Mcbee
 

howd you do on your hunt?

RE: Mcbee
 

it sucked!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was the only person that didnt kill a bear, infact i was the only person that didnt see a bear that week, and i was the only one not to see a bear in the outfitters 8 years of guiding, 45 hours on stand=no bear but thats hunting(and also my luck[:@])

RE: Mcbee
 

dont sweat it, im sure youll go on another one soon;)

did they give you a discount or anything if you go back again?

RE: Mcbee
 

they said they would work a deal with me next year, they were real nice and tried as hard as they could to get me a bear, it was great hunting, i just picked the wrong baits on the wrong nights lol

RE: Mcbee
 

well at least they tried, i went on a deer hunt last year in western kentucky, they put us in horrible stands that you could tell were going to suck, we saw a doe and its yearling the first evening, never saw any more deer.
are you going back?

RE: Mcbee
 

o yea, they were the nicest canadian guides i have ever met and and have really great hunting ground, they have 35bait sites that they bait with beaver year round and they are getting ready to build a guest cabin and get a personal chef, which were the only bad things about the hunt....lodging and food

RE: Mcbee
 

o and i probably would have gotten one if we would have known the 400 pound boar we were trying to get was nocturnal, it took us 3 of the 5 days to learn thatand switch baits, next year were bringing our cuddebacks up so we know when the bears are hitting the bait

RE: Mcbee
 

Wouldn't your guides have been aware that the 400lb bear was nocturnal? Just curious.

RE: Mcbee
 

they dont use trail cams and a couple months ago they were scouting and this bear came in right before dark but when season started he went straight nocturnal

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RE: Mcbee
 

Don't they use trail timers?

RE: Mcbee
 

nope, they say it takes away from the whole "work hard and hunt hard for truesuccess" thing, i dont know but im bringing my cuddeback next year, i want a bear! lol

RE: Mcbee
 

I can see where there coming from but at the same time your paying them guys to get you a bear.

RE: Mcbee
 

i hear ya on that one, which we told them a couple of the things that would have worked better like using trail timers and getting more comfortable stands, and they are just starting to make the money to be able to afford that and they said next year, they will have them

RE: Mcbee
 

Exactly, Steve. If I was an outfitter, I'd want to know as much about my local bear population as possible. This would make the odds as good as they could be for my clients. Happy/successful hunters = come backs!;)Oh well, you still had a good time.:D

RE: Mcbee
 

Thats cool!

RE: Mcbee
 

Well McBee, im sure you still had fun and learned alot while you were out there.:)better luck next time, kill a bigun

RE: Mcbee
 

You got that right Blood! This is really what its all about!;)

RE: Mcbee
 

man that sucks..
did they offer at least to buy you a lap dance on the way home?

RE: Mcbee
 

Sorry you didn't have a better hunt Steven, but I have a couple comments.

1. 35 sites that they bait with beaver year round? That's a hell of a lot of beavers to go through in a year.

2. IMO baiting year round is a bad idea. No matter the year or how many berries there are, I won't start baiting until 2-2.5 weeks before my first hunters.

3. A spring hunt can be tough. The boars are usually traveling a lot looking to breed and seldom hit the same bait day after day.

Good luck next time man.