Silentstalker
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Hello all!
I wanted to let you all know I finally got my Utah bear last night! It was a very hard earned bear to say the least! Last night at about 4 pm Ryan and I restocked the bait, set up the double bull blind, started a bear crack burn and settled in for a long night of sitting! We watched chipmunks and squirrels etc for almost 2 hours solid. We also got to listen to a ruffed grouse thumping and strutting on the not to distant hillside. It was pretty cool. We had not had a single bear hit for 4-5 weeks on this bait. Then last weekend that all changed. We had visits from 4 different bears in 2 days. As the season was winding down, Ryan and I decided we would sit this bait and hope our luck would change!
At about 6 pm We both looked at each other as we started to hear a guttural form of breathing coming down the trail BEHIND our blind. The breathing got louder and louder as the bear closed on our location. The bear ended up stopping just over my right shoulder at approximately 1 foot away. He pushed his nose and head against the tent trying to smell us and figure out what we were. That was intense as I was not sure there was enough room in the blind for Ryan, myself and a bear! Due to the configuration of the blind, I was unable to see him let alone get a shot.
The bear got a snout full of our scent but never ran away, he slowly walked back up the trail he came in on. About 2-3 minutes later we could hear him coming around behind us to our left. He finally came into view to me as he stood on his hind legs to scratch a giant pine that was only 5 yards in front of us. When I 1st saw him I knew he was not the big chocolate bear we had on the bait but he is the most beautiful blonde bear I have ever seen in the wild.
Ryan turned the camera on him as I prepared to take the shot. He crossed broadside at under 7 yards and I made a great shot on him. He only went about 65-70 yards before he died. What an exciting trip. That was over so fast, but those couple of minutes were some of the most adrenaline pumping moments of my life! It was awesome!
Thank you to all of you who helped me with bait, suggestions, advice, and moral support! It is all very appreciated! It is nice to know others are out there pulling for ya sometimes!!
Thanks for all your help Ryan. This has been a very exciting, frustrating, and eventful spring! I have learned a lot about bears and learned that I need to learn a lot more!!! Hope you enjoy the photo's!
Chad
I wanted to let you all know I finally got my Utah bear last night! It was a very hard earned bear to say the least! Last night at about 4 pm Ryan and I restocked the bait, set up the double bull blind, started a bear crack burn and settled in for a long night of sitting! We watched chipmunks and squirrels etc for almost 2 hours solid. We also got to listen to a ruffed grouse thumping and strutting on the not to distant hillside. It was pretty cool. We had not had a single bear hit for 4-5 weeks on this bait. Then last weekend that all changed. We had visits from 4 different bears in 2 days. As the season was winding down, Ryan and I decided we would sit this bait and hope our luck would change!
At about 6 pm We both looked at each other as we started to hear a guttural form of breathing coming down the trail BEHIND our blind. The breathing got louder and louder as the bear closed on our location. The bear ended up stopping just over my right shoulder at approximately 1 foot away. He pushed his nose and head against the tent trying to smell us and figure out what we were. That was intense as I was not sure there was enough room in the blind for Ryan, myself and a bear! Due to the configuration of the blind, I was unable to see him let alone get a shot.
The bear got a snout full of our scent but never ran away, he slowly walked back up the trail he came in on. About 2-3 minutes later we could hear him coming around behind us to our left. He finally came into view to me as he stood on his hind legs to scratch a giant pine that was only 5 yards in front of us. When I 1st saw him I knew he was not the big chocolate bear we had on the bait but he is the most beautiful blonde bear I have ever seen in the wild.
Ryan turned the camera on him as I prepared to take the shot. He crossed broadside at under 7 yards and I made a great shot on him. He only went about 65-70 yards before he died. What an exciting trip. That was over so fast, but those couple of minutes were some of the most adrenaline pumping moments of my life! It was awesome!
Thank you to all of you who helped me with bait, suggestions, advice, and moral support! It is all very appreciated! It is nice to know others are out there pulling for ya sometimes!!
Thanks for all your help Ryan. This has been a very exciting, frustrating, and eventful spring! I have learned a lot about bears and learned that I need to learn a lot more!!! Hope you enjoy the photo's!
Chad
