2016' Trad-Gang Bear Quest "A Successful GREAT TIME" with plenty of BEAR ACtion

[23feetupandhappy]

Time to bump this back to the top!

Starting to do some practicing....

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Is it June Yet  

[Caddo]

Bump, Getting closer!

LD

[Tom Phillips]

The hunt is right around the corner.1st bait trip is this weekend.Sean Bleakly & I leave for Quebec this night 5/26 !!!   Stay Tuned.......

[23feetupandhappy]

[Caddo]

2 and a half weeks still, I'm like a kid at Christmas! My mind definitely isn't at work!

Lookin' forward to it again!

LD

[Sean B]

Getting readily to go on a bait run with Tom this weekend!!  It's coming quick. I've got my '66 Kodiak matched up with a set of Douglas Fur widows tipped with Razor sharp Bear Greenies. All I need to do now is pack!!

[trick00]

The Arkansaw bunch is sitting on go!!

[Tom Phillips]

Gents DON'T forget PASSPORTS,Bowcases & orange vests !!  Oops  forgot about THERMOCELLS.

[23feetupandhappy]

Check, check, check and check  

Looking forward to an update on the baiting trip this weekend  

[Sean B]

Tom and I are driving home from the first bait run. We put a lot of blood sweat and tears in setting things up. I definitely appreciate this hunt a little more now that Ive seen how much time and work Tom puts into this. It's definitely a labor of love!

Don't foget your passports, and if you're driving your own vehicle make sure that you have a spare tire in good working order.

[Sean B]

10 days for the first group!!

[jsweka]

I'll leave home in 16 days.  Heading to Gary Hall's on Thursday and then on to Quebec on Friday. Wow.  I was counting down months, then weeks, now it's days!!!!!

I was practicing shooting from a seated position tonight.  I can do it at "Bear Quest range" but would obviously rather shoot from a standing position.  When I'm whitetail hunting I always stand up at first sight of a deer and and never get busted doing so.  

So a question for you bear hunting veterans - How easy is it to stand up in a stand for a shot at a bear without spooking it?

[Sean B]

Originally posted by jsweka:
I'll leave home in 16 days.  Heading to Gary Hall's on Thursday and then on to Quebec on Friday. Wow.  I was counting down months, then weeks, now it's days!!!!!

I was practicing shooting from a seated position tonight.  I can do it at "Bear Quest range" but would obviously rather shoot from a standing position.  When I'm whitetail hunting I always stand up at first sight of a deer and and never get busted doing so.  

So a question for you bear hunting veterans - How easy is it to

stand up in a stand for a shot at a bear without spooking it?

John, the shots are real close... 8-10 yards and the stands are low, about 8 ft. A Bear can really pick up on movement. My suggestion would be to shoot from a seated position. You don't want to take that chance with that bear in tight.

[meathead]

You want to shoot seated. The shots are close. The bears might pick up some movement and seated gives you a little better angle.  You want to make sure that you get both lungs.

[jsweka]

Thanks guys.  I'll keep practicing those seated shots.

[bruinman]

Yep, what Nate said. I have been to Bear Quest twice. Every time I tried to stand I was busted. I killed a bear on each trip from a seated position.

[ron w]

Last year the stand I was in my feet were at 6', and the barrel was 8 steps away. I shot from the seated position and all worked out fine. Best of luck to all you guys on Bear Quest #10.

[jsweka]

OK, I've taken all your advice about a seated position for shooting.  I put up my ladder stand in the back yard.  It's about 9' to the bottom of the platform. I put my target out at 10 yards and shot from the stand in a seated position.  My first group of arrows felt a bit awkward, but I dialed right in after that.  I'll be practicing like that over the next 15 days.  I had my son retrieving arrows for me and told him that will be his job each night until I leave.

[Sean B]

We also have a stand set up in camp for target practice.

[Yellow Dog]

I did four Bear Quests and in four years three arrows, three bear. On my feet for each one and not a shot over 10 yards.