Well this story got started 4 or 5 years ago through some friendly conversations over PM's, from the start Roge has been a stand up guy to deal with also willing to offer wisdom, tips or information to the questions I reached out with. We kept in touch over the years sharing pics and BS stories. Fast forward to November 2020, bought a new house while unpacking a truck pulls up and notices mounts hanging in my garage. We start bull****ting and lucky for me I hit the neighbour jackpot by moving in a few doors down from RedDeerhunter
Now things are really set in motion haha
Over the winter, and into the spring we had many conversations regarding bear hunting and when May rolled around my Brother and I jumped at the opportunity to join these guys on the bait line and rekindle the old flame of spring bear season.
We enjoyed every night in stand and had encounters every evening we sat, it was a hell of a way to kick of the 2021 hunting season.
May 26th, we made plans for another sit, which would likely be our last opportunity to get out for the season. My brother had harvested his bear earlier that week so we decided to sit the same stand and he would try and film if anything happened, and boy did we have a night.
Arrived at location, loaded up bait and began working our way down the trail. We soon noticed a bear on bait, we proceeded to push that bear off bait and got in, loaded everything up. I settled into stand and brother hauled gear back to truck. As he was walking out there was another bear 80 yards away and working its way in. This set the tone for the evening from 5:30-8:00 we never had a break in action as 5 different bears worked their way in and out.
One bear in particular really stood out, his snout was quite blonde and it almost glowed when he was in the distance, you knew it was him right away. He came in twice earlier in the evening but both times would come in head on, lay down, eat a few bites and then in one swift motion get up and move into some spruce ten feet away not presenting a shot opportunity. He was a smart old bear!!
Finally around 7:55, the sow committed and came into bait with him and another bear in tow. What seemed like 20 minutes in reality was probably 5 he feed between two barrels laying head on. At this point I had 5 bears inside 20 yards, exciting!! Finally he shifted and proceeded to stand up at this point I finally got the opportunity to send an arrow on its way the rest is history. Recovered him 100 yards away, with no blood trail but a good double lung shot.
We had an absolute blast this spring, made some new friends and great memories. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the season brings and are already planning for spring 2022. Thanks again Roge and Rob, this is just the beginning 🤣
Baits gone wild, another one, bear down!
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