This is not a hunting story !
But it is a bear story !
I was camping in the boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, I have been going there for about 12 years, and I have wanted to see a bear, I heard a lot of campers have had them in there campsites, but we never did.
It was July 29 three years ago, we had taken our pop-up motorcycle camper behind our car, to National Forest campgrounds, and we had been there for about three nights, canoeing and fishing, and just having fun. We had gone to a terrific pizza place, I had pizza with pepperoni and sausage on it, that sets the scene for the BEAR.
It was 11:23 p.m. I heard something comes to the campsite, I pulled myself all the way up and push myself against the screen adding of the tent to see what was coming around the corner, I was laying on a bed that was about 4 ft. off the ground, at the end of the bed there was a window within an awning made of nylon the same materials the tent. When the Black figure came underneath the awning with me having my nose against the netting, I knew it was a bear right away, I had never been that close to that big of a bear,(black bear), I thought to myself " I'll be quiet and it will go away",wrong, it was only about 2 ft. from me. Right below me. This is where the pepperoni and sausage pizza comes into play, his nose smelled it !
at that point my nose is still against the screen netting, the bear stands up and puts his nose against the screen netting on the left-hand side of my nose, it was wet to say the least, and when he smelled human, he didn't care for that, so he snorted, and that stuff was in his nose got on my nose, at this point I yelled BEARRRRRRRRRR !
Of course I was more scared then he was, he could not see me because it was dark inside the tent, he walked away about 15 ft. to the trees turned around and looked at me, as if to say " you're crazy man", and then walked into the woods. My wife said " I didn't understand what you were yelling until you got the last R out" we both laughed about it, but I was shaking a little.
I just rolled over on the bed and said " real funny God real funny"
I finally got my chance to see "A BEAR"
I think I need to go hunt them to get rid of this fear ! That should cure it.
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