most us here will not target a bear except in the spring but if for any reasons a bear will show up or if you are in a specific area with a bear around i will keep you updated...
Grizzly hunting in Canada 101
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most us here will not target a bear except in the spring but if for any reasons a bear will show up or if you are in a specific area with a bear around i will keep you updated...
Why is that with the spring? taste better based on diet?
less game to choose lol ... but as i said earlier a fall bear full of berries will be one of the best meat ever ...
Mine was relatively simple, after I got drawn, not too bad in 91. Riding up the Panther river in a snow storm, wife says look at the moose, I said that ain't no fn moose, it's what we're here for. 
Bear was leaving, not in a real hurry and there was enough snow to track him, so I left the wife with the horses and caught up with him at uncomfortably close range, in hindsight I. I was close enough to see the hair part where the bullet hit. Bear left and I had to track him in some real thick brush. When I finally caught up with him, he reared up over a brush pile unexpectedly and I sealed the deal by shooting him in the head, ruining any chance of trophy measurement. Then I had to pack the hide out about 7 km, through a half dozen icy river crossings, because my horse wanted no part of this deal. 
I did write an account of the tale, which paid me 150. from the Alberta Outdoorsmen predecessor magazine. I bought a .338 Win for hunting Grizz, but I felt comfortable enough with my trustworthy SAKO in 7 mm Rem. using 162 grain Hornadys. My wife never hesitated to take part in any of my adventures, they were a joint thing, but she said she was thinking of leaving when she heard the bear bawl at the first shot and didn't have a gun.
I did get drawn again for Swan Hills in 2004, think it was the second last year, but weather didn't cooperate and only thing notable on that hunt was getting myself evicted from the tour bus at the hazardous waste plant. Bunch of small town mayors on board and i was asking embarrassing questions.
Grizz
Bear was leaving, not in a real hurry and there was enough snow to track him, so I left the wife with the horses and caught up with him at uncomfortably close range, in hindsight I. I was close enough to see the hair part where the bullet hit. Bear left and I had to track him in some real thick brush. When I finally caught up with him, he reared up over a brush pile unexpectedly and I sealed the deal by shooting him in the head, ruining any chance of trophy measurement. Then I had to pack the hide out about 7 km, through a half dozen icy river crossings, because my horse wanted no part of this deal. I did write an account of the tale, which paid me 150. from the Alberta Outdoorsmen predecessor magazine. I bought a .338 Win for hunting Grizz, but I felt comfortable enough with my trustworthy SAKO in 7 mm Rem. using 162 grain Hornadys. My wife never hesitated to take part in any of my adventures, they were a joint thing, but she said she was thinking of leaving when she heard the bear bawl at the first shot and didn't have a gun.
I did get drawn again for Swan Hills in 2004, think it was the second last year, but weather didn't cooperate and only thing notable on that hunt was getting myself evicted from the tour bus at the hazardous waste plant. Bunch of small town mayors on board and i was asking embarrassing questions.
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Question #3. Yes, I got a boar - after 5 seasons of hunting.
Question #5. I used a 338wm with 250 grain Swift AFrames, did the job. That was the only AFrame I ever recovered. The bullet stopped just under the hide on the far side after plowing through his boiler room.
Question #6. I'm not sure what eastern black bear hunting is like, but hunting interior mountain grizzly was, for me, a difficult and challenging hunt. I hunted the mountains and valleys west of Williston lake, the odds basically guaranteed your getting a draw. I hunted hard for 4 years, first getting to know the area and then putting the effort in. We would glass slides, openings on the mountain side, etc. When we saw one we would put a stalk on (by the way, that green area that looks like a golf green from the road is not - it is a willow and boulder covered mess and a bi$#tch to walk in) most of the time the bear would smell, hear, see, or somehow sense us and go away. Meanwhile we just walked halfway up a mountain again. However the scenery was beautiful, the exercise was good for me, and it became a part of spring for a few years.
The one I ended up getting was on the last day of year 5. It would be great to say it was a master stalk but in all honesty I was checking one last time a spot where we had seen a lot of sign, on the way up there he was standing in the middle of the road as I came around a corner near where we were going to start scouting. I got out, he took off, at the edge of the clear cut I yelled at him, he stopped and turned around to look at me, I put one through his boiler room.
Then he took off like I hadn't touched him.
We sat down and waited about 15 minutes and then went into the super thick bush he had run into. I will say my heart was hammering as I went into that thick bush - but we had to, couldn't leave the job not done. There was a blood trail like someone was pouring a 5 gallon pail of paint out on the ground and he was piled up under a tree about 25 feet into the thick bush.
I think grizzlies are a good deal smarter than a black bear and several times stronger. One of the most challenging hunts I have ever done.
Question #5. I used a 338wm with 250 grain Swift AFrames, did the job. That was the only AFrame I ever recovered. The bullet stopped just under the hide on the far side after plowing through his boiler room.
Question #6. I'm not sure what eastern black bear hunting is like, but hunting interior mountain grizzly was, for me, a difficult and challenging hunt. I hunted the mountains and valleys west of Williston lake, the odds basically guaranteed your getting a draw. I hunted hard for 4 years, first getting to know the area and then putting the effort in. We would glass slides, openings on the mountain side, etc. When we saw one we would put a stalk on (by the way, that green area that looks like a golf green from the road is not - it is a willow and boulder covered mess and a bi$#tch to walk in) most of the time the bear would smell, hear, see, or somehow sense us and go away. Meanwhile we just walked halfway up a mountain again. However the scenery was beautiful, the exercise was good for me, and it became a part of spring for a few years.
The one I ended up getting was on the last day of year 5. It would be great to say it was a master stalk but in all honesty I was checking one last time a spot where we had seen a lot of sign, on the way up there he was standing in the middle of the road as I came around a corner near where we were going to start scouting. I got out, he took off, at the edge of the clear cut I yelled at him, he stopped and turned around to look at me, I put one through his boiler room.
Then he took off like I hadn't touched him.
We sat down and waited about 15 minutes and then went into the super thick bush he had run into. I will say my heart was hammering as I went into that thick bush - but we had to, couldn't leave the job not done. There was a blood trail like someone was pouring a 5 gallon pail of paint out on the ground and he was piled up under a tree about 25 feet into the thick bush.
I think grizzlies are a good deal smarter than a black bear and several times stronger. One of the most challenging hunts I have ever done.
