I was pretty darn lucky to have the parents I have when I was growing up. My parents both bear hunted and I was always tagging along with dad up In northern Minnesota tripping over his feet at 4 years old checking bear baits and looking for places to put new one's. Bear hunting ranks up there as one of my favorite animals to hunt. I've been bear hunting since 1989. I was 15 years old when I 1st started bear hunting, I'm now 34. We don't get drawn for a license every year being were In a lottery set up In Minnesota. So far I've shot 9 bear, all have been with bow and arrow (4 with the compound and 5 with my recurve). I no longer hunt with a compound, I'm all traditional now and love It! A few of them years I passed on smaller bear being we had some monster bear hitting our baits but ended up going without. It's funny how times have changed since when I 1st started going In the bear woods at a young age with my family and dad. It's my dad now who's asking me the question's and pointers Instead of me asking him. I've gained a ton of knowledge with these creatures of the woods, I've spent many hours learning there ways and each year I learn something else. Back In 1995 we had 11 of us bow hunting bear In our hunting group that year, we went 10 for 11. Here's are group picture.