Originally Posted by mrbb

I would also HIGHLY suggest you have a PLAN in place for if/when you make a kill
as in know you have help to recover if it happens, and wheat all your going to do with it after the kill
KNOW a butcher, or a place to hang meat
as that's a early season and heat will be a factor, as will TIME from time ,it expires to when you get it out to processed and all that
same with a taxidermist if your planning any work like that to get done
the WRONG time to find these things is AFTER a animal is shot and down!

help isn;t always easy to get or FAST, so, make sure any KNOW that if you call TIME is very important!
doing all the work to GET a bear to have it get ruined, is NOT fair to you OR the bear IMO!

so plan wisely and KNOW YOUR LIMITS before pulling the trigger!

and since you hunting over bait, make sure your rifle is sighted in for that CLOSE work and bullet selected is also made to work UP close and NOT far away!