I was seeing bears and managing to capturing some video. Life was good! I had some encounters, seen a really nice bear, and I knew a Huge bear had recently visited the bait.
Would I ever see the Big One and give Doc Tippet some competition in the big bear contest? Heck, would I even see another bear during the week? Maybe – maybe not. Neither really mattered in the grand scheme of things. This is a special hunt with a lot of special folks. The hunt is a success as soon as soon as you arrive in camp. Bears are a bonus, especially if you take one home.
I had one stop to make on the drive back to camp that night. Kip was waiting for me to pick him up from the Cardiac stand. I had a little trouble remembering exactly where the stand was and turned around twice thinking that I may have driven past. Back on target, I rounded a turn and saw the mangiest looking house cat I had even seen …damn that was an ugly cat sitting in the road. As it waddled off, I discovered it wasn’t a cat, but a porcupine. (What can I say, we don’t have those in Virginia!) Soon I spotted Kip up ahead. He was grinning ear to ear as he told me his news. Kip had a bear down. Kip and I hunted together on last year’s Bear Quest and it was a joy to hear he the news. On the way back to camp, Kip joked that Tom wanted asked him to cook lunch tomorrow so he thought he better take care of the bear thing right away. “I didn’t want to be rushing around you know.”
Congratulations Kip!
Upon our arrival back in camp, we learned that Tom had some big news of his own. The next morning we would lay our eyes on the whopper Tom arrowed. Congrats to our Bear Quest extraordinaire who makes this hunt possible. Thank you Tom!
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