Posted By: bfisch
Bear Hunt and Trail Cam Photos - 10/06/20 01:10 AM
Tried getting my first bear this spring. This young one was the first to come in.
This nice boar was second and chased the smaller one off a couple times.
Sure was fun getting them on camera and video. I had them both fairly well patterned, but I guess they had me figured out as well. Unfortunately, every sit in the stand was fruitless. The biggest thing to come in while out there was a porcupine. I decided to give it another go in the fall.
I knew going in it would be more difficult to get bears to come in, because of the most amazing berry year that I can remember. However, one finely came around and then left and then came back. I could not get a fix on the bear, but after we were done moose hunting I decided to go and sit. If nothing else I could enjoy being out.
The bear hit the bait again and the trail cam said it was the night before. I rebaited and came back later that evening ready to sit until dark. I was nice and settled in for about an hour when some moose hunters walked by at about 50 yards (they never saw me in the tree) jabbering away and then about twenty minutes later they came back the same way still talking loudly. I was pretty bummed. I thought about packing it in, but it was such a nice night to just be out. About 40 minutes later I spied a black head and ears at about 200 yards. It disappeared and reappeared at about 100 yards. This time I could only see half its face. Again, it disappeared. I never heard it and only caught those two short glimpses until it was right in front of me at 50 yards. After all the time I put in in the spring and again in the past weeks I took the shot without hesitation. The bear ran right at me, under the tree I was in, and expired about 25 yards behind me. It was a nice fat bear!
The two pictures above and the two below are all of the same bear that was coming to the site. The picture below was taken by my trail cam less than 1 second before the shot.
Some other honorable mentions from the whole adventure.
This bruiser ruined my chances at a black bear at the particular location and I pulled out. Cool to see though!
This nice boar was second and chased the smaller one off a couple times.
Sure was fun getting them on camera and video. I had them both fairly well patterned, but I guess they had me figured out as well. Unfortunately, every sit in the stand was fruitless. The biggest thing to come in while out there was a porcupine. I decided to give it another go in the fall.
I knew going in it would be more difficult to get bears to come in, because of the most amazing berry year that I can remember. However, one finely came around and then left and then came back. I could not get a fix on the bear, but after we were done moose hunting I decided to go and sit. If nothing else I could enjoy being out.
The bear hit the bait again and the trail cam said it was the night before. I rebaited and came back later that evening ready to sit until dark. I was nice and settled in for about an hour when some moose hunters walked by at about 50 yards (they never saw me in the tree) jabbering away and then about twenty minutes later they came back the same way still talking loudly. I was pretty bummed. I thought about packing it in, but it was such a nice night to just be out. About 40 minutes later I spied a black head and ears at about 200 yards. It disappeared and reappeared at about 100 yards. This time I could only see half its face. Again, it disappeared. I never heard it and only caught those two short glimpses until it was right in front of me at 50 yards. After all the time I put in in the spring and again in the past weeks I took the shot without hesitation. The bear ran right at me, under the tree I was in, and expired about 25 yards behind me. It was a nice fat bear!
The two pictures above and the two below are all of the same bear that was coming to the site. The picture below was taken by my trail cam less than 1 second before the shot.
Some other honorable mentions from the whole adventure.
This bruiser ruined my chances at a black bear at the particular location and I pulled out. Cool to see though!