natural forest for cover). All of which makes
for a difficult shot in low light conditions
when Bear are more likely to move. They
host a lottery to draw your tag and permit
for the area in which you are going to hunt,
these are chosen by units and there are four
units in the state.
On my hunt, not being a great firearms hunter,
I chose to get about 25 yards from the bait
behind a downed
tree.
We woke
up on the first day
of the hunt to an
ice storm. Driving
was
almost
impossible so we
decided to stay in
and wait for the
roads to clear. I
figured we’d have
a long sit if we got
there at noon and
hunted until dark. We got into our positions
and got ready for the long day ahead. Within
15 minutes the first Bear came, catching us
completely by surprise. I’ve only ever hunted
spring Bear and I tried to judge the Bear by
the size of its head, where his ears sit on his
head and where the crease is on his head.
What I hadn’t taken into account was that
this was the fall and they are fattening up for
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