Hunting Bear alone

[fratri]

I go hunting alone all the time down here in Southern Ontario. I have my cell phone on and I let my wife know which farm I will be at just in case... but up North, that's a different story. There is no way I would do a complete bear hunt by myself. Too many things can go wrong. No cell phone coverage, break a leg, worst get lost.... Sitting in the tree stand by myself no problem with that, getting into the place and leaving the site by myself, no problem with that. Driving 500-700 kms by myself and not interacting with anyone (doing the complete hunt all on my own) isn't for me... Just to clarify, no problem helping with the bait, building tree stands, walking in and out on my own but to go up there by myself and knowing I wouldn't be meeting up with anyone else for an entire hunt, which might be 2 weeks or so?...its not for me too scary...don't do it...

[Pat32rf]

It's been years since I have considered hunting bear alone. I always hunt them along with deer, moose or partridge.

[alfoldivandor]

Thanks all of your reply ,I agree with all of you one way or other . I went to that hunt alone because my hunting partner did not answered my e- mail for 5 days , and did not regret it , it opened up more opportunity for me , I will do it in the future it vas very satisfactory for me . I did same extreme sport in the past yes I am 25 years older , but I can steel walk 25-30 km with backpack , and yes I made sure that my wife know where I will be Google earth map .

[greatwhite]

Always give everyone as much information you can and sometimes the guy's will be able to even give you more answers then you were even expecting.

I vas going to Abitibi area , august 15 , also picking , blubbery for homemade jam.

[Kilo Charlie]

It's been years since I have considered hunting bear alone. I always hunt them along with deer, moose or partridge.

Hahaha...good one!

[sullyy]

I agree with everyone's comments on the safety aspect.
But my advice would be to only shoot a small one ha ha!
Seriously though I shot my first last year, a small one, and could not imagine if it had been one of those big ones.
I would have had to somehow skin it, quarter it, and pack it out, in the dark, in bear country lol.

[smitty55]

My feelings about hunting bear alone revolve more around what happens after a bear is shot, and for that reason I only go out if some one else is out hunting with me at a different bait or is at least available to help out that evening in the event I do shoot one. I'm OK with tracking a bear in the dark with shotguns and flashlights if I have at least one bud with me, but I'm not keen on doing that alone. I absolutely would not wait until the next day and take a chance on the meat being ruined.
Even if I was alone and shot a good size bear I still need help to get the bear out of the bush, into a truck and hung up on the meat pole. Handling a dead bear is much harder than a deer and like sullyy said, it better be a small one if there is only one person.

Good luck to all the spring bear hunters up north. Cheers

[alfoldivandor]

My feelings about hunting bear alone revolve more around what happens after a bear is shot, and for that reason I only go out if some one else is out hunting with me at a different bait or is at least available to help out that evening in the event I do shoot one. I'm OK with tracking a bear in the dark with shotguns and flashlights if I have at least one bud with me, but I'm not keen on doing that alone. I absolutely would not wait until the next day and take a chance on the meat being ruined.
Even if I was alone and shot a good size bear I still need help to get the bear out of the bush, into a truck and hung up on the meat pole. Handling a dead bear is much harder than a deer and like sullyy said, it better be a small one if there is only one person.

Good luck to all the spring bear hunters up north. Cheers

Well said , it was not ease to do it (330 lb) but it was an accomplishment for me . But next time I will try to get help with butchering .