Bear Quest 8, READY TO RUMBLE!!

[bruinman]

Zach Crossland with his fine bear and Ron Tandy with his 301 pound monster.

[meathead]

I was finally able to get a few pics loaded this evening. I will get some on tomorrow. I know Ed has some more real good pics too.

[bruinman]

Nate I will get some photos emailed to you tomorrow. I have them loaded on my home computer.

[meathead]

Whenever you get a chance. No hurry. I like the pics of Ron and Zach. I missed out on the picture taking that morning.

[Sean B]

Theres 2 nice pumpkin heads right there!!!  

[Dave Pagel]

Congrats!  Love that bear hunting.

D.P.

Congrats on the bears, guys!

Bisch

[Skipmaster1]

Awesome. I missed you guys this year! Glad to see it was a great trip. Great bears!

[bruinman]

Thanks Greg, it was a great week. Missed having you there. The big bear was killed on the Long trail bait. The Cardiac did not get baited this year. Zach's bear weighed in at 172, mine was 173. That would have made for a lot of fun right there, if Ron had not messed it all up with a 301,lol.

[oldgoat]

Sounds like typical BearQuest good times. Great bears !

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Great bears guys...always love the BearQuest reports. Congrats!

[oldgoat]

Sounds like typical Bear Quest good time, Great  bears can't wait to hear about the cleanup  crew.

[RIVERWOLF]

.......Congratulations with your Bears ! Beautiful animals  .

Just spending time in the purity of the drinking water lakes of the Boreal Forrest is special  

[meathead]

I will keep my story short. Ed already filled you in on the trip up, arriving in camp. Everyone was new to me on this trip except Tom of course and Kip. Just I like the other trips though it didn't take long to get to know each other. My youngest son Hunter was with me on this trip. This was kind of a makeup hunt for last fall since he spent a good portion of last deer season unable to draw a bow because of a seperated shoulder.

We both drew water stands and got to avoid having to get beat up on the camp road every day. He was in the cove and I was spending my time at the blow down. The first couple of days were pretty slow with me seeing nothing and Hunter only seeing one little guy. He was very patient though and I think really got a kick out of just watching him and getting used to being around a bear.

[Sean B]

     This is great so far....keep'em coming!!!

[meathead]

We had fun running baits with Bill and checking trail cameras. I finally had some good action on Wednesday with a small bear running around all over the place afraid of a bigger bear that did not want to share. After almost two hours of circling the stand and coming in and leaving without offering a good shot he finally committed and I was able to put one though both lungs at about 4 yards. A crash after 40 yards and a death moan let me know he was down for good. I had a couple hours to get him drug down to the lake and relax before Bill came around to pick me up. That little bear kept me company the rest of the evening too. Sneaking in sniffing around and then crashing off when he would smell something he didn't like.

[meathead]

Hunters chance wouldn't come until Friday afternoon. After not being able to get a shot at the bigger bear we were getting pictures of at the cove Tom suggested trying the bowl for the last evening. That was a good choice because he was listening to a bear give a death moan within 15 minutes of getting into the stand. He double lunged one from about 7 yards. He was able to get the bear drug out and got a nap in the 6 hours before we picked him up.

[meathead]

Here is one of us with the bear I shot.

and here is Hunters.

[Sean B]

Great pic!!!  beautiful bear!!  congrats!

[bruinman]

Awesome Nate! It was great hunting with you guys. I was really pulling for Hunter, and he gotter done on the last evening. It was great!!