My outfiiting bear/deer guiding year 2019 ### pic heavy ####

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

Back down at hunt camp today

damn raining here,not to my liking.

setting bear stands for next year as mate has 18 bookings for spring bear.

 

pics to come over the next 24hrs

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Set off Saturday morning 6.30am

a fair bit of messing around, loading up baits, used cooking oil and oats.

getting barrels prepped,checking cams and making sure we have tow ropes, tie down straps, impactor, sockets and other kit.

saturday we set up 4 new bear baiting stands and scouted out possible new deer hunting sites.

we started quadding in around midday and got back to camp just after 7pm

 

feasted on marinaded wild boar kebabs and a few cold ones.

sunday, up 4.30am to a hard frost. We had 3 bear baits to hit. 2 new ones and one existing ( the one i posted us hauling in the hunting stand)

things went fine til we hit the last one and on the way back out i got the 6X6 stuck in the swamp. Mate winch me out.

loaded back up and got back to camp 10.30 to head off back home.

very successful weekend setting up for next years bear customers and hopefully we get some action at the new deer spots.

 

pics below are of beer baiting stands

oats and oil in the barrel

beavers as bait in a barrel

bear claw marks up a tree

bear damage to the hunting stand

mate going thru the swamp just before i got stuck

new deer hunting spot

bear scat black n green lol

 bear paw marks ( my boot size is 12 )

and in the middle of nowhere the union jack

Edited May 27, 2019 by Ted Newgent

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Edited May 27, 2019 by Ted Newgent

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And i found some wild gooseberry bushes on the farmland on the field edge so grabbed three saplings 

[mackem 26,417]

What did the little plaque say below the union jack ted?Did you see any wildlife while you were quadding around?

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7 hours ago, mackem said:

What did the little plaque say below the union jack ted?Did you see any wildlife while you were quadding around?

didnt stop to read it but next time we will for you.

 

seen loads of whitetail deer down the logging roads,one mulie buck looking a bit worse for wear as he was still shedding his winter coat 

five cow elk feeding in a pasture,loads of ducks n geese (geese had little ones),wolf tracks down the logging roads.

trees still have fully leafed out yet here,its a very slow dry spring.

luckily we didnt get any ticks on us,this time of year is tick season and those little fckrs get everywhere on you,fkcn hate the damn things