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Oilcan.. we used Smoky River Outfitting (Greg Sutley) up near Grand Prairie Alberta. Pretty good outfitter - if you were interested in goin up there PM me or ctc me if you have any questions about them I can fill you in.

Well just back from an alberta canada black bear hunt with my father - I had convinced him to come along a few months ago and he was glad he did. We had an awesome time - We eached tagged two bears (and our first bears ever) My first one was archery and second cinnamon/blonde bear was with rifle spot and stalk shot at around 200 yards. After we tagged out we filmed over an hour of footage of other bears, did some river boating, shed hunting, ranch/farm chores, etc... Kept busy all week - What an experience. Enjoy the pics and good to be back in Prescott (except for the smoke from the fires) Nate

Anyone know if this lady is ok? Reminded me of one of the last posts about "bear defense" which turned into a gun debate about which pistol is better... Wonder if these folks even had a pistol in tent I would guess not but who knows. Doesnt happen that often I think the last one was out in pinetop a year ago or so. http://www.myradioplace.com/iNews/view.asp?ID=3656

Is it me or is his Right Ear missing...?!?

This is a good post - I just spent a week in Alberta watching bears all week must've watched 15 bears or so - I think bears are one of my favorite big game animals and although yes they can get nasty... 99% of the time they are just curious and are more scared of you yet they may want to get close to check you out. That doesnt mean they want to hurt you - you're just a smell they've never smelled before and they're intrigued... Personally I like that idea of having and using bear spray first and only shoot if necessary. They are usually the first to run - we spooked quite a few after we had tagged out just messing around. Bottom line if a bear is getting that close to you jack a bullet and get ready but avoid killing it if necessary IMO

Thanks guys - indeed a great time. I want to go back already.

Appears that pig did not have health insurance and could not get to the dentist - looks like plaque build up... It's brewers fault. just kiddin.. but seriously if you've seen pigs with gold nuggets in their nasal cavities I'll start trying harder to harvest a pig that would be awesome to find, win win situation (For me, not the pig)

Way to go - Congrats (Didnt happen if there's no pics) Just kiddin

Good work - I still have yet to find a match... can be tough. Those look awesome

"We're like peta but in suits and wear deoderant" HAha I already have a handsome money clip - That there is a funny video

I just sent you an email, interested in buying a few

Nice WT sheds and for sure nice Elk shed... whats that elk shed doing IN the shed... put that sucker in the mancave!

Also no expert but headin to alberta canada in T minus 12 days for spring bear hunting!! Cant wait... anyway to me looks like a younger bear maybe 150-200 pounds with a beautiful coat. Awesome pics and great bear

Willow Lake RV I believe is pretty good - Off willow creek drive and in the trees, on/near willow lake and right in town.

If there is no "Closed" sign.... It aint closed and the tree cops can have fun writing tickets all they want but they wont get paid. If there is a closed sign the rule should be respected... but again they cannot expect to keep people off a road they Failed or were too lazy to put up a closed sign on. Thats my opinion anyway.

"If no one touches it or contacts me for a few months, I would take it home for my future hunts" aka Akaspecials... are you kidding me? I dont care how long its been out there you have no right to take that blind. Leave it alone and set up your own blind, even if its right next to the other blind if no one is hunting there that's fine go ahead and hunt that spot but you dont have the right to take a fellow hunter's blind, no matter what. As the prior commenter said you dont know why its been there so long and really who cares. Leave other people's property alone. Two things I hate most in this world is thieves and hackers... oh and terrorists.

Sounds like Obama's pastor... Reverend Wright. That guy is the nut, not Ted Nugent. Nugent is an extremely intelligent individual that actually has his head on pretty straight. When you actually listen to what he is saying its very hard to disagree and he speaks what most of us hunters and conservatives are actually thinking. Props to the Nuge and that whole comment got blown out of proportion for sure. Nugent is the last person they would need to worry about in my opinion.

Nice fresh shed I found this morning with some good friends out hiking 6A and found one other broken off antler... appears from a fight. Great morning overall, beautiful country and fresh air and the shed was just a bonus. Fresh and brown however saw plenty of smaller bulls that still had their gear. NATE.

It was a good time and we need to go out again soon, i'm liking that spot - give it another week or two and let them little guys drop and we'll go back.

Awesome - Congrats. Very nice shed indeed.

Yeah a guy always wonders when finding something like that what happened - you can envision the fight but never know.. but definitely a headache and possibly a bruised ego!

Wondering the same thing Keith (You know me from another forum, crittergetter) I've been out shed hunting but havent seen any bear sign (6a). Goin spring bear hunting in alberta though in about 4 weeks!

Those are awesome - so how can I purchase one? Do you have a website or are they still on ebay? Pretty cool

That's a great look'n set! I did almost 8 miles in 6A Saturday morning and no luck but I'll be back out in a few weeks - going to give them some time... and let some snow melt.

Nice job - that fire pic with the sheds is cool