Big Alberta Bear

[Joel@WhiteMoose]

I got this guy in a berry patch. I was baiting for some of my parents guests, and came up with the truck over a hill, to spot this 425 pound bruin about 500 yards away... munching away in the berry patch... So I grabbed my 30-06, passed the video cam to my buddy, and took off running around the back side of a mound to get into position. I stalked that bear up to about 4 yards, and then it spooked.

The bear walked into a very thick poplar patch during the stalk, and that was why I was able to get so close. He ran and stopped at about 7 yards....

I must have scanned him for 20 seconds before taking a shot because it was that thick.... I could hardly make out the outline.

And then I picked out an ear, and realized he was looking right at me... so I squeezed one off...



My parents run bear hunts (fly in and drive in) in Northern Ontario.

Here's a link to some photo's taken by our guests.

http://airivanhoe.com/BearHunts/index.html

Good luck hunting to all...

Joel Theriault