GrizGuy92
05-25-2007, 04:11 PM
Day 1
Just pull up into camp, throw the boat in the lake and take off, 30-45 minute hike and we get to our post to watch 3 slides. My dad glasses the middle slide, turns to me "wanna shoot a grizzly? Because theres one right there." Out comes the spoting scope. About 20 minutes later we are sitting at the bottom of the slide where we saw the grizzly eating. I look up and see the brush moving, up go the binos. There he is, at the top of the damn slide!! So we start to hike to the bottom of the next slide where we think he's gonna come out. No bear... Hike back up to our post and start glassing. My dad "there he is!" I'm looking and I see a bear in the corner, "thats a black bear" dad looks "the grizz is looking down at that black bear." The grizzly is about 40 yards from the black bear looking down at him, down the hill we go again. Dad's going 1 way, so I whistle for him to come the other way, but nope, we go his way. Get down to the bottom of that slide and there he is, not 75 yards from us. Dad trying to get me a better shot starts moving brush and he looks at the bear, and that bear was looking right back at him, so off he goes! We walk back up the hill to our post. No bearrrrsss so we start to head out at about 8pm. Take 1 last look at a far slide and HOLY S*** bigg grizzly walking up the slide, so we decide to get him tomorrow. Walking out back to the boat we saw a good sized black bear. Never got a shot at him.
Slept in the truck this night. For about 30 minutes through the whole night!
Day 2
Back to our post we go. Start glassing, I look at a patch of snow, theres a bear walking down the mountain to a slide! Take out the spoting scope and look at the bear... Dad "I'm gonna go take a dump cause I have a feeling we're gonna be hunting soon." I can't see the bear because he went into the timber. Dad comes back and looks through the binos and sees bushes moving? "That bear is running up the mountain! Like running fast!" I look and can't see where it is. Dad "theres another grizz chasing it!!" About 3 minutes later the bigger boar stops and lays down on a patch of snow for about 5-10 minutes. Then off he goes trying to track that smaller bear. So we sit for a couple more hours without seeing a grizz. Some goats and black bears on the slides, start heading out.
Day 3
Backkk to the post! Glass for hours and hours without seeing a bear until my dad saw a Sow and a cub running like hell as far as we can see on the mountain. Couple hours later I hear a stick snap so I look back and theres a black bear. TINY black bear, about 4 footer. Comes about 20 yards from us and takes a dump then lays down. Heading back out without seeing a bear.
Day 4
Pack up camp and drive for about 45 minutes or so to set up camp somewhere else. Hiking down a logging road that isn't really accessible with truck. We see a grizzly walking right down the road towards us! Not enough time to get a shot on it!!!!! So we keep on hiking and hiking and hiking. Found some tracks, about 6 inch front pads on em. Hiking back out we see a black bear on a cut and thats it. Once we get to the truck we start driving down the road and see a black bear on a power line, so we stop and glass, dad "it looks like a good bear in the binos, but in the scope it looks tiny" so we left it. Get back and set up camp, eat dinner. And goto bed.
Day 5
Get in the truck, drive for awhile and put the boat in and zip to another place. Hiking for about 10-15 minutes we see tracks, 2 little sets and a big set. Dad ''I don't like this..." We keep on walking and we here branches break and a grizzly jumps out of the bush with 2 cubs! Both the guns get loaded with bullets in the chambers, safety on. Start waving and yelling at the sow and cubs then they leave, unload and keep walking. We spotted a good sized black bear, dads getting all excited we're gonna sneak up and get my first bear, look over and theres another! Damnit its a sow and a cub! We sit till about 7:45 and start to hike out, about 300 yards theres the sow and cubs feeding! Oh boy, we start to turn to walk on an old road and decide to let the bears know we're there. They leave and we get the hell outta there! Back to camp.
Day 6
Back to the first place. Go up to our post and watch for about 4-5 hours. No bears, at all. So we decide to go look for a black bear. Hiking out we see 1. I decide thats the 1. We start to stalk it. Finally it walks out of the brush, my dad whispers "theres your shot" as I think 'thats not a shot!' All I could see was brush and it's head. So I shoot anyways and missed. Oh well, wasn't a big 1. We start to hike around the lake and look at our boat... One of the life jackets are out of the boat and on the ground? Interesting... We go to check it out and there was a small bear at our boat and he pulled out the life jacket to check it out. Then left. So we hop in and go set up the tent, eat and goto sleep.
Day 7
Wake up, pack up, go into town and a couple bacon n eggers from Mcdonalds and come home.
Sadly no bears. Saw atleast 8 different grizzlies though, lots of black bears, a caribou and 5 moose.
Lots of fun! But was hoping to get my first bear! Ohwell, we are going out for a blackie tonight.
