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Picture of the Month - October 2007

Doug shot this monster bear in our Bear Management Area on September 14 around 5:30pm.
Doug has one awesome story that goes with this trophy kill that I know every hunter will love.

Canadian black bear adventures
The bear came in with that confident John Wayne swagger, typical of big bears. I readied my bow for the shot. But, instead of the bear going to the bait, he came straight to my tree. He stood up on his hind legs, pounded the tree with his front feet and woofed a couple of times. Peering down through my face mask, I could see the big bear standing at the base of my tree. He was looking around my tree stand to see if anyone was home. My portable tree stand platform, only ten feet off the ground, placed me very close to the standing bear. I could hear every breath he was taking plus the grunts of satisfaction that he could not smell or see any danger. Satisfied that whatever had scared him away in the past was not present, he proceeded to the bait.

It was the third day of our hunt. It had been a great hunt so far. We had seen plenty of bears and I had the opportunity to pass on several other smaller bears earlier in the trip. I really wanted a big Pope and Young bear. I had shot a nice two hundred and fifty pound bear the year before at Pasha Lake. Earlier that day, when we had checked the bait, it looked like a good hit. I set up a portable tree stand on the downwind side of the bait. We re-baited the bait and placed a pail with some additional bait in a tree at about six foot three inches, my height, above the ground. I have shot several other bears with the bow in previous years, and have always found it difficult to judge the size of a live black bear. Not seeing them every day and the excitement of a bear at close range always makes them look a lot bigger than they really are. After watching the bear devour the bait on the ground, it stood up to see what was in the pail. The minute it stood up and was able to look down into the pail, I knew he was big. When he wasn’t able to put his head into the pail, I knew he was really big. He literally snapped off the four inch tree that the pail was hanging in. After dumping out the pail, he laid down on the ground to eat the contents. This gave me time to regain my composure from having him at the base of my tree and then the excitement of seeing how really big he was. After what seeming like an hour, but was probably only fifteen minutes, the big bear got up and gave me a perfect quartering away shot. I was ready and the shot was perfect. The carbon arrow and 125 grain Thunderhead broad head, penetrated to the fletching. The big bear made two big leaps and then walked into the slashings. It couldn’t have been more than a couple of seconds before I could hear his death moans. I waited about forty-five minutes before getting down from the stand. I had a good ideal where he was by the noise he had made. Still, nothing is more eerie than following a blood trail of a wounded bear, with a bow, in thick woods when it is getting dark. Fortunately there was a good blood trail and it was a short fifty yards to my new trophy. My bear weighed about 400 lbs. The hide was seven foot square and the skull green score at 19-4/8”. Enough to make Pope and Young archery record book.

Big bears don’t get big by being dumb. Even in areas where they have relatively low hunting pressure, big bears are wary. Apparently this bear had previously smelled a hunter that had used the same tree. The bear would not have come in to the bait or came to the tree if it would have smelled any danger. I am a firm believer in being as scent free as possible. I shower before hunting. I wear a Scentloc suit and rubber boots. I try not to cross potential bear trails going to the bait when going to my stand. I like to keep my stand height to a ten to twelve foot maximum and no more than fifteen yards away from the bait. This provides for the best opportunity for good shot placement. Most importantly, I wait for a good shot. I’ll pass on a bear before I will take a questionable shot. Bears don’t bleed well even with a well placed shot. Big bears with lots a fat, bleed even less. Nothing is worse than taking a questionable shot and wounding your bear. You may never be able to find it or worse yet, the danger of having an angry wounded bear running around.

Being an avid bear hunter from Wisconsin, where it takes five to seven years to build up enough preference points to get a bear kill tag, Ontario provides a great opportunity to hunt black bear in the off years. Chad and Michelle run a great bear and moose hunting camp on Pasha Lake in Ontario. The cabins are very comfortable and furnished with everything except the food. They have the bear and moose hunting rights to a very large area with lots of good sized bears. Chad has plenty of active baits and both years that I have hunted with him have had multiple opportunities for bears. One of my hunting partners missed his chance this year at a bear they call “The Volkswagen”. I am sure he will be back at Pasha Lake next fall looking to get one more chance at the huge bear. Beside bear, Chad has archery moose tags. We saw some nice bulls when we were driving to the baits. Another added bonus is the walleye fishing. Chad has a great guided river trip where the walleyes bite like pan fish. We literally caught one fish after another. It kind of spoils walleye fishing anywhere else.

If you’re looking for a great opportunity to hunt Canadian black bear or moose give Chad or Michelle a call at;
Pasha Lake Cabins
Chad & Michelle Thompson
Hwy 801
Jellicoe, On P0t 1V0
1 (866) 333-5943