Hellfish Hunter
06-16-2014, 09:54 PM
So my family and I were heading to the Tullameen for a Father's Day weekend with friends. We we're staying in two rental cabins right on Otter Lake. I had a bear tag burning a hole in my pocket, so thought this could be a good chance to get my spring bear.
The wife teased me in front our friends that if I didn't get something soon she would revoke my hunting privileges. $&@? Talk about pressure! I hunter thursday afternoon with my buddies sister, nothing! Got up Friday morning hungover so decided to go out in the afternoon, I went with my daughter (12) and we did run into a bear but I wasn't fast enough to get the gun loaded and get a shot off.
I went to bed early so I could hunt the next morning, I went this time with my middle daughter (6) we hunted hard that day, hiked a few hills and sat and glassed a lot of cuts. Nothing! Pressure was getting to me, I decided to hunt Saturday evening by myself.
I hunted all the areas that showed good signs of bears, nothing, calling using a fawn bleep didn't seem to help. I was feeling like it wasn't going to happen, so I decided to head back to the cabin. I was about a 1/2 km from my last spot when a bear crossed the road in front of me.
I stopped the quad and loaded my gun and decided to see I could see him heading up the hill, I get to the spot where he climbed up the hill, couldn't see him, so I decided to climb a little way up the hill. I went about 20 ft up the hill so I could get a better look, NOTHING, I listened and looked, NOTHING! I didn't even hear him moving through the brush.
I sat quite for about 5 minutes just listening for him, then it hear a noise behind me and here is a BEAR coming across the road straight at me, I stood up, turned and fired from the hip, he was 4 ft from me!
The bullet entered in front of his left shoulder and exited his right side, he crumpled and fell back down the hill to the road, I chambered another round and waited to see if he was going to move, BEAR DOWN!!!
Talk about a close encounter with a bear. The good news is I get to keep hunting!
I wish I could send photos but I can't get them up loaded, if some one can pm me I will send them to you.
The wife teased me in front our friends that if I didn't get something soon she would revoke my hunting privileges. $&@? Talk about pressure! I hunter thursday afternoon with my buddies sister, nothing! Got up Friday morning hungover so decided to go out in the afternoon, I went with my daughter (12) and we did run into a bear but I wasn't fast enough to get the gun loaded and get a shot off.
I went to bed early so I could hunt the next morning, I went this time with my middle daughter (6) we hunted hard that day, hiked a few hills and sat and glassed a lot of cuts. Nothing! Pressure was getting to me, I decided to hunt Saturday evening by myself.
I hunted all the areas that showed good signs of bears, nothing, calling using a fawn bleep didn't seem to help. I was feeling like it wasn't going to happen, so I decided to head back to the cabin. I was about a 1/2 km from my last spot when a bear crossed the road in front of me.
I stopped the quad and loaded my gun and decided to see I could see him heading up the hill, I get to the spot where he climbed up the hill, couldn't see him, so I decided to climb a little way up the hill. I went about 20 ft up the hill so I could get a better look, NOTHING, I listened and looked, NOTHING! I didn't even hear him moving through the brush.
I sat quite for about 5 minutes just listening for him, then it hear a noise behind me and here is a BEAR coming across the road straight at me, I stood up, turned and fired from the hip, he was 4 ft from me!
The bullet entered in front of his left shoulder and exited his right side, he crumpled and fell back down the hill to the road, I chambered another round and waited to see if he was going to move, BEAR DOWN!!!
Talk about a close encounter with a bear. The good news is I get to keep hunting!
I wish I could send photos but I can't get them up loaded, if some one can pm me I will send them to you.