H20Hunters 2013 Spring Bear Thread: Corned bear review

[runamuk]

well I live over hereon the dry side and walked to school in pouring rain all week its awesome lots of puddles to stomp in.....we also get ticks which used to freak me out now I just pick em off and squish em, and really I am very soft.....lol

go kill a bear

do we need to get cheerleaders to start a round for you.....a little bouncy happy go team maybe

[Goldeneye]

do we need to get cheerleaders to start a round for you.....a little bouncy happy go team maybe

I think D-Rock has that covered.   

[runamuk]

do we need to get cheerleaders to start a round for you.....a little bouncy happy go team maybe

I think D-Rock has that covered.   

so is it a skirt or a kilt he wears when he cheers? cuz a kilt might be bad, rumor on facebook has it that guys who wear kilts forgo the whole concept of underwear....at least with a skirt he could cover up with some spanks 

[h20hunter]

Even though a kilt would be very comforable I don't see myself wearing one.

Well....the weather was poor and it was great for my evening hunt. I started the hunt on a road that leads up to the perch that Turner calls bear rock. It was raining pretty heavy on and off on the way out but things settled down nicely. This is the same road that Stang and I walked. With all the recent rain it was hard to tell which scat was old and which was new. There were some fairly large piles that had been there for a while and some fresher stuff that may have been driven on in the last two days. I didn't see any gut piles so not sure if it was hunters or not. There was the same old patch of bear fur in one section and a few more indications of crossings. By this time in the hunt it was not raining a drop, no wind, no bugs, and almost earily calm. I was walking as gently and slowly as I could but the squish seemed to be very loud. I would take a step, listen, step listen. Nothing. I figure if there was a bear in the area I would have heard him from a ways off. It took about an hour to go maybe 3/4 of a mile just slow hunting along. Every now and then I'd hear a tweety bird flutter but that was about it. I did venture down another old grassy road with some nice low growth reprod. Lots of little trails throughout this stuff and I know of one bear that was killed in "the bowl" at the end of the road. There was a little more ground cover to walk along and it was once again silent. Nothing moving. It was great. I could hear my own heart pick up every time anything moved. I wasn't seeing any sign in this area but to tell you the truth...I didn't care. I kept walking along, keeping my eyes moving, going slow, enjoying the hunt. At about 8:45 I turned back and worked my way back to the truck. Made it back a little after full dark and headed out. No bears but stayed pretty dry and had a nice hunt.

[D-Rock425]

Same old story no bears.  This thread is dead to me.

[h20hunter]

Yeah right....I give you less than 5 min before posting on it again. You can't stay away....you have to look.....you have to post....you want it to continue.

[runamuk]

Same old story no bears.  This thread is dead to me.

omg this made my morning 

[Ripper]

That's all you can do H20, just keep at it. Just remember to keep the wind in your face and be as quiet as possible. If you think you are walking slow enough, slow down even more. Use your binoculars! Glass, glass glass! Take some pic's while you're out. People love pic's, it helps keep their interest. You said at times you could hear your heartbeat, now you know how I feel all the time!

[h20hunter]

I'll post up a pic of where I was talking about in a few....gotta get it off the phone. You may remember this stretch.....you, Frank, and I walked it. It forks and the left goes to the bowl, the right curves down and around a little bit. Here is the pic. It was just dead silence.

[Goldeneye]

How did the pink and orange camo with Hello Kitty shelter work for you?

[h20hunter]

Never popped out the shelter. Stayed on the move, explored, hunted. The evening was to calm and still to waste it sitting in one place.

[headshot5]

Fawns are dropping.  Might want to consider doing a little calling if you get a chance.  Might pull one to you. 

[Buckmark]

Pink and orange camo with Hello Kitty highlights.

So you were planning to road hunt in the FJ....

[h20hunter]

Good point about the fawns. I've got a little FoxPro that has some good fawn distress. I'll bring that along this weekend and see if I can't make a few good sets. I think the perch where Turner and his boy had some action would be a good place. You can hunt three sides of the hill and have lots of windows to shoot through.

[bknilvr00]

You wanna see me fragile get me back to the midwest where my roots are. I swear....being out here since 99 has got me whipped. I visit Illinois in the summer and the heat/humidity combo just kills me. I'll never move back if I can help it. This is my home. I don't need the cold winters or the sauna summers. Now...a little comfort is nice when in the woods regardless. Kind of like taking nice TP from home and not using the rough stuff. It's the little things. I've got plenty of time in the elements but once can always be smart about it. The dryer I stay they dryer my boots are the next time.

Having moved here from Illinois a few years ago myself, I still miss the weather. Well, more like the storms, and the sun. I don't mind the rain too much. Only when it starts to pool in my yard does it start to get on my nerves. If only chasing big game here was like finding white tails in Illinois....

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