Bear Applications
It’s that time of year again when you bear hunters need to turn in your application. Last year I missed the deadline, and had to forfeit my points, because of it! Now I have to start all over, as the rules state that you must apply consecutive years, in order to build up your preference points. Miss a year-loose your points I’m quite sure the deadline is June 1st, check with your local hunting supply store just to be safe.
The three bear in the picture are the Momma bear, the Poppa bear, and the little-bitty baby bear. Just kidding-don’t read that to your kids please! Actually the one on the hood was a real mature boar that weighed in around 275 pounds. Now just imagine the one I arrowed a few years later that weighed over 500 pounds! Now that was a big bruin! It took 4 adults just to roll him over for pictures. I don’t expect to encounter anything that big again, but you never know what awaits you in the “wilds!”
I don’t like the lottery system that now determines who gets a bear license, and who doesn’t. Years ago all the Ansel boys would head for the Baldwin camp, come Sept. 10th, for our annual bear hunt Man, what fond memories I have of those days. Now we are fortunate just to get one or two permits between the six of us. Trying to get one for the first hunt is like winning the lotto, so we usually put in for the second or third hunt. Hunting in Canada is an option, but that has gotten to be an expensive adventure over the last few years. Oh well thats life! Don’t put it off, and then remember it on June 2nd. cause if you snooze you loose.
Mike
May 5th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I think I could do without ever encountering a 500 pound bear! Yeesh - the ones in the picture here are all plenty big enough to keep me lookin’ over my shoulder when I’m in the woods!