You are in for the hunt of a lifetime. I can’t say enough good things about Stickflingers.
Bears are incredible animals to hunt. I have had them try to join me in my tree stand. I know a guy who punched one in the nose.
One evening, I was walking to my stand and I stopped to draw my bow, just loosening up. All of a sudden I heard the most awful woofing and huffing right off the trail, just ahead of me. That was followed by a sound that sounded like claws tearing into tree bark. Scared the crap out of me. Finally I saw a decent bear about thirty feet up and climbing higher into a big pine tree.
One day on a stand named “Determination Stand”. I must have seen 8-10 bear visiting the site. Later, I had one bear feeding and it looked very relaxed. Suddenly it popped its head up, looked around and scrambled away from the bait.
About two or three minutes later a sow with two cubs came into the bait. She fed a bit but every time another bear started to approach them she would attack and chase them away. Finally she barked at the cubs and sent them way up into a nearby tree and started feeding.
While she was feeding, another bear snuck in and was standing on his hind legs looking up into the tree, trying to locate the cubs. Finally she noticed him and went ballistic on him chasing him at full speed around the woods, so close to my stand I thought they might run into it.
Eventually, it started getting dark and it was time to leave, but the sow was laying down at the base of the tree that the cubs were in about thirty yards from me! I knew if I tried to come out of the tree I was going to be attacked. She was nasty!
I waited about an hour longer, hoping she would leave but no luck. Finally I thought if I made a metallic sound I might spook her off so I kicked the ladder stand I was in. Bad idea. She got up and started for me. And of course that had to be the night I forgot my bear spray.
Fortunately, about that time I heard Ryan’s quad coming down the trail and that spooked her and off she went, cubs and all.
If you do a search you can find my story about the hunt when I shot my P&Y bear. It’s too long to type all over again, but there is some good stuff there.
I am jealous of the hunt that you have to look forward to. Best to you! If you want to talk about it, feel free to pm me.
Topic: I’m going bear hunting at Stickflingers! (Read 5607 times)
