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Summary of 2007 Spring Bear
Hunts
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2007 was another really great year. We limited our hunters
to only 15 this season as we had a major oil company doing
extensive exploration in some of our hunting area. We were
unsure of the impact this would have at the time and in order
to ensure that we still provided each hunter with a high quality
hunt we limited the numbers. We found that the exploration
impact was minimal and we are now preparing for 2008.
Our 15 hunters harvested 21 bears with 3 over 20" and
another 4 that will make the P&Y record book. We also
had 4 colored bears.
Spring was late this year and the bears came out of their
dens in a very fat condition as they had a record berry crop
in the fall of 2006. This slowed the activity at the baits
somewhat but as spring progressed, they started to devour
our baits again as usual.
Probably one of our highlights was to have Ralph and Vicky
Cianciarulo in camp from Archer's Choice Media. They had a
tremendous hunt with us and harvested some great bears. They
had two large black colored bears over 20", a very large
chocolate boar at 19" plus and a blonde bear. They were
filming for their TV series and for their new Bear N Down
7 DVD. Their hunt was so good that they are planning on returning
next year. Perhaps the best way to find out about their hunt
would be to go to their website: www.archerschoice.com
For 2008 we are looking at offering a remote spike camp option
in a new area that has not been baited before, along with
our regular area. Check our website for all the details on
the spike camp options.
We invite you to contact us for our home DVD's as they will
tell you even more stories.
If you have never hunted bears, try it!! It is a real rush.
If you are not a hunter but want to experience bears close
up and capture some of the excitement on film or video, contact
us we now offer "Bear Viewing
and Photography"
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Summary of 2006 Spring Bear
Hunts
 We
had a great season with 35 hunters harvesting 51 bears.
Spring came quickly this year and the bears were out of their
dens and hungry in early April, about 3 weeks ahead of normal.
By mid-April we had temperatures in the low 70°F and the
snow had long melted. We started hunting on the 7th of May
and could have successfully started several weeks earlier.
On our first evening our 7 hunters took 6 large bears with
2 being colored.
The weather stayed warm and the vegetation grew very lush.
In early June, we started to see the bears leaving the baits
in favor of their natural foods, and we were seeing some severe
rubbing. Hunters reported seeing bears that appeared to be
half naked from rubbing at this time. Out came the mosquitoes
and bugs, but again the thermacells saved the hunt.
We used about 44,000 lbs of bait at our 48 remote bait sites
and traveled just over 25,000 kms on our nine 4 wheelers.
We used about 300 barrels (55 gallon drums) of freshly popped
popcorn. The bear's voracious appetite for popcorn shocked
us. We could not keep it in the barrels and we eventually
reduced the hole size in the 55 gallon drums to 1". It
was amazing to watch the bears flick the popcorn out of this
small hole with their tongue.
 As
in the past, we took many good bears that would qualify for
the P&Y record book. One of our highlights was a young fellow
with cerebral palsy who had returned with his father to hunt
with us again. Using his crossbow and a specially designed
tripod, we put Chris in a ground blind. On the first night,
with the guide sitting next to him, we had a medium bear push
his nose against the window netting just inches from Chris'
face. Then the bear woofed several times and walked over to
the bait.
Sitting in the same ground blind two nights later, Chris made
an excellent shot and harvested a good mature boar in the
19" plus size (about 7'2" in length). Surely a hunt
of a lifetime for Chris with an ultimate adrenaline rush.
This year we also had numerous lady bowhunters in our camp.
Each of them went home with 2 very nice trophies and an experience
to talk about.
We encourage you to check out our complete hunter list and
contact some of our many hunters from this season. We are
confident that all of them will tell you about their many
bear encounters, the adrenaline rush that bear hunting gives
and the trophies they harvested.
We invite you to contact us for our home DVD's as they will
tell you even more stories.
If you have never hunted bears, try it!! It is a real rush.
If you are not a hunter but want to experience bears close
up and capture some of the excitement on film or video, contact
us we now offer "Bear Viewing
and Photography"
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