Bear Quest 6 Start Your Engines!!!!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Great stuff guys.  That is one wild looking Rubbed Bear Larry,

Fred awesome account of a great and successful hunt!

[Joeabowhunter]

Originally posted by Gator1:
Guys, a case of Bush Lite in Canada???? That should be illegal...

So you lucky dawgs that tag out early, what do you do?

Gator 1.....it is in fact illegal to drink Bush Light in Canada.!  Great stories all.  Congrats on the hunting.  

[tippit]

Few More pictures from my lost camera...

Don't underestimate my He/She bear with that pumpkin head, I believe he is a P&Y qualifier.  Quebec bears coming out of a long winter aren't as heavy as some other parts of the country due to food sources...but they are every bit as big body wise.

 

Packing out, Tom & I pulled & pushed him past the "Old Mile Marker 41 stand" for those who hunted it in the past.  I think Bowdoc was trying to re-build it for himself    

 

Morning in camp with skinning tent.

 

River in front of camp.

 

 

Larry all cleaned up for the ride home.

 

[4runr]

Seems every year this is the best thread ever, yet every year you guys out-do the last.
Great pictures Larry!!

Excellent accounts of your tales of adventure!

Fred, you had me on the edge of my seat all the way till the last period!

[Sean B]

So you lucky dawgs that tag out early, what do you do? [/QB][/QUOTE]

Bowdoc owned us.  He had us slaving away cleaning the kitchen, washing dishes, sweeping floors.  He was brutal!

[buckeye_hunter]

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!  Some awfully big bruins this year...

           

[fatman]

Originally posted by Bill Kissner:
 

     

Mo-mullet      :eek:  

separated at birth?
 

Love ya mean it, bowdoc!

[Yellow Dog]

Well, the week two team should be breaking camp this morning. Looking forward to their tales over the coming days!!!

[tippit]

As you've already seen from guys past & present, one of the great thing about Bear Quest is having the time to really get to know your fellow hunters.

Sean is one of NY's finest...that's saying a lot from a Boston boy     We baited stands together and got to know each others passions.  Sean is a history bluff and really into the American Revolutionary War.  He is also quite a talented artist. He brought one of his handmade power horns for BQ6 Show & Tell.  I live 10 minutes away from the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA where the Minutemen turned the British Red Coats back April 19th, 1775.

Even though I don't shoot black power anymore, I was smitten with what Sean had done on the power horn with scenes/map of Boston.  Luckily I had brought an extra recurve for Larry to use in case his failed.  Sean was also taken with my recurve.  I rarely shoot recurves anymore so a deal was struck.  

Sean's powder horn is now proudly on display with knives from bladesmiths that have taught me.  I can even find where my veterinary practice is on the horn because Paul Revere's ride when passed us...tippit

   

     

   

   

   

[Sean B]

Thanks for the kind words Doc,I am truely humbled. thats one sweet little bow, I think I got the better end of the deal!

[Fletcher]

Originally posted by Gator1:
So you lucky dawgs that tag out early, what do you do?

As Sean said, you're Bowdoc's slave; sweeping, washing dishes, but we also sleep late, take naps, bait stands, go fishing, skin and package bears, take guys out and pick them up, tell stories, sharpen heads, take pics and video, etc.  I shot my BQ2 bear on the second night and it cost me a few days of bear hunting time, but I found other ways to use the time.  I wanted to hunt longer, but didn't want to pass on this bear, either.

Great thread and stories, guys.  Really makes me think about going back.  Yeah Jeff, I'm sure yours will make P&Y.  He is gorgeous.  Congrats on your hunt Fred.  You got full mileage out of it and I know you are satisfied with that.

[Yellow Dog]

Once you tag out it's baiting bears, tracking bears, skinning bears, moving stands, being Bowdoc's servant and working on that box of Busch Light that y'all were asking about. Also spending time away from the rat race with people that enjoy the same things that you enjoy.

[Yellow Dog]

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[tippit]

Hold on to your hats, I just talked to Tom & Bowdoc as they got back in Vermont.  They got a late start this morning as some were still tracking bears.  2nd week had one heck of a hunt!!!

[fatman]

[tippit]

Official La Tuque Bear Skinner in the works today.  When we have skinned & cleaned the meat from the bears, we take the carcass deep into the woods and dump it over a bank.  There are old bones there from many years past.  Amazingly hardly any of the bones have been chewed by rodents or porcupines.  So I took a bunch of old moss & mineral stained bones home to make up some Real Bear Skinners!

Started this one this afternoon.  The bones are real porous and weathered.  If you sand them and fill all the pores with thin super glue, they polish up like marble with real interesting colors.  Since we're waiting for the 2nd group's stories, I thought I'd post the beginnings of the La Tuque Skinner.  The picture is poor due to low light.  I'll finish it in the morning and post the finished blade...tippit