Tis nearing season once again!!

[adkmountainken]

just 2 months before muzzleloader season here in N.Y. i will be going to the range again every sunday in preperation. this is my favorite time of year as mornings and anticipation fills the air! will have the .45 flinter and T.C. 56 smoothie ready to roll for opening day!

 

[musketman]

The days are getting shorter, so it should come sooner, right? :hmm: :grin:

 

[Riley/MN]

Be goin for bear startin next Friday. I hope to shoot the old Mountain Rifle this weekend. Gotsta ta check and make sure we both still know what ta do.

~Riley

 

Saw about 25 deer last night.Looking for a fat dry doe in 2 weeks.

 

[Wehrmacht]

Riley,

I've poked around up there in the BWCAW a time or two,and fished up in NW Ontario just above you, and I've seen a number of black bear and a lot of excellent habitat. I bear hunt successfully down here around my home in the Georgia Mountains. I'm curious....how about a quick brief on how you bear hunt up in Minnesota. And by the way...I love that area up around Grand Marais! I'll trade a 20 acre out piece I have,30 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico,
for an equal value piece of dirt around Grand Marais :grin:

 

[Riley/MN]

Man, I wish I could find a way to support myself and my family up around Grand Marais-beautiful country. The Mrs. is a CT girl and loves the ocean-she said she wouldn't mind living around Grand Marais, though. We have spent several anniversaries camped at the Nat'l forest campground on Devil Track Lake. Grand Marais is about 5-6 hour drive from where I live in SE MN.

As far as bear hunting goes, it is pretty much just sitting over bait. My friend Dave is a butcher in a large supermarket and gets plenty of bait-meat scraps, fryer grease, pastries, dog/cat food.

He has trail cameras on the baits and is seeing a lot of bears on the baits during shooting hours. The berry crop is very poor this year.

Last year there was an abundance of berries and they seemed to ripen up just before season. What bears we saw we saw just before dark.

Dave's place is about 20 miles north of Duluth.

Season starts Sept. 1.

~Riley