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Fletch's 2023 Black Bear Season....

Fletch

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Busy time of the year for pool work, so went in today to clean a few pools... One of them is a farm which has a small store selling beef
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eggs etc. They also sell fresh baked pies... So every time I go there the lady gives me 3 pies... One we usually eat and the other two go in the freezer for the bears come Sept... Have 10 in there now....
 

Fletch

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Ok I got the ball rolling today and went into a spot I call the " Hell Hole " as it a bitch getting into.. I put 2 cameras in there the first week of May and haven't been back since , due to all I took in late May when I tripped going in to fix a camera and drove my shoulder into a boulder... Finally went to a doctor last week and I tore my rotator cuff... So back to today, both cameras were upside down and full of water... Damn bears... Yeh George I know should be in a lock box, Soon I'll have 10 cameras out and I'm not buying 10 lock boxes. Following this year's guide lines for baiting I found a spot for John where two hollows come together and go to where bait was... One sure did look good as it was all ferns in an area that is rock... Here's a pic of it along with some bear shit... Letting sd cards dry a little if any pics on them I'll post them....
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Ok I got the ball rolling today and went into a spot I call the " Hell Hole " as it a bitch getting into.. I put 2 cameras in there the first week of May and haven't been back since , due to all I took in late May when I tripped going in to fix a camera and drove my shoulder into a boulder... Finally went to a doctor last week and I tore my rotator cuff... So back to today, both cameras were upside down and full of water... Damn bears... Yeh George I know should be in a lock box, Soon I'll have 10 cameras out and I'm not buying 10 lock boxes. Following this year's guide lines for baiting I found a spot for John where two hollows come together and go to where bait was... One sure did look good as it was all ferns in an area that is rock... Here's a pic of it along with some bear shit... Letting sd cards dry a little if any pics on them I'll post them....
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I’ll be 20’ up in one those hardwoods with my Mathews waitin on big heavy to come strolling by.
 

Fletch

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Haven't posted a lot of updates in this thread as my world has been turned upside down.. Going to try and get back on course this week and get Dan and Jon setup... Went to check camera I put out several weeks ago and have a few bears on it, but they are on the smaller size... One buck also showed up...
 

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