I thought I had my story outlined. I thought the theme of the story was going to be about a great week of hunting spring black bear with North Shore Guide Service, and being out-smarted by cagey old boss bruins. Although present, not giving me a shot at them.Early on in this hunt, the decision had been made to hold out for a truly big boar. Evenings and mid-days were spent pouring over trail cam pictures that the guides collected on their baiting rounds each day. On the dozen or so baits, there were 5 big boars. The task at hand was to review the camera pictures and make the best choice to intercept a trophy boar.I had the boar anywhere from 13 yards to 10 feet for 10 minutes. I drew the recurve twice and about half draw another couple times. The sow lead that boar all around me. He dutifully trundled along behind her grunting with each step. Clearly, his only focus was her, he had dropped all his normal guards.
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roger
6/23/2017 02:59:26 pm
thanks my friend....
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skeeter
6/24/2017 05:40:17 am
good read as always!
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roger lewis
6/24/2017 06:18:59 am
thanks Skeeter, yup if the time permits..I will be back.
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kevin
6/24/2017 06:31:29 am
That was an Awesome read Roger !! That's a whack of bears man. Pretty kool to pass up a shot like that.
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roger
6/24/2017 08:16:39 am
Thanks Kev....I think it's a spring thing ! some may have been double sighting of the same bear....however, it was over 4 sites and 8 days with a week in between the first 5 days and the last 3. So, if a bear came in and then left but came back later that same sit...I didnt count that as two haha....however, if I sat three 3 days later and one came in, I tried my best to determine if it was one I had seen before. Perhaps I counted one bear more than once, but I tried not to. So I perhaps didnt see 32 individual bears.....I'm pretty certain there were at least 20 individual bears. After a bit ya can get "pretty" good at telling one fro another.
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Peter
6/24/2017 07:03:55 am
Great read....awesome pictures of the bears.
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roger
6/24/2017 08:17:28 am
thanks Pete
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roger
6/24/2017 08:18:24 am
thanks! feel free to check out the fb page associated with this website from the links on the website !
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Chip Clark
6/28/2017 05:39:34 pm
A great read as always Roger ... you have a great ability to pen those moments into memories for all of us !
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