After getting the hunters in the stand the first priorty is to get a fire lit so hotdogs can be cooked.. Just a thing that must be done when you are waiting for the hunters to shoot… Did we hear your radio.. Ya but we hate to be interupted…LOL..We got to eat, and you have your sandwich with you. Right!!

Every spring we deal with many woodticks when hunting bears, they are in the grass and get on your clothing and sometimes stick on to your skin, they are on the bears when we load them to the trailers, and our 4 dogs are outside and the ticks geton them also..  if dealt with correctly if they are stuck remove them by pullin them off and a little skin comes too, apply anticeptic cream on bite, or use a hot needle to remove them, they will release themselves without takeing the skinn.. Always apply anticeptic cream to stop infection which migh occur… Here we placed it on stove, high heat kills them, or squishing them also does..

ON route to bear baiting guys experience slippery roads and land in the ditch.. Warren now has a camera to get a few pics when Judyisnot around.. After much digging and shovelling, they pull the redneck out of the ditch and head back home.. Some great stories to add the the day again

When have you seen 2 blonde bears in camp at one time. Ken and Tim lucked out on their hunts and out walked these awesome bears…a 5 fter and a 4.5 fter..should make for a couple of awesome mounts.. Way to go guys!!

After a extra day in Winnipeg Ken and the guys travel on snowy roads to Camp.. May Blizzard held them back to arriving on Sunday.. Sun is shining, Snow in melting in hopes of hunting on Tuesday eve..

Ok what do you do when sun starts to shine after a foot of snow in Bear Camp… Snow men and girls.. OR climb up the extension ladder and slide down roof of shed, OR use a piece of tin and pull guys on it behind quad Judy driving, OR do some baking, OR watch movies, OR eat many snacks, OR take a nap, OR cut some wood for wood stove cause we seem to need it , OR get stuck pullin a old discer from the woods with the redneck, Well we did some of these ideas, and we laughed at how much fun others would be.. and Yes we did have much snow on May 1 2011..

Mark returns for his second hunt, after many hours in 2009 he hopes to see a bear.. Arriving to camp a day late due to a blizzard he isnot sure what conditions he will encounter.. Temps warm, sun shines and all is looking good… IN the stand by 4 ish he gets comfortable  brings down the you know Rail to lean his gun on and is set.. He hears a noise and prepares for a shot.. out walks a bear OH MY!!.. remembering what Tom had said in bear 101. aim for the shoulder, higher than the barrel.. and he pulls the trigger.. No waiting around for any other thoughts.. the bear rolls and runs at his stand. Mark stands and puts another one in it.. the bear collapses near foot of stand… Wow.. what a rush heart pounding… Mark settles down and calls on the radio.. Warren are you there?  No answer.. Well I guess next thing to do is Just sit till someone arrives.. Mark knows all baits are far apart and maybe they cannot hear my call.. Way to go Mark on your great bear… A Black bearb rug for your wife..  He says he will be back,, will put in the time for a larger trophy cause now he will have patience to wait the “”Big Bear at Big Grass Story out”

Keiths hunter ambitions bring him to Manitoba on a bear hunt. He hears about the coyotes and wolves in the area and his pulse quickens.. he has brought a caller andt hinks that would pass the evening of nicely..Caller, 3 buddies and off they go.. As the sky closes the coyotes and wolves repond and move nearer,  Keith is thrilled to have this opportunity.. dark falls, he can see movement, heart is pounding, animals move in closer, Wow my heart is going to bust.. Oh lights,, no way,, oh just Judy concerned with fellows getting stuck…Now the bear hunt, dark is getting near, a movement on the left and Wow a colored bear, and a huge black. gun aimed and shot rings out colored bear drops,  second shot rings out, bear still thrashes and then expieres, Black bear charges stand, Will it come up…Keith rings  shot of in the dirt infront of bear, sounds of the quad and Tom and JUdy arrive.. “Bear is just in trees behind of stand Beware”  Tom loads bear Judy grabs pack and down she goes, up and we are off on quad with bear for the rest of the story to be heard at the truck… Congrats Keith on a Great Bear.. Mr Gadget, bring the hunt to the top with your love of the outdoors..

First time bear hunter, Rahn arrives with anticipation of a “”Bear Hunt” Ken and Tim have been filling him full of interesting stories of hunting in Manitoba..Well here he was in snowy conditions, a 5 ft snowgirl and Judy as welcoming committee.. Sitting around table hearing it all wondering if he had really bit off a crazy piece of time… On to the quad him and Tom go, Judy takes a pic, and he goes down the trail.. sitting thinking, many things pass through his mind, looking tothe right to where Tom says trail is he catches a movemnt off the left “” OH a bear””  many times he tries to pick up his gun and the bear bolts out of the bait site.. Judy said you can raise your gun when bear is looking away NOT.. Finally gun up, bear in position and shot rings out bear rolls, Toms said hit hiim again.. No tracking.. another shot and all is quiet.. Tom are you there.. No answer I am sure they will arrive as they should here shots.. Oh ya they are likely eating hotdogs… Quad noise in distance.. here someone comes.. as the quad enters the bait another shot rings out.. Oh Keith must have one also..  Bear in trailer,, Heart still pounding like it has not pounded in many years, Back at truck,,  I had no idea what to expect but that was the most rush I have had in a long time… Wow I cannot wait to tell my son and daugher””  Congrats Rahn on your Manitoba Black Bear trophy.. great shooting you must get a little practice in your line of work.  Space out those shots Right!!

Ken returns again with friends who love to hunt. “when it comes in just shoot it” is the advice Ken give.. You want a bear just shoot it.. Most big bears are shot with the amount of patience you have..hunters need to go home with a bear and sometimes smaller bears are taken early and hunter waits to see a monster at dark..SEcond night in the stand Ken gets in the Rambo position and out walks this awesome bear, the sun caught the color and no one would have pass on this bear.  POW and he was down..  Radio on waiting for Warren to answer..in just a short time Warren is there.. Way to go Ken.. Nice bear..