Russell outdoor guides. 2018 bear hunt

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 04:10:36 PM

Well, after a long drive, we made it home about 1:00 am. Bear hunting with Jerry was an awesome experience once again. The sights and sounds of the Mastigouche wilderness is second to none.

Wannabe1 · June 28, 2018, 04:15:37 PM

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 04:28:54 PM

For most of the trip the weather was great... cool in the mornings and warming up for the day. One particularly nice evening found me in a stand Jerry and I had hung earlier. The goal for the night was to look for the "crazy" bear. The fact that it was tearing the trees up all around the bait sites is what earned it the nickname.. There were at least a dozen trees that had been destroyed.

Hermon · June 28, 2018, 04:48:58 PM

Florida lime · June 28, 2018, 05:30:28 PM

I think this may require more than one cup of coffee !

Wannabe1 · June 28, 2018, 05:43:01 PM

Quote from: Florida lime on June 28, 2018, 05:30:28 PM
I think this may require more than one cup of coffee !

Yep, I'm just now finishing up my third cup!

Jerry Russell · June 28, 2018, 06:07:10 PM

Man I am excited for this story and I was there!

Cyclic-Rivers · June 28, 2018, 06:18:54 PM

KAZ · June 28, 2018, 07:26:32 PM

kennym · June 28, 2018, 07:39:00 PM

fmscan · June 28, 2018, 07:45:45 PM

I was there too! Will do my own story when my computer get back from shop. What a FANTASTIC hunt! Great guys! Hope I can do it again. Jerry and Mike could not do enough for us....

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 08:01:15 PM

Frank you definitely need to tell your story. The look on your face the night I picked you up at bloody nose was priceless.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 10:20:27 PM

After an awesome lunch and some shooting practice we were off. I dropped off a couple guys on the way to my stand. Upon arrival I was surprised to find the bait had already been hit. It had only been a few hours since we had hung the stand. So I set up the drum and climbed in for the wait.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 10:34:17 PM

The night began pretty slow with only squirrels being seen. But that all changed shortly after 8:00. Out of the blue a noise arose from behind. It was a bear and it was running right at the base of my tree. The bear ran around huffing and asserting its dominance. I watched it for several minutes until it vanished to my left. It then reappeared in front of me and circled the bait. It seemed to be spoiling for a fight, and any bear would do. I decided that if it would give me a shot I would take it.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 10:54:57 PM

The big bear slowly came back and knocked the barrel over with one paw. It fed for some time not giving me the broadside shot I was looking for. I was thinking it wasn't going to happen with dark approaching but it finally came around and turned. I picked a spot and drew the 52 pounds to anchor. The bear never knew I was there as the treeshark tipped arrow zipped through it. I got a complete pass thru with the arrow glancing off the drum and sticking in the ground. After the shot the bear ran but not very far. It was down in seconds, a short 30 yards from impact.

It was getting dark for a pic but I took it from the tree before I climbed down

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 11:18:47 PM

It turned out to be a really nice bear.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 11:22:48 PM

Some of the local entertainment.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 11:24:16 PM

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 11:26:30 PM

Telling of the story's.

BrushWolf · June 28, 2018, 11:29:26 PM

Nap time after a morning of tracking.