Stickflingers Experience Learning so much..So far from home. Pics added 6-8

[Jayrod]

great pics mike thxs for sharing your story

[talltines]

It was a another great week at Stickflingers.  As usual, Ryan and the guides did their job and more.  Great camp, great food, hard working guides, lots of bears, etc.  Couldn't ask for more.  The fact that my cooler came home with dirty clothes in it and no bear is my own fault.  The opportunities were there, but in the end I didn't close the deal.  Instead of writing the final chapter on a bear, a new one has begun.  I'm not even sure how many bears I saw.  Lot's of 'em.  Also saw moose, grouse, wolf, whitetail, lots of waterfowl, and a cow elk.  Thanks again to everyone in camp for making it such a great week.

[Mike Vines]

As you all know, that is part of hunting.  Thanks for leaving that one Mike, I'll do my best to bring him home next year.

[twowolvesarchery]

Herdbull that sounds like the bear i saw on the road bait. Tall long and face was rubbed out. I wonder how far those baits are apart from one another. You are more of a man then me i was going to shoot him if presented with a shot. There's always next year.

[wapiti792]

From Ladder,  Determination is a little over 2 miles...I am a bear hunting newbie but I would think it is doable for a long-legged old boar    

Sounds like the bears were moving but none of the big boys came to play for very long. Next year will be crazy!

[Herdbull]

twowolves- Road bait is several miles from Ladder, so in a straight line to Determination the road bait would be over 7 miles I'd guess.

[Herdbull]

Hopefully the one I passed will get as big as the one I took in 2012. Here is the mount I did myself. I'm happy how it turned out.

 

[Herdbull]

[wapiti792]

What a beast Mike!

[VictoryHunter]

Nice mount!

[JMG]

Beautiful mount Mike!! Great job!!  

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

From Ladder to Determination is 3.99 miles according to my GPS.

[jonsimoneau]

That mount looks great Mike!  Well done!

[wapiti792]

Wow my GPS must not like Canada, RY     must get confused by the metric system.

There have been some giants killed at Ryan's place. This year there were many factors that prevented a 3-peat of giants in my opinion: the weird late spring, the green up with fiddlehead ferns the bears love, and sows not in heat but still with cubs. He also had some picky hunters like me looking for a certain bear.

The guides, the food, the accommodations, and the company of other wonderful guys in camp will bring me back as soon as Ryan will have me. The giant bears are just gravy on the potatoes...

[Hermon]

Mike D. and Mike M.-
On your full body mounts, how big is the base?  Wondering how many square feet that type of mount takes up?

[Herdbull]

Mine is a rectangle I made 60" by 20". I put casters on it. I have since added more debri like pine cones, dry sticks and river stone. Mike

[Hermon]

Thanks for the info Mike.  Glenn

[wapiti792]

Mine is 48" by 30" and rolls. The footprint of the mount is about 6 feet by 3 feet. The expense of a full body mount was a bit shocking but if I ever shoot another bear that big, I'll do it again! Now if I could kill an 8 footer like my hero Mike, I might do something even grander    

[Hermon]

Thank you too for the info.  Glenn

[Dave Pagel]

Mike and Mike,

Dream bears for certain.  I hope to get a crack at one of those 7+ bears in the next trip or so.  The color bears are starting to turn my head too.  The good news is both are available at Ryans and sometimes in the same package, right Mike D.!

D.P.