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05-06-2006, 09:37 PM
Me and the wife went out for a drive this morn'n (though started later than I wanted to) out to Boston Bar.
We ran into a CO at the Huskey while getting coffee and chatted with him for a bit - let us know of a few others hunting in the area and about the road conditions.
Driving down Scuzzy we ran into a couple of deer. The road was much better than it was a few weeks ago, but we ran into snow just past the sand quarry, we parked at the quarry to go for a walk further up the road.
After a few KM up the road we figured it was time to go back to the truck for lunch. Back at the truck I'm putting the pack in the box and just as I unload the rifle, TL (my wife) squeaks - "I think I just saw a bear!" after she calms down she tells me she saw a "big black thing" standing at the top of the quarry (about 50 yards from the truck) that "all the sudden moved" and went over the edge - so I grabbed the gun and wander over to have a look - sure enough going right over the very steep edge are a nice set of prints. Walking back through the quarry the whole think was littered with track, we jumped in the truck and to the clearing below the quarry and sure enough theres a huge bear running through it at full tilt. got out but never got a shot at it. We then went over to Anderson FSR just to see how it was (lots of hunters) and soon decided to head back to Scuzzy. On the drive back in we nearly ran over a little blackie in the middle of the road.
Rounded out the day sitting, watching a clearing till near dark.
So far its the most animals I've seen the season, 2 bear, a few deer and a grouse - and I think I've convicned the wife that bears aren't that scary :biggrin:
We ran into a CO at the Huskey while getting coffee and chatted with him for a bit - let us know of a few others hunting in the area and about the road conditions.
Driving down Scuzzy we ran into a couple of deer. The road was much better than it was a few weeks ago, but we ran into snow just past the sand quarry, we parked at the quarry to go for a walk further up the road.
After a few KM up the road we figured it was time to go back to the truck for lunch. Back at the truck I'm putting the pack in the box and just as I unload the rifle, TL (my wife) squeaks - "I think I just saw a bear!" after she calms down she tells me she saw a "big black thing" standing at the top of the quarry (about 50 yards from the truck) that "all the sudden moved" and went over the edge - so I grabbed the gun and wander over to have a look - sure enough going right over the very steep edge are a nice set of prints. Walking back through the quarry the whole think was littered with track, we jumped in the truck and to the clearing below the quarry and sure enough theres a huge bear running through it at full tilt. got out but never got a shot at it. We then went over to Anderson FSR just to see how it was (lots of hunters) and soon decided to head back to Scuzzy. On the drive back in we nearly ran over a little blackie in the middle of the road.
Rounded out the day sitting, watching a clearing till near dark.
So far its the most animals I've seen the season, 2 bear, a few deer and a grouse - and I think I've convicned the wife that bears aren't that scary :biggrin: