After loading the trucks and a 16 hour drive, the Ohio Bowhunters
Assoc. crew, which consisted of 11members, arrived in Mattice, Canada
at the Missinaibi Outfitters Base Camp on Saturday evening.
The next morning we were on our journey to a remote out camp 90
miles from civilization. As Owner Owen Korpala put it,” you guys want remote, you guys get remote” and he wasn’t kidding.
After loading the trucks and a 16 hour drive, the Ohio Bowhunters
Assoc. crew, which consisted of 11members, arrived in Mattice, Canada
at the Missinaibi Outfitters Base Camp on Saturday evening.
At 10 am on Sunday we headed towards the out camp.
After a 3 hour drive
which consisted of 90 miles of bumpy gravel road, old wooden bridges
and just about 10,000 pot holes, we were unloading the four wheelers
and taking our gear for another mile off road venture to where the
boats awaited the arrival of the gear.
Now that’s not the end of the story, we loaded all you can into a 14
foot V bottom john boat and traveled down a small shallow waterway to
Lake Mans where the cabins had somehow been built.
Around 6 pm we settled into the cabins and were ready for
our first day of hunting. Greg Keaton and I were the only members of
the OBA crew who had made this journey to the remote out camp
before. Everyone agreed that we were 90 miles past no where and were
glad to be there.
Greg Keaton was the only one who had experience hunting black bear and
laid down the safety rules to follow, like don’t get lost and don’t go
after a bear until you get help so you don’t get lost. A GPS
was a must. There is no way to describe how thick the bush country of
Canada is except that even the most experienced hunters and
woodsman have spent the night in the bush. Again GPS is a must.
After all the stories and a few cold beverages it was time to get some
shut eye. Tomorrow we had baits to find, tree stands to set, and six
locations to find for our Double Bull Blinds for the six of us who
were totally nuts and wanted to get real close and personal. See ya in
the morning. Good night Jim Bob. And the reply good night Mr. Black
Bear.
