As I sat up in my tree on the opening day of the Black Bear season in Wisconsin I thought about what someone had said to me once. "Bait hunting for black bears is to easy, I don’t have any desire to shoot a bear on a bait pile" he said. Then I thought about the two previous years I spent Bear hunting in Canada sitting over a bait pile enjoying the scenery for some sixty plus hours. And came home skunked. "Maybe I just stink at Bear hunting" I thought.  "READ MORE"

Every animal is "hunt able", as long as time isn’t a factor. But most of us only have a certain amount of time to get the job done. I’m not making excuses only stating a fact. After all we do have to pay the mortgage.

This springtime Canadian Bear bow hunt would be seven days long with six full days of hunting. It would be a bait hunt and most would think you would at least see a bear at the bait during this time. Well that’s simply not always the case. Bear hunting whether with bait, dogs or stalking is challenging and success rates average 30 percent or so. It’s by no means a gimme. "READ MORE"

Five to six preference points or more (obtained one per year) is what it takes to receive a Wisconsin bear hunting harvest permit. I received my first Wisconsin kill tag in 1991 and harvested a fairly average sized bear of 165 pounds. I shot him over bait with my bow. After hunting over bait twice in Canada and spending some hundred plus hours on stand without getting a shot at a big Bear, I was happy to finally harvest my first Black Bear. It made a beautiful rug and had a cool looking white V patch on his chest. After Ontario’s ridiculous decision to ban spring bear hunting I decided to concentrate my bear hunts to Wisconsin.

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Fishing While on Our Bear Hunt

Johns Bear truck

Ricks Bear Hide

Bear Island