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My First Bear
OMG!!! How awesome is bear hunting!!!! Other than getting married and having my son this was the most amazing experience I have ever had. Canada is beautiful, and the area we hunted was AWESOME. The first night we hunted I had a guide go and sit with me on stand to get me comfortable with the area. The second night I was ready to brave it myself, so, I had the outfitter drop me off at my tree stand 7 miles away from anywhere.
 He dropped me off about 2pm. I sat there bow in hand till about 3:30pm and was really proud of myself for being brave and able to hang there by myself. Then I realized I had to pee, so I bent down and peeed through the slats on the tree stand. You men have it so much easier than us women when it comes to stuff like that. And yeah, I know, you are not supposed to pee when out on stand. I really had to go though. Anyway, no sooner than I got my pants pulled back up and sat down, grabbed my bow, I heard a noise coming. It was a bear!!!! Man that will make your heart pump. As I watched him I noticed that he was not going for the bait, he was coming toward me!!!!When he got to me he smelled under the stand where I had peeed, then started up the first two rungs of the tree stand ladder. He then walked around the stand to an embankment and crawled up it toward the stand, stood up, and ended up with his face about 3 feet from mine.  Talk about and an "OH *&^%" moment!!! Then he smelled the bait. He walked to the clearing toward the bait, got on his belly, and craweled to the bait on his belly, grabbed a donut, then backed out back on his belly to my stand, went under my stand and ate the donut looking up at me all the time. He did this for an hour!!!!!!! :o Hardcore had given me a pudding jello mixture to bring with me that I had poured over the baiting log; I had placed the empty container behind a tree. Finally the bear decided he needed that bag, stood up, reached this front leg out, and I shot!!!! After I shot him he growled fell on his butt, and moved back and forth for a while. Then he got up and walked a few steps, would fall, then get back up etc.., he did this for about 5 minutes, then I heard the death moan and he was out. After I heard the moan, I waited for about an half an hour to make sure I did not hear anymore movement. My legs by the way were shaking like crazy it was funny.MOM/SWD who is totally AWESOME!!!! went on thehunt(along with her husband Ron who is so much fun)with us had given me her cell phone to use because mine did not work up there. I was shaking so bad that I could not even hold her phone without dropping it, so I just set it beside me on the stand for about another 30 minutes till I stopped shaking. Called the outfitter, then got down and started to look for my bear!!! When the outfitter got there he was shocked to find me out looking for the bear, he said that most men will not even get down out of the stand till he gets there. Anyway it was getting really dark so we marked last blood went back to camp and went back in the morning to get him. He was about 5 feet from last blood about 30 yards from my stand. Here are some pics of my bear, and also one of the outfitter and the bear and me. The outfitter saysthat MOM/SWD and I arethe first woman hunters in his camp, I am the first womanto kill a bear in the area, and also I got the third largest bear this season. He was around 230lbs. He had already been gutted when we took the photos. Anyway, everyone should do this once it was awesome!!!   Can I get aHECK Yeah!  Hgirl |
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Awesome!
Congratulations, thats a nice bear! |
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Sweet, sounds like a blast. You wouldn't consider botteling that pee would ya?:D:D
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Hey girl, nice bear thats awsome.
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Great job Hoytgirl!
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Nice bear, i hope to go bear hunting someday as well.
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Nice story and pics!!! Congrats!!!
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so I bent down and peeed through the slats on the tree stand. |
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Congratulations, nice bear and great story. I would love to bear hunt in canada some day.
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Awesome Job!! Booked my bear hunt last weekend for next year. Hope I get as lucky as you.:)
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[blockquote]quote: so I bent down and peeed through the slats on the tree stand.[/blockquote] That has to be illegal baiting.[8D][8D] Congrats girl. Great story, and awesome pics hoytgirl! |
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awsome job hoytgirl, congrats on the fine bear;)
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Great job girl!! Nice pictures as well. Please do me a favor and post the date and type of broadhead used in my annual broadhead harvest poll which is pinned up top.:)
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AWESOME JOB HOYTGIRL!!!!
That is a great lookin bear....I can relate w/ the heartpounding experience....I arrowed my first bear on the 27th of Aug. in Canada and it was unlike anything I'd done before....Great time and oh yeah the scenery in Canada is well worth the whole trip.....Congrats again.... What part of Canada did ya hunt?? |
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Way to go hoytgirl, that must have been awesome!
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Way to go Hoytgirl!! A little pee never hurt anything.:D
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Hey very nice bear CONGRATS
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Congrats!
