bigwhiteys
05-23-2007, 10:21 PM
Got back last Thursday from a week of hunting the Coastal region around Bella Coola... We had a 1 Grizz Tag in 5-09A. It was a 2nd choice draw and as it turns out one of the harder areas to get a bear from.
The trip to Bella Coola went fine, "The Hill" is sure something else on your way down into the valley... Wow... There is something about being in a vehicle on a sheer cliff that scares the shit out of me... On my feet there are no problems... But in a vehicle I don't like heights..
We have some friends who live in Bella Coola who are also hunters, and we received plenty of credible information on our area and where we should concentrate etc... We had borrowed an 18 foot boat from our friend, and then headed out the North Bentick arm and then North through Laboucher Channel and north into our area which was actually enormous. But very limited on where you can go to find good tidal flats.
As luck would have it, we were able to get sweet unexpected accommodations at a resort that is currently under contruction... What a piece of work that is in the absolute middle of nowhere. They even had satellite Internet... Not to mention first class accommodations.
To say we were really serious about finding a bear wasn't true.... We were there to have a good time, enjoy some new country, meet some new people and just relax... And hopefully we might come across a big boar. The weather was beautiful for the entire time we were there... Blue Sky and Calm Water. Couldn't have asked for more.
Our time was spent fishing, crabbing and we did throw enough bear hunting to have a really good chance on a decent 7 - 7 1/2' boar that we watched for 1/2 hour or so and decided to pass and wait for a bigger one... And you know how it goes sometimes, we didn't see another bear!
Oh Well... Got some nice video of him...
Coastal Spring Grizzly Boar Video (http://bchuntingblog.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=1)
We learned a lot for next year, and will definitely be putting in again! Not too sure if we'd pick the same area again... There were a lot of tourists boating in the area and the natives were also working along some of the rivers that had flats.
Here are a few pics to go along with the short bear clip...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/mountains1.jpg
Driving into the Bella Coola Valley.
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/avalanche1.jpg
Just an avalanche slide that came right down to the water...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/flats1.jpg
The flat we saw the bear on...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/crab3.jpg
A feast ready for the cooler and long drive home!
Until Next Year...
Happy Hunting!
Carl
The trip to Bella Coola went fine, "The Hill" is sure something else on your way down into the valley... Wow... There is something about being in a vehicle on a sheer cliff that scares the shit out of me... On my feet there are no problems... But in a vehicle I don't like heights..
We have some friends who live in Bella Coola who are also hunters, and we received plenty of credible information on our area and where we should concentrate etc... We had borrowed an 18 foot boat from our friend, and then headed out the North Bentick arm and then North through Laboucher Channel and north into our area which was actually enormous. But very limited on where you can go to find good tidal flats.
As luck would have it, we were able to get sweet unexpected accommodations at a resort that is currently under contruction... What a piece of work that is in the absolute middle of nowhere. They even had satellite Internet... Not to mention first class accommodations.
To say we were really serious about finding a bear wasn't true.... We were there to have a good time, enjoy some new country, meet some new people and just relax... And hopefully we might come across a big boar. The weather was beautiful for the entire time we were there... Blue Sky and Calm Water. Couldn't have asked for more.
Our time was spent fishing, crabbing and we did throw enough bear hunting to have a really good chance on a decent 7 - 7 1/2' boar that we watched for 1/2 hour or so and decided to pass and wait for a bigger one... And you know how it goes sometimes, we didn't see another bear!
Oh Well... Got some nice video of him...
Coastal Spring Grizzly Boar Video (http://bchuntingblog.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=1)
We learned a lot for next year, and will definitely be putting in again! Not too sure if we'd pick the same area again... There were a lot of tourists boating in the area and the natives were also working along some of the rivers that had flats.
Here are a few pics to go along with the short bear clip...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/mountains1.jpg
Driving into the Bella Coola Valley.
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/avalanche1.jpg
Just an avalanche slide that came right down to the water...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/flats1.jpg
The flat we saw the bear on...
http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/crab3.jpg
A feast ready for the cooler and long drive home!
Until Next Year...
Happy Hunting!
Carl