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2004 Fall Black Bear Bowhunt With Fred Lutger
by Robert Hoague

EQUIPMENT: Sponsors of the Bear Hunt | Getting The Gear Ready |
OUTFITTERS: Fred Lutger's Wilderness Hunts |
HUNTS: Setting Up
HUNT STATUS:  Who Has Their Bear So Far? (The picture version.)
 
Joe Cushman
Joe had not seen a bear so far on the hunt and he and his friend Jeff Cook were leaving earlier than the rest of the hunters. The day before their departure Fred suggested he hunt our Double Bull blind and stay there most of the day. Joe went there at 11:00. 

At 1:40 he saw bear legs walking on the hill above the bait logs. He didn't see the bear again.

Without warning, at 8:20 a bear stepped out of the thick woods to the left of the narrow clearing. The bear looked up the hill and then looked at the blind, back and forth several times, in a casual manner.

Every time he looked uphill Joe moved moved into shooting position and drew, aimed and shot. The bear jumped and made a loud roar and bit at his side, even though the arrow had passed through him. Then he raced up the hill, crashing loudly. The loud sound stopped abruptly. Joe estimated it to be 50 yards.

Joe stuck his head out of the blind to listen for a death moan. The wind was loud and he couldn't hear anything else.

He got his gear together and got out of the blind and found his arrow, it was covered with blood. 

Then the excitement hit Joe, he started shaking. He picked up everything and walked to the road and anxiously waited for his friend Jeff Cook to pick him up.

Joe is a veteran whitetail bowhunter and this is Joe's first bear hunt. His advice to new bear hunters is, "Don't think about it, just do it."

Joe, , when you get back home, download this link for a wallpaper sized picture of you, your dad and your bears.


SPONSORS
- AZ RIM - Arizona EZ Fletcher
- BowTech - bows
- Carolina North - Rope Ratchets 
- Double Bull - blinds
- Fine-Line Archery - bow quivers
- Freddie Bear Sports
  archery & bowhunting gear
- Golden Key Futura - arrow rests & more
- MANGUS Broadheads - Broadheads
- North Starr Treestands - Treestands, ladderstands & climbing sticks
- Pro Release -archery release aids
- Sticks N' Limbs camouflage
- TRACER Nocks - lighted nocks
- TrailTimer - game cameras & monitors
- VENUM Peep Sights - peep sights

OUTFITTER:
- Fred Lutger's Wilderness Hunts



Fred LutgerFred 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.
Fred Lutger's Wilderness Hunts
Ontario Black Bear, Illinois Trophy Bucks, Eastern Wild Turkey.

Freddie Bear Sports
Full line Archery Pro Shop for over 25 years. Online & phone ordering.

Phone: 708-532-4133
Online Store: 
FreddieBearSports.com

17250 So. Oak Park Ave.
Tinley Park, IL 60477
 















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