A few camtracker pics from the Roller Coaster after I arrowed my bear. Them little guys are sure tiny, and Mama sure is big    

     

 

 

 

     

NICE bear!  Cool story!  I can't wait to hear the rest of the report.    

Michael,

Great looking bear. Great shot.  I like your unorthodox technique!  Seems like it worked out well. Roller Coster is one othe more remote stands and so I'm not surprised you had good action.  How did you fare with the scales?

Chris

Awsome bear and a great story.  Congrats.  

Well done Mike!!!
Wish I could have been there this year.
Bill

We're waiting, Sean!

Congrats Mike. Glad you shot it with my EX Curlew. That is a great bear and i miss the Curlew, such a sweet bow.

Great Story and Bear Michael,

Congrats!      

Welp....here it goes.....We all met up at Toms house at about 5 pm on Friday evening.  We packed every one into trucks, hooked up trailersand off we were.  I had Bowdoc riding shotgun, as a surprize to most who know him, he couldn't get a word in our conversation!!  We rolled into camp around 10 am Saturday morning. to say that I was excited was an understatement.

After we situated our selves,and picking our stands out of a bowl, I felt the need to get in the woods.  On NO sleep for over 40+ hrs, I tightend my harness to hold me up, incase I dozed off like other members of our party.  It wasn't long before a pretty good bear came in, very cautious.....

Tell it Sean          

cool

Mike, way to go!  Beauty!    

Well done.

great job on a really nice bear!!!!!

Arrived last night with Larry Surtees & Keith Kemkes.  Larry needed to catch an early flight out Sunday morning.  Molly had a nice meal waiting,  then off to bed as I had to get Larry up @ 3:15 am this morning for the trip into Boston's Logan Airport.

Keith on the over hand was flying out at 8:45pm so we had some time to kill.  So Keith learned how to forge up a hunting blade and spent Father's Day dinner with Molly, Jessie (my daughter) & Matt along with my grand kids Eli & Tori.  Then back to Logan for Keith's trip home.  Good day with hunting friends but I'm off to bed.  I'll get Bear Quest stories up in the next couple of days...tippit

Keith got to pound hot steel on each step of the way.  So with a combined effort blade, I always put my stamp with the arrow UP.

Kemkes/tippit combo knife...

 

   

 

It came in about 5:30 PM, it was very cautious, really testing the air.

Very cool wish I was back in the bear woods.
 Carry on............
,,,Sam,,,,,

Many thoughts were crossing my mind.  this was my 5th bear hunt, 2nd with trad gear and I have yet to take a bear.  I have passed the bears early on my past hunts, and it being the only bear that I was to see for the rest of the week. Barry Wensel said that there would be many bears. this was the first day of the hunt, and I'd pass on this one.  It hung around for about 30 mins, tempting me the entire time.  I let it walk.

Less than an hour later a small bear came in to feed.  I watched it for awhile before it walked off.  About 745-8 PM a third bear came in.  I knew this was going to be an awesome stand.  I climbed down with the bear still close by and slipped out of the woods to my truck taking with me great expectations for the up coming days.

Mike, congratulations on a well deserved trophy. I can't wait for the rest of the stories....

         

Greta bear Yellow Dog! Looking forward to all the stories!