Just returning from a week of spot and stalk bear hunting north of Grand Prairie Alberta with Alberta Wilderness Adventures. It was filled with both success and failure, highs and lows and thrills unending. I've hunted bears many ways, both spring and fall and there is nothing better then trying to sneak up on a bear feeding in the open during the spring just a few weeks after they emerge from their dens. The hunt with this outfitter was surprising.  I found Alberta Wilderness Adventures by doing a search on the internet for Albert S&S bear hunts and they where the only result. Most hunts in Alberta are bait hunts and though I'm not opposed to baiting I like the hand to hand combat of being on the ground 30 feet from a bear. Fun!

So here we go, sitting in a Ramada in Edmonton dealing with United Airlines juggling my flights back home. Easy breezy just turned into four added connections and back home 5 hours later than planned. I'll post more story during my layovers.

Looking forward to hearing about it..

 

   

I flew into Edmonton on the 18th and drove the 7 hours to Worsley Alberta. I usually like the long drive through new country but I tell you what Edmonton is rather nondescript and the country in between isn't spectacular. No offense to those folks in the area but there just not much to see. As I drove into Worsley it was still mostly large flat farm land more suited for deer then bears and just didn't know what to expect.

Camp is three 10'X12' cabins with gas lights, gas heater and 4 bunks to a cabin. Warm and clean. There is a large cook shack that served up good meals and hot coffee. Bev and Louis where the outfitters and are good people in all regards.

I an in    

Hold on to your hats guys and gals, this is a good one....

This is real close to where my son lives,really looking forward to your story,the tension builds !LOL

Annnndddd........the bloody arrow...
   
Were still describing camp!!
 

I like where this is headed, already.

Very promising ...
 

Looking forward to this.  
Darcy

Just a little more about camp. They hunt all day here. I've been in camps where it's mostly afternoon til dark hunts and I'm not one for sitting around camp waiting to get out. They also let you hunt how you want to hunt. They like to post guys on clover fields for sits but I like to walk old roads and walk I did. This is oil lease country and the oil companies have roads cut in the boreal forest for their use. Some guy complain about roads in wild places but trust me, the game uses these openings extensively. Moose, elk, bear and countless deer were seen daily feeding on the clover and grass the oil companies drop for erosion control. Wolf and grizzly tracks are right there as well. Without the roads, a guy would be hard pressed to hunt. It's a two bear hunt at a very reasonable rate with no extra costs involved for sticking bear #2. Shooting two is not difficult   :p .  I was the only bow hunter in camp with 5 rifle hunters I never met before.  

Worsley has a beer store and I happen to like beer plus a grocery store and fuel if needed. Nice folks in that neck of the woods. 5 miles north the farm land gives way to the boreal forest and the game.

I didn't think I was going to be making this hunt. Back in October of 2013 the company I worked for was bought out and I found out around Thanksgiving that I would not be retained after the transition as of February 2014.  I was a little depressed but also was looking forward to the time off from working 30 straight years. I went pig hunting a couple of weeks down at Ft Stewart,  farted around the house and thought about a lot of things in life. I even put this hunt up on the dangerous game forum to see if anyone was interested in a discounted spot and stalk hunt in Alberta.  I'm glad no one answered that post. I found a new job, life is back on track and I went hunting bears after all.

Day one, May 19 about 9 am. Driving out to the woods, slowing down as we pas openings and old roads just incase a big black spot is feeding. "Hey, is that one down there about a mile?" my guide Chris ask. Why yes it is........................

#2 huh?  Gotta hear this.

   

Great story so far CJ!