Bear...s

[Marc St Louis]

My wife came in from our porch a few minutes ago all excited, a Bear had just walked past the window.  I went to see and it was in the front of the house sniffing around, it was maybe 2 years old and 150 lbs.  It walked around a bit and then wandered out the driveway so we went upstairs for a better look as it went away but it had already left.  I went to look out a back window to see if it had gone out the back but it wasn't there.  Then my wife got real excited and said there was another bigger one in the front so I went to see, she was right.  This Bear was as big as I have ever seen.  I've killed a few Bears over the years and a couple were in the 400 lb range but this Bear dwarfed those.  It was easily over 500 lbs.

[JW_Halverson]

AW man! The one game animal in North America I wanna hunt is black bear.  Spot and stock on the ground.  Or maybe sitting on Marc's back porch where I can get refills on coffee.

[Zuma]

Heck all I got is rabbits, deer, turkeys and fox.
Used to see some bears.
Marc do you think he might be after a moose calf?
Zuma

[Marc St Louis]

Honestly this thing is big enough that I think it could tackle an adult Moose.  It went by our mini van on the way out and it was bigger than the front end.  I went out to see if there were tracks this morning but the ground is too hard

[YosemiteBen]

wheres the pictures?

[Marc St Louis]

Didn't have time to take pictures.  It was there and gone in less than a minute and the youngster wasn't worth taking a picture of

[Marc St Louis]

AW man! The one game animal in North America I wanna hunt is black bear.  Spot and stock on the ground.  Or maybe sitting on Marc's back porch where I can get refills on coffee.

Years ago I had a standing offer to members of the PA community that anyone could come up and stay at my place for a Bear hunt on my property.  The only stipulation was that only primitive archery equipment could be used.  The only person to take me up on that was Glenn Doane.  The last year Glenn came up he saw this sow and her cubs practically every day as they came out to the tree stand, they were off limits to the hunt







This sow weighed around 400# and was about 2' wide across her back, she was small compared to the one we saw the other night.  Glenn arrowed a Bear that year but unfortunately we couldn't recover it.

[Pat B]

I remember when Glenn made that first trip, Marc. Glad he got to make it back.

[Little John]

Good pictures and story, sounds like a gorgeous bear.

[crooketarrow]

    Dose that still stand tell you what I'll trade you a buck hunt. Or a gobbler come spring have Petty of gobbler saw 37 in all almost shot a smokey (white with black tips). he was 3 feet beside my pop-up. Saw him 3  other times just never got a shot.

Another thing bring popups. I very seldom hunt from them. But some people have to for some of their own reasons .

Can't promass you anything. HUNTINGS HUNTING
 
  I don't hunt stands anymore (2 strokes) Made me a total ground hunter. I put up and took down 15 20 stands a year. Lots of work I don't miss.

  I'll never get in the tree's again. I know if you really want to kill bucks get up. I stand hunted for 30 years. But killing bucks from logy hangup not very primitive. Nothing like having a 4,5,6 year old buck going by you,shooting him at 10 yards.

 When you get inside their zone I but it at 15 yards. Eveything has to be perfect to get off a shot. I have 40 bucks with my own selfbows. My longest shoot was 17 yards most were 10 to 12 yards. I set up to where I have a 10 ,12 yards shot.
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 I have a dozzens ground sites in place most for years.If you want bring strands we'll put you up. As with you, you have to bring a traditional bow.

[Marc St Louis]

The stand is still there but it's in disrepair.  That big Bear probably walked right by it the other day 

[mullet]

I remember that offer, also. I really wanted to take you up on it then. Glenn had a great time, we were emailing each other back and forth before and after he went up.

[crooketarrow]

  COOL DEAL
  Where you live at.

[Marc St Louis]

Yes I think Glenn had a good time  . 

I don't have time this year but I'm going to take a look at that stand next year to see if it's salvageable.

I'm way up North in Corbeil, Ontario which is near North Bay.  Lots of Bears up here and a few Moose as well