Squapan Mountain Outfitters Bear Hunt 2010!!!

[fireman_3311]

Howdy Tradgang, been awhile since I've been around here!!  
Had a great week up in Maine, at Squapan!!!  Nice to meet everyone!!!  I've got a ton of pics, so "BEAR" with me, it'll take a bit!!!

Tony, Lynn, Josh and Jessica, thanks for putting up with us Mo boys all week!!!  Jessica, go do your homework!!!lol

Was fun to share camp with folks from different parts of the country!!  I'm still laughing about all the stories!!!

 

[fireman_3311]

All the comforts....Glad I got a bottom bunk, eh Sean????!!!!

 

Beautiful country up there!!

 

Lots of Tater fields!!!

 

Tony and Josh, who is now the luckiest Young Man on earth!!!

 

[fireman_3311]

Lynn kept us all well fed all week!!!

 

I tried to talk Lynn out of the big moose shed she found, but I didn't have any luck!!!  Guess I'll have to go find one next time...lol!!

 

 

[fireman_3311]

Here's Jim's rig, after we just pulled into camp.  He had wired in an Inverter, to run the deep freezer. Worked like a charm!!! Kept me bear frozen, and fish we picked up in Portland on the way home!!!  

 

A couple more sheds found during the week...

 

 

Jim getting dialed in with the bow he built!!

 

[fireman_3311]

Anyone hungry???  The bears sure like the stuff!!!

 

An effigy along side of the road, way back in the middle of nowhere!!

 

A new convert to the Trad world!!!

 

Here's Roger, working on the newest Black Widow POS model!!!!LOL

 

[coaster500]

More, more !!!!


 

[fireman_3311]

Anyone know this handsome feller???LOL.  Nice meetin ya, Big Ed!!!  Glad you have a good harness!!!

 

Here's the gutting table!!!  Glad we got to use it!!!

 

Alot of arrahs shot all week!!!

 

The boys from Black Widow, Roger, Toby and Myles, brought a few bows to play with in camp!! I told me wife about that longbow I shot, and to put it on the list for Christmas!!!

 

[Earl Jeff]

Man I'm home sick. and I don't even live in Maine.     Lord willin next year I'll have some pic's for the trad gang

[fireman_3311]

We got to help celebrate Lynn's birthday during the week!!  She finally hit 29!!!

 

Big Ed cooked up some Lobstah's one night for supper!!!  DAGGUM it was GOOD!!!  Here's Myles with a couple of Pope and Young crawdad's!!!

 

[fireman_3311]

Here's Myles with his bear...160# I believe!!!

 

And the 3 Brothers from New York/Conn....217#!!!

 

Nice sized swatters on a bear that big!!!

 

[fireman_3311]

It's GO TIME!!!  Kent and Jen puttin on their gameface!!!

 

Dad and Daughter!!!  

 

[fireman_3311]

Dr. Dave, you made my week, Brother!!!  I'm still hurting from laughing so much!!!  

 

My bait at 10 yds...

 

 

My bear is laying dead, somewhere in the upper right quarter of this pic, only about 25 yds from the bait!!!  Yea, it's that thick in there!!

 

[fireman_3311]

My ol' Widder, Dorothy, built back on June of 99...She's now added a purty little black bear to the long list of critters we've chased together!!

I named her after me Granny!!!

 

I hit him a little far back, he took a step at release, but it worked...Down inside of 25 yds in the thick stuff!!! The 125gr Snuffer works!!

 

Kent and Dave, thanks for sharing the tracking job!!!

 

[fireman_3311]

125 pounds of man killer he was!!!  Good thing I've got long arms, eh!!!LOL

My first ever black bear, and nobody could be happier, I'll bet ya!!!

 

These sleds are the deal for draggin one out and haulin it to camp!!!

 

Myles and I

 

[Jesse Minish]

Congrats Brad! Looks like a great trip!

[fireman_3311]

Jim and I drove straight thru on the way home....I did most of the sleepin, he did most of the drivin, but he did get to nap a little...lol!!!

 

Perfect scene for the trip home!!!

 

My daughter Jessica, so hungry she could eat a live lobstah, brought home from Portland!!!  We had a FEAST last night...Lobstah's and Ribeye's, fresh maters from me garden, and a BuddyLight!!

 

[fireman_3311]

A few more...some of the gang.

Here's Tom

 

And Denny

 

And Sean

 

Jenn, and her boots!!!

 

 

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Kent and Dr. Dave

 

David with a little souvenir...Still think mine was bigger...LOL!!!

 

That's it, Tradgangers!!!  If you're looking for a good bear hunt, look up Tony, at Squapan Mountain Outfitters, he'll hook you up!!!

[Big Ed]

Man is that a fine looking dude in the bibs!LOL This is a great hunt, If any of you Tradgangers want ot put something together contact Tony Boucher he is a member on here. Or give me a PM and I will get you his info. This is a yearly deal for me "Lord Willing"
 I know you will definitly laugh while your there and gain a few pounds. Big Ed

[fireman_3311]

Jesse, it was a blast!!!  Sure had alot of thoughts about our trip to Tims in Ontario!!!  I still haven't slept a wink since not finding that bear up there!!!