Annual Spring Bear Trip Done
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From: Ambush
12-May-21
Just back from our annual spring bear hunt and it was a blast as always. Due to covid restrictions we had a smaller crew but still big on fun. We had to chase a decent grizzly out of camp twice on the first evening. A pack of wolves raided our meat cache with the meat of five bears in it. Three of them paid with their lives. Saw six adult grizzlies and two were absolute tanks!
The snow pack was deep, but soft from the warm weather and the bears are still lazy. Our strategy was to stalk them and if they blew out we'd follow until they were next to a big tree. Then we'd rush them, yelling and about one out of four times they'd tree. Out of eight bears, I think we shot five out of trees.
I forgot my camera so all the pics are on my phone and I'm missing one or two of the bears. I'll have to post the pics one at a time because of whatever glitch that is that won't allow rotating more than one per post.
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
Wish we hadn’t lost out season!!
Wish we hadn’t lost out season!!
From: JL
12-May-21
Sounds and looks like you guys had a blast. Congrats to all.
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
From: Ambush
12-May-21
We didn’t leave camp before 3:00. Lots of time to visit and skin heads.
We didn’t leave camp before 3:00. Lots of time to visit and skin heads.
From: Nick Muche
12-May-21
Awesome!! Congrats!!
From: Dale06
12-May-21
Interesting hunt, congrats. Love those dead wolves.
From: Huntcell
12-May-21
Way to git’r done!
Now that’s a different approach, chase them up a tree. Oh ya and without dogs.
From: Bowboy
12-May-21
Well done congrats!
From: SBH
12-May-21
That looks like FUN
From: Mike Ukrainetz
12-May-21
Wow! Awesome!!
From: Zebrakiller
13-May-21
good stuff!
From: midwest
13-May-21
Awesome, Rod! That looks like a blast and some really nice bears!
From: rattling_junkie
13-May-21
Looks amazing, thanks for sharing!
From: orionsbrother
13-May-21
Congratulations!!
From: SteveB
13-May-21
This sounds like a great time!!!
From: T Mac
13-May-21
Looks and sounds like a blast! Congrats! The camp caption “men just doing men things”
From: Bou'bound
13-May-21
Excellent
From: njbuck
13-May-21
Very nice!
From: huntabsarokee
13-May-21
Now that sounds like a fun hunt!
From: Dino
13-May-21
Nice work Ambush! Tis a shame u can no longer hunt grizzlies there...makes very little sense! Which part of BC do u hunt?
From: Paul@thefort
13-May-21
WHAT! CHASE THEM UP A TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nicely done. my best, Paul
From: t-roy
13-May-21
Looks like a total blast, Rod! Congrats to your whole crew. Helped out on saving a few moose calves in the process, as well.
From: Bowfreak
13-May-21
A lot of nice bears and I love to see people take wolves. Congrats on a great trip!
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
13-May-21
My luck would be after I chased a blacky up a tree a grizz would show up and I'd be in the tree with the blacky! Great pictures, thanks for sharing!!
From: Rock
13-May-21
Rod, great photos, Congrads on the Bears.
That grizzly is a tank to bad you could not have shot it.
From: tkjwonta
13-May-21
Rod, the ultimate predator. Sounds like a great trip and thanks for sharing!
From: JohnMC
13-May-21
Rod I liked your griz pic so I lightly edited it in Lightroom. Best I could from a bowsite photo.