Bear Quest V -- Stories for all Posts

[kuch]

Yum, Yum....better than the burgers at the truck stop.

[Gatekeeper]

Nice bow BD.

Hey does that knock off China made bow shoot any different then the real American made Bear bows? Just curious. I know you like the looks of the Bear bows, but you prefer to shoot the knock offs.  

[d. ward]

your gonna get knocked off next year mr porter bd

[Gatekeeper]

[ksbowman]

Tom, You are one sick puppy!Did you sharpen the knife before you stuck it in or pop it in dull?

[fatman]

surely there are some more stories?  is that all of the bears accounted for on week 2?

     

[d. ward]

Hey Kevin I don't think thats all of them .I will look as soon as I get home.typing on this phone is a pain bd

[buckeye_hunter]

I was thinking that we were missing a few.

       

These hunters all posted something week 1;
KSbowman
Larry Surtees
Bow Doc
Kinslow
Randy Page (White Oaks)
Gatekeeper
Fatman
Bill Terry
Kip
Barry Wensel
Buckeye Hunter
Tippit
Bill Langer
Mike O'Connell
Ken ; He is on the road and might be too busy to tell the story for awhile.


Week 2 hunter postings;
Yellow Dog
Kuch & son
Black Dog
Caddo
Yellow Dog

Did I get everybody?

[d. ward]

here's the deal at some point I always like to print the BQ tails on paper for my personal use.If your story is not in here when I hit the printer button then I won't remember you were at BQ.Come on maybe you got the bee'geez'us scared out of you one night and your still shakeing to bad to type ? bowhunter up and just do it bd

[Yellow Dog]

Well, lets get started on this one.

Week two for me started as follows:

Being from Michigan, La Tuque is a 16 hour drive in the best of conditions. Having been a veteran of Bear Quest IV, I was more than ready to do the non stop solo drive again this year. When I was packing for Bear Quest IV last year, sweet wife just didn't understand. She said " I don't get it, your going to drive 16 hours, by yourself, to a place you've never been to before to hunt with a bunch of people you've never met". My answer was "Yup". After 33 years of putting up with me she knows I'm just not right. Welcome to Bear Quest.        

[tarponnut]

Awesome pics and stories!
Eli, great job on your bear(don't forget there is an armadillo with your name on it down in Fl)Chad(Kuch) loved seeing the proud papa pics.

[Yellow Dog]

My start for week two was uncertain. Having planned on going to La Tuque for Bear Quest V as soon as I left Bear Quest IV last year, things changed drastictly for me about three months ago. One of my top employees, who fills my roll when I'm off, sprung it on me that he and his fiance decided that June 18th would be a great day to get married. June 18th, that's the start of Bear Quest V.
   :confused:   :confused:    :confused:

[buckeye_hunter]

Getting married when you need to be out bear hunting? What were they thinking?    

Seriously, young people these days.....

[Kip]

Mike your post reminded me of my wife for BQII.Same question total strangers all the way to Canada you must be crazy but that is why I married you have fun.And I did three times.Carry on.Kip

[kuch]

It may be a little out of line to write about Brian's bear but I've known him since Junior High so he knows I'm a jerk....Brian hunted hard all week and came down to the last night. Eli and I drove him to the stand ,baited the stand and left him. We picked him up at 930 and went back to camp to get Jay's vehicle as I did not want to ride back to camp with a bloody carcass in my lap. Jay was nice enough to drive back out to the stand....easy track...20 to 30 yards. Good shot at a steep angle and passed through. Arrived back at camp around midnight so no hootin' and hollerin' as it was lights out. We got up at 5ish and were skinning at 530 saturday morning to pack out....great hunt doesn't describe it enough.

[Yellow Dog]

Based on my cunundrem, with my main man's nuptuils, I had no idea when I may be rolling into Bear camp. It might be Friday, maybe Saturday or heaven forbid Sunday or Monday  

[Yellow Dog]

Kuch, Brian's bear was a dandy first bear and I'm so glad he sealed the deal on the last night. I went on the tracking team for Zack's bear that night but sure would have loved to be with Brian when you hauled that one out. Brian was a great guy to spend a week with and I hope you West Virginia boys can do it again next year

     

[charles suttles]

Passed on this one[probably a mistake]. I like more hair on the butt. Definitely a mistake as I came home bearless,although I shot a smaller bear with a beautiful hide that couldn,t be found with the help of 3 of BQ's best trackers,CJ,Bill and Jeff.{ Jeff thinks we left him on the trail for bug bait]. This is when CJ,aka killinstuff,found BW"s arrow. One of the best weeks of my life from the time I got hooked up with Jay and Larry in Albany till Bowdoc got in my lap Sat nite for the ride from Tom's house to the airport,dang shoulda got a picture of that! This was the 1st all traditional camp I've been in and it was a hoot.

[Whip]

Glad that you fellas got the stories cranked up again here.  I haven't gotten my fill of BQ tales yet!
More!    
More!  
 

[Yellow Dog]

Well after going into work on Friday the 17th at 3:30am I buttoned things up and was on the road for La Tuque at 1:30pm on Friday afternoon. If things went well, and I could stay awake and on the road, I should be in La Tuque for the changing of the guard at Lucien Gauvin by 7:30am the next morning. I'll tell you one thing for sure, being a "hick" from Michigan, heavy traffic for me is heading north on I 75 on a holiday weekend. It was nothing compared to what I'd run into in Toronto 6 hours later.