Dam Bears!

[woodslinger]

Went out the other day with the wife to hang a tree stand and had to leave without getting it done. The day started out fine crossing an old beaver dam and working our way up through the alders towards some oak trees. The alders are thick and the only way to get around is on the game trails. About 50 yards from the beaver swamp I noticed some fresh bear scat no big deal as there are plenty of bears around this area. The wife however was not amused as she has a real fear of bears. Another 50 yards and 5 more fresh piles of scat had the wife questioning my intelligence. I assured her that we were making plenty of noise and any bears in the area were long gone. Just as we clear the thick stuff and are about 15 yards from the tree I want to put my stand in, a bear "wuffs" and the tree starts shaking. I look up and see about a 100lb bear standing there in the tree! The wife turns and says “I’m out of here" and starts back for the truck. The bear looked like he was in no hurry to leave, the wife was headed back to the truck and I wasn't about to hang my stand with him in the tree so I decided to leave the stand and head back to the truck. I will go back later and hang the stand this time without my wife’s help as she refuses to go back to this particular area.

[bentpole]

I had to check where your from. I would have thought you lived in JERSEY! LOL! Hunted yesterday in two of my favorite spots. Hunted from dawm until dark didn't see a tail. BUT, I had a 150 pound bear at 40 yards for 20 minutes or so.

[JoeM]

Years ago while turkey hunting(we had a bird in sight) I had a cub in the tree growling at me. I stood up and started walking right at my friends who were calling, they had that what the heck are you doing look on there face!! I quickly pointed to the cub and we all walked at a brisk pace to the truck. Dang Bear!       Joe

[nutmeg]

How can you live in Me. and not expect to see a bear or two now and then?(LOL).        (nut)

[3blades]

What afraid of a little bear in the tree?       Does a Bear **** in the woods?  

[TRAP]

They usually find an opening in the woods to do that

 

Trap

[Tom]

Too much, Trap. LMAO!

[Sharpster]

Originally posted by bentpole:
I had to check where your from. I would have thought you lived in JERSEY! LOL!

I had to do the same!

Sitting on our deck just after dark two nights ago, my wife says "Do you hear that"? I go grab the spotlight and there are 7 (yes, SEVEN) bears in our yard about 15 yrds off the deck and they're headed straight for our attached garage. (We have to keep our garbage inside).

They scattered after I hit them with the light and we started yelling at them but, having a "herd" of black bears in the yard at night is a bit un-nerving even for me. So I sent a load of bird shot after them to make it very clear that they were not welcome. You're right Woodslinger, Dam bears!!!

Ron

[Shaun]

If your wife heads to the truck it time to go bear or no bear. If you do get mauled later this season, don't even tell her. Say it was a bicycle wreck or that you got mugged.

[Jerry Jeffer]

Tom, that's why you didn't see any deer. Hey, I deal with bruins all the time. No big deal.

[John3]

Don't ever think a bear will not come for you... I used to think that. This past May I went to Alberta chasing bears. This was my 8th bear hunt and third over bait. The guide kept telling me to take the pepper spray. I would always say, "I've done this alot; what could happen?". The third day of the hunt I put the spray in my pack. I can't imagine what could have happened if I had not.
 

See my boot in the bottom of this pic? The bear climbed the tree after me and stopped about a foot from under the stand. I had enough sence to pull out the spray swinging around and stuck the can in the bears face. We had a stand off for a minute then the bear climbed down without me having to use the spray. I am very glad I had the spray. I'm not sure I would have been so calm without it. EVERY bear on every one of my bear hunts other than this one had ran like a scared dog from me... Always be prepared. As it turned out I was calm enough to shoot this same bear after it climbed down and walked out to the bait barrel.  What a day in Alberta!!