Trevor, Jay, Lorne and Pat's excellent hunting adventure Part 2!

[Spuddge]

Day7: It’s 4 p.m.,we have plenty of meat for all of us so were hanging around camp playing cards relaxing when we hear a thump from behind us near the trailer, I turn around and not 30 feet from us is a black bear with his front paws on the cooler, he must have caught scent of our dinner and wanted in on the action. I tell you, you’ve never seen a chubby guy like me get to his feet quicker! With four grown men standing in front of him, this bear had no intention of leaving, he seemed to have no fear of us at all! Grabbing a rifle was priority at this point and Lorne did just so, into the wall tent and grab the first rifle you see, which happened to be mine, he handed it to me and with one shot I cut my bear tag. This all happened very quickly and I think the moral of the story is to "always" have a rifle or shotgun at the ready when in bear country. He’s not a big bear by any means, around 5 ft, although the hide stretched is aroud 6. We hung the bear for the night and deboned him in the morning, now we definitely have enough meat.

Me with the bear

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/The_Bear.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20219)

Trevor, our best skinner

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Our_best_skinner.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20217)

The Hide

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/The_Rug.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20222)

The Hide Hanging

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/The_Rug_Hanging.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20223)

Removing the edible portions

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Removing_the_edible_portions.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20218)

All in all an excellent hunting experience that will be remembered forever! Thanks again Trevor, Jay, and Lorne for making it even more enjoyable. And to Joel who couldn’t make it this year, we really missed you brother!!

[BlacktailStalker]

Looks like a good hunt. Thats a lot of swamp donkey !
The best bears are the ones you dont have to pack, he did you a favour.

[d6dan]

Awesome Spudge!.. That was as perfect as any hunt can get. The bear was just icing on the hunt.Congrats to you and your buddies...

[Spuddge]

Awesome Spudge!.. That was as perfect as any hunt can get. The bear was just icing on the hunt.Congrats to you and your buddies...

Your brother and nephew did an excellent job butchering the moose.

[d6dan]

Your brother and nephew did an excellent job butchering the moose.

Good to hear Spudge..

[hillclimber]

Nice bear!! Congrats

[Caveman]

Nice Hunt Guys, Congrats!!

[1899]

Great story, and congrats. Are you guys putting the meat into plastic zip-lock bags? How does that work out in mid-August temperatures?

[Spuddge]

Great story, and congrats. Are you guys putting the meat into plastic zip-lock bags? How does that work out in mid-August temperatures?

Yep, we have a generator and freezer on the trailer, so it's not a problem.

[Tikatack]

NICE! maybe there' a little piece of t-lion waiting for the guy who took you to that beautiful spot?!?! It's a veritable NA saffari in there. Any gbears or bugling bulls?

I might have to stop by with a string of strongbow for a more detail review of the photo documentation.