Spring Black Bear Hunt
by David Selman, Tracker-Outdoors.com
I just got back from my first black bear hunt in Canada. It was a
hunting trip that will stay with me for the rest for my life. This
trip was the most intense, and unnerving experiences I have ever
had. I arrived at camp in Brunswick Canada on a Sunday night and was
in the tree stand early the next morning. My open tree stand was
only 7 feet off the ground, and the bears bait can only 14 yards
away. This is what we call 'nerve hunting' up close and personal! I
saw no bears on the first and second day of hunting this zone. I was
completely alone about 10 miles from camp in the deep woods. But my
wait was worth it. On the 3rd day, in the early evening at about
4:30 PM, a black bear came out of no were silently from my right
hand side. The bear started to eat some of the bait for what seemed
like 5 minuets. I thought the bear looked a little small and wanted
to bag a bigger one so I decided to let it go. After about 10
minuets of watching the bear eat, it stopped, got up on its hinder
legs and started to sniff around. Then the bear started to walk
right towards me! Next thing I know, the bear was sitting directly
underneath me! At this point I was thinking about all the bear
hunting magazines and books I read and remembered that it is not
unusual for bears to clime into tree stands with hunters. I started
to get nervous. I did not know if the bear knew I was their or not.
I nervously watched the bear sitting and sniffing right underneath
me for about 5 minuets, then out of no were it ran off. I knew what
that meant, a bigger bear was on the way. Sure enough about 2
minuets latter, the biggest bear I have EVER seen came out of the
same direction the bear started to eat the bait, I shouldered my
Ruger 300 Win Mag and BLAM! The bear went right down. Shortly after
I shot him, he let out a load roar that made the hair on the back of
my neck stand up! The bear weighed in at 600 lbs, the largest taken
in that zone in 5 years!
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