As told to us by Corey:
My good friends Chad Cox & Rex Hall traveled to Manitoba Canada with me in pursuit of black bear. Out of the 3 of us we had seen a combined total of 0 bears in the wild, so we didn’t know what to expect. Day 1 in my stand I saw 7 bears, including one trying to climb into the tree with me! Thank goodness a sow was at the bait barrel and ran the other bear off before it could make it up to me! Day 2 more of the same… a sow with 3 cubs, another big sow, and smaller bear. Day 3 a close call with what I think was a big sow, I debated on shooting her. I even texted Robin for his opinion… Boy I sure am glad I didn’t listen to him! LOL! Day 4 brought my big boar in! He was with the same bear that tried to climb the tree with me on night 1. As I got ready for the shot the smaller bear caught my scent trail and followed it right to my tree again! It stood up, looked at me, and let out a growl! I felt that keeping the bear from trying to get a closer look at me was more important than killing one, so I started to talk to see if I could run it off. Well it didn’t run off and neither did the big boar, but it did relax enough for me to get off a shot. My arrow found the mark and the commotion scared off the smaller bear! A short tracking job lead to my first bear! He ended up being 6 ft and weighed well over 200lbs - not a bad start to my bear hunting career!
Corey's Bear
Big Claws!
