LTWL Hunter Online October 2014 | Page 20

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 20 Click and Like LIVE THE WILD LIFE today!