Ron.C
05-20-2012, 06:37 PM
Well, would I ever love to start this post with a pic of a nice Griz, and a good story to go with it. Unfortunately, I wasn't successfull.
I started the week by packing up the Albert River FSR in the Vehicle Closed Area. The area I had intended to get into still has to much snow. But after giving it an honest go, I backtracked and set up camp at the Ralph Lake trail head. The next morning I headed further up the Albert River road and walked up into a slide on the north side of the road. I was only in there for about an hour and I spotted a sow and cub Griz about 200m up from me. I backed out a bit to give them some more room. I carried on up the valley and saw two cow moose and LOADS of Griz tracks.
The next day I was back in the same area, and glassed the slide where the sow/cub were for the morning. By noon I headed further up the road again and bumped what I beleive was the same sow and cub on the road. They took off running pretty fast, and in the right direction, away from me!
The next day I checked out a couple areas that I was told about by some HBCers. I walked a hell of a long way up and into one spot, saw a great black bear and another really nice brown black bear. I was having a great hunt only to have a honda ATV with rider sporting a rifle over his shoulder. Fair enough if this was allowed, but I was in vehicle closed area so i was pretty pissed. He F'd off pretty fast when he saw me.
I checked out another area, but wasn't seeing the sign that I did up the Albert Rvr FSR, so at the end of the day I headed back up there so i'd be ready to go for first light.
This time I walked in from my truck and had to cross another slide that I hadn't glassed yet.. I glassed for the morning then hiked nearly 10km up the road. On the way back I walked up and checked a side road that ended up dead ending at a small cutblock about 200m up. I walked up into the cut block a bit to have a better look, and there was a lone Grizzly, 130m up. He saw me and just stayed where he was, quartering away pretty hard. I shoot a scoped inline muzzle loader and it is 1" high at 100. I figured I'd just stay put and wait for the shot. Well, long story short, he just busted and ran straight up the cutblock into the timber.
Anyway, was a fun hunt. Thanks to grizzlyduek, LBM, and bearslayer01 for the help they gave me getting ready for this hunt
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Ralph_tr.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/track1.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/bear39.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Albert_slide.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/buckley.jpg
I started the week by packing up the Albert River FSR in the Vehicle Closed Area. The area I had intended to get into still has to much snow. But after giving it an honest go, I backtracked and set up camp at the Ralph Lake trail head. The next morning I headed further up the Albert River road and walked up into a slide on the north side of the road. I was only in there for about an hour and I spotted a sow and cub Griz about 200m up from me. I backed out a bit to give them some more room. I carried on up the valley and saw two cow moose and LOADS of Griz tracks.
The next day I was back in the same area, and glassed the slide where the sow/cub were for the morning. By noon I headed further up the road again and bumped what I beleive was the same sow and cub on the road. They took off running pretty fast, and in the right direction, away from me!
The next day I checked out a couple areas that I was told about by some HBCers. I walked a hell of a long way up and into one spot, saw a great black bear and another really nice brown black bear. I was having a great hunt only to have a honda ATV with rider sporting a rifle over his shoulder. Fair enough if this was allowed, but I was in vehicle closed area so i was pretty pissed. He F'd off pretty fast when he saw me.
I checked out another area, but wasn't seeing the sign that I did up the Albert Rvr FSR, so at the end of the day I headed back up there so i'd be ready to go for first light.
This time I walked in from my truck and had to cross another slide that I hadn't glassed yet.. I glassed for the morning then hiked nearly 10km up the road. On the way back I walked up and checked a side road that ended up dead ending at a small cutblock about 200m up. I walked up into the cut block a bit to have a better look, and there was a lone Grizzly, 130m up. He saw me and just stayed where he was, quartering away pretty hard. I shoot a scoped inline muzzle loader and it is 1" high at 100. I figured I'd just stay put and wait for the shot. Well, long story short, he just busted and ran straight up the cutblock into the timber.
Anyway, was a fun hunt. Thanks to grizzlyduek, LBM, and bearslayer01 for the help they gave me getting ready for this hunt
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Ralph_tr.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/track1.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/bear39.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Albert_slide.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/buckley.jpg