Author Topic: Bears in high places.... (Read 16403 times)

herb haines · « **Reply #60 on:** June 22, 2005, 07:36:00 AM »

Glad to hear you are home . will be checking to see how you made out --- herb

RayMO · « **Reply #61 on:** June 22, 2005, 07:37:00 AM »

Like the rest I am glad your home safe. Staying tunned for the rest...

Mo.

JC · « **Reply #62 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:18:00 AM »

Glad you're home safe.

Picture big ol Charlie saying "I don't mean to be a tease..." Anyone else find that as funny as I did? "[laffsmyl]"

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #63 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:46:00 AM »

Glad you see the humor in that Joe! :D

The cool thing about Wyoming (and most of the western states)is the constantly changing scenes.
A long drive is never boring.

On the way north I passed Red Canyon... as strikingly beautiful as it gets.

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #64 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:50:00 AM »

Waiting for the next veiw, Trad Gang was never far from my mind...

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #65 on:** June 22, 2005, 09:05:00 AM »

Someone said take the time to smell the flowers... you bet I do!!

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #66 on:** June 22, 2005, 10:27:00 AM »

Once you're in Wyoming, you move into another place in time and the distant past doesn't seem so distant somehow.

With each passing scene, I found myself drifting back to something that has been missing from my soul.
I'm starting to make the transformation from back yard target shooter to hunting archer.

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #67 on:** June 22, 2005, 10:41:00 AM »

Years ago I met Fred Bear in a bear hunting camp in Canada. I noticed he always had some little something tucked in his hatband... something different each day.
When I asked him what that was about, he replied that it reminded him that some of a hunters greatest gifts are the little things and it made him slow down and observe... like these little blue gems I found.

JC · « **Reply #68 on:** June 22, 2005, 11:04:00 AM »

Wow, great pics. And the wisdom from Fred Bear...that's priceless. I may have to pic up that habbit.

RayMO · « **Reply #69 on:** June 22, 2005, 12:36:00 PM »

Keep'em coming Charlie

Littlefeather · « **Reply #70 on:** June 22, 2005, 01:06:00 PM »

Enjoyed the phone chat Bud. Now, Im ready to read the stories of the trip. Dang, almost three weeks to catch up on. CK

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #71 on:** June 22, 2005, 07:57:00 PM »

Well, I may be too tired to fight the picture thing... it seems to be dealing me fits!

One of the very unusual (to some) things about the area I hunt is how high in the mountains the antelope get. I've seen them up in the timber lots of times.

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #72 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:00:00 PM »

I spent the first two days of my time scouting the country and looking for bear sign. Sometimes when you're looking for one thing, you see everything else... Like this Blue Grouse.

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #73 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:04:00 PM »

The plan for this hunt was to use calls to lure the bears in. To that end I searched for tracks and other bear sign in the likely looking areas.

I found this track of a very nice bear along an old logging road. The mud in the track was dry, but appeared to have been made since the last rain which had been the day before.

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #74 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:13:00 PM »

As soon as I got a permit in my pocket, I headed up country to hunt.
I set my camp high up in the timber near a favorite spot. Since I got the camp set up late I just made an evening of it with plans to start the calling adventure the next day.

The storms I'd encountered on the trip out weren't done with me yet. As a matter of fact, the entire first week was one of sudden rain, often turning to snow. Temperatures were in the low thirties at night, warming to 45 degrees at mid day.
Groovy!!! (that means it sucked big time!)

The first morning in camp I awoke to 4 inches of the white stuff on everything and there was a lot more on the ground "up the mountain".

I decided that from that point on I would lean on alternative camping strategies.... motels.
The mountains were taking a toll on this old fat man and I didn't feel a need to fight the mountains at night when I should be resting.

Mudfeather · « **Reply #75 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:14:00 PM »

Awesome Charlie!!!! Look forward to seeing and hearing some more. That pic of the Red Canyon is beutimus!

Glad you are home! I hope we can hunt together again sometime!

Charlie Lamb · « **Reply #76 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:30:00 PM »

Keith... you'd love it up there. Kinda nice to open the tent flap and see this sight...

herb haines · « **Reply #77 on:** June 22, 2005, 08:53:00 PM »

dam Charlie that view just made me breath deep . love it . biggest Mountian i have ever seen personally and from the top was Mt. Katadin in Maine 13 ft short of a mile high !!

i know personally about fat boys and you aren't LOL . now this fat boy would be sucking for wind .sure makes me feel fine to see you having fun ------- herb

AZStickman · « **Reply #78 on:** June 22, 2005, 09:07:00 PM »

Dang..... I waited a couple of days thinking I'd wait Charlie out and get to read the whole story in one read.....Charlie You are the master story teller

Great pics.....Terry

Guru · « **Reply #79 on:** June 22, 2005, 09:47:00 PM »

Awesome pix bud!!

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