Who all is gearing up for spring bear????????

[habujohn]

My wife and I are driving this spring to Alberta to hunt with Garrett bros at there new camp.  Started working on my gear list this weekend.  Habu Vyperkhan triple carbon with axis 340's and snuffers.
habu john

[tippit]

Got a few more hogs to chase before these guys wake up    

 

[tadpole]

Well I have to say I'm jealus of you guys.  I would love to bear hunt one of these days.

[killinstuff]

WoodsyDave, You'll never get your bow on the plane as carrier on. Don't even try.

[Wiley Coyote]

I'm going to Quebec in June. First bear hunt for me!!      

[Gentry]

Nice bear and pic Tippit........

Dave I would not try to take it on the plane ether...... and make sure you got a good case for it.......

Wiley good luck on your hunt. I am willing to bet it wont be your last....

[twitchstick]

Hoping to draw a tag this year! frist year I've been able to put in for the draw since my waiting period.

[instinctivebowman]

Originally posted by WoodsyDave:
I'll be flying up to Winnipeg for my first bear hunt. Was wondering about taking my 3 piece Bob Lee take-down bow in checked luggage on the plane. I could put it in a seperate case with arrows, or pack it in my big suitcase in the middle of heavy camos so it would have lots of padding.

Anybody with experience in flying up to Canada and checking their bows got any thoughts about this? Does anyone mail stuff up to the outfitter ahead of time?

WoodsyDave

i got a healthy ticket for having my bow in my checkin one time. also postponed my flight for ten hours, i felt really stupid. learn from my mistake.
good luck on your hunt, i will be wandering around idaho looking for a bear this spring

jeremy

[Hummer3T]

Originally posted by WoodsyDave:
I'll be flying up to Winnipeg for my first bear hunt. Was wondering about taking my 3 piece Bob Lee take-down bow in checked luggage on the plane. I could put it in a seperate case with arrows, or pack it in my big suitcase in the middle of heavy camos so it would have lots of padding.

Anybody with experience in flying up to Canada and checking their bows got any thoughts about this? Does anyone mail stuff up to the outfitter ahead of time?

WoodsyDave

Dave I have flown to B.C. to hunt and I have a three piece take down, I have a special sock (three part sleeve), that I rap the bow in then rap it in cloths, make sure you have a hard bottom on your luggage, then I just check it in to checked luggage.  I have never had a issue nor my friend that heads out here yearly.  I have made a small case out of a power tool box, this may be the ticket to put inside your checked normal luggage(you can look this thread up under home built TDrecurve case.

[WoodsyDave]

Sorry guys, guess I didn't make myself clear. I didn't mean I would take my bow as carry on luggage, I meant as checked luggage.

Thanks Tim, I was thinking of wrapping it in heavy hunting clothes in my big checked bag. It looks like a second checked bag (hard case) would cost another $70 on Delta ($35 each way) I hope to save the $70 without too much risk of bow damage.

WoodsyDave

[Hummer3T]

Dave make sure you keep all parts seperate, so they don't bang together, the sleeve I have is polar fleece, easy to build buy a two foot x three foot piece of polar fleece, fold in half, lay your bow on top and mark, sew straight lines where your marks are. have enough to fold over and some kind of tie.  roll up and tie to use.

TIM

[StanM]

Originally posted by Brad Robins:
Awaiting tag results here in Oregon!!       Hopefully I'll have one in hand!!!

Brad

Im with you, Brad. Put in for West Blues with a couple of preference points. Come on Monday  

[D. Key]

Wish I was going again.  I've been to Manitoba once and Idaho last spring.  Zero'd on both hunts and felt "snookered" by the outfitter on both.  Check for references before you book and please contact the references.  I hope to plan a hunt with Stickfinger in the future but that will have to wait.

Best of luck on your hunts.

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

Manitoba stikflingers for me!

[JimB]

Our season opens here April 15th but things don't start happening till well into May.I'm scheduled to hunt Saskatchewan May 13th and when I get back,it will be close to the start of the rut and I'm hoping I will have enough free time hunt fairly hard here.