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You go girl
Thats a nice bear and I'm glad to hear you had a great time. Your husband shoud be proud of you , tell Hardcore I said hi. I'll give you a heck yea for that one , you earned it. Congrats again. |
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Congrats great job!!!! Sounds like a good time.
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You DA woman hoytgirl!!!!!! Congrats |
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Congrats! You are my hero! I think by peeing out of your treestand helped you get your Bear. Thats the first girl pee ever in the area and your bear had to come in to check it out.
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awesome pictures, awesome bear,awesome story. congrats;)
are you getting him mounted?? Dan |
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ORIGINAL: alwyshntn What part of Canada did ya hunt?? |
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ORIGINAL: bloodcreek awesome pictures, awesome bear,awesome story. congrats;) are you getting him mounted?? Dan |
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Nice job.
I really want to get back up there someday myself. I passed on some smaller ones the year I was up. Great story too!!! |
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ORIGINAL: hoytgirl MOM/SWD who is totally AWESOME!!!! went on thehunt(along with her husband Ron who is so much fun)with us had given me her cell phone to use because mine did not work up there. The outfitter says I am the first woman hunter in his camp, Can I get aHECK Yeah! Congratulations hoytgirl, you bring back memories from my own bear hunt in Quebec. Knowing I was the only human being with 10 miles of myself was humbling enough. Add the element that black bears were expected added unnecessary stress to that situation, that and black flies. I took my bear the second night on stand and was excited as any whitetail I've taken. I had to laugh, I was a Pennsylvanian, in Quebec bear hunting, a whitetail hunter at heart, saw something black and thought, what the hell is that? Imagine my surprise..LOL [8D] Let me ask you this, does the outfitter sit on stand with first time male clients or did you or HCH request that? I loved my bear hunt and had a full mount done. Here he is before and after with a much much younger Rob/PA Bowyer.   You deserve your, HELL YEAH! Rob |
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WTG Hoytgirl! That is so awesome!Congrats!! Girls Rock!!;)
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That is AWESOME! Congrats on the bear. It sounds like you had a great trip.
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You deserve your, HELL YEAH! Rob HELL YEAH!! WAY TO GO HOYTGIRL! |
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ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer ORIGINAL: hoytgirl MOM/SWD who is totally AWESOME!!!! went on thehunt(along with her husband Ron who is so much fun)with us had given me her cell phone to use because mine did not work up there. The outfitter says I am the first woman hunter in his camp, Can I get aHECK Yeah! Congratulations hoytgirl, you bring back memories from my own bear hunt in Quebec. Knowing I was the only human being with 10 miles of myself was humbling enough. Add the element that black bears were expected added unnecessary stress to that situation, that and black flies. I took my bear the second night on stand and was excited as any whitetail I've taken. I had to laugh, I was a Pennsylvanian, in Quebec bear hunting, a whitetail hunter at heart, saw something black and thought, what the hell is that? Imagine my surprise..LOL [8D] Let me ask you this, does the outfitter sit on stand with first time male clients or did you or HCH request that? The outfitter was awesome and would do anything within reason for anybody that was in his camp. And he did not sit with me, his sons girlfriend did. She was awesome, 20 years old and did alot of the bear baiting by herself, she was very knowledgable about the wildlife in the area. I loved my bear hunt and had a full mount done. Here he is before and after of a much much younger Rob/PA Bowyer. Beautiful bear, congrats,and really cool mount that is the same type of mount that I am planning on doing. You deserve your, HELL YEAH! Thanks. Rob |
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Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
MOTOWNHONKEY-The guides in camp said the same thing about bottling the pee. They teased me all week.:D Exocet77-Good luck on your bear hunt! CougarMaq-I will post later tonight in the poll. RDHunter- Thank you and I will tell Hardcore hello for you. |
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congrats hoytgrl! Great bear, im gonna try to get my first one this year as well. Now focus on the deer, we need the points for our team;);)
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Good job. Nice bear.
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Congrats. Nice Bear. My Dad and I are setting up a trip in a year or so to go to Canada to Bear hunt. I can't wait.
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Wonderful story and great bear. At least you were done being bare when you got your bear! LOL I'll bet HCH is way proud and happy for you!
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HELL YEAH!!! Way to go!! There is nothing like the adrenaline rush of taking a bear with a bow...I live for it.
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Congrat's to you Hoyt Girl ,I too got my first bear this season and I'm definately going to be looking forward to next season . My bear wasn't as big ,but he's every bit the trophy .
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Congrats on your Bear, and good luck for the future.
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