BEAR QUEST II Spring BEAR HUNT 2 Openings

[d. ward]

Well that answers that...finally found the guy that put the bacon above my tree stand last year....Thanks Barry....bowdoc

[hill boy]

barry, You gave me an idea on a new decoy.How about a 6 foot piece of bacon with some of that bacon scent all over it?inflatable!Maby even little pouches for cookies and flash lights.MIght even be able to climb inside.just have to keep it out of bowdoc's skillet.

[d. ward]

I like the decoy idea...if you want to hide inside kinda like a ground blind ??? I would be more then happy to paint it with a nice thick layer of bacon grease and some-lasses for you....I'd also be more then happy to video tape your hunt or mouling as well.This could get interesting....I can see the headlines now...man falls from tree stand laughing while video tapeing bear hunt...yeah.....se ya all real soon.......bowdoc

[Biggie Hoffman]

I put a huge picture of an apple orchard out once for deer. The next day I came back Uncle Barry had put a picture of some deer in front of it........

[Ray Hammond]

Bowdoc,I justfigured whenI looked in those barrels and Tom told methey had brought those cakes up in February....and in June they were looking like they had just come out of the package "why not eat 'em?" Heck,they tasted like they were just off the shelf at the 7-11!!!!!

That's the reason people are living longer in the US- there's so much preservatives in our food now we are actually dying, but still alive for a couple years longer due to the pickling our bodies get from those chemicals!

Gotta go-meeting Biggie for lunch as he travels through Hotlanta and he's buying- I hope. Look out Longhorns, better call Sysco and order some more grub!!!!

[d. ward]

You kidding me Ray last time we were unpacking sweets at Tom's old house.You would eat one toss one in the barrel,eat one toss one in the barrel...It was great...and your right about all the preservatives.....we don't even want to go there....I may get side tracked and start thinking about whats in the milk you and biggie just drank with your lunch............yikes...bowdoc

[bbassi]

glad I'm on the first week. sounds like all the bait will be gone by the second week. LOL

What we need is another pet food recall (leaving the door wide open for you BowDoc)  

[d. ward]

Bears in Canada don't care for recalled pet food...they are kinda picky eaters and I think they know the stuffs been recalled too..They do however like pork chops and sweets sweets and more sweets....man it was hurting me to leave a 5 gallon bucket of pork chops at some of the bait stations last year.But as soon as you open the 5 gallon bucket containing 7 month old pork chops whoooooooo you will more then happy to leave it right there and head for the truck.Them things turn an odd shade of green after 7 months in a bucket...ask Eric about that,well better yet ask Eric what it smells like when bowdoc splashes it onto your clothes....once again whoooooooo that sh#@ stinks like you can not believe....Tom is not jokeing when he said bring some clothes for baiting purposes that can be burned before leaveing La Tuque.....Thats not a joke....stinkdoc

[d. ward]

Yahooooooooo won't be long now girls......bowdoc

[JC]

"Girls"? That's a dangerous implication with 2 weeks in the Canadian timber....      :p  

I'm ready to go...now which broadhead/arrow/bow will go?

Hint to those who have not been: practice shooting while seated in a short stand at short range. Although the shots are not far, it's still a difficult angle to keep things from interfering with your bowstring/limbs. Try it and you will see what I mean.

[d. ward]

Whooops I ment Lady's...I'am kinda ready well not really.But I have been shooting everyday....and as JC mentioned if you have not shot at short range you should give it a try...Shooting 3-5 yards setting down 5 ft.up a tree is not a natural shooting possition and you should try it.The angle can get a little tricky sometimes...bowdoc

[Grant Young]

You guys read my mind-I'mm setting up a low stand this weekend for serious practice. Sitting and shooting doesn't bother me too bad, but the combo of close range and elevated does-especially with a real demanding shot on the agenda. I know it's weird, but I'm more comfortable at twenty-five yards than I am at twenty-five feet, at least at something that can kill me back. Fish don't count, lol. Bowdoc, in thirty-three days, I walk out of this office to have the most fun I've had in twenty-plus years. If my bag wasn't so heavy I could just float to the pick-up point.               Grant

[RRock]

3-5 yards out and 5 ft. up,!!!!!!! Whoa, lets fall back and regroup!!! I've been practicing 40 yards out and 20 yards up. I know what broadhead, arra and bow I'm using just need to decide if my backup bow will a 12ga. or a 10ga.

[hill boy]

I have been practicing my running away shots at about 50 yards out.3 yards?    Maby we need a thread discussing exactly when a 28 in arrow clears the rest.    This is going to get good.

[Biggie Hoffman]

OK Guys....good news for the bears....I'm out.

Anybody want a good deal on the hunt? Lemmie know.

[bowdude]

Hmmm - 2 weeks?  Are you allowed 2 bears in this area?

[Grant Young]

Biggie-sorry to hear that. I've heard a lot about you and was looking forward to meeting you in Quebec. Hope its nothing too serious. Maybe next year,
                                       Grant

[Kip]

The answer to my prayers close targets.Kip

[Biggie Hoffman]

Yeah sorry Grant, It's nothing serious I've just overcommitted myself. When it comes to hunting, I jump before I look :-)

[Curveman]

This was the stand I took a bear from last year. The bear was 6 yards away when I got'em. My stand was a little too high maybe but it worked! He had of course made a beeline right to the tree and looked up at me. I tried not to stare at him because I read that is a sign of aggression but it was very hard not to.