Just read this post ,I had to stop and really think that this could of happened to any of us. I have hunted sheep alone for a week ,gone on daily hunts alone and just last year I went on a hunt with a buddy , and we split up for a few hours.
I was walking down a cut line ,hip high in grass and a sow jumped out of the bush ,she stood up 12 ft away . Then she went back in the bush and chased her 3 cubs up a tree. She came out again and stood on all fours in the middle of the cut line , her hair standing straight up ,but this time 50 ft down the cut line and ready to fight and defend . I was lucky the grass was shorter in that area that I could seen her the second time....I just walked out the way I came .(very lucky)
I've walked down this cut line for 5 years now ,and never seen a bear in this area. The bush has changed ,seems to be a lot more bears as not as many hunter hunt them.
My pledge to Rick and his family is not to walk alone while hunting this year.
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