Author Topic: 2016' Trad-Gang Bear Quest "A Successful GREAT TIME" with plenty of BEAR ACtion (Read 5994 times)

23feetupandhappy · « **Reply #120 on:** April 25, 2016, 06:42:00 PM »

Time to bump this back to the top!

Starting to do some practicing....

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Is it June Yet

Caddo · « **Reply #121 on:** May 06, 2016, 02:11:00 PM »

Bump, Getting closer!

LD

Tom Phillips · « **Reply #122 on:** May 24, 2016, 08:10:00 AM »

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 · « **Reply #123 on:** May 24, 2016, 09:58:00 AM »

Caddo · « **Reply #124 on:** May 24, 2016, 03:50:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #125 on:** May 24, 2016, 07:44:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #126 on:** May 24, 2016, 08:04:00 PM »

The Arkansaw bunch is sitting on go!!

Tom Phillips · « **Reply #127 on:** May 26, 2016, 07:14:00 AM »

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

23feetupandhappy · « **Reply #128 on:** May 26, 2016, 08:36:00 AM »

Check, check, check and check

Looking forward to an update on the baiting trip this weekend

Sean B · « **Reply #129 on:** May 30, 2016, 09:43:00 AM »

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 · « **Reply #130 on:** May 31, 2016, 07:52:00 PM »

10 days for the first group!!

jsweka · « **Reply #131 on:** May 31, 2016, 08:50:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #132 on:** May 31, 2016, 08:58:00 PM »

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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 · « **Reply #133 on:** May 31, 2016, 09:23:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #134 on:** May 31, 2016, 10:14:00 PM »

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

bruinman · « **Reply #135 on:** June 01, 2016, 07:48:00 AM »

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 · « **Reply #136 on:** June 01, 2016, 01:43:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #137 on:** June 01, 2016, 08:05:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #138 on:** June 01, 2016, 08:16:00 PM »

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

Yellow Dog · « **Reply #139 on:** June 01, 2016, 09:02:00 PM »

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.


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