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(Thanks to Canoe Canada Outfitters in Atikokan, Ontario and Pat Cox of Atikokan IS for letting me update from their places of business in Atikokan, Ontario.) 2003 Fall Black Bear Bowhunt With Fred Lutger by Robert Hoague To This Hunts Home Page | Mark Bronson
The next day Mark took his video camera to the stand. He forgot his tripod gadget and secured his video camera to a limb with camo tape A bear came in after 7:30, it sniffed around the bait's logs. Mark had decided that if the bear appeared to be leaving he would shoot... if the ange was right. The bear started to leave .. quartering away to the right. A good shot angle. Mark is a Doctor and knows anatomy, so for a double lung shot, he aimed so the arrow would pass through the armpit on the opposite side. His shot was perfect. The bear bolted away and crashed through the very dense woods. The crashes stopped and Mark heard the death moan. Daylight faded and Mark went to the road to be picked up. JimboTX picked him up and picked up Tony Dukes and myself. I asked to see the shot on video. Things looked good to me so we went to the stand. The blood trail was profuse and it led us through a brutal tangle of trees, moss and brush, right to the bear. We drug it to the truck. Mark said. "Without a doubt this is my greatest hunting experience in my 18 years of bowhunting. The bears are beautiful and fascinating. Fred Lutger's bear camp is everything I was looking for." Advice to new bear hunters:
"Listen to guys with experience to learn about a bear's habits. Learn what
to look for in a bear to determine its size, and decide ahead of time what
you are looking for. Be patient. When the bear shows up, take your first
and best opportunity at a good shot. Oh, and don't forget the DEET and
bug suit."
Our Outfitter Fred Lutger, the owner of Freddie Bear Sports in Tinley Park, Illinois, is well known and respected in the archery and bowhunting community. His doors opened 27 years ago and his love for archery, bowhunting and helping new bowhunters and archery enthusiasts has made him one of the premier Archery & Bowhunting Pro Shop owners in the country. For information on our bear hunts visit www.bowhunting.net./fbs/beahunt.htm or email us at fbs@FreddieBearSports.com.  |
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This
is Mark's first bear hunt and confesses to his first bearhunting mistake.
Yesterday he carried candy into the bait in a plastic bag and set it on
top of the logs. In an hour he saw his first bear ever in the wild. Mark
expected it to stay but it quickly but cautiously left. After the sun set
below the horizon a bear came in, loudly, from another direction, breaking
sticks and limbs as he came. The bear headed straight for the bait pile,
grabbed the bag of candy and ran into the brush.
