Jeff H returns May 2018 to take a colored bear is what was planned. Bears are not planners when we are hunting….. They arrive if they are hungry and if there is what they want at the barrel… After sticking this great bear with his easton arrow and the skull went to the beetles. it came back as 17 3/16 just short of Boone and Crocket bear score here in Manitoba… But still a great bear.. His other 2 bears 18 8/16 and 20 1/16 if they’d been taken with his bow they’d made book….. Anyway what a great trophy black bear Jeff harvested in May 2018
Black bear in Manitoba
Black bear management for Big Bruins has been Manitoba’s Goal
Over many years of hunting our large bodied Old bears we hold a status of Large Bc scores in Canada. Have you had the opportunity of harvesting a B&C bear?
Outfitters and residents are proud of the quality of animals we have in the province to harvest allowing hunters from Manitoba or around the world to reap the success.. The low pressure and quantity of food allows for bears to mature and with age the large Skull measurement to give result in management.
Elusive Bruins in the Rut, and unskilled hunters give these big Colored bears the opportunity to stay alive and grow to 18-22 bc with ages of 10-25 years. Where food sources are great weights rise fast cause they forage on abundance alphafa fields bordering the RMNP. Over all the bear is a grazer during summer months in agricultural Manitoba however when the last of the year by mid September they start on good layers of fat the good crops of ferries and acorns
I shot a Wolf in Manitoba
Have you ever had the opportunity to put the scope to a Wolf?
Wow what a rush! something I didnt know I would ever have chance to do. While sitting in a Deer stand back in 2000 after our deer hunt was over. I was seeing a lot of tracks during the deer season and thought Id take a day and see what I could see. Well -20F clear evening, just a dusk that evening off in the distance the wolves were calling, I was enjoying the scenes and saw a movement off to the right in the distance.
Patiently not moving a muscle just minutes later Wow there is a Wolf, because of earlier movement I was prepared and I squeezed the trigger of my 250 and down he went not another step… my heart beating so fast. Out of the blind and down to see the trophy I had just harvested… In Manitoba a Resident does not need a special license but a trapping license or an open Big Game tag which I had not shot a deer earlier…
now the long trek back to the truck up out of the valley but the adrenaline still pumping got the job done..
Manitoba Whitetail
Have you had time to spend some time in the outdoors to harvest a Whitetail Buck?
Tom is home and has the opportunity t spend a little time doing some deer hunting. With his 300 tika 3 he nails this nice Buck.
Home made deer sausage, pepperoni, and jerky will taste pretty good doing some ice fishing this winter..
Animals of Big Grass
We pass the winter keeping busy with the Big Grass Animals. Wild animals need to be fed during Cold winters, HOWEVER we dont consider red Squirrels part of this family… Our Log Cabins suffer if a red quirrel chooses to locate his home into a Cabin. So standing rule:Dont show your face close to house or cabins or the 410 will blast you from that tree! yep it did… over the years many red squirrels have not lived to tell tale…
Sammy Jo continues to bring the ball, frozen lump of snow or a stick for you to throw.. IN the house or outside she has something to throw.. I always wanted a dog to bring me a stick, Help please have her only retreive 1/2 a day! She’s Judys dog, not spoiled lol, decently behaved, loves to play, and runs like a crazy after a ball or anything.
The Male Chessy of the House Copper! a True Male, spoiled, does the Chessy walk um Im not sure if I want to do that, thinks he should get what he wants. But hes a great retreiver, lots of go, strong body, and will work hard in the field this fall.
Beavers is a source of bear food.
What do you think is a Bears favorite food?
Well in Manitoba Spring bear hunting, Beaver parts, carcass, not the hide but the body and internals is high protein. After a long winter they come out of hybernation hungry. Beavers can be out sutting small sapplings for food and because a bear can out run a Beaver they hav learned to follow the beaver dams to access easy food.. They will also pull apart a Beaver hut to get into get the kittens.
When we use the parts of the carcass, we cut them up with a band saw into small pieces and place in bait barrel , if you leave a whole beaver at the site the big old bear will come along and take the one carcass , go away have a feast then he doesn’t need to return to site for couple days… Then we put top back on barel so it is not easy access to the bait.
Spring means Dandelions,
this is also another favorite food, the white mile in the dandelion stem is very sweet and the bears eat this to make their stomachs start to work in the spring… If you are in an area where there are lots of Dandelions the bears can stop coming to the baits for a couple of days while they are filling their bellies with Dandelions..
WE have a local First Nations Trapper who traps beaver , he gets the bounty of the tail , sells the stretched or raw beaver pelt and we pay him so this is another source of income for him.. We have known this fellow for a long time he has some great stories for us when we sit and have coffee. the hunters love to listen to his tails of the wilderness.
Dog Training in the duck hunting field
how does a dog know its to pick up a bird? Sammy jo loves to retrieve A Ball A stick a Boot, however first time in field she marked all but didn’t like the feathers, however it wasnt long till that isn’t a problem. Copper however is a true bird dog, picks it up tail in air and away he goes.. It is just amazing what a fun day it is to see them work in the field.