I love to hunt bears. I have hunted them 10 times now and twice in the last five weeks. In Sept I was in Maine, and was lucky enough to kill a bear.
However it has always been a dream of mine to bait and hunt my own bears. Come to find out 120 miles from my house I can do that. Last year my wife got invited to hunt bears in AR, I did most of the baiting and experienced the coolest bear hunt I had ever been on. Mindy shot a 240lb bear with her bow from a ground blind at 14 yards, and I was setting in the blind when she did it.
Now this year was my turn, and I did all the baiting. Thanks to Flowers bread store and my local Budweiser distributor I had plenty of bait. I had three baits out, but only two were getting hit. One bait had 4 bears on it and the other literally has 12 or more bears on it. I have numerous trail cam pics.
I hunted the opening night which was Oct 1, I had a sow and 2 cubs in but not the big boy I was looking for. Then I had to head home because my sister was in town, man she has crummy timing.
Monday 10/5 I was back down with my dad. I put him on the best bait because he did not kill a bear in ME, so I really wanted him to kill a bear in Arkansas.
He had bear in, but too dark to shoot. This sow came in at 7:00, like she owned the place. The rest is in the pictures.
Topic: Arkansas Bear DOWN (Read 707 times)
