Congratulations! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Congratulations on a nice bear Roy! Bill builds one heck of a bow!
Good one Roy, congratulations!!
NICE!
Great Bruin Brother! Love my Z4 limbs also. So smooth, nail drivers and crazy quick.
Very fine bear .... I saw the Wizard Lake Outfitters at Pope & Young in AZ this spring, looked like they have some whopper whitetails in that country too !!
Awesome!
Congrats in your bear!
Bisch
Finally home, loved the hunt but it's always good to be home.
I have such a great wife that coming home is always a pleasure. I have been blessed in many ways.
We didn't weigh any of the Bears, early spring is not a true indication of their weight. After a full summer of filling their bellies
The Fall weight is a more true indication of their actual size.
Wizzard Lake Outfitters has some great deer hunting but it's
Not in this area. We were in upper Alberta, not far from the North West Territories. The deer hunting takes place near the Edmonton bow zone.
We had a joke in camp about one of their bait sites. Take a right at the second Igloo and go to the first glacier, bait is on the left.
It was a Boar, you wont get any sows that size. They put a 5 ft. Log at each bait and tell you a sow will never be longer than that. May be really big around but not longer. They encourage shooting only mature Boars, that's one of the ways to tell the difference.
RW
Awesome trip and kill RW!! Alberta is quite a place.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great bear. Congrats !!
Nice, very very nice.
Beautiful bear! Congratulations.
That looks like a very big bear! Nice job!
Congrats Roy! Way to Zip it to him! :thumbsup:
Congrats on a great hunt and great bear!!
beautiful bear,how many days was the hunt and how many bears were seen if you don't mind my asking? congrats again ,and bill does build a beautiful bow.gib
Nice Bruin!
Thanks again guys. Gibs, the hunt was six days. How many bears you seen was determined by what bait you sit. There were baits that had four to six bears per sit. Some only one,
But those baits were the home of some giant bear, you either saw him or nothing. I sat a bait two evenings saw nothing, but
A huge 7' plus bear owned it, was worth the chance.
I saw 2 to 4 bear per sit except for the two dry days. I think
One guy saw seven one afternoon, the most I can remember.
Everyone in camp except me either shot or missed a 7' plus
Bear. Mine was 6'8", hard to complain about that.
RW
dang, nice bear!
Gunther is a good outfitter. His guys kill some monster Bears. congrats!
Nice bear and bow!
Thanks ,R.W. ,,,i'd have waited also that's an ineredible bear,thanks again and congratulations,,,,gib
great bear! awesome looking bow! Gunther shoots some hawg whitetails up there too...
Congrats Roy! :thumbsup: Sounds like ya had a good trip.
That's fantastic, Roy! I'm happy for you.
Darren