I will have pictures for you all as soon as I can!
GG.
Just pull up into camp, throw the boat in the lake and take off, 30-45 minute hike and we get to our post to watch 3 slides. My dad glasses the middle slide, turns to me "wanna shoot a grizzly? Because theres one right there." Out comes the spoting scope. About 20 minutes later we are sitting at the bottom of the slide where we saw the grizzly eating. I look up and see the brush moving, up go the binos. There he is, at the top of the damn slide!! So we start to hike to the bottom of the next slide where we think he's gonna come out. No bear... Hike back up to our post and start glassing. My dad "there he is!" I'm looking and I see a bear in the corner, "thats a black bear" dad looks "the grizz is looking down at that black bear." The grizzly is about 40 yards from the black bear looking down at him, down the hill we go again. Dad's going 1 way, so I whistle for him to come the other way, but nope, we go his way. Get down to the bottom of that slide and there he is, not 75 yards from us. Dad trying to get me a better shot starts moving brush and he looks at the bear, and that bear was looking right back at him, so off he goes! We walk back up the hill to our post. No bearrrrsss so we start to head out at about 8pm. Take 1 last look at a far slide and HOLY S*** bigg grizzly walking up the slide, so we decide to get him tomorrow. Walking out back to the boat we saw a good sized black bear. Never got a shot at him.
Slept in the truck this night. For about 30 minutes through the whole night!
Day 2
Back to our post we go. Start glassing, I look at a patch of snow, theres a bear walking down the mountain to a slide! Take out the spoting scope and look at the bear... Dad "I'm gonna go take a dump cause I have a feeling we're gonna be hunting soon." I can't see the bear because he went into the timber. Dad comes back and looks through the binos and sees bushes moving? "That bear is running up the mountain! Like running fast!" I look and can't see where it is. Dad "theres another grizz chasing it!!" About 3 minutes later the bigger boar stops and lays down on a patch of snow for about 5-10 minutes. Then off he goes trying to track that smaller bear. So we sit for a couple more hours without seeing a grizz. Some goats and black bears on the slides, start heading out.
Day 3
Backkk to the post! Glass for hours and hours without seeing a bear until my dad saw a Sow and a cub running like hell as far as we can see on the mountain. Couple hours later I hear a stick snap so I look back and theres a black bear. TINY black bear, about 4 footer. Comes about 20 yards from us and takes a dump then lays down. Heading back out without seeing a bear.
Day 4
Pack up camp and drive for about 45 minutes or so to set up camp somewhere else. Hiking down a logging road that isn't really accessible with truck. We see a grizzly walking right down the road towards us! Not enough time to get a shot on it!!!!! So we keep on hiking and hiking and hiking. Found some tracks, about 6 inch front pads on em. Hiking back out we see a black bear on a cut and thats it. Once we get to the truck we start driving down the road and see a black bear on a power line, so we stop and glass, dad "it looks like a good bear in the binos, but in the scope it looks tiny" so we left it. Get back and set up camp, eat dinner. And goto bed.
Day 5
Get in the truck, drive for awhile and put the boat in and zip to another place. Hiking for about 10-15 minutes we see tracks, 2 little sets and a big set. Dad ''I don't like this..." We keep on walking and we here branches break and a grizzly jumps out of the bush with 2 cubs! Both the guns get loaded with bullets in the chambers, safety on. Start waving and yelling at the sow and cubs then they leave, unload and keep walking. We spotted a good sized black bear, dads getting all excited we're gonna sneak up and get my first bear, look over and theres another! Damnit its a sow and a cub! We sit till about 7:45 and start to hike out, about 300 yards theres the sow and cubs feeding! Oh boy, we start to turn to walk on an old road and decide to let the bears know we're there. They leave and we get the hell outta there! Back to camp.
Day 6
Back to the first place. Go up to our post and watch for about 4-5 hours. No bears, at all. So we decide to go look for a black bear. Hiking out we see 1. I decide thats the 1. We start to stalk it. Finally it walks out of the brush, my dad whispers "theres your shot" as I think 'thats not a shot!' All I could see was brush and it's head. So I shoot anyways and missed. Oh well, wasn't a big 1. We start to hike around the lake and look at our boat... One of the life jackets are out of the boat and on the ground? Interesting... We go to check it out and there was a small bear at our boat and he pulled out the life jacket to check it out. Then left. So we hop in and go set up the tent, eat and goto sleep.
Day 7
Wake up, pack up, go into town and a couple bacon n eggers from Mcdonalds and come home.
Sadly no bears. Saw atleast 8 different grizzlies though, lots of black bears, a caribou and 5 moose.
Lots of fun! But was hoping to get my first bear! Ohwell, we are going out for a blackie tonight.
I will have pictures for you all as soon as I can!
GG.